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)
250870001395	231	Franklin	Public	1-5	2 Cypress Terrace	North Andover	01845	Essex County	North Andover	No	No	No	No	(978) 794-1990	381	29	13.1		287 (75.3%)	13 (3.4%)	33 (8.7%)	30 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.5%)	$15,879			$575			$15,304	76.6	80.8	181	50
250861001367	232	Horace Mann	Public	K-5	225 Nevada Street	Newtonville	02460	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(617) 559-9510	357	31	11.4		212 (59.4%)	20 (5.6%)	36 (10.1%)	49 (13.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (10.9%)	$20,418			$1,357			$19,061	76.4	74.2	242	10
251284002120	233	Thomas W. Hamilton Primary School	Public	K-5	400 Union Street	South Weymouth	02190	Norfolk County	Weymouth	No	No	No	No	(781) 335-2122	350	27	13.1		233 (66.6%)	11 (3.1%)	42 (12.0%)	45 (12.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.1%)	$15,636			$834			$14,802	76.1	75	234	1
250537002754	234	North Street Elementary School	Public	2-6	60 North Street	Grafton	01519	Worcester County	Grafton	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 839-5428	548	45	12		400 (73.0%)	19 (3.5%)	29 (5.3%)	81 (14.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.9%)	$14,305			$726			$13,579	76	68.3	294	60
250327000437	235	Graham and Parks	Public	PK, KG-5	44 Linnaean Street	Cambridge	02140	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	No	(617) 349-6577	362	35	10.2		190 (52.5%)	49 (13.5%)	33 (9.1%)	60 (16.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (8.3%)	$32,848			$484			$32,364	75.9	78.6	195	40
250762001192	236	Lincoln	Public	K-5	80 West Wyoming Avenue	Melrose	02176	Middlesex County	Melrose	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 979-2250	393	28	13.8		218 (55.5%)	29 (7.4%)	38 (9.7%)	63 (16.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (11.2%)	$13,755			$283			$13,473	75.9	81.8	164	72
250330000454	237	John F Kennedy	Public	K-5	100 Dedham Street	Canton	02021	Norfolk County	Canton	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 821-5080	470	38	12.3		328 (69.8%)	29 (6.2%)	32 (6.8%)	40 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (8.7%)	$18,173			$490			$17,683	75.9	77.1	218	19
250945000408	238	Dr John C Page School	Public	PK, KG-6	694 Main Street	West Newbury	01985	Essex County	Pentucket	No	No	No	No	(978) 363-2671	317	28	11.1		289 (91.2%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.7%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.5%)	$16,564			$763			$15,801	75.8	76.4	225	13
250978001551	239	Dennett Elementary	Public	K-6	80 Crescent Street	Plympton	02367	Plymouth County	Plympton	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 585-3659	237	19	12.5		228 (96.2%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$16,659			$142			$16,516	75.7	67.2	303	64
251077001713	240	Calvin Coolidge School	Public	K-4	1 Florence Street	Shrewsbury	01545	Worcester County	Shrewsbury	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 841-8880	247	22	11		99 (40.1%)	11 (4.5%)	56 (22.7%)	71 (28.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.6%)	$14,400			$767			$13,633	75.6	74.7	237	3

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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.