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Best Public Schools in Lowell, MA

At a glance

Schools

16,420

Students

Districts

Top rankedJames S Daley Middle School112^th of 478 Massachusetts middle schools

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Biggest riser

Charles W Morey up 255 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Bartlett Community Partnership 8.8 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

3★

2★

1★

5 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Lowell, Massachusetts is home to 28 schools — 16 elementary, 7 middle, 4 high, and 1 alternative — serving 16,420 students from kindergarten through high school in a city northwest of Boston. Lowell High is by far the largest, enrolling 3,446 students, roughly 21% of the total, while the smallest, Laura Lee Therapeutic Day School, has just 15.

The Lowell district ranks 273 of 351 Massachusetts districts (22nd percentile, 1 star) and trails the state in ELA (27.26% versus 40.03%), math (32.38% versus 41.11%), and science (23.00% versus 40.98%). James S Daley Middle School is the strongest district school, at the 77th percentile with 4 stars, math at 50.76% and the city's highest science score at 37.54%. Charles W Morey is the top elementary standout, at the 67th percentile, with math at 58.39% and a rank jump from 556 to 301. Dr Gertrude Bailey and Kathryn P. Stoklosa Middle School also beat the state math rate, and Lowell Community Charter Public School leads the charters, exceeding the state in ELA.

