NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in Westford, MA

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

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10
Schools
5,342
Students
52.8/100
Avg Resource Index
12.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Westford has more public-school enrollment than 58% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Westford lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Westford's list includes 3 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 3 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 14-point gap between Stony Brook School and Nabnasset shows the range hidden by Westford'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 42%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
93rd percentile
Teacher staffing
86th percentile

Westford Academy accounts for 28.2% of all Westford public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Westford-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

Westford school enrollment varies 5.4× across entities

Westford school enrollment ranges from 281 students (lowest) to 1,504 students (highest), a spread of 1,223 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

Westford student-teacher ratio is 12.3:1 — 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. Stony Brook School 58
2. Blanchard Middle 58
3. Nashoba Valley Technical High School 57
4. Westford Academy 55
5. Abbot Elementary 53
6. John a. Crisafulli Elementary School 53
7. Day Elementary 52
8. Col John Robinson 49
9. Rita E. Miller Elementary School 49
10. Nabnasset 44

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Westford

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 Rita E. Miller Elementary School 64.0/100
  2. 2 Day Elementary 61.3/100
  3. 3 Col John Robinson 60.7/100
  4. 4 John a. Crisafulli Elementary School 56.6/100
  5. 5 Blanchard Middle 54.4/100

What do families ask about schools in Westford?

Which Westford school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Stony Brook School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Westford 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 Westford, MA? ▼

Westford has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,342 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.3:1.

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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.