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Washington ranks 551 st of 906 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-4

551^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 906 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Better than 39% of Massachusetts elementary schools

Summary

Washington Elementary School is a public school in Lowell, Massachusetts, serving 242 students from pre-kindergarten to 4th grade. The school is part of the Lowell School District, which is ranked 278 out of 348 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Washington Elementary has seen a decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from 288th out of 938 Massachusetts elementary schools in 2016-2017 to 551st out of 906 in 2024-2025. The school's SchoolDigger rating has also decreased from 3 stars to 2 stars during this time. While the school's English Language Learner (ELL) students have performed relatively well, ranking 27th out of 281 Massachusetts elementary schools, the Asian and White student groups have struggled, ranking in the bottom 15% of the state. The school's Low Socioeconomic Status (SES) students have shown improvement, moving from the bottom 25% to the top 13% of Massachusetts elementary schools.

Academically, Washington Elementary's overall performance in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics, as measured by MCAS Next Generation assessments, has been below the state and district averages. In 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates were 32.63% in ELA and 42.11% in Mathematics, compared to the state averages of 41.53% and 40.74%. Nearby schools, such as Charlotte M. Murkland Elementary, Abraham Lincoln, and Charles W. Morey, have generally outperformed Washington Elementary in academic assessments, though they are also part of the Lowell School District and have similar low rankings and ratings.

252

Students ?

10.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,836

Per pupil spending ?

61.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

795 Wilder Street
Lowell, MA 01851

(978) 937-7635

District: Lowell

Students who attend Washington usually attend:

Middle:	B.F. Butler Middle School
	Henry J Robinson Middle
	James Sullivan Middle School
	Laura Lee Therapeutic Day School
High:	Leblanc Therapeutic Day School
	Lowell High

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

42.1%

Hispanic:

27.4%

White:

14.3%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 41st percentile in 2015 → 39th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school37%

District avg29%

Massachusetts avg41%

551^st of 906

Massachusetts public elementary schools ?

Bottom 39%▼ down 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 15Elementary Schools in the Lowell

278^th of 348Lowell 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	39.5	551 of 906	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.8	680 of 916	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.1	680 of 928	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.1	742 of 932	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.5	717 of 936	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	53.2	461 of 942	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	64.5	349 of 934	62.6%	★★★☆☆
2017	68.2	288 of 938	69.3%	★★★☆☆
2016	55.3	450 of 932	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2015	46.0	543 of 914	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2014	57.8	439 of 926	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2013	40.2	610 of 928	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2012	50.3	525 of 930	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2011	31.8	681 of 924	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	21.0	771 of 920	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	20.9	761 of 909	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	19.7	768 of 908	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	31.8	685 of 911	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	20.1	761 of 911	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	28.9	651 of 887	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	17.0	741 of 882	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	6.8	829 of 884	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	14.5	127 of 142	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.7	143 of 152	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.0	135 of 145	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.3	137 of 143	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.3	132 of 141	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	33.8	115 of 155	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	40.1	110 of 154	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	72.8	27 of 281	90.4%	★★★★★
2024	49.8	101 of 282	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	56.8	55 of 264	79.2%	★★★★☆
2022	63.0	43 of 267	83.9%	★★★★☆
2021	65.5	30 of 240	87.5%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	45.9	475 of 869	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.4	648 of 886	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.9	667 of 887	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.6	686 of 901	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.8	695 of 898	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	53.8	436 of 902	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	76.1	191 of 893	78.6%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	54.0	163 of 458	64.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	51.0	176 of 398	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	52.6	154 of 379	59.4%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	77.2	93 of 736	87.4%	★★★★☆
2024	48.7	362 of 760	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	50.3	374 of 757	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	37.6	507 of 772	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	46.5	366 of 705	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	72.2	126 of 700	82.0%	★★★★☆
2018	75.1	102 of 685	85.1%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	34.9	570 of 884	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.7	659 of 891	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.3	666 of 896	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.9	737 of 908	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.1	672 of 904	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	50.1	470 of 907	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	47.5	493 of 898	45.1%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	31.8	491 of 717	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	23.3	593 of 731	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	35.4	433 of 703	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.6	637 of 905	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	42.6	523 of 894	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	67.3	213 of 896	76.2%	★★★★☆
2018	76.3	139 of 886	84.3%	★★★★☆

Tested In Person

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2021	19.3	745 of 925	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2024	17.0	676 of 753	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2025)90th percentile+51 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)87th percentile+48 vs school

Hispanic (2025)64th percentile+25 vs school

Female (2025)45th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)36th percentile-4 vs school

Special Education (2025)32nd percentile-8 vs school

Tested In Person (2021)19th percentile-4 vs school

Asian (2025)11th percentile-29 vs school

White (2024)10th percentile-16 vs school

By subject vs Massachusetts (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics42%~ state avg

