Elementary Schools in Winchendon

Elementary Schools in Winchendon consist of two schools serving grades K–5 with a combined 560 students: Toy Town Elementary for grades 3–5 (292 students) and Memorial for grades K–2 (268 students). The district is ranked 315th of 351 in Massachusetts, at the 10th percentile with 1 star, and data coverage is uneven: Toy Town has MCAS results for 2024–2025 and 2025–2026 plus three years of rank history, while Memorial has no test scores or rank history because it serves grades before the state testing window. Free/reduced-price lunch percentages are blank for both schools, and spending data is from 2020–2021, so economic context is unavailable and should not be treated as zero.

For academics, Toy Town Elementary is the only school that can be assessed, and it ranks in the bottom fifth of Massachusetts elementary schools in 2025–2026 with a 1-star rating across all three years. In 2025–2026, its proficiency was below the state in every tested subject: English language arts 26.03% vs. 40.03%, mathematics 18.84% vs. 41.11%, and science 32.56% vs. 40.98%. Math is the clearest weakness, especially 4th grade, where 13.33% were proficient vs. 43.20% statewide. Its relative strengths are science and 5th-grade ELA, where 34.12% were proficient, only 4.03 points below the state. Memorial cannot be compared academically because it serves K–2; its only differentiators are slightly higher per-student spending ($16,412 vs. $15,980) and a slightly higher student-teacher ratio (16.6 vs. 16.0).

Parents should know that Toy Town trails the state in all tested subjects, with the largest gaps in math and 4th grade. Year over year, ELA fell from 30.18% to 26.03%, math rose slightly from 18.28% to 18.84%, and science fell from 35.29% to 32.56%, while the school’s rank percentile declined from 24 to 20. Memorial remains a data blind spot for academic comparison because it serves grades below the state testing window in this file. Missing context includes blank free/reduced-price lunch data and older, non-inflation-adjusted spending figures. Overall, this is a low-ranked Winchendon elementary context, and Toy Town is the only school with measurable academic performance here.