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Schools in Devens

Devens’s public schools

Harvard School District and Ayer-Shirley School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Devens. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/6schools 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
76%
2021–22
Math proficiency
73%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.1K
▼ 24% vs MA $26.5K
FY2024 · Ayer-Shirley
Students per teacher
11.9
MA 11.9
Schools in town
0
2,746 students on the public path
In brief

Devens’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Devens’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools. Hildreth Elementary School places highest (better than 96%); Ayer Shirley Regional Middle School lowest (35%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Devens, graded from C+ to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Ayer Shirley Regional High School and The Bromfield High School. 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 Devens, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to A+
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC+
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressA− to A

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

Two districts serve Devens

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

Harvard School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,023 students · 11.8 per teacher (MA 11.9)
$24,847MA $26,530 · FY2024
A+
Ayer-Shirley School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,723 students, up 7% since 2020–21 · 12.0 per teacher (MA 11.9)
$20,143MA $26,530 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Harvard School District76%
State average 43.7% · 567 students tested
Math · PK–12, Harvard School District73%
State average 40.7% · 566 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Ayer-Shirley School District47%
State average 43.7% · 856 students tested
Math · PK–12, Ayer-Shirley School District40%
State average 40.7% · 858 students tested

Devens vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Devens—Harvard PK–12 · Ayer-Shirley PK–12
ShirleyC+Ayer-Shirley
AyerC+Ayer-Shirley
HarvardA+Harvard
LancasterA−Nashoba

2 of the 4 neighbors share Ayer-Shirley with Devens for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Devens

7 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 Devensin other towns
Page Hilltop Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ayer
B−
539 students13:1Rate it →
Hildreth Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Harvard
A+
451 students13:1Rate it →
Lura A. White Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Shirley
C+
357 students12:1Rate it →
Ayer Shirley Regional Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Shirley
C+
410 students12:1Rate it →
The Bromfield Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Harvard
244 students10:1Rate it →
Ayer Shirley Regional High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Ayer
A−
417 students11:1Rate it →
The Bromfield High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Harvard
A
328 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Devens’s schools

Are Devens’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Devens. Harvard School District and Ayer-Shirley School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Devens. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Devens in?

Harvard School District and Ayer-Shirley School District.

Where do Devens kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Ayer Shirley Regional High School and The Bromfield 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.