Best Public Schools in Framingham, MA

Summary:

The city of Framingham, Massachusetts is home to 16 schools, including 10 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 2 high schools. The data reveals a mix of high-performing and underperforming schools within the district, with some standout institutions like Hemenway Elementary and King Elementary School consistently outperforming the district and state averages on MCAS tests.

While the Framingham school district as a whole appears to be underperforming compared to the state, the data highlights significant differences in student outcomes between the two high schools. Framingham High School had a 75.5% four-year graduation rate and an 8.3% dropout rate in 2023-2024, while Joseph P Keefe Technical High School had a much higher graduation rate of 93.7% and a lower dropout rate of 4.8%. This suggests that school type and focus (traditional vs. vocational) may be an important factor in student success.

The data also reveals a wide range in per-student spending, from $17,846 at Potter Road Elementary to $26,598 at Joseph P Keefe Technical High School, indicating that funding levels alone do not necessarily determine academic performance. Other factors, such as school leadership, teacher quality, and instructional practices, likely play a key role in student outcomes across the Framingham school district.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2025)								MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2025)								MCAS Next Generation Science (2025)				MCAS Next Generation Biology (2025)	MCAS Next Generation Civics (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Biology All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Civics 8th Grade	Total
Christa McAuliffe Charter School	Public, Charter	6-8	139 Newbury Street	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Christa McAuliffe Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(508) 879-9000	284	29	9.7		122 (43.0%)	23 (8.1%)	99 (34.9%)	5 (1.8%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (9.2%)	41.6	257^th of 484 public middle schools	46.9%		34.8	302^nd of 493 public middle schools	38.7%	45				27.0	45.2	44.6		39.1				14.6	29.8	25.0		23.3		28.3		28.3		45.7	$23,053
Fuller Middle	Public	6-8	31 Flagg Drive	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 620-4956	592	69	8.5		168 (28.4%)	37 (6.3%)	338 (57.1%)	16 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.6%)	18.8	396^th of 484 public middle schools	18.2%		18.4	401^st of 493 public middle schools	18.7%	5				23.3	21.6	24.5		23.2				17.2	21.9	10.7		16.3		14.4		14.4		20.0	$27,199
Brophy	Public	K-5	575 Pleasant Street	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 626-9158	504	42	11.9		118 (23.4%)	24 (4.8%)	324 (64.3%)	17 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.2%)	13.3	806^th of 906 public elementary schools	11.0%		15.6	794^th of 916 public elementary schools	13.3%	12	18.1	25.4	13.0					18.7	22.9	15.2	17.7					18.9	20.9			20.9			$23,270
Charlotte A Dunning	Public	K-5	48 Frost Street	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	No	(508) 626-9155	436	35	12.4		192 (44.0%)	21 (4.8%)	172 (39.4%)	26 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.7%)	28.9	645^th of 906 public elementary schools	28.8%		35.4	593^rd of 916 public elementary schools	35.3%	52	30.1	43.3	31.2					34.5	25.0	33.3	18.3					25.5	29.5			29.5			$24,195
Hemenway	Public	K-5	729 Water Street	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	No	(508) 626-9149	538	40	13.4		231 (42.9%)	34 (6.3%)	187 (34.8%)	39 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (8.0%)	52.4	431^st of 906 public elementary schools	52.4%		49.3	478^th of 916 public elementary schools	47.8%	47	42.3	42.3	54.8					46.3	35.9	30.9	43.4					36.4	56.6			56.6			$22,887
Mary E Stapleton Elementary	Public	K-5	25 Elm Street	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 626-9143	359	36	9.9		89 (24.8%)	42 (11.7%)	199 (55.4%)	13 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.5%)	13.5	803^rd of 906 public elementary schools	11.4%		15.6	793^rd of 916 public elementary schools	13.4%	10	17.8	22.0	18.5					19.5	15.6	24.5	13.0					17.6	22.2			22.2			$26,507
