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Schools in South Lancaster

South Lancaster’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?6/6schools 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
64%
2021–22
Math proficiency
61%
2021–22
Graduate on time
94%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$22.6K
▼ 15% vs MA $26.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.1
MA 11.9
Schools in town
0
2,990 students on the public path
In brief

South Lancaster’s schools, in brief

School by school

6 of South Lancaster’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools. Nashoba Regional places highest (better than 96%); Mary Rowlandson Elementary lowest (55%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve South Lancaster, graded from B to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then three middle schools and one high school: Nashoba Regional. 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 South Lancaster, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB to A
6–83 middle schoolsDepends on your addressB+ to A−
9–12Nashoba Regionalin BoltonA+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Nashoba 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.

Nashoba School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 2,990 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 12.1 per teacher (MA 11.9)
$22,648MA $26,530 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading64%
State average 43.7% · 1659 students tested
Math61%
State average 40.7% · 1660 students tested

South Lancaster vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Massachusetts towns that share South Lancaster’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
South Lancaster—Nashoba

Every school in South Lancaster

6 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 South Lancasterin other towns
Florence Sawyer School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Bolton
A−
734 students13:1Rate it →
Center School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Stow
A
485 students13:1Rate it →
Mary Rowlandson Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lancaster
B
473 students12:1Rate it →
Hale
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Stow
A−
247 students11:1Rate it →
Luther Burbank Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lancaster
B+
245 students10:1Rate it →
Nashoba Regional
High · Grades 9–12 · Bolton
A+
806 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about South Lancaster’s schools

Are South Lancaster’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for South Lancaster. Nashoba School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for South Lancaster. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 6 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is South Lancaster in?

Nashoba School District.

Where do South Lancaster kids go to high school?

Nashoba Regional.

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What South Lancaster 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.