Summary:
Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts, has exactly one public school in the area summary: Hanscom School, a PK–8 school classified as elementary, serving 493 students in the Lincoln district at 6 Ent Road. It has a student-teacher ratio of 8.1 (2024–2025) and per-student spending of $28,262 (2020–2021); free/reduced lunch is not reported, so that context is unknown. Test results are from MCAS Next Generation, mostly 2025–2026, with additional 2024–2025 Civics data.
Overall in 2025–2026, Hanscom School is above the Massachusetts average in English Language Arts (46.32% vs. 40.03%), Mathematics (44.20% vs. 41.11%), and Science (47.06% vs. 40.98%), but below the Lincoln district in all three (53.34% ELA, 54.92% Math, 58.05% Science). Grade 8 is the standout: ELA 69.05%, Science 60.98%, and Civics 65%, each above the state and mostly near or above the district. The same grade is much weaker in Math, at 41.46%, which is 22.83 points below the district. Grade 5 is also a concern: ELA 26.09%, Science 34.09%, and Math 40.00%, all below the district, with ELA and Science below the state. The school’s rank slipped from the 59th percentile and 3 stars in 2024–2025 to the 49th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026, while the district sits at the 76th percentile with 4 stars. All-grade Science fell 9.88 points year over year, though 8th-grade Civics rose from 37.5% to 65% across different cohorts.
For parents, Hanscom School is the only public school option here. It generally performs above the state but trails its high-performing district, with resources that appear favorable but mixed outcomes. The clearest questions to ask are about support in 5th-grade ELA and Science and 8th-grade Math, and about how the school will address the recent Science decline and rank drop. Because demographic, attendance, growth, and free/reduced lunch data are missing, it is hard to explain why some grades differ so much.
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