Summary:
ZIP code 02743 covers Acushnet, Massachusetts, and contains two public schools serving grades PK–8: Acushnet Elementary School (PK–4, 517 students) and Albert F Ford Middle School (5–8, 403 students), for a combined enrollment of 920, with no high school listed in this ZIP. The Acushnet district is ranked 121 of 351 districts statewide, at the 66th percentile with 3 stars. Spending figures are from 2020–2021 and student-teacher ratios from 2024–2025; free/reduced lunch is not reported for either school in this data, so economic context cannot be assessed from this extract.
Acushnet Elementary School is the clear standout: 4 stars, ranked 169 of 899 elementary schools (81st percentile). Its all-grade MCAS proficiency is 60.34% in ELA (district 42.83%, state 40.03%) and 58.99% in Math (district 46.53%, state 41.11%) — roughly 18–20 points above state. Fourth-grade ELA is 67.05% versus the state's 37.43%, and third-grade Math is 60%, about 17.8 points above the state. Its rank slipped from 109 of 916 (88th percentile) in 2023–2024, but it remains a top-quintile school.
Albert F Ford Middle School is the main concern: 3 stars, ranked 237 of 478 middle schools (50th percentile), down from the 69th percentile in 2023–2024 and 56th in 2024–2025. All-grade ELA is 36.21%, below both district and state; Math is 42.45%, above state but below district. Science (32.04%) and 8th-grade Civics (24.24%) are far below the state's 40.98% and 39.77%, and both fell sharply in a year — Science by 12.4 points, Civics by 10.6 points. Fifth-grade ELA (42.45%), fifth-grade Math (48.11%) and sixth-grade Math (48.94%) beat state levels, but sixth-grade ELA (24.73%) and eighth-grade Science (24%) lag well behind. Resources are nearly identical — per-pupil spending of $15,248 versus $15,013, and student-teacher ratios of 13.2 versus 12.9 — so funding alone does not explain the performance gap.
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