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)
251137001878	401	Sunderland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1 Swampfield Drive	Sunderland	01375	Franklin County	Sunderland	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 665-1151	183	24	7.6		121 (66.1%)	5 (2.7%)	24 (13.1%)	18 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (7.7%)	$23,483			$2,167			$21,316	57.2	57.6	402	1
250279000278	402	Kilmer K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	35 Baker Street	West Roxbury	02132	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8060	371	41	9.1		172 (46.4%)	69 (18.6%)	88 (23.7%)	21 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.7%)	$27,184			$2,016			$25,168	57	52.5	450	48
251242002036	403	Howard School	Public	4-6	70 Howard Street	West Bridgewater	02379	Plymouth County	West Bridgewater	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 894-1250	309	20	15.4		233 (75.4%)	24 (7.8%)	26 (8.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.8%)	$13,814			$941			$12,872	56.9	53.2	444	41
251125001862	404	Joseph R Dawe Junior Elementary	Public	K-5	131 Pine Street	Stoughton	02072	Norfolk County	Stoughton	No	No	No	No	(781) 344-7007	389	34	11.3		187 (48.1%)	98 (25.2%)	62 (15.9%)	23 (5.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.6%)	$18,106			$1,064			$17,043	56.8	46.7	503	99
251200001970	405	James Fitzgerald Elementary School	Public	K-5	138 Beal Road	Waltham	02453	Middlesex County	Waltham	No	No	No	No	(781) 314-5685	354	33	10.7		192 (54.2%)	10 (2.8%)	111 (31.4%)	22 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.4%)	$23,432			$901			$22,531	56.7	47.4	494	89
250054202736	406	Page Hilltop Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	115 Washington Street	Ayer	01432	Middlesex County	Ayer Shirley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 772-8600	540	41	13.2		357 (66.1%)	35 (6.5%)	68 (12.6%)	33 (6.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (8.3%)	$16,740			$1,696			$15,044	56.4	61.8	369	37
250408000049	407	Deerfield Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	21 Pleasant Street	South Deerfield	01373	Franklin County	Deerfield	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 665-1131	313	33	9.4		273 (87.2%)	4 (1.3%)	16 (5.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.8%)	$21,413			$1,604			$19,809	56.2	53.5	441	34
250972001545	408	Nathaniel Morton Elementary	Public	K-5	6 Lincoln Street	Plymouth	02360	Plymouth County	Plymouth	No	No	No	No	(508) 830-4320	502	40	12.4		405 (80.7%)	9 (1.8%)	59 (11.8%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.6%)	$18,323			$474			$17,849	56.2	65.5	321	87
250054400840	409	Harwich Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	263 South Street	Harwich	02645	Barnstable County	Monomoy Regional School District	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 430-7216	464	47	9.8		341 (73.5%)	30 (6.5%)	42 (9.1%)	15 (3.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (7.3%)	$21,353			$722			$20,631	56	64.1	337	72
250354000847	410	William A Berkowitz Elementary	Public	1-4	300 Crescent Avenue	Chelsea	02150	Suffolk County	Chelsea	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 466-5300	435	37	11.7		17 (3.9%)	28 (6.4%)	383 (88.0%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$17,585			$1,352			$16,234	56	30.5	650	240

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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.