NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in Northborough, MA

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6 public K-12 schools in Northborough 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
2,764
Students
47.2/100
Avg Resource Index
11.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Northborough has more public-school enrollment than 25% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Algonquin Regional High enrolls 43.3% of Northborough's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

4 of Northborough's 6 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 17-point gap between Robert E. Melican Middle School and Fannie E Proctor shows the range hidden by Northborough'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 75%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
79th percentile
Teacher staffing
91st percentile

Algonquin Regional High accounts for 43.3% of all Northborough public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Northborough-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

Northborough school enrollment varies 5.0× across entities

Northborough school enrollment ranges from 238 students (lowest) to 1,197 students (highest), a spread of 959 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

Northborough student-teacher ratio is 11.6:1 — 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

# School Score
1. Robert E. Melican Middle School 54
2. Algonquin Regional High 53
3. Marguerite E Peaslee 47
4. Marion E Zeh 47
5. Lincoln Street 45
6. Fannie E Proctor 37

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Northborough

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 Marguerite E Peaslee 60.6/100
  2. 2 Fannie E Proctor 57.3/100
  3. 3 Marion E Zeh 55.4/100
  4. 4 Robert E. Melican Middle School 52.6/100
  5. 5 Algonquin Regional High 51.1/100

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Which Northborough school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Robert E. Melican Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Northborough schools in this federal-data comparison at 54/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Northborough, MA? ▼

Northborough has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,764 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.6:1.

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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.