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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)	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 (2015)	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 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 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	0.0mi	Public	K-5	101 Vernon Street	Newton	02458	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 559-9660	253	23	11.1	13.2%	113 (44.7%)	15 (5.9%)	41 (16.2%)	54 (21.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (11.1%)	83.6	140^th of 899 public elementary schools	84.4%		84.5	131^st of 906 public elementary schools	85.5%	9	59.0	63.2	59.1			60.3	64.1	65.8	52.3			60.3	65.9		65.9		$24,362
Lincoln-Eliot	0.6mi	Public	K-5	150 Jackson Street	Newton	02458	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 559-9540	336	36	9.3	31.2%	129 (38.4%)	24 (7.1%)	71 (21.1%)	74 (22.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (11.3%)	79.7	172^nd of 899 public elementary schools	80.9%		70.8	274^th of 906 public elementary schools	69.8%	102	60.3	42.6	55.2			53.3	64.1	59.3	65.7			63.2	61.2		61.2		$26,479
Cabot	0.9mi	Public	K-5	229 Cabot Street	Newtonville	02460	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(617) 559-9400	414	38	11.0	8.9%	200 (48.3%)	18 (4.3%)	63 (15.2%)	76 (18.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (13.5%)	79.5	173^rd of 899 public elementary schools	80.8%		75.9	225^th of 906 public elementary schools	75.2%	52	60.3	64.2	50.6			57.4	51.5	73.1	61.9			61.3	56.0		56.0		$25,166
John Ward	1.0mi	Public	K-5	10 Dolphin Rd	Newton Centre	02459	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(617) 559-6450	186	21	8.8	8.6%	114 (61.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (7.0%)	35 (18.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (12.9%)	95.9	15^th of 899 public elementary schools	98.3%		95.2	22^nd of 906 public elementary schools	97.6%	7	77.3	81.8	74.4			77.7	86.4	87.9	77.5			83.2	67.5		67.5		$26,500
Lyon Elementary School	1.2mi	Public	K-8	50 Beechcroft Street	Brighton	02135	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-7945	143	21	6.7	40.3%	35 (24.5%)	30 (21.0%)	59 (41.3%)	8 (5.6%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.0%)	18.4	742^nd of 899 public elementary schools	17.5%		34.4	600^th of 906 public elementary schools	33.8%	142	23.5	30.8	14.3		12.5	17.7	23.5	38.5	14.3		6.3	19.1	7.1	12.5	10.0	12.5	$51,787
Hosmer	1.2mi	Public	PK, KG-5	1 Concord Rd	Watertown	02472	Middlesex County	Watertown	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 926-7740	758	71	10.7	29.8%	393 (51.8%)	54 (7.1%)	158 (20.8%)	67 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	84 (11.1%)	72.6	244^th of 899 public elementary schools	72.9%		66.7	312^th of 906 public elementary schools	65.6%	68	51.0	48.0	53.8			50.7	54.0	59.8	58.0			57.2	51.9		51.9		$23,811
Horace Mann	1.3mi	Public	K-5	191 Pearl Street	Newton	02458	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(617) 559-9510	351	33	10.5	17.3%	187 (53.3%)	18 (5.1%)	39 (11.1%)	64 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (12.0%)	79.3	178^th of 899 public elementary schools	80.2%		78.1	203^rd of 906 public elementary schools	77.6%	25	58.5	50.9	58.5			55.9	69.2	57.6	52.3			59.1	60.0		60.0		$23,213
Edison Elementary School	1.4mi	Public	PK, KG-6	60 Glenmont Road	Brighton	02135	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8436	502	57	8.8	68.9%	77 (15.3%)	90 (17.9%)	285 (56.8%)	36 (7.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.6%)	13.6	801^st of 899 public elementary schools	10.9%		13.3	807^th of 906 public elementary schools	10.9%	6	15.9	18.3	12.1	15.9		15.6	15.9	34.4	20.3	17.1		21.6	14.0		14.0		$38,326
James Russell Lowell	1.5mi	Public	PK, KG-5	123 Lowell Ave.	Watertown	02472	Middlesex County	Watertown	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 926-7770	422	43	9.7	26.7%	230 (54.5%)	11 (2.6%)	92 (21.8%)	54 (12.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (8.3%)	71.5	251^st of 899 public elementary schools	72.1%		78.1	201^st of 906 public elementary schools	77.8%	50	47.8	40.6	58.0			47.9	45.7	62.3	56.9			56.0	64.7		64.7		$28,031
Winship Elementary School	1.5mi	Public	PK, KG-6	54 Dighton Street	Brighton	02135	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8399	353	25	13.8	60.4%	99 (28.0%)	32 (9.1%)	128 (36.3%)	66 (18.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.6%)	67.9	282^nd of 899 public elementary schools	68.6%		71.6	266^th of 906 public elementary schools	70.6%	16	40.5	58.5	59.1	60.5		54.7	45.2	53.7	45.5	50.0		48.5	47.7		47.7		$31,481

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