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)
251122001855	501	Robin Hood	Public	PK, KG-4	70 Oak Street	Stoneham	02180	Middlesex County	Stoneham	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 279-3870	393	30	12.9		283 (72.0%)	11 (2.8%)	47 (12.0%)	21 (5.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.1%)	$17,780			$636			$17,144	47.2	50.8	464	37
250420002428	502	Palmer River	Public	PK, KG-4	326 Winthrop Street	Rehoboth	02769	Bristol County	Dighton-Rehoboth	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 252-5100	547	47	11.7		491 (89.8%)	5 (0.9%)	27 (4.9%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.9%)	$15,478			$783			$14,695	47	48.5	488	14
250879001412	503	Ashby Elementary	Public	K-4	911 Main Street	Ashby	01431	Middlesex County	North Middlesex	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 743-1005	141	11	12.3		119 (84.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (12.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.5%)	$18,750			$874			$17,876	46.9	61.9	365	138
251293000200	504	John H Duval	Public	K-5	60 Regal Street	Whitman	02382	Plymouth County	Whitman-Hanson	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 618-7055	426	36	12		307 (72.1%)	26 (6.1%)	65 (15.3%)	8 (1.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.2%)	$16,129			$1,255			$14,874	46.8	62.1	363	141
250279000257	505	Otis Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	218 Marion Street	East Boston	02128	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8372	414	33	12.4		71 (17.1%)	17 (4.1%)	306 (73.9%)	10 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.2%)	$24,520			$2,196			$22,324	46.8	43.3	535	30
250777002741	506	Mary K. Goode Elementary School	Public	1-5	31 Mayflower Avenue	Middleboro	02346	Plymouth County	Middleborough	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 946-2045	627	43	14.5		528 (84.2%)	18 (2.9%)	28 (4.5%)	8 (1.3%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (6.5%)	$15,586			$694			$14,891	46.7	47.1	499	7
250465000625	507	Oak Bluffs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	50 TradeWinds Road	Oak Bluffs	02557	Dukes County	Oak Bluffs	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 693-0951	438	49	9		227 (51.8%)	15 (3.4%)	164 (37.4%)	6 (1.4%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.8%)	$25,839			$07			$25,831	46.5	52.2	456	51
250000102403	508	Ruggles Lane	Public	PK, KG-5	105 Ruggles Lane	Barre	01005	Worcester County	Quabbin	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 355-2934	388	25	15.5		343 (88.4%)	13 (3.4%)	17 (4.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.4%)	$18,251			$1,466			$16,785	46.5	43.3	534	26
251038001656	509	Carlton	Public	K-5	10 Skerry Street	Salem	01970	Essex County	Salem	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 740-1280	246	26	9.3		139 (56.5%)	7 (2.8%)	80 (32.5%)	4 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.1%)	$20,385			$1,865			$18,520	46.5	48.6	487	22
251092002406	510	Mosier	Public	2-4	101 Mosier Street	South Hadley	01075	Hampshire County	South Hadley	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 538-5077	345	29	11.6		266 (77.1%)	7 (2.0%)	59 (17.1%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.9%)	$14,723			$640			$14,083	46.4	47.8	492	18

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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.