NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in Dracut, MA

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6 public K-12 schools in Dracut from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
3,491
Students
33.7/100
Avg Resource Index
14.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Dracut has more public-school enrollment than 36% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Dracut's 6 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Dracut's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 12-point gap between Dracut Senior High and Joseph a Campbell Elementary shows the range hidden by Dracut's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 64%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
21st percentile
Teacher staffing
55th percentile

Justus C. Richardson Middle School accounts for 26.2% of all Dracut public-school enrollment

That concentration means Dracut-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Middle. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Dracut school enrollment varies 4.3× across entities

Dracut school enrollment ranges from 211 students (lowest) to 916 students (highest), a spread of 705 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Dracut operates one school district — a single-district system

Dracut's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Dracut student-teacher ratio is 14.9:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Dracut is typically wider than the Dracut-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Dracut Senior High 40
2. Greenmont Avenue 40
3. George H. Englesby Elementary School 35
4. Brookside Elementary 30
5. Justus C. Richardson Middle School 29
6. Joseph a Campbell Elementary 28

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Dracut

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Greenmont Avenue 65.4/100
  2. 2 Brookside Elementary 61.3/100
  3. 3 George H. Englesby Elementary School 60.6/100
  4. 4 Dracut Senior High 59.6/100
  5. 5 Justus C. Richardson Middle School 55.4/100

What do families ask about schools in Dracut?

Which Dracut school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Dracut Senior High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Dracut schools in this federal-data comparison at 40/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Dracut, MA? ▼

Dracut has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,491 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.