Summary:
ZIP code 01011 is home to exactly one public school: Chester Elementary, an elementary school serving grades PK–5 with 114 students in the Gateway district at 325 Middlefield Road in Chester, Massachusetts — the area reports 1 elementary school and no middle, high, or alternative public schools, so all analysis here is a profile of that one school.
Chester Elementary performs well above its district context. In 2025–2026 it ranked 166th of 899 Massachusetts schools — the 82nd percentile with 4 stars — while the Gateway district ranked 218th of 351 districts, the 38th percentile with 2 stars. The school also earned 4 stars in 2023–2024, dipped to 3 stars (65th percentile) in 2024–2025, then rebounded. On 2025–2026 MCAS Next Generation tests, Chester Elementary beat both its district and the state in every reported subject and grade: 52.5% ELA versus 33.13% district and 40.03% state; 67.5% math versus 35.87% district and 41.11% state; and 60.0% science versus 43.75% district and 40.98% state. Math was the clearest strength, led by 3rd grade at 73.33% and 5th grade at 70.0%, compared with district rates of 28.81% and 29.79%.
Year over year, math rose 13.21 points (54.29% to 67.5%), ELA slipped slightly (54.29% to 52.5%), and science eased (64.29% to 60.0%) while remaining strong. ELA stayed above district and state in every grade. Because enrollment is only 114 students, grade-level percentages rest on small cohorts, so a few students can swing results considerably. The school reported a 9.1 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and $21,269 per student in 2020–2021, but no district or state benchmarks are included for those figures. Free/reduced lunch data for 2024–2025 is blank and cannot be analyzed.
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