Best Elementary Schools in Massachusetts

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Massachusetts test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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)
250567001459	81	Bessie Buker Elementary	Public	K-5	1 School Street	Wenham	01984	Essex County	Hamilton-Wenham	No	No	No	No	(978) 468-5324	265	19	14.1		214 (80.8%)	2 (0.8%)	29 (10.9%)	16 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	$17,531			$956			$16,575	89.5	83.6	150	69
250963001536	82	Williams	Public	PK, KG-5	50 Bushey Road	Pittsfield	01201	Berkshire County	Pittsfield	No	No	No	No	(413) 448-9680	256	24	10.5		171 (66.8%)	25 (9.8%)	32 (12.5%)	9 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.4%)	$18,800			$941			$17,859	89.5	88.5	89	7
251299002767	83	Anne T. Dunphy School	Public	PK, KG-6	1 Petticoat Hill	Williamsburg	01096	Hampshire County	Williamsburg	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 268-8421	127	15	8.3		119 (93.7%)	1 (0.8%)	6 (4.7%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,340			$209			$23,131	89.3	79.7	191	108
250315000418	84	Roland Hayes	Public	K-8	100 Eliot Street	Chestnut Hill	02467	Middlesex County	Brookline	No	No	No	No	(617) 879-4570	459	36	12.6		251 (54.7%)	21 (4.6%)	52 (11.3%)	73 (15.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (13.3%)	$23,617			$865			$22,752	89.3	90.9	63	21
250171000356	85	Blanchard Memorial School	Public	K-6	493 Massachusetts Avenue	Boxborough	01719	Middlesex County	Acton-Boxborough	No	No	No	No	(978) 263-4569	506	37	13.6		270 (53.4%)	16 (3.2%)	48 (9.5%)	140 (27.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.9%)	$17,925			$1,027			$16,898	89.1	86.4	117	32
250315000421	86	Michael Driscoll	Public	PK, KG-8	725 Washington St	Brookline	02446	Norfolk County	Brookline	No	No	No	No	(617) 879-4250	456	39	11.6		230 (50.4%)	27 (5.9%)	48 (10.5%)	88 (19.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (13.8%)	$24,432			$947			$23,485	89	85.9	125	39
251311002172	87	Vinson-Owen Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	75 Johnson Road	Winchester	01890	Middlesex County	Winchester	No	No	No	No	(781) 721-7019	441	33	13.1		296 (67.1%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.5%)	96 (21.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (8.4%)	$16,251			$215			$16,036	89	90	76	11
250714001093	88	Summer Street	Public	K-4	262 Summer Street	Lynnfield	01940	Essex County	Lynnfield	No	No	No	No	(781) 334-5830	421	29	14.5		370 (87.9%)	4 (1.0%)	12 (2.9%)	17 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.3%)	$16,250			$278			$15,972	88.7	94.5	26	62
250198000066	89	Thompson	Public	K-5	187 Everett Street	Arlington	02474	Middlesex County	Arlington	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 316-3768	502	40	12.7		315 (62.7%)	27 (5.4%)	44 (8.8%)	64 (12.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (10.0%)	$16,024			$725			$15,298	88.7	84	146	57
251077001047	90	Floral Street School	Public	K-4	57 Floral Street	Shrewsbury	01545	Worcester County	Shrewsbury	No	No	No	No	(508) 841-8720	519	43	12.1		162 (31.2%)	24 (4.6%)	29 (5.6%)	270 (52.0%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.6%)	$14,682			$867			$13,815	88.7	91.5	59	31

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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.