Public schools in Marlborough, MA

Marlborough has 9 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 6,842 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Marlborough runs 7 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Marlborough's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in MarlboroughDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Marlborough74,812$20,103
Assabet Valley Regional Vocational Technical11,128$26,465
Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter (District)1966$18,523

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

3 high schools in Marlborough, 3,099 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Assabet Valley Vocational High School1,14410.1All free (CEP)Assabet Valley Regional Vocational Technical
Marlborough High98511.3All free (CEP)Marlborough
Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School97011.9not reportedAdvanced Math and Science Academy Charter (District)

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One middle school in Marlborough, 965 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School9659.3not reportedMarlborough

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 elementary schools in Marlborough, 2,583 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Goodnow Brothers Elementary School78113.3All free (CEP)Marlborough
Charles Jaworek School63112.2All free (CEP)Marlborough
Richer59613.3All free (CEP)Marlborough
Francis J Kane57513.1All free (CEP)Marlborough

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Marlborough, 195 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Early Childhood Center19515.0All free (CEP)Marlborough

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Marlborough's public schools compare with Massachusetts's

The median Marlborough school has 12.2 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Massachusetts median of 11.8. 56% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 44% across the state. Its median school enrolls 781 students (state 417).

Marlborough against Massachusetts, schools open in 2024-25 with students
MarlboroughMassachusetts
Median students per teacher12.211.8
Median school size (students)781417
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)56%44%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)78%63%
Charter schools11%4.0%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 9 Marlborough schools and the 1,793 Massachusetts schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Marlborough

  1. MarlboroughRuns 7 of Marlborough's 9 public schools and spent $20,103 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$20,103
  2. Assabet Valley Vocational High School, the largest high school in Marlborough1,144 students in 2024-25, 10.1 per teacher.1,144
  3. Compare Marlborough with Assabet Valley Regional Vocational TechnicalMarlborough's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in MassachusettsMassachusetts's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Marlborough addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Massachusetts

  1. Springfield71 schools
  2. Worcester48 schools
  3. Dorchester29 schools
  4. Lawrence29 schools
  5. Lowell29 schools
  6. Lynn28 schools
  7. New Bedford27 schools
  8. Brockton24 schools

Questions about schools in Marlborough

  1. How many public schools are in Marlborough, MA?
    9 public schools with an address in Marlborough were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 6,842 students. 1 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Marlborough?
    Assabet Valley Vocational High School, with 1,144 students in 2024-25 (Assabet Valley Regional Vocational Technical).
  3. Which districts run Marlborough's schools?
    Marlborough (7 schools), Assabet Valley Regional Vocational Technical (1 school), Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter (District) (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .