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)
250799000425	671	Colrain Central	Public	PK, KG-6	22 Jacksonville Rd	Colrain	01340	Franklin County	Mohawk Trail	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 624-3451	104	8	12.3		94 (90.4%)	2 (1.9%)	6 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	$31,395			$1,688			$29,707	26.6	22.1	724	53
250597001168	672	Bradford Elementary	Public	K-4	118 Montvale Street	Bradford	01835	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-2443	508	46	11.1		195 (38.4%)	26 (5.1%)	270 (53.1%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.0%)	$16,795			$1,302			$15,493	26.5	23.8	702	30
251323002197	673	Belmont Street Community	Public	PK, KG-6	170 Belmont Street	Worcester	01605	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3588	585	35	16.7		118 (20.2%)	107 (18.3%)	315 (53.8%)	22 (3.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.8%)	$14,877			$1,096			$13,780	26.5	24.8	694	21
250867001388	674	Colegrove Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	24 Church Street	North Adams	01247	Berkshire County	North Adams	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 662-3250	235	28	8.3		184 (78.3%)	6 (2.6%)	19 (8.1%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (9.8%)	$21,371			$1,767			$19,604	26.4	20.3	742	68
250828001288	675	Templeton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	17 South Rd.	Templeton	01468	Worcester County	Narragansett	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 939-8892	644	39	16.5		537 (83.4%)	14 (2.2%)	66 (10.2%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.3%)	$13,571			$635			$12,936	26.4	24.1	700	25
250055602817	676	TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	141 Mansion Drive	East Walpole	02032	Norfolk County	TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School District	No	No	Yes	Yes	(774) 315-5123	2,940	119	24.6		1,622 (55.2%)	329 (11.2%)	629 (21.4%)	100 (3.4%)	15 (0.5%)	8 (0.3%)	231 (7.9%)	$10,564			$702			$9,862	26.3	36.5	600	76
250279000255	677	Chittick Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	154 Ruskindale Road	Mattapan	02126	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8652	232	30	7.7		8 (3.4%)	143 (61.6%)	71 (30.6%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (3.0%)	$33,300			$2,198			$31,102	26	21.9	728	51
251200001978	678	Thomas R Plympton Elementary School	Public	K-5	20 Farnsworth Street	Waltham	02451	Middlesex County	Waltham	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 314-5765	353	33	10.8		129 (36.5%)	44 (12.5%)	145 (41.1%)	22 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.7%)	$23,136			$944			$22,192	25.9	41.8	548	130
250756001634	679	John J McGlynn Elementary School	Public	K-5	3002 Mystic Valley Pkwy	Medford	02155	Middlesex County	Medford	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 393-2333	481	40	11.9		210 (43.7%)	52 (10.8%)	111 (23.1%)	82 (17.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.8%)	$19,278			$707			$18,571	25.8	35.3	618	61
250702001051	680	Washington	Public	PK, KG-4	795 Wilder Street	Lowell	01851	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7635	244	23	10.6		45 (18.4%)	13 (5.3%)	62 (25.4%)	105 (43.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (7.4%)	$19,030			$1,887			$17,143	25.8	26.1	680

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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.