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Graham and Parks

Q: Is Graham and Parks a good school?

Graham and Parks ranks 206 th of 906 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

206^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 906 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Better than 77% of Massachusetts elementary schools

Summary

Graham and Parks is a pre-kindergarten through 5th grade elementary school located in Cambridge, MA. The school consistently outperforms the state average on MCAS Next Generation assessments in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science, with particularly strong performance for certain student subgroups like White students and Special Education students.

Graham and Parks has a relatively low student-teacher ratio compared to nearby schools, and its spending per student is higher than the state average. While the school's performance and ranking have fluctuated over the past decade, it maintains a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger and outperforms the Cambridge district average. However, it lags behind the top-performing schools in the area, such as Maria L. Baldwin and Martin Luther King Junior, which consistently rank in the top 10-75 schools in the state.

Overall, Graham and Parks is a strong-performing elementary school within the Cambridge district, with a focus on academic excellence and support for certain student subgroups. While it may not be the top-tier option in the region, it provides a desirable educational experience for families in the area.

367

Students ?

11.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$33,764

Per pupil spending ?

44.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

44 Linnaean Street
Cambridge, MA 02140

(617) 349-6577

District: Cambridge

Racial breakdown:

White:

42.5%

Asian:

23.4%

African American:

18.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 46th percentile in 2015 → 77th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Massachusetts average (59% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 23% of Massachusetts elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 31 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school59%

District avg57%

Massachusetts avg41%

206^th of 906

Massachusetts public elementary schools ?

Top 23%▲ up 31 pts since 2015

From bottom 46% (2015) to top 23% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 12Elementary Schools in the Cambridge

81^st of 348Cambridge among Massachusetts districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	77.9	206 of 906	77.3%	★★★★☆
2024	75.9	235 of 916	74.3%	★★★★☆
2023	78.6	195 of 928	79.0%	★★★★☆
2022	74.3	233 of 932	75.0%	★★★★☆
2021	63.8	353 of 936	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	52.0	470 of 942	50.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	48.6	512 of 934	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2017	45.2	552 of 938	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2016	62.1	366 of 932	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2015	50.1	495 of 914	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2014	53.0	486 of 926	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	60.3	405 of 928	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2012	68.6	326 of 930	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2011	64.1	362 of 924	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2010	66.8	329 of 920	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2009	75.4	222 of 909	75.6%	★★★★☆
2008	78.2	187 of 908	79.4%	★★★★☆
2007	69.7	287 of 911	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2006	57.3	411 of 911	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2005	50.0	470 of 887	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2004	41.7	552 of 882	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2003	41.4	568 of 884	35.7%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2022	26.7	140 of 173	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	33.5	114 of 166	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	50.7	77 of 172	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	15.1	165 of 174	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2018	10.8	145 of 154	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2022	78.7	86 of 672	87.2%	★★★★☆
2021	72.8	126 of 632	80.1%	★★★★☆
2019	69.6	152 of 665	77.1%	★★★★☆
2018	61.7	195 of 656	70.3%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	59.1	55 of 281	80.4%	★★★★☆
2022	44.3	112 of 267	58.1%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	76.2	195 of 869	77.6%	★★★★☆
2024	76.6	202 of 886	77.2%	★★★★☆
2023	78.9	179 of 887	79.8%	★★★★☆
2022	85.8	117 of 901	87.0%	★★★★☆
2021	68.3	274 of 898	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	60.6	361 of 902	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.9	420 of 893	53.0%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	59.0	242 of 736	67.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	43.2	428 of 760	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	55.4	315 of 757	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	33.0	551 of 772	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.9	476 of 705	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.5	565 of 700	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	38.7	465 of 685	32.1%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	76.2	200 of 884	77.4%	★★★★☆
2024	71.6	257 of 891	71.2%	★★★★☆
2023	72.7	242 of 896	73.0%	★★★★☆
2022	58.5	384 of 908	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	56.0	410 of 904	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	42.8	542 of 907	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.7	563 of 898	37.3%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	96.8	9 of 717	98.7%	★★★★★
2024	76.3	119 of 731	83.7%	★★★★☆
2023	85.2	57 of 703	91.9%	★★★★★
2022	60.8	288 of 905	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	66.5	211 of 894	76.4%	★★★★☆
2019	52.6	400 of 896	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	46.7	459 of 886	48.2%	★★☆☆☆

Tested In Person

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2021	55.6	434 of 925	53.1%	★★★☆☆

Tested Remotely

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2021	87.7	53 of 399	86.7%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	91.7	29 of 737	96.1%	★★★★★
2024	86.5	64 of 753	91.5%	★★★★★
2023	90.6	34 of 762	95.5%	★★★★★
2022	90.3	32 of 764	95.8%	★★★★★
2021	77.6	145 of 765	81.0%	★★★★☆
2019	72.3	186 of 780	76.2%	★★★★☆
2018	69.4	218 of 772	71.8%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2025)99th percentile+21 vs school

White (2025)96th percentile+19 vs school

Disabled (2022)87th percentile+12 vs school

Tested Remotely (2021)87th percentile+24 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)80th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)78th percentile~ school

Male (2025)77th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)67th percentile-10 vs school

Tested In Person (2021)53rd percentile-9 vs school

African American (2022)19th percentile-56 vs school

Asian (2018)6th percentile-39 vs school

By subject vs Massachusetts (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics62%+22 vs state

