Summary:
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts has two public schools, both part of the Brookline district: Edith C Baker, a K–8 school with 665 students, and Roland Hayes, a PK–8 school with 418 students. Although the area summary classifies both as elementary schools, each actually serves students through grade 8. The district is one of the strongest in the state, ranked 16th of 351 Massachusetts districts — the 95th percentile — with 5 stars.
The two schools are close in overall quality but excel in different subjects. Edith C Baker ranks higher, at 83rd of 899 schools in 2025–26 (91st percentile, 5 stars), and posts the stronger all-grades results in mathematics (70.47%) and science (75.00%), with standout 7th grade math at 81.69%. Roland Hayes ranks 110th of 899 (88th percentile, 4 stars, down from 5 stars in the prior two years) and leads in English language arts, with all-grades ELA of 68.13% versus Baker's 67.67%, plus 8th grade ELA at 79.25% and 8th grade civics at 80.39% — above the district's 78.81%. Hayes also has smaller classes, with a student–teacher ratio of 13.3 versus Baker's 14.8.
Both schools sit well above state averages: in 2025–26 their all-grades proficiency rates in ELA, math, and science are roughly 1.6x to 1.8x the state figures. Year-over-year trends are mixed — ELA and math slipped slightly at both schools while science and 8th grade civics improved at both. Families should note that free/reduced-lunch data is blank for both schools, so socioeconomic context is unknown, and per-student spending figures ($25,103 at Baker, $23,617 at Hayes) come from 2020–21, several years before these test results, so resource comparisons should be read cautiously.
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