NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in Marlborough, MA

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

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9
Schools
6,842
Students
41.4/100
Avg Resource Index
12.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Marlborough has more public-school enrollment than 68% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Marlborough sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Marlborough's list includes 4 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 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.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Marlborough's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 52nd percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 87th percentile. The 35-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 32%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
52nd percentile
Teacher staffing
87th percentile

Assabet Valley Vocational High School accounts for 16.7% of all Marlborough public-school enrollment

That concentration means Marlborough-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

Marlborough school enrollment varies 5.9× across entities

Marlborough school enrollment ranges from 195 students (lowest) to 1,144 students (highest), a spread of 949 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

Marlborough student-teacher ratio is 12.2:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Marlborough's 9 listed schools are charters

11% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School 58
2. Assabet Valley Vocational High School 49
3. 1 Lt Charles W. Whitcomb School 46
4. Early Childhood Center 44
5. Marlborough High 43
6. Francis J Kane 38
7. Charles Jaworek School 34
8. Richer 32
9. Goodnow Brothers Elementary School 29

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Marlborough

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 Francis J Kane 61.3/100
  2. 2 Early Childhood Center 58.9/100
  3. 3 Charles Jaworek School 57.9/100
  4. 4 Goodnow Brothers Elementary School 55.7/100
  5. 5 Assabet Valley Vocational High School 54.9/100

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Which Marlborough school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Marlborough schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Marlborough, MA? ▼

Marlborough has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,842 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.2:1.

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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.