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)
250906001461	301	Charles J Prescott	Public	K-5	66 Richland Road	Norwood	02062	Norfolk County	Norwood	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 762-6497	250	24	10.2		100 (40.0%)	39 (15.6%)	36 (14.4%)	59 (23.6%)	3 (1.2%)	2 (0.8%)	11 (4.4%)	$18,529			$1,118			$17,411	68	80.4	185	116
250210000071	302	David Mindess	Public	3-5	90 Concord Street	Ashland	01721	Middlesex County	Ashland	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 881-0166	667	51	13.2		351 (52.6%)	20 (3.0%)	131 (19.6%)	136 (20.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (3.9%)	$14,957			$600			$14,358	67.9	68.7	289	13
250279000295	303	Hale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	51 Cedar Street	Roxbury	02119	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8205	166	15	11.4		22 (13.3%)	74 (44.6%)	45 (27.1%)	13 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (7.2%)	$24,695			$2,095			$22,600	67.8	59.3	387	84
250873001402	304	Falls	Public	K-5	2 Jackson Street	North Attleborough	02760	Bristol County	North Attleborough	No	No	No	No	(508) 643-2170	240	19	12.3		185 (77.1%)	12 (5.0%)	11 (4.6%)	13 (5.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (7.5%)	$15,475			$360			$15,116	67.8	80.3	188	116
251191001941	305	Dolbeare	Public	K-4	340 Lowell Street	Wakefield	01880	Middlesex County	Wakefield	No	No	No	No	(781) 246-6480	447	34	13.2		374 (83.7%)	4 (0.9%)	39 (8.7%)	19 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.5%)	$16,683			$639			$16,044	67.6	53.3	442	137
250324000427	306	Fox Hill	Public	K-5	1 Fox Hill Rd	Burlington	01803	Middlesex County	Burlington	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 270-1791	455	43	10.6		296 (65.1%)	28 (6.2%)	38 (8.4%)	69 (15.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.1%)	$20,095			$573			$19,521	67.6	74.5	240	66
250768001200	307	Henry P Clough	Public	PK, KG-4	10 North Avenue	Mendon	01756	Worcester County	Mendon-Upton	No	No	No	No	(508) 634-1580	378	28	13.5		338 (89.4%)	3 (0.8%)	29 (7.7%)	5 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$17,375			$928			$16,448	67.1	62.6	355	48
251305001576	308	West Intermediate	Public	4-5	22 Carter Lane	Wilmington	01887	Middlesex County	Wilmington	No	No	No	No	(978) 694-6050	273	26	10.3		214 (78.4%)	3 (1.1%)	18 (6.6%)	26 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.4%)	$20,207			$634			$19,573	66.9	65.5	319	11
250324000431	309	Memorial	Public	K-5	125 Winn Street	Burlington	01803	Middlesex County	Burlington	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 270-1721	383	40	9.6		231 (60.3%)	16 (4.2%)	40 (10.4%)	72 (18.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.3%)	$23,289			$738			$22,550	66.8	58.2	398	89
250550000808	310	Florence Roche School	Public	K-4	342 Main Street	Groton	01450	Middlesex County	Groton-Dunstable	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 448-6665	508	40	12.5		400 (78.7%)	10 (2.0%)	21 (4.1%)	48 (9.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (5.1%)	$17,495			$387			$17,108	66.3	80.4	187	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.