Best Elementary Schools in Massachusetts

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the MCAS Next Generation test scores by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The most recent update was on Monday, September 29, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 906)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
371	Penn Brook	Public	K-6	68 Elm Street	Georgetown	01833	Essex County	Georgetown	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 352-5785	674	39	17.3		622 (92.3%)	5 (0.7%)	24 (3.6%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.8%)	$17,855							58.6	62.9	341	30		250522000765
372	Hill-Roberts Elementary School	Public	K-4	80 Roy Avenue	Attleboro	02703	Bristol County	Attleboro	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 399-7560	412	30	13.7		234 (56.8%)	34 (8.3%)	86 (20.9%)	32 (7.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.1%)	$17,212							58.2	57.3	399	27		250219000089
373	River Valley Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	2 Perry Way	Newburyport	01950	Essex County	River Valley Charter	Yes	No	No	Yes	(978) 465-0065	288	25	11.4		243 (84.4%)	2 (0.7%)	19 (6.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	20 (6.9%)	$18,073							58.2	48.9	482	109		250006201446
374	Helen R Donaghue School	Public	3-6	24 Union Street Ext.	Merrimac	01860	Essex County	Pentucket	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 346-8921	262	23	11.2		230 (87.8%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (9.2%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)	$19,030							58.1	48	494	120		250945000406
375	Hanscom School	Public	PK, KG-8	6 Ent Road	Hanscom AFB	01731	Middlesex County	Lincoln	No	No	No	No	(781) 274-0050	493	60	8.1		244 (49.5%)	34 (6.9%)	138 (28.0%)	17 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	59 (12.0%)	$33,341							58	54.8	417	42		250690001008
376	Wellfleet Elementary	Public	K-5	100 Lawrence Road	Wellfleet	02667	Barnstable County	Wellfleet	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 349-3101	78	12	6.5		60 (76.9%)	2 (2.6%)	5 (6.4%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (12.8%)	$43,851							57.8	77.6	211	165		251230002031
377	Laliberte Elementary School	Public	2-4	777 Pleasant Street	Raynham	02767	Bristol County	Bridgewater-Raynham	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 824-2731	543	30	18		370 (68.1%)	76 (14.0%)	46 (8.5%)	17 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (6.1%)	$15,789							57.6	64.7	323	54		250303001755
378	Sippican	Public	PK, KG-6	16 Spring Street	Marion	02738	Plymouth County	Marion	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 748-0100	369	34	10.7		307 (83.2%)	12 (3.3%)	18 (4.9%)	7 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.5%)	$22,408							57.5	64.3	327	51		250729001127
379	Deerfield Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	21 Pleasant Street	South Deerfield	01373	Franklin County	Deerfield	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 665-1131	301	34	8.8		260 (86.4%)	6 (2.0%)	13 (4.3%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.6%)	$24,502							57.5	56.2	407	28		250408000049
380	Elizabeth S Brown	Public	3-5	29 Gardners Neck Road	Swansea	02777	Bristol County	Swansea	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 675-7892	283	17	17.1		263 (92.9%)	4 (1.4%)	5 (1.8%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.5%)	$17,037							57.5	62.5	346	34		251146001890

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts, MCAS Next Generation Mathematics, MCAS Next Generation Science test scores released by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 29, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.