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Underwood

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Underwood ranks 131 st of 906 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

131^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 906 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Better than 86% of Massachusetts elementary schools

Summary

Underwood is a high-performing elementary school located in Newton, MA that serves students from kindergarten to 5th grade. With 242 students, Underwood has consistently ranked in the top 20% of Massachusetts elementary schools over the past 10 years, currently ranking 131 out of 906 schools.

Underwood's academic performance is exceptional, with students consistently outperforming state and district averages on MCAS Next Generation assessments across all grades and subjects. For example, in 2024-2025, 66.38% of Underwood students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 66.43% in Newton and 41.53% statewide. In math, 62.93% of Underwood students were proficient or better, compared to 69.38% in Newton and 40.74% statewide. Underwood also performs exceptionally well for certain student subgroups, ranking in the top 15% of Massachusetts elementary schools for male and white students.

Underwood's success may be attributed to its access to greater resources, with the school spending $20,438 per student in 2020-2021, significantly more than the state average of $16,747 in 2018-2019. Additionally, Underwood has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 10.3 to 11.9 over the past 3 years, compared to nearby schools which have ratios between 9.4 and 13.2. These factors, along with the school's effective teaching practices and supportive learning environment, have contributed to Underwood's consistently high academic performance.

253

Students ?

11.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,362

Per pupil spending ?

13.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

101 Vernon Street
Newton, MA 02458

(617) 559-9660

District: Newton

Students who attend Underwood usually attend:

Middle:	Bigelow Middle
High:	Newton North High

Racial breakdown:

White:

44.7%

Asian:

21.3%

Hispanic:

16.2%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 73rd percentile in 2015 → 86th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Massachusetts average (67% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 14% of Massachusetts elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 13 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school67%

District avg68%

Massachusetts avg41%

131^st of 906

Massachusetts public elementary schools ?

Top 14%▲ up 13 pts since 2015

From top 27% (2015) to top 14% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 15Elementary Schools in the Newton

34^th of 348Newton 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	84.5	131 of 906	85.5%	★★★★☆
2024	86.8	110 of 916	88.0%	★★★★☆
2023	84.3	141 of 928	84.8%	★★★★☆
2022	81.8	163 of 932	82.5%	★★★★☆
2021	80.7	172 of 936	81.6%	★★★★☆
2019	79.0	187 of 942	80.1%	★★★★☆
2018	77.8	196 of 934	79.0%	★★★★☆
2017	64.2	340 of 938	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2016	78.4	191 of 932	79.5%	★★★★☆
2015	72.5	247 of 914	73.0%	★★★★☆
2014	79.2	176 of 926	81.0%	★★★★☆
2013	86.1	83 of 928	91.1%	★★★★★
2012	89.9	47 of 930	94.9%	★★★★★
2011	93.7	5 of 924	99.5%	★★★★★
2010	81.5	158 of 920	82.8%	★★★★☆
2009	87.3	79 of 909	91.3%	★★★★★
2008	85.4	94 of 908	89.6%	★★★★☆
2007	90.7	38 of 911	95.8%	★★★★★
2006	89.1	60 of 911	93.4%	★★★★★
2005	89.0	54 of 887	93.9%	★★★★★
2004	84.1	120 of 882	86.4%	★★★★☆
2003	78.2	194 of 884	78.1%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2024	70.2	50 of 152	67.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	55.2	76 of 155	51.0%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2018	79.5	88 of 656	86.6%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	79.0	168 of 869	80.7%	★★★★☆
2024	78.0	189 of 886	78.7%	★★★★☆
2023	78.9	180 of 887	79.7%	★★★★☆
2022	76.7	199 of 901	77.9%	★★★★☆
2021	80.0	170 of 898	81.1%	★★★★☆
2019	73.8	222 of 902	75.4%	★★★★☆
2018	70.3	268 of 893	70.0%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	72.1	127 of 736	82.7%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	84.7	117 of 884	86.8%	★★★★☆
2024	89.1	69 of 891	92.3%	★★★★★
2023	87.2	91 of 896	89.8%	★★★★☆
2022	82.7	133 of 908	85.4%	★★★★☆
2021	77.6	196 of 904	78.3%	★★★★☆
2019	80.8	150 of 907	83.5%	★★★★☆
2018	80.9	147 of 898	83.6%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2022	51.4	405 of 905	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	53.2	376 of 894	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	80.7	95 of 896	89.4%	★★★★☆
2018	72.7	167 of 886	81.2%	★★★★☆

Tested In Person

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2021	82.8	149 of 925	83.9%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	83.7	83 of 737	88.7%	★★★★☆
2024	79.7	118 of 753	84.3%	★★★★☆
2023	82.6	99 of 762	87.0%	★★★★☆
2022	80.3	116 of 764	84.8%	★★★★☆
2021	83.3	94 of 765	87.7%	★★★★☆
2019	75.5	160 of 780	79.5%	★★★★☆
2018	72.2	189 of 772	75.5%	★★★★☆

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)

White (2025)89th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)87th percentile~ school

Disabled (2018)87th percentile+8 vs school

Tested In Person (2021)84th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)83rd percentile-3 vs school

Female (2025)81st percentile-5 vs school

Asian (2024)67th percentile-21 vs school

Special Education (2022)55th percentile-27 vs school

By subject vs Massachusetts (2024-2025) ?

