Stoneham

The Stoneham district serves about 2,244 students across five schools — three elementary schools (K–4), one middle school (5–8), and one high school (9–12) — with no alternative schools, and the district ranks 133 of 351 Massachusetts districts (62nd percentile, 3 stars), placing it above state averages in English Language Arts, math, and science overall.

Elementary performance splits in two directions. Colonial Park is the strongest elementary school in ELA at 52.94% and holds the district's highest current rank (255 of 899, 72nd percentile, 4 stars), with grade 4 ELA at 54.35%. South leads elementary math at 56.20%, including a standout 65.63% in grade 3 math, though its rank percentile has slipped from 79 to 67 over three years. Robin Hood is above district and state in ELA (43.57%) but below both in math (40.85%), and it has the lowest current rank (456 of 899, 49th percentile, 2 stars) and the highest student-teacher ratio at 12.6. At the secondary level, Stoneham Central Middle School shines in science (56.21%) and grade 8 civics (54.73%) but lags in ELA (39.05%), with grade 6 ELA at a notable low of 25.00%. Stoneham High remains above state in all subjects (ELA 50.36%, math 47.52%, science 43.18%) and posts a 92.5% graduation rate and 4.8% dropout rate, but its scores dropped from a very strong 2024–25.

For parents, the takeaway is that most Stoneham schools outperform the state, but the strengths differ by building: Colonial Park for ELA and overall standing, South for math, the high school for outcomes, and the middle school for science and civics. Areas to watch are middle school ELA, Robin Hood math, and year-to-year volatility in high school scores. Note that free/reduced-lunch data is not reported for any school here, so economic context cannot be evaluated, and spending figures are from 2020–21 while ratios are from 2024–25.