At the other end, Henry J Robinson Middle (16th percentile) and James Sullivan Middle School (18th percentile) post ELA and math scores in the teens, while Abraham Lincoln, Greenhalge, and Bartlett Community Partnership rank near the bottom of the state's elementary schools. Science is the citywide weak spot — no listed school reached the state science rate — while math is the relative bright spot. Differences between Lowell schools (35-plus points in middle-school math) are larger than the district-to-state gaps. Graduation rates split sharply too: about 83% at Lowell High and Collegiate Charter School of Lowell, versus 48.1% at The Career Academy and 38.3% at Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for every school, so poverty context could not be analyzed.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2026)								MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2026)								MCAS Next Generation Science (2026)				MCAS Next Generation Biology (2026)	MCAS Next Generation Civics (2026)	Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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 End of Course	MCAS Next Generation Civics 8th Grade	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	9-12	67 Middle Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(978) 656-3165	126	7	18.0	85.7%	36 (28.6%)	10 (7.9%)	66 (52.4%)	8 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	4 (3.2%)								(n/a)																									$14,185
Lowell Community Charter Public School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	206 Jackson Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell Community Charter Public (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(978) 323-0800	816	68	12.0	65.1%	59 (7.2%)	198 (24.3%)	385 (47.2%)	137 (16.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.3%)	48.4	467^th of 899 public elementary schools	48.1%		40.1	547^th of 906 public elementary schools	39.6%	80	34.8	36.5	44.4	53.0	37.1	44.7		41.7	27.0	40.7	46.9	48.2	24.3	36.8		37.5	32.1	27.6		29.9		35.5	94%	1%	$19,006
Collegiate Charter School of Lowell	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1857 Middlesex Street	Lowell	01851	Middlesex County	Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(978) 458-1399	1,212	114	10.6	63.0%	279 (23.0%)	234 (19.3%)	336 (27.7%)	292 (24.1%)	27 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (3.5%)								(n/a)	25.9	19.1	21.7	31.6	40.2	38.1	41.1	29.4	20.7	18.3	13.4	22.2	23.2	33.6	26.2	22.1	26.8	29.5	23.4	28.2	21.1	29.2	95%	4%	$16,463
Dr Gertrude Bailey	Public	PK, KG-4	175 Campbell Drive	Lowell	01851	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7644	454	36	12.6	63.2%	97 (21.4%)	37 (8.1%)	139 (30.6%)	155 (34.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.7%)	55.9	395^th of 899 public elementary schools	56.1%		53.1	423^rd of 906 public elementary schools	53.3%	28	41.6	38.8						40.1	50.0	50.6						50.3							98%	2%	$23,360
Moody Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	158 Rogers Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7673	248	22	11.2	80.2%	58 (23.4%)	15 (6.0%)	144 (58.1%)	22 (8.9%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	6 (2.4%)	34.9	581^st of 899 public elementary schools	35.4%		27.9	653^rd of 906 public elementary schools	27.9%	72	19.4	30.6						25.0	22.2	61.1						41.7							100%	0%	$23,708
James Sullivan Middle School	Public	5-8	150 Draper Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-8993	625	50	12.4	71.4%	189 (30.2%)	34 (5.4%)	309 (49.4%)	72 (11.5%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (2.7%)	19.3	393^rd of 478 public middle schools	17.8%		25.8	352^nd of 484 public middle schools	27.3%	41			18.9	20.3	21.0	15.8		19.1			29.7	20.2	23.7	29.3		25.6	26.8	12.7		19.5		12.3			$22,740
Dr An Wang School	Public	5-8	365 West Meadow Road	Lowell	01854	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7683	663	43	15.3	69.1%	175 (26.4%)	47 (7.1%)	270 (40.7%)	141 (21.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (4.4%)	36.3	285^th of 478 public middle schools	40.4%		33.2	307^th of 484 public middle schools	36.6%	22			23.0	26.2	34.3	32.7		29.2			25.6	33.8	35.8	31.8		31.8	25.0	20.8		22.9		28.6			$20,917
S Christa McAuliffe Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	570 Beacon Street	Lowell	01850	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-2838	501	38	13.1	76.8%	115 (23.0%)	53 (10.6%)	271 (54.1%)	43 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.6%)	23.8	694^th of 899 public elementary schools	22.8%		19.9	737^th of 906 public elementary schools	18.7%	43	29.0	21.5						25.0	29.0	32.9						31.1							98%	2%	$22,594
Charlotte M Murkland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	350 Adams Street	Lowell	01854	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-2826	448	36	12.4	85.9%	46 (10.3%)	39 (8.7%)	235 (52.5%)	106 (23.7%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (4.0%)	26.9	648^th of 899 public elementary schools	27.9%		24.4	685^th of 906 public elementary schools	24.4%	37	20.8	22.1						21.4	39.0	35.5						37.3							100%	0%	$24,364
Joseph McAvinnue	Public	PK, KG-4	131 Mammoth Road	Lowell	01854	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-2871	447	35	12.9	72.9%	85 (19.0%)	48 (10.7%)	219 (49.0%)	71 (15.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.1%)	22.4	708^th of 899 public elementary schools	21.2%		23.7	689^th of 906 public elementary schools	24.0%	19	22.7	18.3						20.4	36.0	30.1						32.9							94%	1%	$22,776
Abraham Lincoln	Public	PK, KG-4	300 Chelmsford Street	Lowell	01851	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-2846	492	41	12.0	78.7%	70 (14.2%)	29 (5.9%)	186 (37.8%)	182 (37.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.9%)	17.2	759^th of 899 public elementary schools	15.6%		24.6	682^nd of 906 public elementary schools	24.7%	77	11.1	27.7						19.5	13.6	31.3						22.6							100%	0%	$22,805
B.F. Butler Middle School	Public	5-8	1140 Gorham Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-8973	516	39	13.1	71.5%	94 (18.2%)	35 (6.8%)	213 (41.3%)	154 (29.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.7%)	37.8	274^th of 478 public middle schools	42.7%		33.5	304^th of 484 public middle schools	37.2%	30			18.9	16.4	31.5	42.5		27.3			26.1	33.6	20.3	52.8		32.5	25.2	33.0		29.0		22.6			$22,073
