Best Elementary Schools in Massachusetts for Low Socio Economic Status Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Massachusetts!

Every year, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 760)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
250684000473	1	Maria Hastings	Public	K-5	7 Crosby Road	Lexington	02421	Middlesex County	Lexington	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 860-5800	598	52	11.5		206 (34.4%)	19 (3.2%)	35 (5.9%)	283 (47.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (9.2%)	$19,000			$282			$18,718	99.9%	97.9%	1.94%
250002200514	2	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	21 Notre Dame Avenue	Cambridge	02142	Middlesex County	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 497-7771	332	20	16.6		9 (2.7%)	271 (81.6%)	27 (8.1%)	6 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.4%)	$24,797			$1,945			$22,852	99.7%	98.7%	1.05%
250987002492	3	Wollaston School	Public	K-5	205 Beale Street	Quincy	02170	Norfolk County	Quincy	No	No	No	No	(617) 984-8791	333	23	14.4		103 (30.9%)	11 (3.3%)	16 (4.8%)	197 (59.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	$16,265			$508			$15,757	99.6%	89.1%	10.52%
250306000381	4	Brimfield Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	22 Wales Rd	Brimfield	01010	Hampden County	Brimfield	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 245-7337	287	27	10.5		264 (92.0%)	4 (1.4%)	12 (4.2%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	$18,295			$846			$17,449	99.5%	87.3%	12.14%
251062001704	5	Heights Elementary	Public	K-5	454 South Main Street	Sharon	02067	Norfolk County	Sharon	No	No	No	No	(781) 784-1595	569	31	18.5		286 (50.3%)	32 (5.6%)	28 (4.9%)	178 (31.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (7.6%)	$17,873			$896			$16,977	99.3%	96.1%	3.27%
250007101747	6	Brooke Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	190 Cummins Highway	Roslindale	02131	Suffolk County	Brooke Charter School (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 325-7977	2,223	176	12.6		93 (4.2%)	1,142 (51.4%)	882 (39.7%)	33 (1.5%)	5 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	59 (2.7%)	$21,044			$1,944			$19,100	99.2%	85.3%	13.95%
250831001102	7	Florence Sawyer School	Public	PK, KG-8	100 Mechanic Street	Bolton	01740	Worcester County	Nashoba	No	No	No	No	(978) 779-2821	735	62	11.8		623 (84.8%)	8 (1.1%)	37 (5.0%)	33 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (4.5%)	$18,584			$752			$17,832	99.1%	73.5%	25.61%
251311002166	8	Lynch Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10 Brantwood Road	Winchester	01890	Middlesex County	Winchester	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 721-7013	473	44	10.7		257 (54.3%)	7 (1.5%)	22 (4.7%)	148 (31.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (8.2%)	$17,122			$215			$16,907	98.9%	92.4%	6.59%
250843001343	9	William H Taylor	Public	PK, KG-5	71 Portland Street	New Bedford	02744	Bristol County	New Bedford	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 997-4511	244	20	12.1		158 (64.8%)	20 (8.2%)	43 (17.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (9.4%)	$16,659			$1,445			$15,214	98.8%	83.5%	15.30%
250963001536	10	Williams	Public	PK, KG-5	50 Bushey Road	Pittsfield	01201	Berkshire County	Pittsfield	No	No	No	No	(413) 448-9680	256	24	10.5		171 (66.8%)	25 (9.8%)	32 (12.5%)	9 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.4%)	$18,800			$941			$17,859	98.7%	91.0%	7.64%

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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.