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)
250987001560	731	Atherton Hough	Public	K-5	1084 Sea Street	Quincy	02169	Norfolk County	Quincy	No	No	No	No	(617) 984-8797	256	25	10.2		175 (68.4%)	15 (5.9%)	17 (6.6%)	31 (12.1%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	16 (6.3%)	$17,954			$958			$16,996	21	41.3	553	178
250702002761	732	Rogers STEM Academy	Public	K-8	43 Highland Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 674-4331	835	68	12.2		170 (20.4%)	72 (8.6%)	393 (47.1%)	163 (19.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	34 (4.1%)	$14,642			$1,475			$13,167	21	16	797	65
250702000088	733	S Christa McAuliffe Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	570 Beacon Street	Lowell	01850	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-2838	480	37	12.9		145 (30.2%)	29 (6.0%)	251 (52.3%)	37 (7.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.5%)	$16,960			$1,792			$15,168	21	19.5	750	17
250004600819	734	Prospect Hill Academy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	50 Essex Street	Cambridge	02139	Middlesex County	Prospect Hill Academy Charter (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 284-7800	999	106	9.3		109 (10.9%)	565 (56.6%)	212 (21.2%)	68 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	43 (4.3%)	$23,236			$1,440			$21,797	20.4	17.3	780	46
251113001801	735	Elias Brookings	Public	PK, KG-5	433 Walnut Street	Springfield	01105	Hampden County	Springfield	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 787-7200	270	29	9.2		9 (3.3%)	60 (22.2%)	195 (72.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	$19,898			$2,062			$17,836	20.4	19	754	19
250279000247	736	Grew Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	40 Gordon Avenue	Hyde Park	02136	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8715	212	22	9.4		23 (10.8%)	77 (36.3%)	90 (42.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (9.4%)	$26,701			$2,376			$24,326	20.4	31.8	641	95
250483002656	737	Letourneau Elementary School	Public	K-5	323 Anthony Street	Fall River	02721	Bristol County	Fall River	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 676-2170	597	35	17.2		236 (39.5%)	56 (9.4%)	232 (38.9%)	15 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (9.7%)	$15,913			$1,705			$14,208	20.2	15.7	802	65
251089001736	738	E Somerville Community	Public	PK, KG-8	50 Cross Street	Somerville	02145	Middlesex County	Somerville	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 625-6600	729	54	13.4		149 (20.4%)	35 (4.8%)	487 (66.8%)	36 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	19 (2.6%)	$18,914			$980			$17,934	20.1	20.4	740	2
250825002880	739	Nantucket Intermediate School	Public	3-5	30 Surfside Road	Nantucket	02554	Nantucket County	Nantucket	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 228-7285	340	37	9.2		143 (42.1%)	24 (7.1%)	152 (44.7%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.0%)	$26,259			$648			$25,611	20.1	30.7	649	90
250984002694	740	Provincetown Schools	Public	PK, KG-8	12 Winslow Street	Provincetown	02657	Barnstable County	Provincetown	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 487-5000	142	22	6.3		80 (56.3%)	29 (20.4%)	19 (13.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (9.2%)	$44,861			$1,868			$42,993	20	33.5	631	109

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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.