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Golden Hill

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Golden Hill ranks 582 nd of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-4

582^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 899 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Better than 35% of Massachusetts elementary schools

Summary

Golden Hill is a public elementary school in the city of Haverhill, Massachusetts, serving grades K–4 with 502 students as part of the Haverhill district. In 2025–2026 it ranked 582nd of 899 Massachusetts schools — the 35th percentile, with 2 stars — while its district ranked 294th of 351, or the 16th percentile with 1 star. That gap makes Golden Hill a modest bright spot within its own district, and the trend line is encouraging: its rank has climbed every listed year, from 786th of 932 in 2021–2022 to 582nd of 899 today.

Academically, Golden Hill beats its district in both core subjects but trails the state. In 2025–2026, 33.51% of students were proficient in ELA (district 26.49%, state 40.03%) and 35.26% in math (district 29.27%, state 41.11%) — about 7 points above the district in ELA and 6 points in math, but roughly 6.5 and 5.9 points below the state. Proficiency has risen over four years, from 25.54% to 33.51% in ELA and 30.60% to 35.26% in math. One pressure point: 4th grade math sits at 30.85%, below both the district (34.96%) and state (43.20%), while 3rd grade math is above district and close to state.

Subgroup effectiveness is uneven. The school's strongest comparative results come with English Language Learner students (88th percentile in 2024–2025), followed by low-income students (61st percentile) and Hispanic students (58th percentile). Special education students (23rd percentile) and male students (28th percentile) rank lowest. Nearby, Bradford Elementary scores higher in both subjects and Caleb Dustin Hunking School has much stronger math, while Elmer S Bagnall and Helen R Donaghue School in the Pentucket district rank in the 56th–64th percentiles. Golden Hill's spending ($16,788 per student) and student-teacher ratio (11.9) are middle-of-the-pack locally, similar to Bradford — suggesting resources alone don't explain the differences.

502

Students ?

11.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,883

Per pupil spending ?

69.5%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

All students in Massachusetts receive free school meals.

100%

Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2025-26)

Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)

140 Boardman Street
Haverhill, MA 01830-6403

(978) 374-5794

District: Haverhill

Students who attend Golden Hill usually attend:

Middle:	Dr Paul Nettle
High:	Haverhill High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

47.0%

White:

42.8%

African American:

6.2%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 24th percentile in 2016 → 35th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 11 percentile points since 2016

✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (34% vs 41% meeting standards)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school34%

District avg28%

Massachusetts avg41%

582^nd of 899

Massachusetts public elementary schools ?

Bottom 35%▲ up 11 pts since 2016

From bottom 24% (2016) to bottom 35% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 6Elementary Schools in the Haverhill

294^th of 351Haverhill 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	34.9	582 of 899	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	31.9	618 of 906	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.5	643 of 916	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	23.9	701 of 928	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.5	786 of 932	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.0	789 of 936	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.2	769 of 942	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.5	857 of 934	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	18.4	800 of 938	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	28.9	708 of 932	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	40.0	597 of 914	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2014	30.9	690 of 926	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	25.5	736 of 928	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	35.3	652 of 930	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	16.8	789 of 924	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	10.5	845 of 920	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	24.5	735 of 909	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	30.6	688 of 908	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	20.1	760 of 911	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	24.4	729 of 911	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	31.7	628 of 887	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	28.0	659 of 882	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	23.9	696 of 884	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2022	25.6	530 of 672	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.9	528 of 632	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.8	573 of 665	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.9	561 of 656	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	67.4	34 of 281	87.9%	★★★★☆
2024	41.0	153 of 282	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.4	132 of 264	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	36.1	172 of 267	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	25.9	230 of 240	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	32.4	173 of 258	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.3	158 of 244	35.2%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	41.7	501 of 869	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	39.9	525 of 869	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.1	590 of 886	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.2	636 of 887	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.1	788 of 901	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.0	760 of 898	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.9	785 of 902	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.1	824 of 893	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	48.9	200 of 475	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2025	49.6	201 of 458	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	34.0	302 of 446	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.2	260 of 420	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.2	322 of 401	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.9	300 of 379	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	47.4	204 of 398	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	23.8	326 of 379	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	54.8	293 of 742	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2025	43.3	415 of 736	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.0	544 of 760	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.6	553 of 757	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.8	667 of 772	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.5	670 of 705	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	26.5	572 of 700	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.3	658 of 685	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	29.6	635 of 879	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	24.3	670 of 884	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.6	661 of 891	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.9	711 of 896	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.5	747 of 908	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.9	773 of 904	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.6	704 of 907	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.6	818 of 898	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	27.3	548 of 709	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	19.0	643 of 717	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.1	625 of 731	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.9	680 of 703	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.8	808 of 905	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.5	849 of 894	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.8	750 of 896	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.9	861 of 886	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Tested In Person

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2021	14.8	795 of 925	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Tested Remotely

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2021	29.2	269 of 399	32.6%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	38.7	478 of 734	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	34.0	526 of 737	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	44.2	447 of 753	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.4	585 of 762	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.3	660 of 764	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.0	677 of 765	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.7	703 of 780	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.7	734 of 772	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2025)88th percentile+56 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)61st percentile+25 vs school

