Winter Hill Community

Winter Hill Community is a PK–8 school at 8 Bonair Street in Somerville, MA, serving 388 students — the second-smallest enrollment among the Somerville schools in this comparison set.

Statewide, Winter Hill ranks 660th of 899 schools (27th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–2026, inside the Somerville district, which itself ranks 198th of 351. The trend is upward — from the 8th percentile in 2015–2016 to 27th now, its best in the decade of data provided — but the climb has been slow and the school remains in the bottom third of Massachusetts. Proficiency trails both district and state in every tested subject, at 23.11% in ELA, 21.67% in math and 22.86% in science: roughly 15–17 points behind Somerville and 17–19 points behind the state. It does this with the smallest classes in the comparison set (8.4 students per teacher) and more per-student spending than any Somerville peer except the PK–1 Capuano Early Childhood Center — $25,632 in 2020–2021, above Arthur D Healey, John F Kennedy, Albert F. Argenziano School at Lincoln Park and E Somerville Community.

Third grade is a genuine bright spot: 58.82% proficient in ELA and 52.94% in math, above district and state norms and second only to John F Kennedy among the Somerville schools shown. That strength fades sharply by eighth grade, where ELA proficiency is 6.9% — the lowest figure at that grade level among Somerville schools in this data. Results for student groups have also moved in different directions: English Language Learner and Special Education students have climbed in statewide rankings over two years, while Hispanic and low-income students sit near the bottom of their comparison pools. Nearby, E Somerville Community, just 0.12 miles away, posts almost identical results, while stronger schools such as John F Kennedy, John M Tobin and Warren-Prescott K-8 School are a mile or more away. Poverty figures are not reported here, so the school's economic context is unknown.