Best Elementary Schools in Massachusetts for Homeless Students

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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, Homeless 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 (Homeless vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 16)	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 (Homeless)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Homeless)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
250702001029	1	Charles W Morey	Public	PK, KG-4	130 Pine Street	Lowell	01851	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7662	481	39	12.3		52 (10.8%)	19 (4.0%)	105 (21.8%)	283 (58.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.6%)	$17,346			$1,549			$15,797	93.8%	38.1%	55.65%
250843001326	2	Alfred J Gomes	Public	PK, KG-5	286 S Second Street	New Bedford	02740	Bristol County	New Bedford	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 997-4511	496	48	10.2		63 (12.7%)	60 (12.1%)	355 (71.6%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.8%)	$18,886			$2,344			$16,542	87.5%	6.4%	81.06%
250702001023	3	Abraham Lincoln	Public	PK, KG-4	300 Chelmsford Street	Lowell	01851	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-2846	492	40	12.3		59 (12.0%)	24 (4.9%)	178 (36.2%)	203 (41.3%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	24 (4.9%)	$16,998			$1,519			$15,479	81.3%	23.8%	57.45%
250702001044	4	Pawtucketville Memorial	Public	PK, KG-4	425 West Meadow Road	Lowell	01854	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7667	466	40	11.7		153 (32.8%)	38 (8.2%)	145 (31.1%)	106 (22.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.2%)	$16,734			$1,473			$15,261	75.0%	34.5%	40.50%
250843001327	5	Hayden/McFadden	Public	PK, KG-5	361 Cedar Grove	New Bedford	02746	Bristol County	New Bedford	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 997-4511	682	62	11		129 (18.9%)	82 (12.0%)	440 (64.5%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.7%)	$18,665			$1,561			$17,105	68.8%	5.5%	63.29%
250702000092	6	Charlotte M Murkland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	350 Adams Street	Lowell	01854	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-2826	438	39	11.2		60 (13.7%)	48 (11.0%)	194 (44.3%)	122 (27.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.2%)	$17,380			$1,765			$15,614	62.5%	28.9%	33.57%
250702002761	7	Rogers STEM Academy	Public	K-8	43 Highland Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 674-4331	835	68	12.2		170 (20.4%)	72 (8.6%)	393 (47.1%)	163 (19.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	34 (4.1%)	$14,642			$1,475			$13,167	56.3%	20.1%	36.16%
250786001244	8	Woodland	Public	3-5	10 North Vine Street	Milford	01757	Worcester County	Milford	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 478-1186	943	85	11		547 (58.0%)	34 (3.6%)	313 (33.2%)	16 (1.7%)	10 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	21 (2.2%)	$16,302			$1,530			$14,773	50.0%	29.1%	20.85%
250279002670	9	Mildred Avenue K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	5 Mildred Avenue	Mattapan	02126	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-1642	618	55	11.1		18 (2.9%)	365 (59.1%)	197 (31.9%)	7 (1.1%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.2%)	$25,570			$2,227			$23,343	43.8%	5.7%	38.07%
250918001475	10	Fisher Hill School	Public	PK, KG-6	59 Dexter Street	Orange	01364	Franklin County	Orange	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 544-6080	294	20	15		239 (81.3%)	5 (1.7%)	33 (11.2%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.4%)	$18,260			$1,312			$16,948	37.5%	14.5%	22.98%

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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:

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.