Summary:
Melrose is a compact, single-district suburb north of Boston, Massachusetts, operating eight schools that serve 3,815 students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The Melrose district ranks #29 of 351 Massachusetts districts — the 92nd percentile. School-level test scores are reported as exact values here, with no state-suppressed figures; free and reduced-price lunch data is unavailable for all eight schools, so no poverty-adjusted comparison is possible, and spending figures come from 2020-2021, five years older than the 2025-2026 test results.
Among the five elementary schools, Horace Mann is the flagship: #12 of 899 elementary schools (99th percentile, 5 stars), with proficiency of ELA 78.29, Math 81.54 and Science 84.09 — each roughly double the state rate. Winthrop follows at #27 (97th percentile), posting elite results despite the district's highest student-teacher ratio (15.8) and lowest per-student spending ($11,470). Roosevelt is the fastest riser, climbing from #143 to #54 in three years. Herbert Clark Hoover (#125) and Lincoln (#147) still beat the state in every subject, but trail district elementary figures. Every elementary exceeds the state in all three subjects, yet the internal spread between top and bottom is wide: 19.5 points in ELA, 21.0 in Math and 27.8 in Science.
Melrose Middle ranks #92 of roughly 480 middle schools (81st percentile). Its all-grades proficiency sits below the district's aggregate in every subject, but against grade-matched district figures it is at or above the district in all eight comparisons, and 8th grade Civics (64.89 vs. state 39.77) is a standout strength. Melrose High posts a 98.8% graduation rate and a 0.4% dropout rate, though its science score fell 10.6 points. The Early Childhood Center spends $20,350 per student — 41% more than any other school — but has no outcome data to evaluate.
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