Summary:
Zip code 02777 covers Swansea, Massachusetts, where six schools serve roughly 1,991 students: four elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, all part of the Swansea district. Enrollment splits fairly evenly across levels — 987 students in elementary grades, 490 in the middle school, and 514 in the high school. The district overall ranks 146th of 351 in Massachusetts, the 58th percentile with 3 stars, but that mid-to-upper-middle figure hides meaningful differences among the individual schools.
Joseph Case High is the clear standout and the most improved school in the group. It rose from 48th percentile and 2 stars in 2023–2024 to 73rd percentile and 4 stars in 2025–2026 (96th of 353), and its MCAS results are above the state in ELA, math, science, and physics. Its graduation rate of 94.5% beats the district's 93.0%, and its dropout rate of 3.1% is below the district's 3.9%. At the elementary level, Joseph G Luther climbed from 44th percentile and 2 stars to 59th percentile and 3 stars, led by 4th-grade math at 61.33% versus 43.20% state and 4th-grade ELA at 53.33% versus 37.43% state, though 5th-grade ELA lags at 29.03%. Elizabeth S Brown holds 3 stars but slipped from the 62nd to the 56th percentile, while still beating the state in math and science. Joseph Case Junior High sits at the 62nd percentile with 3 stars, strong in science and 8th-grade civics but weaker in all-grade ELA at 36.71%.
Two schools cannot be compared on test scores: Mark G Hoyle Elementary (PK–2) and Gardner (K–2) serve grades that are not tested, and their only rank history dates to 2002–2003. Hoyle has the highest per-student spending at $17,591 and a low student-teacher ratio of 11.7, while Gardner has the highest ratio at 18.5 and the lowest spending at $13,430. Free/reduced-lunch data is not reported for any school here, so economic comparisons are not possible.
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