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Schools in Smith Mills

Smith Mills’s public schools

Dartmouth School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Smith Mills. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/5schools 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
50%
2021–22
Math proficiency
53%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.6K
▼ 22% vs MA $26.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.2
MA 11.9
Schools in town
0
3,205 students on the public path
In brief

Smith Mills’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Smith Mills’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools. Dartmouth High places highest (better than 87%); George H Potter lowest (47%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Smith Mills, graded from B− to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Dartmouth High. 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 Smith Mills, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB− to B
6–8Dartmouth Middlein North DartmouthB
9–12Dartmouth Highin DartmouthA

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

The district

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

Dartmouth School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 3,297 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 12.2 per teacher (MA 11.9)
$20,589MA $26,530 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading50%
State average 43.7% · 1816 students tested
Math53%
State average 40.7% · 1819 students tested

Smith Mills vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Smith Mills—Dartmouth
DartmouthBDartmouth
New BedfordDNew Bedford

Every school in Smith Mills

5 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 Smith Millsin other towns
George H Potter
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · North Dartmouth
B−
407 students15:1Rate it →
James M. Quinn School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Dartmouth
B
703 students13:1Rate it →
Joseph Demello
Elementary · Grades K–5 · South Dartmouth
B
392 students15:1Rate it →
Dartmouth Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · North Dartmouth
B
801 students10:1Rate it →
Dartmouth High
High · Grades 9–12 · Dartmouth
A
902 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Smith Mills’s schools

Are Smith Mills’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Smith Mills. Dartmouth School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Smith Mills. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Smith Mills in?

Dartmouth School District.

Where do Smith Mills kids go to high school?

Dartmouth High.

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What Smith Mills families are saying about 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.