Summary:
Northampton, MA is home to four elementary schools — Bridge Street, Jackson Street, Leeds, and R. K. Finn Ryan Road — serving PK–5 or K–5 grades, enrolling 1,044 students in total (231 to 281 each), and all reporting to the Northampton district, which ranks 139th of 351 districts statewide (60th percentile, 3 stars).
Jackson Street is the academic leader, ranking 263rd of 899 schools (71st percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026 and scoring above both district and state averages in ELA (52.05%), math (50.00%), and science (64.15%). It also posted the highest single grade-level result in the data: 67.44% proficient in 4th-grade math, and has stayed strong across three years. Leeds ranks 320th of 899 (64th percentile, 3 stars), matching Jackson in science at roughly 64% and posting the best 5th-grade ELA rate (56.41%). R. K. Finn Ryan Road is the biggest improver, climbing from the 40th to the 61st percentile, with math rising 15.29 points to 43.86%.
Bridge Street is the outlier on the low side: 1 star in all three years, 26th percentile, and below district and state in every subject (ELA 30.51%, math 25.83%, science 25.00%), including the lowest result in the data at 16.67% in 5th-grade math. Notably, math is the district's relative weak spot (38.37% vs. the state's 41.11%), while science is a shared strength for Jackson and Leeds. Because free/reduced-lunch percentages are blank for all four schools, economic comparisons aren't possible, and per-pupil spending (2020–2021) and student-teacher ratios show no simple relationship with outcomes — these are descriptive comparisons only, not causal.
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