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Mary E Stapleton Elementary

Public Grades K-5

780^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 899 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Better than 13% of Massachusetts elementary schools

Summary

Mary E Stapleton Elementary is a K–5 school serving 359 students at 25 Elm Street in Framingham, MA, part of the Framingham district. In 2025–2026 it ranked 780th of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools — the 13th percentile, or 1 star — and its rank history shows it has never risen above the 30th percentile in the available data, sitting at 11th–13th percentile over the last three years.

Proficiency is low in every tested subject: 22.3% in ELA, 18.92% in math, and 22.92% in science, all below the district averages (24.25%, 21.23%, 26.97%) and far below state averages (40.03%, 41.11%, 40.98%). Among nearby schools, only Miriam F McCarthy School scored lower; every other neighbor was higher, including Hemenway in the same district (46.3 ELA, 38.24 math, 60.2 science), Charlotte A Dunning (33rd percentile), King Elementary School (34th), and Potter Road (21st). A few miles away in Wayland, Sudbury, and Natick, Loker School, Happy Hollow School, Israel Loring School, Brown, and Bennett-Hemenway rank 88th–97th percentile with roughly 60–75% proficiency in ELA and math and 78–79% in science. Loker, with the same 359 students, is at the 96th percentile.

Stapleton has the smallest classes (student–teacher ratio 9.9) and highest per-student spending ($24,414 in 2020–2021) among this comparison group, yet proficiency remains near the bottom; Hemenway has larger classes (13.4) and lower spending ($19,544) with far higher scores. No subgroup reached the 50th percentile — special education students ranked highest at the 34th percentile, with several other subgroups in the 8th–12th percentile range — and math sits around 19% proficient in every grade. Results did tick up slightly from 2024–2025, and the rank improved from 803rd to 780th, but science has fallen from 36.73% in 2022–2023 to 22.92%, and ELA and math are also below their 2022–2023 levels.

359

Students ?

9.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$26,507

Per pupil spending ?

43.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

25 Elm Street
Framingham, MA 01701-3495

(508) 626-9143

District: Framingham

Students who attend Mary E Stapleton Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Cameron Middle School
	Fuller Middle
	Walsh Middle
High:	Framingham High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

55.4%

White:

24.8%

African American:

11.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 30th percentile in 2016 → 13th in 2026

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (21% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 17 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school21%

District avg23%

Massachusetts avg41%

780^th of 899

Massachusetts public elementary schools ?

Bottom 13%▼ down 17 pts since 2016

From bottom 30% (2016) to bottom 13% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 9Elementary Schools in the Framingham

310^th of 351Framingham 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
2026	15.5	780 of 899	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	13.5	803 of 906	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.6	793 of 916	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.8	703 of 928	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.9	735 of 932	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.2	657 of 936	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.1	736 of 942	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.1	722 of 934	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	25.3	734 of 938	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	34.2	650 of 932	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2015	30.7	682 of 914	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	29.2	706 of 926	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	28.0	713 of 928	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	41.2	594 of 930	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2011	53.1	491 of 924	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2010	31.5	681 of 920	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	50.5	495 of 909	45.5%	★★☆☆☆
2008	43.4	574 of 908	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2007	51.8	483 of 911	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2006	62.4	358 of 911	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2005	62.3	360 of 887	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2004	63.1	356 of 882	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2003	53.2	457 of 884	48.3%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2022	32.2	447 of 672	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	30.3	440 of 632	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.3	482 of 665	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.4	491 of 656	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	24.6	269 of 291	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	30.3	221 of 281	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.8	266 of 282	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.4	248 of 264	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	21.6	261 of 267	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	22.7	688 of 869	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	20.1	718 of 869	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.7	663 of 886	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.9	623 of 887	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.4	623 of 901	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	43.8	525 of 898	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	32.1	656 of 902	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.5	708 of 893	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	19.6	432 of 475	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	18.1	421 of 458	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.9	439 of 446	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.2	407 of 420	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	26.1	333 of 401	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.3	315 of 379	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.2	358 of 398	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.3	362 of 379	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	21.6	653 of 742	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.7	679 of 736	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.7	729 of 760	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.9	705 of 757	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.7	718 of 772	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	25.1	585 of 705	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.6	661 of 700	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.6	651 of 685	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	12.6	806 of 879	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	12.2	814 of 884	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.5	828 of 891	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.7	736 of 896	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.9	774 of 908	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.7	695 of 904	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.8	742 of 907	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.4	686 of 898	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	34.2	471 of 709	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	39.3	393 of 717	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.8	475 of 731	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	43.4	357 of 703	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	18.7	809 of 905	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.1	762 of 894	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.5	851 of 896	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.9	850 of 886	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Tested In Person

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2021	31.3	648 of 925	29.9%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	20.9	628 of 734	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	23.8	606 of 737	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.0	675 of 753	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.2	571 of 762	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.7	638 of 764	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.6	599 of 765	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.0	638 of 780	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.9	655 of 772	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆

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 (2026)34th percentile+20 vs school

Disabled (2022)33rd percentile+12 vs school

Tested In Person (2021)30th percentile~ school

Female (2026)21st percentile+8 vs school

White (2026)14th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)12th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2026)9th percentile-4 vs school

Male (2026)8th percentile-5 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)8th percentile-6 vs school

By subject vs Massachusetts (2025-2026) ?

