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Silver Lake School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 3 towns

Serves Kingston, Halifax and Plympton.

Kingston’s School Grade B better than 59% of Massachusetts school districts

Students
1,661
Schools
3
Spent per student
$25,042
MA $26,530
Students per teacher
12:1
The gist

What stands out about Silver Lake School District

  • Its letter, B: results better than 64% of Massachusetts districts
  • Math proficiency 8 pts above the state
  • Graduation rate 7 pts above the state
  • Spends 6% less per student than the MA average
  • 12 students per teacher
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B: better than 64% 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
BKingston 14,548B+Halifax 7,845BPlympton 2,985

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Kingston. Grade by grade →

K–2Kingston ElementaryKingston School District
3–6Kingston IntermediateKingston School District
7–8Silver Lake Regional Middle SchoolThis district
9–12Silver Lake Regional HighThis district

Test scores vs. MA

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency49%
State average 40.7% · 752 students tested
Reading / language arts48%
State average 43.7% · 751 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)96%
State average 89.2% · 264 in the class

100% 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
$25,042 per student · 6% below MA
Spending
Classroom instruction 60%Support & administration 38%Other 3%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 58%State 34%Federal 9%

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

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

Students
White 90%Hispanic 5%Black 2%Two or more races 1%Asian <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

Schools in the district

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

Silver Lake Integrated Preschool
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Kingston
83 students14:1
Silver Lake Regional Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Kingston
B−
544 students12:1
Silver Lake Regional High
High · Grades 9–12 · Kingston
A
1,034 students12:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Pembroke School DistrictPembroke
$20,819per student
Middleborough School DistrictMiddleborough
$21,021per student
Bridgewater-Raynham School DistrictBridgewater Town
$18,006per student
Carver School DistrictCarver
$21,562per 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.