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C+

Nantucket School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12

Serves Nantucket.

Nantucket’s School Grade C+ better than 36% of Massachusetts school districts

Students
1,719
Schools
4
Spent per student
$31,075
MA $26,530
Students per teacher
10:1
The gist

What stands out about Nantucket School District

  • Its letter, C+: results better than 36% of Massachusetts districts
  • Math proficiency 15 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 7 pts below the state
  • Graduation rate 8 pts above the state
  • Spends 17% more per student than the MA average
  • 10 students per teacher
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C+: better than 36% 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 below the state, 2021–22
C−
GraduationFour-year graduation well above the state, class of 2023
B+
The town it serves, and its School Grade
C+Nantucket 14,758

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Nantucket. Grade by grade →

PK–2Nantucket ElementaryThis district
3–5Nantucket Intermediate SchoolThis district
6–8Cyrus PeirceThis district
9–12Nantucket HighThis district

Test scores vs. MA

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency26%
State average 40.7% · 847 students tested
Reading / language arts37%
State average 43.7% · 840 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)95–100%
State average 89.2% · 148 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
$31,075 per student · 17% above MA
Spending
Classroom instruction 59%Support & administration 39%Other 2%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 81%State 16%Federal 2%

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

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

Enrollment over time
1,666’20
1,672’21
1,718’22
1,683’23
1,719’24

Up 3.2% since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 44%White 40%Black 9%Two or more races 5%Asian 2%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

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

Nantucket Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Nantucket
399 students9:1
Nantucket Intermediate School
Elementary · Grades 3–5 · Nantucket
C
366 students10:1
Cyrus Peirce
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Nantucket
C
358 students10:1
Nantucket High
High · Grades 9–12 · Nantucket
B
596 students11:1

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.