Nashoba Regional School District

Bolton and Stow are one school district, not two that resemble each other. The state reports a single set of figures for them — the same MCAS percentile, the same rank, the same spending per pupil — and the schools below belong to the district rather than to either town. Whatever separates these towns, it is not the district.

The member towns are priced almost identically — $950k to $950k for a 4BR — so unusually little rides on which one you pick. Commute and the tax bill are what is left.

What the same district costs in each town

The schools column is missing on purpose: it would be the same value repeated. Every town links through to its own full page.

#Town4BR house2BR condoTax rateEst. billCommuteRail
1Bolton$950kT3$535k$16.50T4≈$15,70065 minT4None
2Stow$950kT3$535k$16.50T4≈$15,70057 minT3None

How the district performs

School tierTier 2 · strong schools Tier 2
MCAS percentile82nd
Growth percentile54th
Niche district rank49th of 236
Graduation rate94.2%
Pupils3,179
Spending per pupil$21,722
State accountabilityModerate progress toward targets

The district’s schools

Every school the district runs. Which building a child attends is the district’s business and often follows the town, so this is not a list of choices — it is what the district is.

SchoolGrades
Center SchoolPK–5
Mary Rowlandson ElementaryPK–5
Florence Sawyer SchoolPK–8
Luther Burbank Middle School6–8
Hale6–8

Member towns head to head

Bolton vs Stow
$950k vs $950k for a 4BR

Read next

Studies from this site that turn on something specific about the Nashoba towns — each one says what.

How much income do you need to buy in a good Massachusetts school district?
The Tier 1–2 towns here need a median $269k of household income for a 4BR. As a condo, the same districts ask far less.
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What a top school district actually adds to a house price
The Tier 1–2 towns here run a median $950k, against $650k for the state's Tier 3–4 towns. Close to Boston a strong district roughly doubles the price; an hour out it costs 36% more.
7 min read
The better the schools, the more you pay to own instead of rent
Buying costs a median 24 years of rent across these towns, against 18 statewide — an expensive place to own rather than rent.
6 min read
Test scores tell you who moved in. Growth tells you what the school did.
In two of these districts the state's two figures disagree by 15 percentile points or more — and buyers only ever read one of them.
7 min read

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.

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