Best Elementary Schools in Massachusetts for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Massachusetts!

Every year, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

JUST IN! Massachusetts MCAS Next Generation test scores and updated rankings for the 2022-23 school year were recently posted to SchoolDigger!

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 703)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
251227002021	1	Ernest F Upham	Public	K-5	35 Wynnewood Rd	Wellesley	02481	Norfolk County	Wellesley	No	No	No	No	(781) 446-6285	165	21	7.9		115 (69.7%)	11 (6.7%)	11 (6.7%)	17 (10.3%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (6.1%)	$32,197			$1,758			$30,439	99.9%	93.0%	6.86%
250684000473	2	Maria Hastings	Public	K-5	7 Crosby Road	Lexington	02421	Middlesex County	Lexington	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 860-5800	623	50	12.4		224 (36.0%)	15 (2.4%)	38 (6.1%)	286 (45.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (9.6%)	$19,000			$282			$18,718	99.7%	98.7%	1.01%
251311002168	3	Muraco Elementary	Public	K-5	33 Bates Road	Winchester	01890	Middlesex County	Winchester	No	No	No	No	(781) 721-7030	345	30	11.5		230 (66.7%)	3 (0.9%)	11 (3.2%)	76 (22.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.0%)	$17,255			$215			$17,041	99.6%	85.0%	14.55%
250861001371	4	Mason-Rice	Public	K-5	149 Pleasant Street	Newton Centre	02459	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(617) 559-9570	337	30	11.1		210 (62.3%)	3 (0.9%)	17 (5.0%)	75 (22.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (9.5%)	$20,465			$1,388			$19,077	99.4%	99.0%	0.40%
251221000153	5	Loker School	Public	K-5	47 Loker Street	Wayland	01778	Middlesex County	Wayland	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 358-8601	374	28	13.1		254 (67.9%)	11 (2.9%)	32 (8.6%)	53 (14.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.1%)	$18,271			$606			$17,666	99.3%	98.3%	1.01%
250550000806	6	Swallow/Union School	Public	K-4	522 Main Street	Dunstable	01827	Middlesex County	Groton-Dunstable	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 649-7281	308	26	11.8		247 (80.2%)	4 (1.3%)	22 (7.1%)	23 (7.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.6%)	$19,744			$448			$19,297	99.1%	97.5%	1.62%
251188000884	7	Dawson	Public	K-5	155 Salisbury Street	Holden	01520	Worcester County	Wachusett	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 829-6828	488	31	15.5		394 (80.7%)	14 (2.9%)	34 (7.0%)	24 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.3%)	$13,212			$438			$12,774	99.0%	82.7%	16.35%
250609000876	8	Wm L Foster Elementary	Public	K-5	55 Downer Avenue	Hingham	02043	Plymouth County	Hingham	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 741-1520	419	37	11.3		358 (85.4%)	4 (1.0%)	17 (4.1%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (7.6%)	$16,522			$539			$15,982	98.9%	94.6%	4.25%
251134000507	9	General John Nixon Elementary	Public	K-5	472 Concord Road	Sudbury	01776	Middlesex County	Sudbury	No	No	No	No	(978) 443-1080	298	24	12.6		223 (74.8%)	13 (4.4%)	13 (4.4%)	21 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (9.4%)	$19,970			$584			$19,386	98.7%	92.3%	6.37%
251281000794	10	Deerfield School	Public	K-5	72 Deerfield Avenue	Westwood	02090	Norfolk County	Westwood	No	No	No	No	(781) 326-7500	182	17	10.8		135 (74.2%)	6 (3.3%)	6 (3.3%)	24 (13.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.0%)	$20,914			$378			$20,536	98.6%	96.7%	1.92%

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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.

Educational resources:

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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.