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)
250972001547	371	South Elementary	Public	K-5	178 Bourne Rd	Plymouth	02360	Plymouth County	Plymouth	No	No	No	No	(508) 830-4390	619	48	12.9		534 (86.3%)	10 (1.6%)	40 (6.5%)	8 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (4.0%)	$17,265			$456			$16,809	59.7	65.8	314	57
250450000606	372	Mountain View	Public	3-5	77 Hampden Rd	East Longmeadow	01028	Hampden County	East Longmeadow	No	No	No	No	(413) 525-5490	269	26	10.5		211 (78.4%)	8 (3.0%)	32 (11.9%)	9 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.3%)	$18,159			$553			$17,606	59.7	50.3	469	97
250267000186	373	Thomas Ditson	Public	K-4	39 Cook Street	Billerica	01821	Middlesex County	Billerica	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 528-8510	557	33	16.7		392 (70.4%)	14 (2.5%)	58 (10.4%)	66 (11.8%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.3%)	$18,214			$658			$17,556	59.5	65.3	322	51
250339000465	374	Kittredge	Public	PK, KG-5	80 Maple Street	Hinsdale	01235	Berkshire County	Central Berkshire	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 655-2525	161	11	15.1		150 (93.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.7%)	$17,561			$1,916			$15,645	59.4	61.2	371	3
251323002245	375	Worcester Arts Magnet School	Public	PK, KG-6	315 St Nicholas Avenue	Worcester	01606	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3575	368	23	15.6		148 (40.2%)	87 (23.6%)	94 (25.5%)	29 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	$15,161			$1,215			$13,947	59.4	59.5	385	10
250000102399	376	Hubbardston Center	Public	PK, KG-5	8 Elm Street	Hubbardston	01452	Worcester County	Quabbin	No	No	No	No	(978) 928-4487	305	16	18.7		277 (90.8%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (5.9%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	$16,439			$494			$15,944	59.3	50.1	471	95
251320002187	377	Linscott-Rumford	Public	K-5	86 Elm Street	Woburn	01801	Middlesex County	Woburn	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 937-8239	199	17	11.9		122 (61.3%)	17 (8.5%)	20 (10.1%)	25 (12.6%)	3 (1.5%)	1 (0.5%)	11 (5.5%)	$18,752			$917			$17,835	59.1	70.7	280	97
251188002131	378	Glenwood Elementary School	Public	3-5	65 Glenwood Road	Rutland	01543	Worcester County	Wachusett	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 886-0399	333	24	14.1		278 (83.5%)	13 (3.9%)	25 (7.5%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	$14,626			$436			$14,190	58.9	56.4	421	43
250279000692	379	Lyndon K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	20 Mt. Vernon Street	West Roxbury	02132	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-6824	586	43	13.7		337 (57.5%)	62 (10.6%)	123 (21.0%)	28 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (6.0%)	$23,965			$2,006			$21,959	58.9	63.8	342	37
250219000097	380	A. Irvin Studley Elementary School	Public	K-4	299 Rathbun Willard Drive	Attleboro	02703	Bristol County	Attleboro	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 222-2621	351	25	14		226 (64.4%)	25 (7.1%)	60 (17.1%)	13 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (7.1%)	$17,982			$1,152			$16,831	58.9	65.6	317	63

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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.

Educational resources:

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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.