Best Public Schools in Zip Code 02420

Summary:

The 02420 zip code in Lexington, Massachusetts is home to a high-performing school district, with 4 schools serving students from elementary through middle school. The standout institution in this area is Wm Diamond Middle School, which has consistently ranked among the top middle schools in the state, earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Wm Diamond Middle School outperforms the Lexington school district and the state of Massachusetts in MCAS Next Generation test scores across all subjects and grade levels, with 82.63% of its students proficient or better in Mathematics in 2023-2024. The school's student-teacher ratio of 10:1 is the lowest among the 4 schools in the 02420 zip code, and it spends $19,867 per student, a figure that falls between the higher and lower spending levels of the other schools in the area.

While the schools in the 02420 zip code have diverse student populations, with significant Asian student representation, this diversity does not appear to be a factor in their academic success. Rather, the exceptional performance of these schools, particularly Wm Diamond Middle School, can be attributed to the overall strength and commitment to excellence within the Lexington school district, which is ranked 7th out of 351 districts in Massachusetts and rated 5 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2024)							MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2024)							MCAS Next Generation Science (2024)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Fiske	Public	K-5	55 Adams Street	Lexington	02420	Middlesex County	Lexington	No	No	No	No	(781) 541-5001	335	38	8.9		143 (42.7%)	12 (3.6%)	18 (5.4%)	132 (39.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (8.7%)	82.7	148^th of 916 public elementary schools	83.8%		90.9	64^th of 928 public elementary schools	93.1%	84	56.1	64.4	58.3				60.0	57.6	74.0	58.3				64.1	58.3		58.3	$25,331	$391	$24,940
Harrington	Public	K-5	328 Lowell Street	Lexington	02420	Middlesex County	Lexington	No	No	No	No	(781) 860-0012	378	37	10.2		126 (33.3%)	29 (7.7%)	18 (4.8%)	175 (46.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.9%)	92.6	44^th of 916 public elementary schools	95.2%		86.1	120^th of 928 public elementary schools	87.1%	76	84.0	62.3	75.3				72.6	75.5	63.6	75.3				70.9	79.0		79.0	$19,771	$453	$19,318
Joseph Estabrook	Public	K-5	117 Grove Street	Lexington	02420	Middlesex County	Lexington	No	No	No	No	(781) 861-2520	537	46	11.7		171 (31.8%)	23 (4.3%)	32 (6.0%)	254 (47.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (10.6%)	95.7	14^th of 916 public elementary schools	98.5%		93.9	36^th of 928 public elementary schools	96.1%	22	87.2	73.4	69.4				76.0	86.1	86.0	75.0				81.9	72.2		72.2	$18,214	$282	$17,931
Wm Diamond Middle	Public	6-8	99 Hancock Street	Lexington	02420	Middlesex County	Lexington	No	No	No	No	(781) 861-2460	927	98	9.4		348 (37.5%)	31 (3.3%)	56 (6.0%)	410 (44.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	81 (8.7%)	97.1	7^th of 493 public middle schools	98.6%		97.8	4^th of 501 public middle schools	99.2%	3				72.1	65.9	76.2	71.5				77.2	81.5	88.8	82.6		77.6	77.6	$19,867	$305	$19,561

Cities Near Zip Code 02420

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Lexington	0.32 mi	11	11^th
Woburn	2.03 mi	10	245^th
Winchester	2.09 mi	7	20^th
Arlington	2.65 mi	11	24^th
Burlington	2.91 mi	6	135^th

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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.

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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 02420

Wm Diamond Middle

Joseph Estabrook

Harrington

Fiske

Cities Near Zip Code 02420