Summary:
Zip code 02790 has one high school option: Westport Middle-High School, a public school in the Westport district that serves 889 students in grades 5 through 12. Because it combines middle and high school grades, its reported test scores blend two very different levels of performance — and that distinction matters when reading the numbers.
The most encouraging trend is the school's ranking. It climbed from 234th of 348 schools (33rd percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–24 to 179th of 349 (49th percentile) in 2024–25, and then to 141st of 353 (60th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–26 — a gain of 93 places and a third star over two years. High-school-level results are the strongest part of the picture: in 10th grade, ELA proficiency was 47.47% (above the state's 45.48%), math was 43% (essentially even with the state's 43.73%), and science was 45.36% (well above the state's 40.5%). Science is the standout subject overall, with all-grades proficiency of 44.05% versus the state's 40.98%, and the school also beat the state in 5th-grade, 8th-grade, and Biology end-of-course science. Graduation and dropout indicators are solid: a 96.8% graduation rate and a 2.1% dropout rate, both in line with the district. The student-teacher ratio is 11.4.
The main weakness sits in the middle grades and in English language arts. All-grades ELA was 29.02% in 2025–26, roughly 11 points below the state, and it has barely moved from 29.39% the year before. Math improved noticeably, from 24.08% to 28.96% (up 4.88 points), but remains about 12 points below the state. Grades 5, 6, and 8 were frequently far below state averages in both ELA and math, with 6th-grade math 23.10 points behind. Eighth-grade civics, at 31.3%, was 8.47 points below the state. Note that per-student spending data ($18,449) dates to 2020–21, and free/reduced-lunch information is unavailable for this record.
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