Best Elementary Schools in Massachusetts for Low Socio Economic Status 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, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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 Tuesday, September 19, 2023.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 757)	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 (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
250002200514	1	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	21 Notre Dame Avenue	Cambridge	02142	Middlesex County	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 497-7771	329	21	15.6		10 (3.0%)	265 (80.5%)	28 (8.5%)	6 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.8%)	$24,797			$1,945			$22,852	99.9%	97.6%	2.24%
250921001477	2	Orleans Elementary	Public	K-5	46 Eldredge Pkwy	Orleans	02653	Barnstable County	Orleans	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 255-0380	164	20	8.1		130 (79.3%)	8 (4.9%)	16 (9.8%)	2 (1.2%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.3%)	$32,396			$1,002			$31,394	99.7%	93.3%	6.42%
250798001259	3	Collicot	Public	K-5	80 Edge Hill Rd	Milton	02186	Norfolk County	Milton	No	No	No	No	(617) 696-4282	608	37	16.2		467 (76.8%)	19 (3.1%)	23 (3.8%)	68 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.1%)	$15,805			$734			$15,071	99.6%	97.0%	2.62%
250294000368	4	Liberty	Public	1-5	49 Proctor Rd	Braintree	02184	Norfolk County	Braintree	No	No	No	No	(781) 380-0210	356	28	12.6		205 (57.6%)	12 (3.4%)	16 (4.5%)	108 (30.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	12 (3.4%)	$16,362			$523			$15,839	99.5%	85.7%	13.80%
250315000420	5	Lawrence	Public	K-8	27 Francis Street	Brookline	02446	Norfolk County	Brookline	No	No	No	No	(617) 879-4303	592	52	11.4		244 (41.2%)	33 (5.6%)	64 (10.8%)	188 (31.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	60 (10.1%)	$24,729			$947			$23,782	99.3%	90.8%	8.50%
250942001510	6	North Pembroke Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	72 Pilgrim Road	Pembroke	02359	Plymouth County	Pembroke	No	No	No	No	(781) 826-5115	517	34	15.3		462 (89.4%)	7 (1.4%)	16 (3.1%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.0%)	$15,397			$907			$14,490	99.2%	82.8%	16.45%
250678000981	7	Fall Brook	Public	K-5	25 DeCicco Dr	Leominster	01453	Worcester County	Leominster	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 534-7745	562	45	12.3		268 (47.7%)	58 (10.3%)	185 (32.9%)	16 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (6.2%)	$14,333			$854			$13,479	99.1%	72.5%	26.55%
250051802632	8	Pioneer Charter School of Science	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	51-59 Summer Street	Everett	02149	Middlesex County	Pioneer Charter School of Science (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 389-7277	775	75	10.2		297 (38.3%)	183 (23.6%)	214 (27.6%)	51 (6.6%)	9 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (2.7%)	$16,081			$1,148			$14,933	98.9%	79.6%	19.31%
251197001961	9	Old Post Road	Public	K-5	99 Old Post Road	East Walpole	02032	Norfolk County	Walpole	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 660-7219	471	32	14.7		374 (79.4%)	13 (2.8%)	47 (10.0%)	15 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.7%)	$15,382			$711			$14,671	98.8%	94.5%	4.31%
250972001543	10	Manomet Elementary	Public	K-5	70 Manomet Point Rd	Plymouth	02360	Plymouth County	Plymouth	No	No	No	No	(508) 830-4380	251	21	11.8		222 (88.4%)	2 (0.8%)	10 (4.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.0%)	$19,593			$981			$18,611	98.7%	86.6%	12.04%

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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:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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.