Best Elementary Schools in Massachusetts

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the MCAS Next Generation test scores by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 916)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
251218002002	191	James Russell Lowell	Public	K-5	123 Lowell Ave.	Watertown	02472	Middlesex County	Watertown	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 926-7770	376	40	9.3		203 (54.0%)	10 (2.7%)	82 (21.8%)	37 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (11.7%)	$24,276			$879			$23,397	79.2	78.2	202	11
251122001856	192	South	Public	PK, KG-4	11 Summer Street	Stoneham	02180	Middlesex County	Stoneham	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 279-3880	354	30	11.8		232 (65.5%)	16 (4.5%)	55 (15.5%)	27 (7.6%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (5.6%)	$16,398			$558			$15,840	79.2	79.7	190	2
250999001608	193	J Warren Killam	Public	K-5	333 Charles Street	Reading	01867	Middlesex County	Reading	No	No	No	No	(781) 944-7831	421	30	13.8		341 (81.0%)	20 (4.8%)	23 (5.5%)	32 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	$15,025			$408			$14,617	79.1	76.5	224	31
250258002912	194	Boylston Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Sewall Street	Boylston	01505	Worcester County	Berlin-Boylston	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 869-2200	336	27	12.6		265 (78.9%)	5 (1.5%)	39 (11.6%)	15 (4.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.3%)	$16,417			$535			$15,882	79	78.2	201	7
250861001366	195	Franklin	Public	K-5	125 Derby Street	West Newton	02465	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(617) 559-9500	349	31	11		206 (59.0%)	11 (3.2%)	37 (10.6%)	61 (17.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (8.9%)	$20,084			$1,336			$18,748	79	81.3	171	24
251056002289	196	Wampatuck Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	266 Tilden Rd	Scituate	02066	Plymouth County	Scituate	No	No	No	No	(781) 545-8790	430	33	12.8		397 (92.3%)	8 (1.9%)	12 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.0%)	$14,863			$116			$14,747	78.9	86.3	118	78
250051802632	197	Pioneer Charter School of Science	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	51-59 Summer Street	Everett	02149	Middlesex County	Pioneer Charter School of Science (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 389-7277	779	71	10.9		304 (39.0%)	172 (22.1%)	211 (27.1%)	63 (8.1%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.2%)	$16,081			$1,148			$14,933	78.9	79.8	189	8
250501000741	198	Oak Street Elementary	Public	K-5	224 Oak Street	Franklin	02038	Norfolk County	Franklin	No	No	No	No	(508) 541-7890	386	29	13.2		295 (76.4%)	14 (3.6%)	30 (7.8%)	31 (8.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	13 (3.4%)	$16,764			$1,043			$15,721	78.8	81.2	176	22
250579000828	199	Center Elementary	Public	2-4	65 Silver Street	Hanover	02339	Plymouth County	Hanover	No	No	No	No	(781) 826-2631	628	44	14.4		576 (91.7%)	12 (1.9%)	20 (3.2%)	10 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.3%)	$13,615			$64			$13,550	78.7	83.1	152	47
250495000710	200	Mabelle M Burrell	Public	PK, KG-4	16 Morse Street	Foxborough	02035	Norfolk County	Foxborough	No	No	No	No	(508) 543-1605	331	25	13.1		244 (73.7%)	23 (6.9%)	30 (9.1%)	19 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.5%)	$18,989			$710			$18,279	78.6	79.5	192	8

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts, MCAS Next Generation Mathematics, MCAS Next Generation Science test scores released by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 25, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.