Summary:
Pelham, Massachusetts has just one public school in this data set—Pelham Elementary, a K–6 school with 128 students—so families here are choosing within a single-school district rather than comparing multiple local options. Because Pelham has only this one school, the Pelham district results and Pelham Elementary’s results are identical. The record includes rank history for 2023–2024 through 2025–2026, MCAS Next Generation proficiency for 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, a 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio of 10.6, and per-student spending of $21,032 from 2020–2021. Free/reduced lunch is not reported, so socioeconomic context is unknown rather than zero.
Pelham Elementary’s strongest recent signal is science: 77.27% proficiency in 2025–2026 versus a 40.98% state average, nearly double the state rate and 34.20 points above the state at grade 5. All reported 2025–2026 scores are above state averages: ELA is 55.13% vs. 40.03%, math is 56.76% vs. 41.11%, and grade-level results also exceed the state in every subject shown. Third grade is especially strong, with 75% ELA proficiency vs. 42.79% state and 65% math vs. 42.19% state. Fourth grade ELA is the narrowest advantage at 42.86% vs. 37.43%, still above state.
Rank momentum also improved. Pelham Elementary moved from 306th of 906 in 2024–2025 to 189th of 899 in 2025–2026—an improvement of 117 places and 13 percentile points—returning to 4 stars. Its district rank is 70th of 351, at the 80th percentile, which describes the same student body. Year over year, ELA rose 5.80 points, math 3.24 points, and science 24.33 points, while state science slightly declined. Fifth-grade ELA and math were both 54.55%, and sixth-grade math was also 54.55%, likely reflecting small cohorts. Overall, this is a small, high-performing school with above-state proficiency, particularly in science, and a recent ranking rebound.
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