Elementary Schools in Cambridge

Summary:

The Cambridge school district in Massachusetts is home to 12 elementary schools serving students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. The schools in this district exhibit a wide range of academic performance, with some standout institutions like Maria L. Baldwin and Martin Luther King Junior consistently outperforming the state and district averages, while others like Kennedy-Longfellow and Fletcher/Maynard Academy struggle academically.

The top-performing schools, Maria L. Baldwin and Martin Luther King Junior, are ranked 8th and 10th out of 906 Massachusetts elementary schools, respectively, and have a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. These schools consistently achieve over 80% proficiency in English Language Arts and Mathematics on the MCAS exams. In contrast, some of the lower-performing schools have less than 35% of students proficient in core subjects.

The Cambridge school district as a whole is ranked 81st out of 348 districts in Massachusetts and has a 4-star rating. Factors such as per-student spending and student-teacher ratios do not appear to be directly correlated with academic performance, suggesting that other elements, like school leadership, teaching quality, and student demographics, may play a more significant role in driving student success across the district.

District Detail

135 Berkshire Street
Cambridge, MA 02141

(617) 349-6494

SchoolDigger Rank:
81^st of 348 Massachusetts districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 7,027

Primary Schools: 12
Middle Schools: 4
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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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 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 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 All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Civics 8th Grade	Total
Cambridgeport	Public	PK, KG-5	89 Elm Street	Cambridge	02139	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	No	(617) 349-6587	263	27	9.7		106 (40.3%)	49 (18.6%)	40 (15.2%)	38 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (11.0%)	84.4	134^th of 906 public elementary schools	85.2%		80.8	172^nd of 916 public elementary schools	81.2%	38	61.0	70.7	63.6				65.2	53.7	65.9	64.7				61.2	67.7		67.7		$35,048
King Open	Public	PK, KG-5	850 Cambridge Street	Cambridge	02139	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 349-6540	391	37	10.4		128 (32.7%)	92 (23.5%)	68 (17.4%)	44 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (15.1%)	48.9	467^th of 906 public elementary schools	48.5%		54.6	420^th of 916 public elementary schools	54.1%	47	42.1	52.9	36.0				43.7	35.1	56.9	34.0				41.8	34.0		34.0		$37,388
Maria L. Baldwin	Public	PK, KG-5	85 Oxford Street	Cambridge	02138	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	No	(617) 349-6525	360	33	10.9		207 (57.5%)	33 (9.2%)	27 (7.5%)	37 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (15.6%)	96.6	8^th of 906 public elementary schools	99.1%		96.7	7^th of 916 public elementary schools	99.2%	1	75.9	87.2	78.3				80.3	81.5	87.2	89.1				85.7	73.9		73.9		$35,468
Graham and Parks	Public	PK, KG-5	44 Linnaean Street	Cambridge	02140	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	No	(617) 349-6577	367	33	11.1		156 (42.5%)	66 (18.0%)	28 (7.6%)	86 (23.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (8.2%)	77.9	206^th of 906 public elementary schools	77.3%		75.9	235^th of 916 public elementary schools	74.3%	29	51.2	53.1	57.9				53.9	63.4	56.3	69.2				62.5	61.5		61.5		$33,764
Haggerty	Public	PK, KG-5	110 Cushing Street	Cambridge	02138	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	No	(617) 349-6555	250	30	8.3		87 (34.8%)	47 (18.8%)	26 (10.4%)	63 (25.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (10.8%)	79	193^rd of 906 public elementary schools	78.7%		69.9	280^th of 916 public elementary schools	69.4%	87	62.5	51.0	64.0				57.6	65.6	61.2	52.0				60.4	60.0		60.0		$39,237
John M Tobin	Public	PK, KG-5	359 Broadway	Cambridge	02139	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	No	(617) 349-6600	291	27	10.7		105 (36.1%)	78 (26.8%)	27 (9.3%)	46 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (12.0%)	93.6	41^st of 906 public elementary schools	95.5%		90.4	67^th of 916 public elementary schools	92.7%	26	72.7	75.0	61.3				69.6	87.9	71.4	77.4				79.4	77.4		77.4		$39,088
Martin Luther King Junior	Public	PK, KG-5	102 Putnam Avenue	Cambridge	02139	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	No	(617) 349-6562	340	33	10.2		70 (20.6%)	39 (11.5%)	10 (2.9%)	127 (37.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	93 (27.4%)	96.4	10^th of 906 public elementary schools	98.9%		95.6	15^th of 916 public elementary schools	98.4%	5	84.8	68.8	90.2				80.7	84.8	70.8	85.4				80.0	92.7		92.7		$36,532
Kennedy-Longfellow	Public	PK, KG-5	158 Spring Street	Cambridge	02139	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 349-6841	215	31	7.0		33 (15.3%)	79 (36.7%)	48 (22.3%)	47 (21.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.3%)	35.3	595^th of 906 public elementary schools	34.3%		19.5	746^th of 916 public elementary schools	18.6%	151	36.8	27.3	28.1				30.1	22.2	27.3	37.5				30.6	50.0		50.0		$40,169
Morse	Public	PK, KG-5	40 Granite Street	Cambridge	02139	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 349-6575	328	32	10.1		134 (40.9%)	70 (21.3%)	34 (10.4%)	53 (16.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (11.0%)	82.4	153^rd of 906 public elementary schools	83.1%		79.9	186^th of 916 public elementary schools	79.7%	33	62.8	63.8	59.4				62.3	67.4	57.5	62.5				62.3	56.3		56.3		$38,648
Peabody	Public	PK, KG-5	70 Rindge Avenue	Cambridge	02140	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	No	(617) 349-6530	314	28	11.2		128 (40.8%)	80 (25.5%)	20 (6.4%)	48 (15.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (11.1%)	77.1	216^th of 906 public elementary schools	76.2%		76.7	229^th of 916 public elementary schools	75.0%	13	63.4	41.5	68.2				57.9	53.7	56.1	53.5				54.4	77.3		77.3		$35,462
Fletcher/Maynard Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	225 Windsor Street	Cambridge	02139	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 349-6588	249	34	7.3		21 (8.4%)	123 (49.4%)	56 (22.5%)	23 (9.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (10.0%)	35.8	587^th of 906 public elementary schools	35.2%		28.2	652^nd of 916 public elementary schools	28.8%	65	38.2	41.2	24.2				34.7	35.3	32.4	40.6				36.0	27.3		27.3		$47,805
Amigos School	Public	PK, KG-8	15 Upton Street	Cambridge	02139	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	No	(617) 349-6567	413	38	10.9		131 (31.7%)	24 (5.8%)	210 (50.8%)	14 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.2%)	88.7	89^th of 906 public elementary schools	90.2%		83.3	139^th of 916 public elementary schools	84.8%	50	71.1	69.8	58.3	79.6	64.9	75.0	70.2	77.8	60.5	61.1	68.2	67.6	68.3	67.5	61.1	73.2	67.5	72.5	$32,666

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Prospect Hill Academy Charter	0.2 mi	1
Community Charter School of Cambridge	0.65 mi	1	104^th
Somerville	0.68 mi	11	224^th
Boston	1.61 mi	111	298^th
Match Charter Public School	1.68 mi	1

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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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