Best Elementary Schools in Massachusetts for African American 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, African American students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 167)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	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	99.4%	97.6%	1.77%
250315000423	2	William H Lincoln	Public	K-8	19 Kennard Rd	Brookline	02445	Norfolk County	Brookline	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 879-4600	471	49	9.6		212 (45.0%)	58 (12.3%)	50 (10.6%)	106 (22.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (9.1%)	$25,720			$1,345			$24,375	98.8%	93.8%	5.05%
250678000981	3	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	98.2%	72.5%	25.68%
250007101747	4	Brooke Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	190 Cummins Highway	Roslindale	02131	Suffolk County	Brooke Charter School (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 325-7977	2,145	180	11.8		95 (4.4%)	1,113 (51.9%)	838 (39.1%)	36 (1.7%)	5 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	56 (2.6%)	$21,044			$1,944			$19,100	97.6%	70.7%	26.92%
250055702842	5	Springfield Preparatory Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	2071 Roosevelt Ave.	Springfield	01104	Hampden County	Springfield Preparatory Charter School (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(413) 231-2722	433	34	12.5		15 (3.5%)	82 (18.9%)	314 (72.5%)	13 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.1%)	$16,557			$2,946			$13,611	97.0%	59.9%	37.09%
250051802632	6	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	96.4%	79.6%	16.77%
251125001866	7	Richard L. Wilkins Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1322 Central Street	Stoughton	02072	Norfolk County	Stoughton	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 344-7005	290	26	11.3		110 (37.9%)	70 (24.1%)	73 (25.2%)	13 (4.5%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	21 (7.2%)	$17,984			$1,457			$16,526	95.8%	75.0%	20.81%
250462000983	8	Richardson Olmsted School	Public	3-5	101 Lothrop Street	North Easton	02356	Bristol County	Easton	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 230-3227	741	51	14.4		572 (77.2%)	53 (7.2%)	63 (8.5%)	22 (3.0%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (3.4%)	$14,520			$864			$13,656	95.2%	74.2%	20.96%
250798001263	9	Tucker	Public	PK, KG-5	187 Blue Hills Pkwy	Milton	02186	Norfolk County	Milton	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 696-4291	464	32	14.6		165 (35.6%)	166 (35.8%)	44 (9.5%)	32 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (12.3%)	$15,253			$822			$14,431	94.6%	75.3%	19.29%
250219001294	10	Peter Thacher Elementary School	Public	K-4	160 James Street	Attleboro	02703	Bristol County	Attleboro	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 226-4162	463	35	13.3		278 (60.0%)	56 (12.1%)	72 (15.6%)	27 (5.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.0%)	$16,375			$1,010			$15,365	94.0%	43.2%	50.80%

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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.