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Nantucket Schools
Nantucket is a public school district in Massachusetts, based in Nantucket County (Nantucket). SchoolGrade grades 4 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Nantucket on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Nantucket
3 of 4 schools in Nantucket carry a SchoolGrade (1 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
B: 1C: 1D: 1
Best schools in Nantucket
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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- B- Nantucket High (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- C Cyrus Peirce (Middle school, exceeds expectations)
- D Nantucket Intermediate School (Elementary school, underperforms expectations)
Every school in Nantucket
High schools (1)
- B- Nantucket High, Nantucket
Middle and junior high schools (1)
- D Nantucket Intermediate School, Nantucket
Elementary and primary schools (1)
- Nantucket Elementary, Nantucket
Other schools and academies (1)
- C Cyrus Peirce, Nantucket
Where Nantucket schools are
Cities and towns served (1)
- Nantucket (4)
About this district
- State: Best schools in Massachusetts
- County: Nantucket County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: distant town (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 1,683 students with 159 full-time-equivalent teachers and 292 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 2508250
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Monomoy Regional School District (4 schools, 27 mi)
- Dennis-Yarmouth (6 schools, 28 mi)
- Barnstable (9 schools, 29 mi)
- Mashpee (3 schools, 30 mi)
- Falmouth (7 schools, 33 mi)
- Sandwich (3 schools, 35 mi)
- Bourne (4 schools, 39 mi)
- Wareham (4 schools, 45 mi)
Questions about Nantucket
How many schools are in Nantucket?
SchoolGrade grades 4 public schools in Nantucket, across 1 city or town. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Nantucket serve?
The largest by graded schools: Nantucket.
How good are the schools in Nantucket?
Across the 3 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is C, with 36% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 36.3%. 67% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Nantucket?
1,683 students were enrolled in Nantucket in the 2023-24 school year, about 10.6 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Nantucket?
Nantucket is in Massachusetts, based in Nantucket County, with its district office in Nantucket. Its boundary covers about 46.2 sq mi.