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B+

Nauset School District

Public school districtGrades 6–12Regional · 4 towns

Serves Brewster, Orleans, Eastham and Wellfleet.

Brewster’s School Grade B better than 57% of Massachusetts school districts

Students
1,192
Schools
2
Spent per student
$33,784
MA $26,530
Students per teacher
9:1
The gist

What stands out about Nauset School District

  • Its letter, B+: results better than 65% of Massachusetts districts
  • Math proficiency 6 pts above the state
  • Reading proficiency 9 pts above the state
  • Graduation rate 6 pts above the state
  • Spends 27% more per student than the MA average
  • 9 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 16.4% since 2020–21
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B+: better than 65% of the 394 Massachusetts school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well above the state, 2021–22
B+
GraduationFour-year graduation well above the state, class of 2023
B
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
BBrewster 10,457B+Orleans 6,524BEastham 5,844B+Wellfleet 3,707

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Brewster. Grade by grade →

PK–2Stony Brook ElementaryBrewster School District
3–5Eddy ElementaryBrewster School District
6–8Nauset Regional MiddleThis district
9–12Nauset Regional HighThis district

Test scores vs. MA

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency47%
State average 40.7% · 684 students tested
Reading / language arts53%
State average 43.7% · 692 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)95%
State average 89.2% · 206 in the class

95% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$33,784 per student · 27% above MA
Spending
Classroom instruction 53%Support & administration 44%Other 2%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 50%State 48%Federal 3%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
1,426’20
1,366’21
1,308’22
1,236’23
1,192’24

Down 16.4% since 2020–21.

Students
White 79%Hispanic 7%Black 6%Two or more races 6%Asian 2%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

2 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Massachusetts’s other public schools.

Nauset Regional Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Orleans
B−
455 students9:1
Nauset Regional High
High · Grades 9–12 · North Eastham
A+
737 students10:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Monomoy Regional School DistrictChatham, Harwich
$27,536per student
Dennis-Yarmouth School DistrictDennis
$26,504per student
Nauset/Provincetown School Districts in TuroTruro
Truro School DistrictTruro
$63,769per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Massachusetts.