Best Elementary Schools in Massachusetts

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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)
250528000780	761	Veterans Memorial	Public	K-5	11 Webster Street	Gloucester	01930	Essex County	Gloucester	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 281-9820	216	25	8.5		131 (60.6%)	11 (5.1%)	54 (25.0%)	6 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	11 (5.1%)	$21,626			$1,807			$19,819	18.4	22.1	732	29
250279000239	762	Roosevelt K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	95 Needham Road	Hyde Park	02136	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8676	355	38	9.4		58 (16.3%)	129 (36.3%)	131 (36.9%)	15 (4.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.9%)	$28,022			$2,170			$25,852	18.3	19.8	757	5
250597001169	763	Pentucket Lake Elementary	Public	K-5	252 Concord Street	Haverhill	01830	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-2421	521	45	11.4		206 (39.5%)	50 (9.6%)	244 (46.8%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.9%)	$16,011			$1,465			$14,546	18.3	15.2	804	41
251113001836	764	Washington	Public	PK, KG-5	141 Washington Street	Springfield	01108	Hampden County	Springfield	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 787-7551	420	40	10.4		32 (7.6%)	71 (16.9%)	276 (65.7%)	21 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.8%)	$19,041			$1,845			$17,195	18.2	16.5	787	23
250498000731	765	Potter Road	Public	K-5	492 Potter Rd	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	No	(508) 626-9110	541	40	13.4		206 (38.1%)	32 (5.9%)	271 (50.1%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.6%)	$17,846			$1,230			$16,616	18	25.8	696	69
251089001749	766	Winter Hill Community	Public	PK, KG-8	115 Sycamore Street	Somerville	02145	Middlesex County	Somerville	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 629-5680	422	46	9.2		136 (32.2%)	40 (9.5%)	208 (49.3%)	19 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (4.0%)	$25,632			$2,963			$22,669	18	14.3	816	50
251323002238	767	Norrback Avenue	Public	PK, KG-6	44 Malden Street	Worcester	01606	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3500	507	43	11.8		163 (32.1%)	141 (27.8%)	166 (32.7%)	13 (2.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.3%)	$18,792			$1,681			$17,112	18	19.2	762	5
251113001808	768	Benjamin Swan Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	680 Union Street	Springfield	01109	Hampden County	Springfield	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 787-7526	405	36	11.2		11 (2.7%)	95 (23.5%)	275 (67.9%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.9%)	$18,842			$1,905			$16,936	17.9	32.8	632	136
250008301846	769	Hill View Montessori Charter Public School	Public, Charter	K-8	75 Foundation Avenue	Haverhill	01835	Essex County	Hill View Montessori Charter Public (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(978) 521-2616	306	24	12.6		157 (51.3%)	18 (5.9%)	113 (36.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.9%)	$15,701			$1,492			$14,209	17.9	15	807	38
251323002215	770	Goddard School/Science Technical	Public	PK, KG-6	14 Richards Street	Worcester	01603	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3594	380	34	11.1		40 (10.5%)	51 (13.4%)	248 (65.3%)	31 (8.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.4%)	$19,099			$1,595			$17,504	17.8	9.4	876	106

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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 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.