Summary:
Concord, Massachusetts has three public elementary schools — Alcott, Willard, and Thoreau — all serving grades PK–5 within the Concord district, which ranks 28th of 351 districts in the state at the 92nd percentile with a 5-star rating. Together they enroll 1,271 students, an average of about 424 per school, and all three score far above state averages in every subject.
Willard is the most consistent performer, holding 5 stars in all three rank-history years (79 of 899 in 2025–2026, 62 of 906 in 2024–2025, and 68 of 916 in 2023–2024) while staying in the 91st–93rd percentile. It posted the top 2025–2026 all-grade scores among the three in Mathematics (69.19) and Science (72.46). Thoreau is the English Language Arts leader at 67.93, essentially matching the district's 67.96, and had the highest 4th grade Mathematics score (79.69), but its 5th grade Science fell from 79.37 to 60.27 and its rank has been more volatile (98 of 899, 89th percentile, 4 stars). Alcott is the largest school at 438 students but posted the lowest 2025–2026 all-grade results in all three subjects — ELA 60.19, Mathematics 61.61, and Science 57.75 — and slipped from 90 of 906 to 157 of 899.
Grade-level differences are striking, suggesting cohort effects: Thoreau's 4th grade math is 79.69 versus Willard's 62.86, while Willard's 5th grade math is 72.86 versus Alcott's 52.11. Science is the most uneven subject, with only Willard above the district's 63.43 in 5th grade. Resource differences are modest: Thoreau has the highest per-student spending ($22,631) and lowest student-teacher ratio (10.1), Alcott the lowest spending ($21,650) and highest ratio (11.6). Free/reduced-lunch percentages are not reported for any of the three schools, which limits deeper equity comparisons. Even Alcott, the lowest of the three, remains well above the state's 40.03 in ELA.
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