Elementary Schools in Newburyport

Elementary schools in Newburyport, Massachusetts consist of two schools serving 894 students: Francis T Bresnahan Elementary for grades PK–3 (584 students) and Edward G. Molin Elementary School for grades 4–5 (310 students). Both belong to the Newburyport district, which is rated 4 stars and ranks 99 out of 351 Massachusetts districts, placing it at the 72nd percentile. The two schools have nearly identical student-teacher ratios (9.5 and 9.4) and similar historical per-student spending ($20,750 and $20,171, from 2020-2021).

Francis T Bresnahan Elementary stands out on current performance. In 2025-2026, 59.48% of students were proficient in ELA and 63.25% in math — above the district (52.32% ELA, 50.44% math) and well above the state (40.03% ELA, 41.11% math). Math was more than 22 points above the state. Gains from the prior year were large: ELA rose 16.10 points and math 19.87 points, moving the school from below district averages in 2024-2025 to well above them.

Edward G. Molin Elementary School shows a more mixed picture. Its 2025-2026 all-grade ELA of 39.30% is below both district and state, while math (42.21%) and science (46.04%) are above state but below district. By grade level, its 5th-grade ELA, math, and science all exceed state averages, so the grade-level results are stronger than the all-grade ELA figure suggests. Molin's rank percentile also slipped from 65 in 2023-2024 to 52 in 2025-2026, though it remained at 3 stars. Note that free/reduced lunch data is unavailable, and Bresnahan's rank history (2004–2007) is too old to compare with Molin's.