Best Elementary Schools in Massachusetts for Tested in Person 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, Tested in Person students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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 (Tested in Person vs All Students - 2021)
ID	Rank (of 925)	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 (Tested in Person)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Tested in Person)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
250249000148	1	Winn Brook	Public	K-4	97 Waterhouse Rd	Belmont	02478	Middlesex County	Belmont	No	No	No	No	(617) 993-5700	431	27	15.7		242 (56.1%)	2 (0.5%)	18 (4.2%)	135 (31.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (7.9%)	$15,767			$679			$15,088	99.9%	99.9%	0.00%
250861001371	2	Mason-Rice	Public	K-5	149 Pleasant Street	Newton Centre	02459	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(617) 559-9570	366	25	14.4		245 (66.9%)	3 (0.8%)	14 (3.8%)	70 (19.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (9.3%)	$20,465			$1,388			$19,077	99.8%	99.7%	0.10%
251077001718	3	Spring Street School	Public	K-4	123 Spring Street	Shrewsbury	01545	Worcester County	Shrewsbury	No	No	No	No	(508) 841-8700	332	20	16.7		200 (60.2%)	8 (2.4%)	18 (5.4%)	88 (26.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.1%)	$15,414			$706			$14,708	99.7%	99.6%	0.10%
250550000806	4	Swallow/Union School	Public	K-4	522 Main Street	Dunstable	01827	Middlesex County	Groton-Dunstable	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 649-7281	283	26	10.7		232 (82.0%)	2 (0.7%)	17 (6.0%)	20 (7.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.9%)	$19,744			$448			$19,297	99.6%	99.4%	0.21%
251227002022	5	Hunnewell	Public	K-5	28 Cameron Street	Wellesley	02482	Norfolk County	Wellesley	No	No	No	No	(781) 446-6275	228	18	12.7		179 (78.5%)	8 (3.5%)	16 (7.0%)	13 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.3%)	$21,443			$959			$20,484	99.5%	99.8%	0.33%
250249000146	6	Mary Lee Burbank	Public	K-4	266 School Street	Belmont	02478	Middlesex County	Belmont	No	No	No	No	(617) 993-5500	375	25	15.1		235 (62.7%)	16 (4.3%)	6 (1.6%)	80 (21.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	37 (9.9%)	$16,574			$805			$15,769	99.4%	99.5%	0.11%
251311002172	7	Vinson-Owen Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	75 Johnson Road	Winchester	01890	Middlesex County	Winchester	No	No	No	No	(781) 721-7019	403	36	11		261 (64.8%)	4 (1.0%)	12 (3.0%)	90 (22.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (8.9%)	$16,251			$215			$16,036	99.2%	99.3%	0.01%
250588000839	8	Hildreth Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	27 Massachusetts Avenue	Harvard	01451	Worcester County	Harvard	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 456-4145	413	36	11.5		309 (74.8%)	12 (2.9%)	18 (4.4%)	52 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.3%)	$19,599			$700			$18,899	99.1%	99.0%	0.10%
251227002023	9	John D Hardy	Public	K-5	293 Weston Rd	Wellesley	02482	Norfolk County	Wellesley	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 446-6270	223	20	11		107 (48.0%)	3 (1.3%)	23 (10.3%)	61 (27.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (13.0%)	$22,589			$502			$22,088	99.0%	98.6%	0.42%
251281002101	10	William E Sheehan	Public	K-5	549 Pond Street	Westwood	02090	Norfolk County	Westwood	No	No	No	No	(781) 326-7500	289	24	12		224 (77.5%)	2 (0.7%)	11 (3.8%)	28 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (8.3%)	$20,467			$371			$20,096	98.9%	98.8%	0.09%

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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:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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Magnet Schools: Unleashing the Power of Education

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.