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)
250762001191	11	Horace Mann	Public	K-5	40 Damon Avenue	Melrose	02176	Middlesex County	Melrose	No	No	No	No	(781) 979-2190	244	16	15.5		219 (89.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.3%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.7%)	$12,922			$283			$12,639	96	89.6	80	69
250002200514	12	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	21 Notre Dame Avenue	Cambridge	02142	Middlesex County	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 497-7771	332	20	16.6		9 (2.7%)	271 (81.6%)	27 (8.1%)	6 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.4%)	$24,797			$1,945			$22,852	96	95.1	22	10
251221002008	13	Happy Hollow School	Public	K-5	63 Pequot Rd	Wayland	01778	Middlesex County	Wayland	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 358-8641	363	29	12.4		253 (69.7%)	7 (1.9%)	21 (5.8%)	48 (13.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (9.1%)	$19,986			$606			$19,380	95.7	93.9	34	21
250684001000	14	Joseph Estabrook	Public	K-5	117 Grove Street	Lexington	02420	Middlesex County	Lexington	No	No	No	No	(781) 861-2520	542	44	12.4		181 (33.4%)	20 (3.7%)	32 (5.9%)	246 (45.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (11.6%)	$18,214			$282			$17,931	95.7	93.9	36	22
250327000443	15	Martin Luther King Junior	Public	PK, KG-5	102 Putnam Avenue	Cambridge	02139	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	No	(617) 349-6562	332	35	9.4		77 (23.2%)	40 (12.0%)	14 (4.2%)	119 (35.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	82 (24.7%)	$36,282			$484			$35,797	95.6	97.2	4	11
250861001356	16	A E Angier	Public	K-5	1697 Beacon Street	Waban	02468	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(617) 559-9300	376	38	9.8		239 (63.6%)	14 (3.7%)	23 (6.1%)	61 (16.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (9.3%)	$23,059			$1,320			$21,739	95.5	94.4	27	11
250861001371	17	Mason-Rice	Public	K-5	149 Pleasant Street	Newton Centre	02459	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(617) 559-9570	332	31	10.8		195 (58.7%)	2 (0.6%)	19 (5.7%)	82 (24.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (9.9%)	$20,465			$1,388			$19,077	95.2	96.3	9	8
250501000740	18	J F Kennedy Memorial	Public	K-5	551 Pond Street	Franklin	02038	Norfolk County	Franklin	No	No	No	No	(508) 541-5260	338	27	12.6		288 (85.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.8%)	26 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	6 (1.8%)	$17,191			$966			$16,225	95.1	93.5	41	23
250684000473	19	Maria Hastings	Public	K-5	7 Crosby Road	Lexington	02421	Middlesex County	Lexington	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 860-5800	598	52	11.5		206 (34.4%)	19 (3.2%)	35 (5.9%)	283 (47.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (9.2%)	$19,000			$282			$18,718	94.9	96.3	12	7
250609000874	20	South Elementary	Public	K-5	831 Main Street	Hingham	02043	Plymouth County	Hingham	No	No	No	No	(781) 741-1540	502	38	13.2		454 (90.4%)	7 (1.4%)	9 (1.8%)	25 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	$16,440			$533			$15,906	94.9	95.5	18	2

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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.