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)
250480000645	201	Leroy Wood	Public	PK, KG-5	60 Sconticut Neck Road	Fairhaven	02719	Bristol County	Fairhaven	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 979-4073	442	32	13.6		367 (83.0%)	11 (2.5%)	30 (6.8%)	13 (2.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.3%)	$14,218			$1,512			$12,706	78.6	78.4	199	2
250005501260	202	Mystic Valley Regional Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	770 Salem Street	Malden	02148	Middlesex County	Mystic Valley Regional Charter (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(781) 388-0222	1,608	97	16.6		589 (36.6%)	289 (18.0%)	184 (11.4%)	461 (28.7%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	79 (4.9%)	$15,001			$501			$14,500	78.5	73	253	51
250762001190	203	Herbert Clark Hoover	Public	K-5	37 Glendower Road	Melrose	02176	Middlesex County	Melrose	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 979-2180	303	20	14.8		220 (72.6%)	18 (5.9%)	21 (6.9%)	29 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.0%)	$12,773			$283			$12,491	78.5	74.6	238	35
250351000480	204	South Row	Public	K-4	250 Boston Rd	Chelmsford	01824	Middlesex County	Chelmsford	No	No	No	No	(978) 251-5177	463	34	13.6		313 (67.6%)	12 (2.6%)	33 (7.1%)	74 (16.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.3%)	$16,510			$836			$15,674	78.4	86.6	116	88
251047002535	205	Oak Ridge	Public	3-6	260 Quaker Mtg Hs Rd	East Sandwich	02537	Barnstable County	Sandwich	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 833-0111	674	56	11.9		589 (87.4%)	9 (1.3%)	42 (6.2%)	19 (2.8%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	11 (1.6%)	$20,986			$1,128			$19,858	78.2	76.4	226	21
250888001208	206	Marion E Zeh	Public	K-5	33 Howard Street	Northborough	01532	Worcester County	Northborough	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 351-7048	251	19	13.1		160 (63.7%)	2 (0.8%)	32 (12.7%)	46 (18.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.4%)	$20,418			$264			$20,154	78.2	76.6	222	16
250195000051	207	West Elementary	Public	K-5	58 Beacon Street	Andover	01810	Essex County	Andover	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 247-5300	555	50	11		361 (65.0%)	21 (3.8%)	49 (8.8%)	91 (16.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.8%)	$21,826			$388			$21,438	78	81.3	170	37
250264000167	208	Centerville Elementary	Public	K-4	17 Hull Street	Beverly	01915	Essex County	Beverly	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 921-6120	317	29	10.9		228 (71.9%)	15 (4.7%)	47 (14.8%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.6%)	$16,028			$918			$15,111	77.9	65.1	325	117
250942001510	209	North Pembroke Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	72 Pilgrim Road	Pembroke	02359	Plymouth County	Pembroke	No	No	No	No	(781) 826-5115	516	37	14		464 (89.9%)	2 (0.4%)	19 (3.7%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.7%)	$15,397			$907			$14,490	77.9	82.5	160	49
250189000038	210	Crocker Farm Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	280 West Street	Amherst	01002	Hampshire County	Amherst	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 362-1600	345	37	9.2		152 (44.1%)	44 (12.8%)	65 (18.8%)	40 (11.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	37 (10.7%)	$26,368			$2,310			$24,058	77.8	68.6	291	81

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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.