Summary
Northwest Elementary is a large neighborhood school at 45 Stearns Avenue in Leominster, Massachusetts, serving 665 students in grades 1–5 — one of the largest elementary schools in its comparison group. It is part of the Leominster district, which ranks 227th of 351 districts statewide (35th percentile, 2 stars). In 2025–26, Northwest itself ranked 706th of 899 elementary schools (21st percentile, 1 star), a bottom-quartile position it has held for nine of the last ten reporting cycles.
Proficiency at Northwest trails both its district and the state. In 2025–26, 25.38% of students met expectations in ELA (district 38.20%, state 40.03%), 26.02% in math (district 38.99%, state 41.11%), and 29.27% in science (district 35.15%, state 40.98%). Most nearby schools score higher: Fall Brook, a similarly sized Leominster school about three miles away, posts results 20 to 35 points higher, while Johnny Appleseed and Frances Drake School also outperform it. Crocker Elementary in Fitchburg beats Northwest in every subject even though its own district ranks below Leominster's. Northwest also spends the least per student of any school compared here — $13,164, roughly $1,000 below the next lowest.
Results vary widely inside the school. Fifth-grade math is the weakest area at 19.35% proficiency, about 20 points below the state, while science has been Northwest's relative bright spot — the one subject where it has recently matched or beaten its district. In 2025–26, nearly every student group declined at once, suggesting a school-wide pattern rather than an issue in a single classroom; English Language Learner results fell most sharply, to the 7th percentile, though a one-year shift that large should be verified before being treated as a trend. Two caveats: spending figures date from 2020–21, and poverty data is unavailable, so comparisons have limits.
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