Hispanic (2026)58th percentile+23 vs school

Female (2026)42nd percentile+7 vs school

White (2026)35th percentile~ school

Tested Remotely (2021)33rd percentile+17 vs school

Male (2026)28th percentile-8 vs school

Special Education (2026)23rd percentile-13 vs school

Disabled (2022)21st percentile+5 vs school

Tested In Person (2021)14th percentile~ school

By subject vs Massachusetts (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics35%-6 vs state

English Language Arts34%-7 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)			MCAS Next Generation Civics (2026)	Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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	Directly certified (2024-25)	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 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	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
Golden Hill	Public	K-4	140 Boardman Street	Haverhill	01830	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-5794	502	42	11.9	69.5%	215 (42.8%)	31 (6.2%)	236 (47.0%)	7 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.4%)	34.9	582^nd of 899 public elementary schools	35.3%		31.9	618^th of 906 public elementary schools	31.8%	36	35.4	31.6					33.5	39.6	30.9					35.3					100%	0%	$20,883
Bradford Elementary	Public	K-4	118 Montvale Street	Bradford	01835	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-2443	443	44	10.0	58.9%	202 (45.6%)	26 (5.9%)	201 (45.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.5%)	46.4	481^st of 899 public elementary schools	46.5%		40.9	544^th of 906 public elementary schools	40.0%	63	40.6	30.2					35.7	44.3	46.5					45.4					89%	4%	$22,246
Pentucket Lake Elementary	Public	K-5	252 Concord Street	Haverhill	01830	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-2421	527	48	10.9	68.7%	192 (36.4%)	44 (8.3%)	272 (51.6%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.3%)	25.2	673^rd of 899 public elementary schools	25.1%		21.3	718^th of 906 public elementary schools	20.8%	45	29.1	30.4	16.7				27.7	37.2	27.7	11.1				28.7	19.4		19.4		92%	0%	$21,121
Caleb Dustin Hunking School	Public	K-8	480 So. Main Street	Haverhill	01835	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-5787	1,062	85	12.5	47.4%	592 (55.7%)	66 (6.2%)	351 (33.1%)	19 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (3.2%)	41.2	524^th of 899 public elementary schools	41.7%		45.4	501^st of 906 public elementary schools	44.7%	23	32.5	38.1	26.9	30.7	32.1	30.3	31.2	33.7	48.8	38.8	43.6	37.7	43.2	41.2	36.4	27.3	31.5	26.6	96%	2%	$19,497
Walnut Square	Public	K-3	645 Main Street	Haverhill	01830	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-3471	161	13	12.0	48.4%	85 (52.8%)	15 (9.3%)	55 (34.2%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.9%)								(n/a)	42.1						42.1	42.1						42.1					82%	0%	$20,999
Tilton	Public	K-4	70 Grove Street	Haverhill	01832	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-3475	471	41	11.4	73.2%	122 (25.9%)	26 (5.5%)	308 (65.4%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.1%)	25.1	674^th of 899 public elementary schools	25.0%		30.9	626^th of 906 public elementary schools	30.9%	48	27.1	15.1					20.3	44.3	28.6					35.4					90%	1%	$20,673
Moody	Public	PK-K	59 Margin Street	Haverhill	01832	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	No	(978) 374-3459	167	16	10.7	62.9%	56 (33.5%)	21 (12.6%)	85 (50.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.4%)								(n/a)																					$27,453
Silver Hill Elementary School	Public	K-4	675 Washington Street	Haverhill	01832	Essex County	Haverhill	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 374-3448	481	43	11.2	66.3%	139 (28.9%)	34 (7.1%)	280 (58.2%)	16 (3.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.1%)	21.2	715^th of 899 public elementary schools	20.5%		26.3	669^th of 906 public elementary schools	26.2%	46	25.7	20.6					23.1	21.2	36.1					28.8					97%	2%	$21,144
Elmer S Bagnall	Public	PK, KG-6	253 School Street	Groveland	01834	Essex County	Pentucket	No	No	No	No	(978) 372-8856	519	43	12.1	17.7%	438 (84.4%)	1 (0.2%)	57 (11.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.9%)	63.5	326^th of 899 public elementary schools	63.7%		66.2	317^th of 906 public elementary schools	65.0%	9	65.6	41.2	37.5	63.9			51.6	62.5	45.9	29.7	62.5			50.2	34.4		34.4		90%	3%	$18,461
Hill View Montessori Charter Public School	Public, Charter	K-8	75 Foundation Avenue	Haverhill	01835	Essex County	Hill View Montessori Charter Public (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(978) 521-2616	306	25	12.2	36.3%	131 (42.8%)	20 (6.5%)	133 (43.5%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.5%)	13.4	803^rd of 899 public elementary schools	10.7%		16.1	778^th of 906 public elementary schools	14.1%	25	26.5	3.0	29.4	18.8	53.1	41.4	28.4	2.9	9.1	8.8	15.6	12.1	13.8	10.2	30.3	27.6	29.0	44.8	83%	0%	$16,365

Frequently Asked Questions about Golden Hill

How many students attend Golden Hill?

In the 2024-25 school year, 502 students attended Golden Hill.

What schools do graduates of Golden Hill attend?

Students who attend Golden Hill usually go on to attend:

Middle : Dr Paul Nettle
High : Haverhill High

What district is Golden Hill in?

Haverhill

Is Golden Hill a good school?

Golden Hill ranks 582^nd of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Golden Hill?

Students at Golden Hill are 47% Hispanic, 43% White, 6% African American, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

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