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Schools in Woods Hole

Woods Hole’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/6schools 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
48%
2021–22
Math proficiency
49%
2021–22
Graduate on time
89%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$27.7K
▲ 4% vs MA $26.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.3
MA 11.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,394 students on the public path
In brief

Woods Hole’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Woods Hole’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools. North Falmouth Elementary places highest (better than 92%); Mullen-Hall lowest (39%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Four elementary schools serve Woods Hole, graded from C+ to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Falmouth 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 Woods Hole, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–44 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to A
7–8Lawrencein FalmouthB−
9–12Falmouth Highin FalmouthA

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

Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading48%
State average 43.7% · 1621 students tested
Math49%
State average 40.7% · 1614 students tested

Woods Hole vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Massachusetts towns that share Woods Hole’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Woods Hole—Falmouth
FalmouthB−Falmouth
Gosnold—Gosnold

Every school in Woods Hole

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).

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Questions about Woods Hole’s schools

Are Woods Hole’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Woods Hole. Falmouth School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Woods Hole. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Woods Hole in?

Falmouth School District.

Where do Woods Hole kids go to high school?

Falmouth High.

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What Woods Hole 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.