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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)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Distance	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 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
Countryside	0.0mi	Public	K-5	191 Dedham Street	Newton Highlands	02461	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(617) 559-9450	369	38	9.7		180 (48.8%)	23 (6.2%)	35 (9.5%)	92 (24.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (10.6%)	84	137^th of 906 public elementary schools	84.9%		87.2	104^th of 916 public elementary schools	88.6%	33	63.1	73.0	57.6	64.7	70.8	71.4	52.5	65.2	56.7	56.7	$27,250
Bowen	1.0mi	Public	K-5	280 Cypress Street	Newton Centre	02459	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(617) 559-9330	325	33	10.0		141 (43.4%)	10 (3.1%)	41 (12.6%)	100 (30.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (10.2%)	82.6	150^th of 906 public elementary schools	83.4%		88.1	99^th of 916 public elementary schools	89.2%	51	55.6	51.6	63.5	57.0	66.7	64.5	58.7	63.1	74.6	74.6	$25,514
Mason-Rice	1.4mi	Public	K-5	149 Pleasant Street	Newton Centre	02459	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(617) 559-9570	321	27	11.7		195 (60.7%)	5 (1.6%)	20 (6.2%)	64 (19.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	35 (10.9%)	95.7	15^th of 906 public elementary schools	98.3%		95.2	17^th of 916 public elementary schools	98.1%	2	76.4	77.2	77.2	76.9	80.0	79.0	71.9	76.9	80.7	80.7	$24,660
Zervas	1.4mi	Public	K-5	30 Beethoven Avenue	Waban	02468	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 559-6750	399	35	11.3		178 (44.6%)	32 (8.0%)	43 (10.8%)	94 (23.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	49 (12.3%)	79.7	186^th of 906 public elementary schools	79.5%		82.7	147^th of 916 public elementary schools	84.0%	39	61.6	60.3	53.4	58.3	64.4	63.8	50.0	59.0	63.5	63.5	$26,900
Memorial Spaulding	1.5mi	Public	K-5	250 Brookline Street	Newton Centre	02459	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(617) 559-9600	342	35	9.9		175 (51.2%)	14 (4.1%)	29 (8.5%)	96 (28.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (8.2%)	92.6	45^th of 906 public elementary schools	95.0%		92.7	43^rd of 916 public elementary schools	95.3%	2	68.9	75.0	81.1	74.3	68.9	73.3	79.3	73.3	69.8	69.8	$25,515
A E Angier	1.8mi	Public	K-5	1697 Beacon Street	Waban	02468	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(617) 559-9300	383	38	10.0		232 (60.6%)	14 (3.7%)	19 (5.0%)	72 (18.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (11.5%)	95.7	14^th of 906 public elementary schools	98.5%		95.5	16^th of 916 public elementary schools	98.3%	2	69.2	68.2	76.4	71.4	83.3	80.3	84.7	82.8	87.7	87.7	$25,777
William Mitchell	2.0mi	Public	K-5	187 Brookline Street	Needham	02492	Norfolk County	Needham	No	No	No	No	(781) 455-0466	424	34	12.5		323 (76.2%)	14 (3.3%)	19 (4.5%)	42 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.1%)	92.1	47^th of 906 public elementary schools	94.8%		90.1	73^rd of 916 public elementary schools	92.0%	26	68.3	74.3	66.7	69.8	61.9	79.7	74.7	72.6	78.4	78.4	$23,045
John Eliot	2.0mi	Public	K-5	135 Wellesley Avenue	Needham	02494	Norfolk County	Needham	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 455-0452	397	34	11.7		221 (55.7%)	21 (5.3%)	35 (8.8%)	84 (21.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (9.1%)	87	106^th of 906 public elementary schools	88.3%		87.2	106^th of 916 public elementary schools	88.4%		62.2	61.9	66.7	63.6	63.5	69.8	72.5	68.5	65.2	65.2	$24,205
John Ward	2.2mi	Public	K-5	10 Dolphin Rd	Newton Centre	02459	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(617) 559-6450	186	21	8.8		114 (61.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (7.0%)	35 (18.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (12.9%)	95.2	22^nd of 906 public elementary schools	97.6%		86.6	111^th of 916 public elementary schools	87.9%	89	93.3	65.8	81.8	79.2	96.7	83.8	75.8	85.0	69.7	69.7	$26,500
Joseph E Fiske	2.3mi	Public	K-5	45 Hastings Street	Wellesley	02481	Norfolk County	Wellesley	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 446-6265	278	24	11.3		152 (54.7%)	14 (5.0%)	23 (8.3%)	77 (27.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.3%)	96.3	11^th of 906 public elementary schools	98.8%		93.9	32^nd of 916 public elementary schools	96.5%	21	84.1	66.7	81.6	78.3	93.2	75.0	77.6	82.2	83.7	83.7	$24,897

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