English Language Arts33%-9 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
Washington	Public	PK, KG-4	795 Wilder Street	Lowell	01851	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7635	252	23	10.9		36 (14.3%)	23 (9.1%)	69 (27.4%)	106 (42.1%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (6.0%)	39.5	551^st of 906 public elementary schools	39.2%		25.8	680^th of 916 public elementary schools	25.8%	129	30.6	34.8					32.6	42.9	41.3					42.1					$24,836
Dr Gertrude Bailey	Public	PK, KG-4	175 Campbell Drive	Lowell	01851	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7644	454	36	12.6		97 (21.4%)	37 (8.1%)	139 (30.6%)	155 (34.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.7%)	53.1	423^rd of 906 public elementary schools	53.3%		49.7	474^th of 916 public elementary schools	48.3%	51	45.8	34.6					40.2	57.3	40.7					49.1					$23,461
Abraham Lincoln	Public	PK, KG-4	300 Chelmsford Street	Lowell	01851	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-2846	492	41	12.0		70 (14.2%)	29 (5.9%)	186 (37.8%)	182 (37.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.9%)	24.6	682^nd of 906 public elementary schools	24.7%		24.2	698^th of 916 public elementary schools	23.8%	16	23.5	32.2					27.9	26.2	32.2					29.2					$22,210
Charles W Morey	Public	PK, KG-4	130 Pine Street	Lowell	01851	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7662	497	40	12.4		47 (9.5%)	37 (7.4%)	112 (22.5%)	274 (55.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.0%)	39.2	556^th of 906 public elementary schools	38.6%		38.8	567^th of 916 public elementary schools	38.1%	11	34.1	25.3					29.8	50.0	38.6					44.4					$23,045
John J Shaughnessy	Public	PK, KG-4	1158 Gorham Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7657	485	36	13.4		95 (19.6%)	26 (5.4%)	229 (47.2%)	108 (22.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.2%)	19.7	742^nd of 906 public elementary schools	18.1%		17.1	775^th of 916 public elementary schools	15.4%	33	28.1	15.7					21.9	33.7	22.5					28.1					$22,555
Rogers STEM Academy	Public	K-8	43 Highland Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 674-4331	892	68	13.1		147 (16.5%)	77 (8.6%)	464 (52.0%)	167 (18.7%)	5 (0.6%)	3 (0.3%)	29 (3.3%)	24	687^th of 906 public elementary schools	24.2%		21	732^nd of 916 public elementary schools	20.1%	45	22.7	29.6	13.6	24.3	19.0	18.1	21.0	28.4	38.6	20.4	40.5	25.8	25.7	29.9	12.6	10.6	11.6	21.4	$20,383
Lowell Community Charter Public School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	206 Jackson Street	Lowell	01854	Middlesex County	Lowell Community Charter Public	Yes	No	No	Yes	(978) 323-0800	816	68	12.0		59 (7.2%)	198 (24.3%)	385 (47.2%)	137 (16.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.3%)	40.1	547^th of 906 public elementary schools	39.6%		42.1	543^rd of 916 public elementary schools	40.7%	4	37.8	47.7	36.8	43.6	46.2	56.3	44.3	36.3	41.9	24.1	25.6	39.7	35.2	33.8	29.9	40.9	34.8	36.6	$24,286
Bartlett Community Partnership	Public	PK, KG-8	79 Wannalancit Street	Lowell	01854	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-8968	408	46	8.8		52 (12.7%)	41 (10.0%)	164 (40.2%)	136 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.7%)	15.3	784^th of 906 public elementary schools	13.5%		11.7	839^th of 916 public elementary schools	8.4%	55	12.8	17.0	22.0	18.0	20.0	44.4	22.5	26.3	10.6	19.1	30.0	17.5	40.9	24.1	19.5	18.6	19.1	18.2	$22,327
Charlotte M Murkland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	350 Adams Street	Lowell	01854	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-2826	448	36	12.4		46 (10.3%)	39 (8.7%)	235 (52.5%)	106 (23.7%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (4.0%)	24.4	685^th of 906 public elementary schools	24.4%		28.3	651^st of 916 public elementary schools	28.9%	34	27.5	24.1					25.7	33.8	30.1					31.8					$24,635
Moody Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	158 Rogers Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7673	248	22	11.2		58 (23.4%)	15 (6.0%)	144 (58.1%)	22 (8.9%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	6 (2.4%)	27.9	653^rd of 906 public elementary schools	27.9%		16.1	787^th of 916 public elementary schools	14.1%	134	27.5	24.4					25.9	35.9	35.6					35.7					$24,473

Frequently Asked Questions about Washington

What is the racial makeup of Washington?

Students at Washington are 42% Asian, 27% Hispanic, 14% White, 9% African American, 6% Two or more races.

Is Washington a good school?

Washington ranks 551^st of 906 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Washington in?

Lowell

What schools do graduates of Washington attend?

Students who attend Washington usually go on to attend:

Middle : B.F. Butler Middle School
Middle : Henry J Robinson Middle
Middle : James Sullivan Middle School
Middle : Laura Lee Therapeutic Day School
High : Leblanc Therapeutic Day School
High : Lowell High

How many students attend Washington?

In the 2024-25 school year, 252 students attended Washington.

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