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)
251038000773	551	Saltonstall School	Public	K-8	211 Lafayette Street	Salem	01970	Essex County	Salem	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 740-1297	397	33	12.1		174 (43.8%)	20 (5.0%)	178 (44.8%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.3%)	$19,655			$1,336			$18,319	41.2	24.9	693	142
251200001973	552	William F. Stanley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	250 South Street	Waltham	02453	Middlesex County	Waltham	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 314-5620	383	43	8.8		133 (34.7%)	38 (9.9%)	163 (42.6%)	37 (9.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.6%)	$27,565			$1,509			$26,055	41.2	43.1	536	16
250597000866	553	Tilton	Public	K-4	70 Grove Street	Haverhill	01832	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-3475	295	31	9.5		95 (32.2%)	15 (5.1%)	176 (59.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	6 (2.0%)	$18,905			$1,610			$17,295	41			(n/a)
250936001502	554	South Memorial	Public	PK, KG-5	16 Maple St Ext	Peabody	01960	Essex County	Peabody	No	No	No	No	(978) 536-5700	472	31	15.3		337 (71.4%)	15 (3.2%)	81 (17.2%)	15 (3.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.4%)	$13,914			$430			$13,484	40.9	36.5	601	47
250219001294	555	Peter Thacher Elementary School	Public	K-4	160 James Street	Attleboro	02703	Bristol County	Attleboro	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 226-4162	442	34	12.8		268 (60.6%)	50 (11.3%)	82 (18.6%)	13 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.3%)	$16,375			$1,010			$15,365	40.7	44.1	527	28
251152001565	556	Joseph C Chamberlain	Public	PK, KG-4	480 Norton Avenue	Taunton	02780	Bristol County	Taunton	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 821-3216	453	33	13.7		299 (66.0%)	61 (13.5%)	56 (12.4%)	8 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.2%)	$15,144			$1,184			$13,960	40.5	36.4	602	46
250483000679	557	Spencer Borden	Public	PK, KG-5	1400 President Avenue	Fall River	02720	Bristol County	Fall River	No	No	No	No	(508) 675-8202	576	43	13.5		277 (48.1%)	81 (14.1%)	132 (22.9%)	31 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (9.5%)	$17,019			$1,244			$15,776	40.5	54.3	433	124
250597002881	558	Caleb Dustin Hunking School	Public	K-8	480 So. Main Street	Haverhill	01835	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-5787	1,070	84	12.7		661 (61.8%)	56 (5.2%)	298 (27.9%)	22 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.0%)	$15,076			$1,446			$13,631	40.3	30.5	651	93
250516000761	559	Littleville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4 Littleville Road	Huntington	01050	Hampshire County	Gateway	No	No	No	No	(413) 685-1300	299	28	10.6		269 (90.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.7%)	$17,331			$714			$16,617	40	30.3	653	94
250279002687	560	Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot	Public	PK, KG-8	25 Walk Hill Street	Jamaica Plain	02130	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-7717	299	23	13		88 (29.4%)	80 (26.8%)	111 (37.1%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.4%)	$25,668			$1,972			$23,696	39.9	54.2	437	123

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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.