Science85%+43 vs state

English Language Arts66%+25 vs state

Mathematics63%+22 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
Underwood	Public	K-5	101 Vernon Street	Newton	02458	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 559-9660	253	23	11.1		113 (44.7%)	15 (5.9%)	41 (16.2%)	54 (21.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (11.1%)	84.5	131^st of 906 public elementary schools	85.5%		86.8	110^th of 916 public elementary schools	88.0%	21	51.4	64.6	84.9				66.4	57.1	56.3	78.8				62.9	84.9		84.9		$24,362
Lincoln-Eliot	Public	K-5	191 Pearl Street	Newton	02458	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 559-9540	336	36	9.3		129 (38.4%)	24 (7.1%)	71 (21.1%)	74 (22.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (11.3%)	70.8	274^th of 906 public elementary schools	69.8%		82.2	153^rd of 916 public elementary schools	83.3%	121	44.0	50.0	54.6				49.3	54.0	66.1	54.6				58.7	54.6		54.6		$26,479
Cabot	Public	K-5	229 Cabot Street	Newtonville	02460	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(617) 559-9400	414	38	11.0		200 (48.3%)	18 (4.3%)	63 (15.2%)	76 (18.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (13.5%)	75.9	225^th of 906 public elementary schools	75.2%		65.6	315^th of 916 public elementary schools	65.6%	90	49.1	53.8	60.3				54.9	58.6	62.0	52.5				57.6	60.0		60.0		$25,166
John Ward	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
Lyon K-8 School	Public	K-8	50 Beechcroft Street	Brighton	02135	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-7945	143	21	6.7		35 (24.5%)	30 (21.0%)	59 (41.3%)	8 (5.6%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.0%)	34.4	600^th of 906 public elementary schools	33.8%		47.2	500^th of 916 public elementary schools	45.4%	100	35.7	37.5	9.1	35.3	10.5	5.3	21.9	42.9	31.3	18.2	41.2	15.8	0.0	24.0	27.3	5.3	13.3	15.8	$51,787
Hosmer	Public	PK, KG-5	1 Concord Rd	Watertown	02472	Middlesex County	Watertown	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 926-7740	758	71	10.7		393 (51.8%)	54 (7.1%)	158 (20.8%)	67 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	84 (11.1%)	66.7	312^th of 906 public elementary schools	65.6%		72.6	263^rd of 916 public elementary schools	71.3%	49	49.0	47.1	53.2				49.6	47.5	51.8	53.2				50.6	59.5		59.5		$23,811
Horace Mann	Public	K-5	225 Nevada Street	Newtonville	02460	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(617) 559-9510	351	33	10.5		187 (53.3%)	18 (5.1%)	39 (11.1%)	64 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (12.0%)	78.1	203^rd of 906 public elementary schools	77.6%		76.4	232^nd of 916 public elementary schools	74.7%	29	49.2	46.7	64.3				53.9	55.0	63.3	65.7				61.6	68.6		68.6		$23,213
Edison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	60 Glenmont Road	Brighton	02135	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8436	502	57	8.8		77 (15.3%)	90 (17.9%)	285 (56.8%)	36 (7.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.6%)	13.3	807^th of 906 public elementary schools	10.9%		12.6	828^th of 916 public elementary schools	9.6%	21	10.8	17.9	17.1	16.4			15.5	12.1	25.0	20.0	22.2			19.7	21.6		21.6		$38,326
James Russell Lowell	Public	PK, KG-5	123 Lowell Ave.	Watertown	02472	Middlesex County	Watertown	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 926-7770	422	43	9.7		230 (54.5%)	11 (2.6%)	92 (21.8%)	54 (12.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (8.3%)	78.1	201^st of 906 public elementary schools	77.8%		79.2	191^st of 916 public elementary schools	79.1%	10	55.9	65.4	55.1				58.2	54.4	57.7	60.3				57.5	61.8		61.8		$28,031
Winship Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	54 Dighton Street	Brighton	02135	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8399	353	25	13.8		99 (28.0%)	32 (9.1%)	128 (36.3%)	66 (18.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.6%)	71.6	266^th of 906 public elementary schools	70.6%		70.6	274^th of 916 public elementary schools	70.1%	8	66.7	50.0	60.9	52.1			57.4	60.0	43.2	50.0	45.8			49.7	56.5		56.5		$31,481

Frequently Asked Questions about Underwood

How many students attend Underwood?

In the 2024-25 school year, 253 students attended Underwood.

What is the racial makeup of Underwood?

Students at Underwood are 45% White, 21% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 11% Two or more races, 6% African American.

What district is Underwood in?

Newton

Is Underwood a good school?

Underwood ranks 131^st of 906 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Underwood attend?

Students who attend Underwood usually go on to attend:

Middle : Bigelow Middle
High : Newton North High

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