Charles W Morey	Public	PK, KG-4	130 Pine Street	Lowell	01851	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7662	497	40	12.4	66.2%	47 (9.5%)	37 (7.4%)	112 (22.5%)	274 (55.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.0%)	66.3	301^st of 899 public elementary schools	66.5%		39.2	556^th of 906 public elementary schools	38.6%	255	57.0	32.1						44.4	63.8	53.1						58.4							99%	1%	$23,268
Greenhalge	Public	PK, KG-4	149 Ennell Street	Lowell	01850	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7670	480	41	11.7	82.3%	78 (16.3%)	59 (12.3%)	286 (59.6%)	42 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.1%)	17.7	752^nd of 899 public elementary schools	16.4%		16.6	774^th of 906 public elementary schools	14.6%	22	20.3	20.0						20.1	28.1	26.3						27.1							100%	0%	$24,067
Henry J Robinson Middle	Public	5-8	110 June Street	Lowell	01850	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-8974	600	53	11.4	82.3%	120 (20.0%)	67 (11.2%)	326 (54.3%)	62 (10.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.8%)	16.5	402^nd of 478 public middle schools	15.9%		20.8	385^th of 484 public middle schools	20.5%	17			8.5	14.1	17.3	23.0		16.0			10.8	11.0	13.6	25.0		15.2	13.9	17.9		15.9		16.8			$22,439
James S Daley Middle School	Public	5-8	150 Fleming Street	Lowell	01851	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-8981	669	51	13.2	55.5%	137 (20.5%)	38 (5.7%)	132 (19.7%)	337 (50.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.7%)	73.1	112^th of 478 public middle schools	76.6%		66.3	147^th of 484 public middle schools	69.6%	35			31.6	45.6	44.7	50.0		42.9			34.1	63.8	44.4	62.0		50.8	25.9	49.7		37.5		53.4			$22,385
Pyne Arts	Public	PK, KG-8	145 Boylston Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7639	462	39	11.8	59.1%	156 (33.8%)	24 (5.2%)	185 (40.0%)	75 (16.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.8%)	42	519^th of 899 public elementary schools	42.3%		49.6	458^th of 906 public elementary schools	49.4%	61	50.0	41.5	24.0	40.0	37.7	32.7		37.1	40.0	47.6	33.3	30.0	18.5	24.5		31.5	27.5	16.3		22.0		28.6	100%	0%	$23,657
Lowell High	Public	9-12	50 Father Morrissette Boulevard	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-8900	3,446	232	14.8	68.4%	617 (17.9%)	318 (9.2%)	1,406 (40.8%)	971 (28.2%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	123 (3.6%)	27.2	257^th of 353 public high schools	27.2%		20	288^th of 349 public high schools	17.5%	31							32.7								27.2				23.5		23.3				$20,691
Pawtucketville Memorial	Public	PK, KG-4	425 West Meadow Road	Lowell	01854	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7667	463	34	13.6	59.4%	124 (26.8%)	52 (11.2%)	151 (32.6%)	116 (25.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.1%)	28.5	639^th of 899 public elementary schools	28.9%		31.6	619^th of 906 public elementary schools	31.7%	20	32.9	23.3						27.9	37.8	30.0						33.7							97%	3%	$23,093
Peter W Reilly	Public	PK, KG-4	115 Douglas Road	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7652	471	37	12.7	53.7%	183 (38.9%)	26 (5.5%)	176 (37.4%)	51 (10.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.0%)	34.9	580^th of 899 public elementary schools	35.5%		43.1	524^th of 906 public elementary schools	42.2%	56	36.7	31.5						33.9	38.5	31.5						34.7							99%	1%	$23,504
John J Shaughnessy	Public	PK, KG-4	1158 Gorham Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7657	485	36	13.4	74.0%	95 (19.6%)	26 (5.4%)	229 (47.2%)	108 (22.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.2%)	26.8	649^th of 899 public elementary schools	27.8%		19.7	742^nd of 906 public elementary schools	18.1%	93	30.3	21.6						25.6	38.5	29.6						33.7							97%	1%	$23,137
Washington	Public	PK, KG-4	795 Wilder Street	Lowell	01851	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7635	252	23	10.9	69.0%	36 (14.3%)	23 (9.1%)	69 (27.4%)	106 (42.1%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (6.0%)	39.1	547^th of 899 public elementary schools	39.2%		39.5	551^st of 906 public elementary schools	39.2%	4	33.3	35.6						34.6	41.7	35.6						38.3							97%	3%	$24,780
Bartlett Community Partnership	Public	PK, KG-8	79 Wannalancit Street	Lowell	01854	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-8968	408	46	8.8	78.2%	52 (12.7%)	41 (10.0%)	164 (40.2%)	136 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.7%)	19.7	732^nd of 899 public elementary schools	18.6%		15.3	784^th of 906 public elementary schools	13.5%	52	35.9	11.9	17.7	24.0	26.4	29.8		24.1	35.9	16.3	17.7	34.0	22.2	51.1		29.1	9.8	16.3		12.8		14.3	100%	0%	$24,962
Kathryn P. Stoklosa Middle School	Public	5-8	560 Broadway Street	Lowell	01854	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 275-6330	613	48	12.7	77.3%	73 (11.9%)	38 (6.2%)	226 (36.9%)	259 (42.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.4%)	45.8	229^th of 478 public middle schools	52.1%		38.2	281^st of 484 public middle schools	41.9%	52			33.3	31.9	35.8	37.6		34.7			43.2	37.8	38.3	52.3		42.6	26.5	18.5		22.5		34.9			$22,527
Laura Lee Therapeutic Day School	Public	K-8	235 Powell Street	Lowell	01851	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7655	15	6	2.7	80.0%	5 (33.3%)	1 (6.7%)	7 (46.7%)	1 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (6.7%)								(n/a)								0.0								0.0									$61,411
Leblanc Therapeutic Day School	Public	9-12	58 Sycamore Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 970-5467	36	7	5.4	88.9%	13 (36.1%)	1 (2.8%)	16 (44.4%)	2 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (11.1%)								(n/a)																									$42,678
Rogers STEM Academy	Public	K-8	43 Highland Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 674-4331	892	68	13.1	82.8%	147 (16.5%)	77 (8.6%)	464 (52.0%)	167 (18.7%)	5 (0.6%)	3 (0.3%)	29 (3.3%)	18.3	744^th of 899 public elementary schools	17.2%		24	687^th of 906 public elementary schools	24.2%	57	20.8	23.1	19.1	17.0	24.8	19.4		20.7	22.1	33.0	16.5	31.0	16.2	32.7		25.0	19.3	19.4		19.3		27.1	100%	0%	$21,646
The Career Academy	Public	9-12	125 Smith Street	Lowell	01851	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 970-3318	83	12	6.8	84.3%	22 (26.5%)	6 (7.2%)	44 (53.0%)	8 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.6%)								(n/a)																									$28,906

Cities Near Lowell

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Dracut	0.99 mi	7	233^rd
Tewksbury	3.18 mi	6	163^rd
Chelmsford	3.23 mi	7	67^th
Tyngsborough	4.02 mi	4	174^th
North Chelmsford	4.19 mi	2	90^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.

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