Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Millbury

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
C+

Millbury School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12

Serves Millbury.

Millbury’s School Grade C+ better than 43% of Massachusetts school districts

Students
1,631
Schools
3
Spent per student
$21,856
MA $26,530
Students per teacher
13:1
The gist

What stands out about Millbury School District

  • Its letter, C+: results better than 43% of Massachusetts districts
  • Spends 18% less per student than the MA average
  • 13 students per teacher
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C+: better than 43% 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 below the state, 2021–22
C+
GraduationFour-year graduation above the state, class of 2023
C
The town it serves, and its School Grade
C+Millbury 14,276

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Millbury. Grade by grade →

PK–2Elmwood StreetThis district
3–6Raymond E. Shaw ElementaryThis district
7–12Millbury Junior/Senior HighThis district

Test scores vs. MA

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency39%
State average 40.7% · 835 students tested
Reading / language arts41%
State average 43.7% · 835 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)90–94%
State average 89.2% · 135 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
$21,856 per student · 18% below MA
Spending
Classroom instruction 62%Support & administration 38%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 62%State 32%Federal 6%

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

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

Enrollment over time
1,587’20
1,601’21
1,619’22
1,650’23
1,631’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 72%Hispanic 11%Two or more races 6%Black 6%Asian 4%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.

Elmwood Street
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Millbury
B
455 students15:1
Raymond E. Shaw Elementary
Elementary · Grades 3–6 · Millbury
C+
454 students13:1
Millbury Junior/Senior High
High · Grades 7–12 · Millbury
C+
722 students11:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Auburn School DistrictAuburn
$18,820per student
Grafton School DistrictGrafton
$17,981per student
Oxford School DistrictOxford
$19,253per student
Sutton School DistrictSutton
$20,066per 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.