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Schools in Buzzards Bay

Buzzards Bay’s public schools

Bourne School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Buzzards Bay. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Massachusetts’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Massachusetts’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
30%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$25.9K
▼ 2% vs MA $26.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.3
MA 11.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,519 students on the public path
In brief

Buzzards Bay’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Buzzards Bay’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools. Bourne High School places highest (better than 72%); Bourne Middle School lowest (26%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Buzzards Bay, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–2Bournedale Elementary Schoolin BournedaleNo scores
3–5Bourne Intermediate Schoolin BourneC+
6–8Bourne Middle Schoolin BourneC
9–12Bourne High Schoolin BourneB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Bourne School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Bourne School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,519 students, down 8% since 2020–21 · 10.3 per teacher (MA 11.9)
$25,942MA $26,530 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 43.7% · 903 students tested
Math30%
State average 40.7% · 905 students tested

Buzzards Bay vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Massachusetts towns that share Buzzards Bay’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Buzzards Bay—Bourne
BourneCBourne
WarehamDWareham
PlymouthB−Plymouth

Every school in Buzzards Bay

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Massachusetts’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Buzzards Bayin other towns
Bournedale Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Bournedale
425 students13:1Rate it →
Bourne Intermediate School
Elementary · Grades 3–5 · Bourne
C+
359 students10:1Rate it →
Bourne Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Bourne
C
394 students9:1Rate it →
Bourne High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Bourne
B+
341 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Buzzards Bay’s schools

Are Buzzards Bay’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Buzzards Bay. Bourne School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Buzzards Bay. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Buzzards Bay in?

Bourne School District.

Where do Buzzards Bay kids go to high school?

Bourne High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.