Concord-Carlisle Regional School District
Carlisle and Concord share Concord-Carlisle Regional School District above the elementary and middle years, and each runs its own schools below that. The shared name covers the end of a child's schooling here, not the beginning of it.
A 4BR runs $1.5M in Carlisle and $2.2M in Concord — $700k, or 1.47×, for a comparable house in the same secondary schools. The elementary years are the part that genuinely differs, and they are not what that $700k is buying.
What each member town costs
Schools are left out here because they are only partly shared — the section below splits them. Every town links through to its own full page.
| # | Town | 4BR house | 2BR condo | Tax rate | Est. bill | Commute | Rail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlisle | $1.5MT4 | $775k | $14.50T3 | ≈$21,800 | 49 minT3 | None |
| 2 | Concord | $2.2MT4 | $1.03M | $13.00T3 | ≈$28,600 | 47 minT3 | Rail · 49 min |
How the district performs
| School tier | Tier 1 · top schools Tier 1 |
| MCAS percentile — Carlisle | 99th |
| MCAS percentile — Concord | 95th |
| Graduation rate | 96.8% |
| Pupils | 1,258 |
| Spending per pupil | $30,708 |
MCAS is shown per town rather than once, because these towns run separate elementary schools and the state reports them separately. The figures that are common to the district — graduation, spending, accountability — are shown once.
Shared schools
The shared part of this district is the high school, which this dataset lists through the district rankings rather than here. Each town’s own elementary and middle schools are below.
Each town’s own schools
The part of the schooling that is not shared, and the reason the early-grade figures differ between these towns.
Carlisle: Carlisle School (PK–8).
Concord: Alcott (PK–5), Thoreau (PK–5), Willard (PK–5), Concord Middle (6–8).
Member towns head to head
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Studies from this site that turn on something specific about the Concord-Carlisle towns — each one says what.
District membership, enrolment and per-pupil spending come from the state’s DESE reports; MCAS and graduation figures are the state’s own. Prices are estimates calibrated to the Zillow Home Value Index and Redfin, and tax bills apply each town’s FY2026 rate to its own median 4BR estimate, so they are indicative rather than an assessment. Data last reviewed — see the methodology.
