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)
250006601586	691	MATCH Charter Public School	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1001 Commonwealth Avenue	Boston	02215	Suffolk County	MATCH Charter Public School (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 232-0300	1,185	122	9.7		20 (1.7%)	577 (48.7%)	559 (47.2%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	20 (1.7%)	$24,036			$2,838			$21,198	25.2	16	799	108
251308000804	692	Toy Town Elementary	Public	3-5	175 Grove Street	Winchendon	01475	Worcester County	Winchendon	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 297-2005	276	21	12.8		235 (85.1%)	7 (2.5%)	20 (7.2%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.3%)	$15,980			$1,092			$14,888	25.2	16.4	794	102
250279000331	693	Gardner Pilot Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	30 Athol Street	Allston	02134	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8365	371	38	9.8		50 (13.5%)	41 (11.1%)	242 (65.2%)	20 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.6%)	$27,615			$2,432			$25,183	25.2	24.4	696	3
250309000401	694	John F Kennedy	Public	K-5	900 Ash Street	Brockton	02301	Plymouth County	Brockton	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 580-7278	503	33	15.3		83 (16.5%)	279 (55.5%)	113 (22.5%)	7 (1.4%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.4%)	$16,794			$1,351			$15,443	25.2	28.6	664	30
250705002925	695	Harris Brook Elementary School	Public	2-5	209 Fuller Street	Ludlow	01056	Hampden County	Ludlow	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 583-5695	617	50	12.3		462 (74.9%)	13 (2.1%)	102 (16.5%)	14 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.2%)								24.6	27.4	671	24
250843001319	696	Betsey B Winslow	Public	K-5	561 Allen Street	New Bedford	02740	Bristol County	New Bedford	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 997-4511	234	19	12.6		135 (57.7%)	24 (10.3%)	50 (21.4%)	5 (2.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (7.7%)	$17,050			$984			$16,067	24.5	46.6	506	190
250052702710	697	Bridge Boston Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	435 Warren St.	Roxbury	02119	Suffolk County	Bridge Boston Charter School (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(857) 229-1601	334	34	9.8		4 (1.2%)	209 (62.6%)	105 (31.4%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.3%)	$28,647			$3,435			$25,212	24.4	26.8	675	22
250702001023	698	Abraham Lincoln	Public	PK, KG-4	300 Chelmsford Street	Lowell	01851	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-2846	489	40	12.2		58 (11.9%)	25 (5.1%)	185 (37.8%)	195 (39.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.9%)	$16,998			$1,519			$15,479	24.2	23.2	712	14
250477001520	699	Lafayette School	Public	K-8	117 Edith Street	Everett	02149	Middlesex County	Everett	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 394-2450	1,000	83	12		154 (15.4%)	146 (14.6%)	616 (61.6%)	70 (7.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.3%)	$16,375			$812			$15,564	24.2	25.3	689	10
250309002649	700	Mary E. Baker School	Public	K-5	45 Quincy Street	Brockton	02302	Plymouth County	Brockton	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 894-4427	724	49	14.6		126 (17.4%)	367 (50.7%)	157 (21.7%)	12 (1.7%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	56 (7.7%)	$18,279			$1,490			$16,789	24.1	15.5	803	103

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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.