Best Elementary Schools in Massachusetts

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Massachusetts test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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
271	Donald Ross	Public	K-4	20 Hayward Street	Braintree	02184	Norfolk County	Braintree	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 380-0240	182	20	9		78 (42.9%)	28 (15.4%)	20 (11.0%)	46 (25.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.5%)	$24,880							71	68.7	291	20		250294000363
272	Howe-Manning	Public	3-6	26 Central Street	Middleton	01949	Essex County	Middleton	No	No	No	No	(978) 739-2800	461	39	11.7		389 (84.4%)	6 (1.3%)	30 (6.5%)	20 (4.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.0%)	$21,743							71	74.7	252	20		250783001236
273	Lanesborough Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	188 Summer Street	Lanesborough	01237	Berkshire County	Mount Greylock	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 443-0027	231	22	10.5		196 (84.8%)	3 (1.3%)	16 (6.9%)	10 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (2.2%)	$23,459							70.9	69.4	285	12		250816002887
274	Lincoln-Eliot	Public	K-5	191 Pearl Street	Newton	02458	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 559-9540	336	36	9.3		129 (38.4%)	24 (7.1%)	71 (21.1%)	74 (22.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (11.3%)	$26,479							70.8	82.2	153	121		250861001370
275	Berkley Community School	Public	PK, KG-4	59 South Main Street	Berkley	02779	Bristol County	Berkley	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 822-9550	459	32	14.1		397 (86.5%)	8 (1.7%)	25 (5.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.9%)	$16,783							70.7	69.1	287	12		250252002513
276	North Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	580 Whetstone Hill Road	Somerset	02726	Bristol County	Somerset	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 324-3170	471	37	12.8		397 (84.3%)	12 (2.5%)	28 (5.9%)	12 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.5%)	$19,556							70.7	48.6	488	212		251086002536
277	Miller School	Public	3-5	235 Woodland Street	Holliston	01746	Middlesex County	Holliston	No	No	No	No	(508) 429-0667	649	49	13.1		468 (72.1%)	14 (2.2%)	49 (7.6%)	63 (9.7%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (7.9%)	$17,366							70.7	69.8	281	4		250624001302
278	Houghton Elementary	Public	K-4	32 Boutelle Road	Sterling	01564	Worcester County	Wachusett	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 422-2333	317	28	11.3		242 (76.3%)	10 (3.2%)	47 (14.8%)	8 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.2%)	$19,750							70.7	76.8	225	53		251188001476
279	Hadley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	21 River Drive	Hadley	01035	Hampshire County	Hadley	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 584-5011	315	26	11.9		234 (74.3%)	8 (2.5%)	41 (13.0%)	19 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.8%)	$24,286							70.5	61.4	352	73		250558000879
280	Annie L Sargent School	Public	1-5	300 Abbott Street	North Andover	01845	Essex County	North Andover	No	No	No	No	(978) 725-3673	441	33	13.4		360 (81.6%)	3 (0.7%)	34 (7.7%)	29 (6.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.2%)	$16,431							70.4	69.5	284	4		250870000767

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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.