Science62%+20 vs state

English Language Arts54%+12 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2025)							MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2025)							MCAS Next Generation Science (2025)			MCAS Next Generation Civics (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Civics 8th Grade	Total
Graham and Parks	Public	PK, KG-5	44 Linnaean Street	Cambridge	02140	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	No	(617) 349-6577	367	33	11.1		156 (42.5%)	66 (18.0%)	28 (7.6%)	86 (23.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (8.2%)	77.9	206^th of 906 public elementary schools	77.3%		75.9	235^th of 916 public elementary schools	74.3%	29	51.2	53.1	57.9				53.9	63.4	56.3	69.2				62.5	61.5		61.5		$33,764
Maria L. Baldwin	Public	PK, KG-5	85 Oxford Street	Cambridge	02138	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	No	(617) 349-6525	360	33	10.9		207 (57.5%)	33 (9.2%)	27 (7.5%)	37 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (15.6%)	96.6	8^th of 906 public elementary schools	99.1%		96.7	7^th of 916 public elementary schools	99.2%	1	75.9	87.2	78.3				80.3	81.5	87.2	89.1				85.7	73.9		73.9		$35,468
John F Kennedy	Public	PK, KG-8	5 Cherry Street	Somerville	02144	Middlesex County	Somerville	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 629-5440	439	31	14.3		285 (64.9%)	14 (3.2%)	56 (12.8%)	32 (7.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (11.2%)	80.4	178^th of 906 public elementary schools	80.4%		81.6	162^nd of 916 public elementary schools	82.3%	16	65.1	75.0	51.1	76.1	67.4	78.3	68.8	58.1	63.6	46.8	71.7	67.4	78.3	64.3	48.9	80.0	64.1	82.6	$26,857
Peabody	Public	PK, KG-5	70 Rindge Avenue	Cambridge	02140	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	No	(617) 349-6530	314	28	11.2		128 (40.8%)	80 (25.5%)	20 (6.4%)	48 (15.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (11.1%)	77.1	216^th of 906 public elementary schools	76.2%		76.7	229^th of 916 public elementary schools	75.0%	13	63.4	41.5	68.2				57.9	53.7	56.1	53.5				54.4	77.3		77.3		$35,462
Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	21 Notre Dame Avenue	Cambridge	02142	Middlesex County	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 497-7771	352	19	18.5		9 (2.6%)	296 (84.1%)	22 (6.3%)	11 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.7%)	95.7	13^th of 906 public elementary schools	98.6%		96	12^th of 916 public elementary schools	98.7%	1	80.9	71.4	76.0	90.5			79.3	91.5	79.6	76.0	90.5			84.0	68.0		68.0		$21,891
Benjamin G Brown	Public	K-5	201 Willow Avenue	Somerville	02144	Middlesex County	Somerville	No	No	No	No	(617) 629-5620	219	15	14.5		140 (63.9%)	17 (7.8%)	14 (6.4%)	14 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	32 (14.6%)	90	70^th of 906 public elementary schools	92.3%		86.2	113^th of 916 public elementary schools	87.7%	43	80.5	81.3	62.2				74.6	72.5	67.7	54.1				64.8	75.7		75.7		$23,433
Martin Luther King Junior	Public	PK, KG-5	102 Putnam Avenue	Cambridge	02139	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	No	(617) 349-6562	340	33	10.2		70 (20.6%)	39 (11.5%)	10 (2.9%)	127 (37.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	93 (27.4%)	96.4	10^th of 906 public elementary schools	98.9%		95.6	15^th of 916 public elementary schools	98.4%	5	84.8	68.8	90.2				80.7	84.8	70.8	85.4				80.0	92.7		92.7		$36,532
Albert F. Argenziano School at Lincoln Park	Public	PK, KG-8	290 Washington Street	Somerville	02143	Middlesex County	Somerville	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 629-5460	553	41	13.4		243 (43.9%)	21 (3.8%)	194 (35.1%)	40 (7.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	49 (8.9%)	46.6	488^th of 906 public elementary schools	46.1%		47.5	497^th of 916 public elementary schools	45.7%	9	41.1	46.3	41.2	50.0	47.5	39.1	44.4	25.9	38.8	21.2	45.0	37.5	39.1	34.7	41.2	50.0	45.3	42.2	$24,256
John M Tobin	Public	PK, KG-5	359 Broadway	Cambridge	02139	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	No	(617) 349-6600	291	27	10.7		105 (36.1%)	78 (26.8%)	27 (9.3%)	46 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (12.0%)	93.6	41^st of 906 public elementary schools	95.5%		90.4	67^th of 916 public elementary schools	92.7%	26	72.7	75.0	61.3				69.6	87.9	71.4	77.4				79.4	77.4		77.4		$39,088
Haggerty	Public	PK, KG-5	110 Cushing Street	Cambridge	02138	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	No	(617) 349-6555	250	30	8.3		87 (34.8%)	47 (18.8%)	26 (10.4%)	63 (25.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (10.8%)	79	193^rd of 906 public elementary schools	78.7%		69.9	280^th of 916 public elementary schools	69.4%	87	62.5	51.0	64.0				57.6	65.6	61.2	52.0				60.4	60.0		60.0		$39,237

Frequently Asked Questions about Graham and Parks

Is Graham and Parks a good school?

Graham and Parks ranks 206^th of 906 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What district is Graham and Parks in?

Cambridge

What is the racial makeup of Graham and Parks?

Students at Graham and Parks are 43% White, 23% Asian, 18% African American, 8% Two or more races, 8% Hispanic.

How many students attend Graham and Parks?

In the 2024-25 school year, 367 students attended Graham and Parks.

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