Massachusetts Elementary School Rankings

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 928)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
250198000054	101	Brackett	Public	K-5	66 Eastern Avenue	Arlington	02476	Middlesex County	Arlington	No	No	No	No	(781) 316-3705	442	35	12.6		314 (71.0%)	7 (1.6%)	29 (6.6%)	44 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (10.9%)	$16,088			$621			$15,467	87.7	85.8	122	21
251077001719	102	Walter J. Paton School	Public	K-4	58 Grafton Street	Shrewsbury	01545	Worcester County	Shrewsbury	No	No	No	No	(508) 841-8626	312	24	12.9		200 (64.1%)	10 (3.2%)	31 (9.9%)	47 (15.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (7.1%)	$14,596			$705			$13,891	87.7	78.3	197	95
250378000519	103	Deer Hill	Public	3-5	208 Sohier Rd	Cohasset	02025	Norfolk County	Cohasset	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 383-6115	314	27	11.7		294 (93.6%)	8 (2.5%)	6 (1.9%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$19,752			$867			$18,884	87.7	79.7	180	77
251260001734	104	Mill Pond School	Public	4-6	6 Olde Hickory Path	Westborough	01581	Worcester County	Westborough	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 836-7780	889	76	11.6		418 (47.0%)	31 (3.5%)	83 (9.3%)	325 (36.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (3.5%)	$17,802			$871			$16,931	87.6	87.4	107	3
251071001709	105	Pine Hill	Public	PK, KG-5	10 Pine Hill Lane	Sherborn	01770	Middlesex County	Sherborn	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 655-0630	403	31	12.8		312 (77.4%)	13 (3.2%)	14 (3.5%)	34 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.4%)	$20,371			$906			$19,464	87.6	85	129	24
250249000147	106	Roger E Wellington	Public	PK, KG-4	121 Orchard Street	Belmont	02478	Middlesex County	Belmont	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 993-5600	558	39	14.1		366 (65.6%)	31 (5.6%)	24 (4.3%)	87 (15.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (8.8%)	$17,036			$764			$16,272	87.5	87.4	108	2
250837000306	107	Newman Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1155 Central Avenue	Needham	02492	Norfolk County	Needham	No	No	No	No	(781) 455-0416	665	52	12.8		502 (75.5%)	15 (2.3%)	36 (5.4%)	67 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (6.6%)	$21,757			$748			$21,009	87.5	87	116	9
250441000968	108	Alden School	Public	3-5	75 Alden Street	Duxbury	02332	Plymouth County	Duxbury	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 934-7630	593	47	12.6		552 (93.1%)	2 (0.3%)	17 (2.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.0%)	$17,366			$820			$16,546	87.4	82.3	154	46
250315000416	109	Edith C Baker	Public	K-8	205 Beverly Rd	Chestnut Hill	02467	Middlesex County	Brookline	No	No	No	No	(617) 879-4500	617	56	10.9		284 (46.0%)	44 (7.1%)	61 (9.9%)	167 (27.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (9.6%)	$25,103			$1,196			$23,907	87.4	90.3	81	28
250747001149	110	Old Hammondtown	Public	4-6	20 Shaw Street	Mattapoisett	02739	Plymouth County	Mattapoisett	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 758-6241	187	16	11.9		160 (85.6%)	1 (0.5%)	12 (6.4%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.9%)	$21,694			$141			$21,553	87.2	85.5	125	15

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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 19, 2023, 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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.