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Schools in Oak Bluffs · Oak Bluffs School District, Martha's Vineyard School District

Oak Bluffs’s public schools outscore 55% of Massachusetts districts

Reading proficiency in Oak Bluffs’s districts is 56%, above the Massachusetts average (44%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Oak Bluffs, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Massachusetts, not nationally.

#143of 283 Massachusetts townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Massachusetts state tests taken in spring 2022, when 99% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
56%
▲ 12 pts vs MA 44%
2021–22
Math proficiency
45%
▲ 4 pts vs MA 41%
2021–22
Graduate on time
85–89%
▼ 0–4 pts vs MA 89%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$44.7K
▲ 68% vs MA $26.5K
FY2024 · Martha's Vineyard
Students per teacher
8.2
MA 11.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
2
1,146 students on the public path
In brief

Oak Bluffs’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 217 Massachusetts towns with household incomes within a quarter of Oak Bluffs’s, its schools beat 39%, lower than their 55% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Oak Bluffs runs its own schools through grade 8, then shares

Oak Bluffs Elementary (PK–8) is Oak Bluffs’s own. From grade 9, students attend the Martha's Vineyard School District with Aquinnah, Chilmark, Edgartown, Tisbury and West Tisbury: Martha's Vineyard Regional High. The high school’s own results earn an A−, the highest on the path. See the path ↓

Above the state on tests

Reading proficiency is 56% and math 45% across both districts in spring 2022, against 44% and 41% statewide; 85–89% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 89%. Test scores ↓

Spending and class size

Oak Bluffs spends $35,418 per student and Martha's Vineyard $44,683, against $26,530 across Massachusetts (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓

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.

The School Grade

What’s behind Oak Bluffs’s grade

B+ Test scoresC− Graduation

B: better than 55% of Massachusetts school districts, #143 of 283 Massachusetts towns. Test scores are above the Massachusetts average; graduation is below it.

Massachusetts school districts we grade (394)Better than 55%
Lower resultsHigher results
Massachusetts towns with similar household incomes (217)Better than 39%
C+B+A fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 426 test results and a graduating class of 188 could put Oak Bluffs anywhere from C+ to B+. The tests are from spring 2022, when 99% of Oak Bluffs’s students in the tested grades sat them (428 in math, 424 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Oak Bluffs, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Oak Bluffs ElementaryOak Bluffs School DistrictB−
9–12Martha's Vineyard Regional HighMartha's Vineyard School DistrictA−

Oak Bluffs runs its own schools through grade 8 (Oak Bluffs School District). From grade 9, students attend the Martha's Vineyard School District, shared with Aquinnah, Chilmark, Edgartown, Tisbury and West Tisbury. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

Two districts serve Oak Bluffs

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

Oak Bluffs School DistrictGrades PK–8 · 1 schools · 402 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 7.7 per teacher (MA 11.9)
$35,418MA $26,530 · FY2024
C+
Martha's Vineyard School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 1 schools · 744 students, up 8% since 2020–21 · 8.5 per teacher (MA 11.9)
$44,683MA $26,530 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–8, Oak Bluffs School District46%
State average 43.7% · 263 students tested
Math · PK–8, Oak Bluffs School District41%
State average 40.7% · 267 students tested
Reading · 9–12, Martha's Vineyard School District72%
State average 43.7% · 161 students tested
Math · 9–12, Martha's Vineyard School District52%
State average 40.7% · 161 students tested

Oak Bluffs vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Oak BluffsBOak Bluffs PK–8 · Martha's Vineyard 9–12
EdgartownC+Edgartown PK–8 · Martha's Vineyard 9–12
TisburyB+Tisbury PK–8 · Martha's Vineyard 9–12

All 2 neighbors share Martha's Vineyard with Oak Bluffs for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Oak Bluffs

2 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).

District schools in Oak Bluffsby address
Oak Bluffs Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–8
B−
402 students8:1Rate it →
Martha's Vineyard Regional High
High · Grades 9–12
A−
744 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Oak Bluffs’s schools

Are Oak Bluffs’s schools good?

They sit near the middle of Massachusetts: the public schools Oak Bluffs children attend outscore 55% of Massachusetts’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B Schools grade, #143 of 283 Massachusetts towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 39%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Oak Bluffs in?

Two districts: Oak Bluffs School District runs grades PK–8, and Martha's Vineyard School District runs grades 9–12, shared with Aquinnah, Chilmark, Edgartown, Tisbury and West Tisbury.

Where do Oak Bluffs kids go to high school?

Martha's Vineyard Regional High, with 744 students; its own test results earn an A−.

What is Oak Bluffs’s graduation rate?

85–89% of the class of 2023 in Martha's Vineyard School District graduated in four years, against 89% across Massachusetts.

How much does Oak Bluffs spend per student?

$35,418 in Oak Bluffs School District and $44,683 in Martha's Vineyard School District (FY2024), against $26,530 across Massachusetts. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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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). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Massachusetts. Stars are from neighbors.