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)
250333000457	21	Carlisle School	Public	PK, KG-8	83 School Street	Carlisle	01741	Middlesex County	Carlisle	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 369-4102	601	60	9.9		434 (72.2%)	2 (0.3%)	37 (6.2%)	72 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	52 (8.7%)	$20,751			$564			$20,187	94.7	90.4	68	47
250171000008	22	Paul P Gates Elementary School	Public	K-6	75 Spruce Street	Acton	01720	Middlesex County	Acton-Boxborough	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 266-2570	350	28	12.3		98 (28.0%)	4 (1.1%)	24 (6.9%)	197 (56.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.7%)	$16,703			$936			$15,767	94.7	95.3	21	1
250249000148	23	Winn Brook	Public	K-4	97 Waterhouse Rd	Belmont	02478	Middlesex County	Belmont	No	No	No	No	(617) 993-5700	434	27	16		230 (53.0%)	10 (2.3%)	19 (4.4%)	136 (31.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (9.0%)	$15,767			$679			$15,088	94.6	97.9	2	21
251227002022	24	Hunnewell	Public	K-5	28 Cameron Street	Wellesley	02482	Norfolk County	Wellesley	No	No	No	No	(781) 446-6275	198	17	11.8		161 (81.3%)	3 (1.5%)	13 (6.6%)	12 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.5%)	$21,443			$959			$20,484	94.5	96.9	5	19
251197001961	25	Old Post Road	Public	K-5	99 Old Post Road	East Walpole	02032	Norfolk County	Walpole	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 660-7219	457	33	13.8		353 (77.2%)	12 (2.6%)	48 (10.5%)	15 (3.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.1%)	$15,382			$711			$14,671	94.4	92.6	51	26
250550000806	26	Swallow/Union School	Public	K-4	522 Main Street	Dunstable	01827	Middlesex County	Groton-Dunstable	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 649-7281	328	26	12.6		263 (80.2%)	4 (1.2%)	24 (7.3%)	26 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.4%)	$19,744			$448			$19,297	94.4	95	23	3
251221000153	27	Loker School	Public	K-5	47 Loker Street	Wayland	01778	Middlesex County	Wayland	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 358-8601	385	28	13.9		255 (66.2%)	7 (1.8%)	38 (9.9%)	59 (15.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.5%)	$18,271			$606			$17,666	94.3	95.7	16	11
250249000146	28	Mary Lee Burbank	Public	K-4	266 School Street	Belmont	02478	Middlesex County	Belmont	No	No	No	No	(617) 993-5500	336	26	12.8		214 (63.7%)	12 (3.6%)	11 (3.3%)	77 (22.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.5%)	$16,574			$805			$15,769	94.2	97.4	3	25
250195000050	29	South Elementary	Public	K-5	55 Woburn Street	Andover	01810	Essex County	Andover	No	No	No	No	(978) 247-9800	453	35	13.1		314 (69.3%)	5 (1.1%)	28 (6.2%)	83 (18.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.1%)	$18,884			$357			$18,527	94	93.9	35	6
250279000230	30	Eliot K-8 Innovation School	Public	PK, KG-8	16 Charter Street	Boston	02113	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8545	809	57	14.2		514 (63.5%)	44 (5.4%)	114 (14.1%)	87 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	48 (5.9%)	$24,377			$2,140			$22,237	94	95.4	20	10

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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.