I think Dracut just doesn’t value education as much as other places do.

I mean education achievement also correlates with parents who are educated which correlates to wealth.

Dracut is the poorest of the 5 towns that border Lowell on average, so that already will lead to lower outcomes compared to Chelmsford or Tyngsboro for example.

Are the schools worse than Lowell??? Prolly not tbh. Know kids that went to Lowell High and they did fine, but compared to my education in Chelmsford it was definitely inferior, due to rowdy behavior in classrooms, and just all around more distractions.

Friend said there were multiple girls in his graduating class at Lowell that had kids or were pregnant, which just is gonna continue the cycle of poverty tbh. Also there were some fights that would happen in the cafeteria which is unheard of in Chelmsford or Westford, and theres more poverty stricken homes in Lowell or Dracut which is gonna lead to worse outcomes for kids.

Dracut schools will prolly still be superior to Lowell schools bc Dracut is not as poverty stricken as Lowell.

The difference is people know Lowell's kinda a dump in parts, there are nice parts of Lowell , so it already has the stereotype whereas Dracut is more like where is that ??