Barbieri Elementary	Public	K-5	100 Dudley Rd	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 626-9187	671	51	13.2		97 (14.5%)	9 (1.3%)	542 (80.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.1%)	9	858^th of 906 public elementary schools	5.3%		11.1	852^nd of 916 public elementary schools	7.0%	6	9.6	18.3	20.0					15.9	9.4	12.5	11.0					11.0	16.0			16.0			$21,423
Miriam F McCarthy School	Public	PK, KG-5	8 Flagg Drive	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 626-9161	490	45	10.8		120 (24.5%)	36 (7.3%)	293 (59.8%)	13 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.7%)	11.7	831^st of 906 public elementary schools	8.3%		7.7	881^st of 916 public elementary schools	3.8%	50	18.3	19.4	17.7					18.5	12.7	21.0	14.5					15.9	19.4			19.4			$23,972
Potter Road	Public	K-5	492 Potter Rd	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	No	(508) 626-9110	540	42	12.7		151 (28.0%)	17 (3.1%)	335 (62.0%)	12 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.6%)	21.9	710^th of 906 public elementary schools	21.6%		19.3	750^th of 916 public elementary schools	18.1%	40	32.5	24.1	27.4					27.8	26.9	16.3	17.7					20.1	34.9			34.9			$21,073
Walsh Middle	Public	6-8	301 Brook Street	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	No	(508) 626-9180	785	74	10.6		304 (38.7%)	48 (6.1%)	357 (45.5%)	34 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (5.1%)	42.2	251^st of 484 public middle schools	48.1%		38.4	286^th of 493 public middle schools	42.0%	35				32.8	33.3	33.9		33.3				33.3	38.8	29.4		33.8		34.2		34.2		34.4	$24,464
Harmony Grove Elementary	Public	K-5	169 Leland Street	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 626-9164	453	41	10.9		30 (6.6%)	25 (5.5%)	384 (84.8%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	4.8	895^th of 906 public elementary schools	1.2%		6.1	896^th of 916 public elementary schools	2.2%	1	13.8	7.1	4.9					8.5	10.3	1.4	9.8					6.9	4.9			4.9			$23,453
Cameron Middle School	Public	6-8	215 Elm Street	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 879-2290	592	54	11.0		227 (38.3%)	54 (9.1%)	264 (44.6%)	18 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.9%)	15.9	416^th of 484 public middle schools	14.0%		22	376^th of 493 public middle schools	23.7%	40				18.4	19.9	19.9		19.3				17.0	13.9	17.8		16.2		12.3		12.3		16.8	$25,448
Framingham High School	Public	9-12	115 A Street	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	No	(508) 620-4963	2,534	199	12.7		955 (37.7%)	175 (6.9%)	1,174 (46.3%)	118 (4.7%)	1 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	96 (3.8%)	41.2	212^th of 349 public high schools	39.3%		39.6	228^th of 348 public high schools	34.5%	16							37.3								40.4				40.0		33.6		$22,471
King Elementary School	Public	K-5	454 Water Street	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	No	(508) 782-7201	385	35	11.1		163 (42.3%)	27 (7.0%)	141 (36.6%)	29 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.2%)	37.6	575^th of 906 public elementary schools	36.5%		23.4	704^th of 916 public elementary schools	23.1%	129	39.0	30.9	45.3					37.8	36.2	20.6	32.7					29.2	46.2			46.2			$24,284
Joseph P Keefe Technical High School	Public	9-12	750 Winter Street	Framingham	01702	Middlesex County	South Middlesex Regional Vocational Technical	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 416-2252	896	90	9.9		378 (42.2%)	46 (5.1%)	404 (45.1%)	11 (1.2%)	11 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	34 (3.8%)	37.7	226^th of 349 public high schools	35.2%		43.7	213^th of 348 public high schools	38.8%	13							37.6								29.2				44.5		33.8		$31,734

Cities Near Framingham

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sudbury	2.74 mi	6	24^th
Natick	2.96 mi	7	55^th
Wayland	3.58 mi	6	8^th
Ashland	3.67 mi	5	78^th
Southborough	4.8 mi	4	16^th

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.