NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in Leominster, MA

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

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12
Schools
6,161
Students
34.1/100
Avg Resource Index
16.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Leominster has more public-school enrollment than 64% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Leominster's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Leominster's list includes 5 elementary, 2 middle, and 3 high-school campuses, 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 28-point gap between Samoset School and Center for Technical Education Innovation shows the range hidden by Leominster'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 36%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
22nd percentile
Teacher staffing
42nd percentile

Leominster High School accounts for 17.2% of all Leominster public-school enrollment

That concentration means Leominster-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. 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

Leominster school enrollment varies 23× across entities

Leominster school enrollment ranges from 46 students (lowest) to 1,060 students (highest), a spread of 1,014 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. 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

Leominster operates one school district — a single-district system

Leominster'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

Leominster student-teacher ratio is 16.1:1 — 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 Leominster is typically wider than the Leominster-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Samoset School 46
2. Fall Brook 42
3. Lincoln School 42
4. Frances Drake School 39
5. Leominster High School 37
6. Sky View Middle School 35
7. Leominster Center for Excellence 34
8. Priest Street 33
9. Johnny Appleseed 32
10. Northwest 32
11. Bennett 19
12. Center for Technical Education Innovation 18

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Leominster

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 Lincoln School 69.7/100
  2. 2 Johnny Appleseed 66.3/100
  3. 3 Leominster High School 66.1/100
  4. 4 Priest Street 65.2/100
  5. 5 Samoset School 65.1/100

What do families ask about schools in Leominster?

Which Leominster school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Samoset School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Leominster schools in this federal-data comparison at 46/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Leominster, MA? ▼

Leominster has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,161 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.1:1.

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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.