Summary
Harmony Grove Elementary is a PK–5 school in Framingham, MA, serving 453 students at 169 Leland Street. Statewide, it ranks 881st out of 899 ranked Massachusetts elementary schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 2nd percentile with 0 stars. This is not a new pattern: over the past decade, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom 1st–3rd percentile. Its 2025–2026 MCAS proficiency rates are 9.24% in English language arts, 7.61% in math, and 2.90% in science, all far below the Framingham district and state averages. The district itself ranks 310th of 351 districts statewide.
Compared with nearby schools, Harmony Grove has the lowest 2025–2026 proficiency among all listed schools with reported scores. Same-district peers such as Charlotte A Dunning, Mary E Stapleton Elementary, Miriam F McCarthy School, and Barbieri Elementary all score higher in ELA, math, and science. The gap is even wider across district lines: Brown in Natick, about 1.61 miles away with similar enrollment, has ELA proficiency of 59.46% and math of 69.51%. Pine Hill in Sherborn, about 2.35 miles away, reaches 69.05% in ELA, 69.19% in math, and 61.19% in science. Harmony Grove’s science result is especially low—less than one-tenth of the state average and below even its district average.
Recent trends show small ELA and math improvement but a sharp science decline. ELA rose from 6.44% in 2023–2024 to 9.24% in 2025–2026, and math rose from 6.93% to 7.61%; science fell from 15.07% to 2.90%. Subgroup performance is broadly low, including for low-income students, English language learners, and students with disabilities, suggesting systemic challenges rather than one isolated gap. Staffing and spending do not obviously explain the results: the student–teacher ratio is a favorable 10.9, and per-pupil spending was $19,555 in 2020–2021, higher than several nearby higher-performing schools. Overall, Harmony Grove is a bottom-percentile school within a low-ranked district, and the data point toward deeper instructional, curricular, or leadership factors rather than simple resource scarcity.
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