Popponesset’s public schools score below 54% of Massachusetts districts
The public schools Popponesset’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 54% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
The short version on Popponesset’s schools
Popponesset shares its schools with neighboring towns
Every school on Popponesset’s path is shared: Kenneth Coombs School, Quashnet School and Mashpee Middle-High School. Mashpee sends its kids to all the same schools. The middle school earns the best grade on the path (A−); the elementary school earns the lowest (B−). See the path ↓
Reading is above the state; math is just below
Reading proficiency is 51%, 3 points above the state. Math is 34%, 2 points below the state. Both are close enough to average that small changes could flip them. Test scores ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Popponesset compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Massachusetts’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Massachusetts only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Popponesset.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Above the state in reading
Every school in Popponesset
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Popponesset families are saying about school.
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Colleges near Popponesset
There’s no college in Popponesset, but 3 are within 30 miles. The closest is Cape Cod Community College in Barnstable Town, 10.5 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Popponesset. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Massachusetts. Stars are from neighbors.