Science23%-18 vs state

English Language Arts22%-18 vs state

Mathematics19%-22 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2026)				MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2026)				MCAS Next Generation Science (2026)		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 (2015)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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 All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	Total
Mary E Stapleton Elementary	Public	K-5	25 Elm Street	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 626-9143	359	36	9.9	43.9%	89 (24.8%)	42 (11.7%)	199 (55.4%)	13 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.5%)	15.5	780^th of 899 public elementary schools	13.2%		13.5	803^rd of 906 public elementary schools	11.4%	23	22.4	19.1	25.0	22.3	19.0	19.1	18.8	18.9	22.9	22.9	$26,507
Potter Road	Public	K-5	492 Potter Rd	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	No	(508) 626-9110	540	42	12.7	42.1%	151 (28.0%)	17 (3.1%)	335 (62.0%)	12 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.6%)	21.3	713^th of 899 public elementary schools	20.7%		21.9	710^th of 906 public elementary schools	21.6%	3	28.4	20.3	28.6	25.7	22.7	25.0	19.2	22.3	32.1	32.1	$21,073
King Elementary School	Public	K-5	454 Water Street	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	No	(508) 782-7201	385	35	11.1	45.7%	163 (42.3%)	27 (7.0%)	141 (36.6%)	29 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.2%)	34	595^th of 899 public elementary schools	33.8%		37.6	575^th of 906 public elementary schools	36.5%	20	28.8	43.9	32.8	35.0	33.9	33.3	23.4	30.0	32.8	32.8	$24,284
Charlotte A Dunning	Public	K-5	48 Frost Street	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	No	(508) 626-9155	436	35	12.4	32.1%	192 (44.0%)	21 (4.8%)	172 (39.4%)	26 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.7%)	33.7	598^th of 899 public elementary schools	33.5%		28.9	645^th of 906 public elementary schools	28.8%	47	32.9	31.0	32.8	32.2	31.4	35.2	28.6	31.9	38.7	38.7	$24,195
Hemenway	Public	K-5	729 Water Street	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	No	(508) 626-9149	538	40	13.4	22.6%	231 (42.9%)	34 (6.3%)	187 (34.8%)	39 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (8.0%)	57	381^st of 899 public elementary schools	57.6%		52.4	431^st of 906 public elementary schools	52.4%	50	48.2	41.1	49.5	46.3	36.9	36.3	41.2	38.2	60.2	60.2	$22,887
Israel Loring School	Public	K-5	80 Woodside Road	Sudbury	01776	Middlesex County	Sudbury	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 579-0870	426	41	10.3	8.6%	291 (68.3%)	15 (3.5%)	52 (12.2%)	41 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.3%)	87.7	106^th of 899 public elementary schools	88.2%		80	184^th of 906 public elementary schools	79.7%	78	64.2	56.6	66.1	62.0	61.7	71.4	62.5	65.4	78.2	78.2	$21,680
Happy Hollow School	Public	K-5	63 Pequot Rd	Wayland	01778	Middlesex County	Wayland	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 358-8641	330	28	11.5	10.0%	212 (64.2%)	8 (2.4%)	22 (6.7%)	59 (17.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (8.8%)	94.7	25^th of 899 public elementary schools	97.2%		93.7	40^th of 906 public elementary schools	95.6%	15	69.4	69.0	74.6	71.2	73.5	77.6	74.6	75.3	77.8	77.8	$22,360
Brown	Public	K-4	1 Jean Burke Drive	Natick	01760	Middlesex County	Natick	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 647-6660	494	39	12.6	12.0%	264 (53.4%)	14 (2.8%)	75 (15.2%)	110 (22.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.1%)	87.1	111^th of 899 public elementary schools	87.7%		86.6	110^th of 906 public elementary schools	87.9%	1	64.6	55.6		59.5	67.0	71.4		69.5			$19,667
Bennett-Hemenway	Public	K-4	22 East Evergreen Rd	Natick	01760	Middlesex County	Natick	No	No	No	No	(508) 647-6580	504	39	13.0	9.0%	333 (66.1%)	10 (2.0%)	58 (11.5%)	71 (14.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.0%)	87.3	109^th of 899 public elementary schools	87.9%		79.2	189^th of 906 public elementary schools	79.1%	80	72.0	53.8		60.8	72.0	67.2		69.1			$20,938
Miriam F McCarthy School	Public	PK, KG-5	8 Flagg Drive	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 626-9161	490	45	10.8	56.2%	120 (24.5%)	36 (7.3%)	293 (59.8%)	13 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.7%)	10.5	835^th of 899 public elementary schools	7.1%		11.7	831^st of 906 public elementary schools	8.3%	4	22.2	14.7	15.6	17.3	19.1	12.2	10.9	13.9	18.8	18.8	$23,972

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Mary E Stapleton Elementary ranks in the bottom 13.2% of Massachusetts elementary schools.

What district is Mary E Stapleton Elementary in?

Framingham

What schools do graduates of Mary E Stapleton Elementary attend?

Students who attend Mary E Stapleton Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Cameron Middle School
Middle : Fuller Middle
Middle : Walsh Middle
High : Framingham High School

What is the racial makeup of Mary E Stapleton Elementary?

Students at Mary E Stapleton Elementary are 55% Hispanic, 25% White, 12% African American, 4% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

How many students attend Mary E Stapleton Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 359 students attended Mary E Stapleton Elementary.

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