Somerville

Somerville is home to 11 schools — 8 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high schools — enrolling roughly 4,952 students, and the Somerville district ranks 198th of 351 in Massachusetts, at the 44th percentile with 2 stars. Enrollment is concentrated: Somerville High alone has 1,394 students (about 28% of the total), and E Somerville Community adds 747.

Benjamin G Brown is the standout — 6th of 899 schools statewide, 99th percentile, 5 stars — with 2025–2026 proficiency of 79.8% ELA, 78.79% math, and 85.19% science, far above state rates of 40.03%, 41.11%, and 40.98%. John F Kennedy, 134th of 899 (85th percentile, 4 stars), posts 64.53% ELA, 66.11% math, and 64.04% science. West Somerville Neighborhood and Albert F. Argenziano School at Lincoln Park both sit above district levels in most subjects at 3 stars, in the 56th–57th percentile. Somerville High has climbed from the 39th to the 59th percentile over three years, with an 89.8% graduation rate (above the district's 86.1%) and a 6.9% dropout rate (below the district's 9.6%).

At the other end, Winter Hill Community, Arthur D Healey, and E Somerville Community are all 1-star schools with all-grade ELA in the 23–29% range, math in the 22–24% range, and science in the 23–31% range — well below district and state. Some upper-grade results run lower still, including Winter Hill's 8th-grade ELA at 6.9% and Healey's 7th-grade math at 11.67%. Full Circle High School, with 67 students, graduates 70.0% with a 15.0% dropout rate, while Next Wave Junior High, with 16 students, has the highest reported per-pupil spending at $58,190 and the lowest student-teacher ratio at 3.1. Spending and staffing show no simple link to results: Benjamin G Brown has the lowest reported spending at $18,254 and the highest ratio at 14.5 yet the strongest outcomes. Capuano Early Childhood Center serves PK–1 and has no test data, which is expected.