Best Public Schools in Zip Code 01062

ZIP code 01062, covering Florence, Massachusetts, is home to two public schools — John F Kennedy Middle School (grades 6–8, 577 students) and R. K. Finn Ryan Road (grades K–5, 231 students). Together they enroll 808 students in the Northampton district, which ranks 139 of 351 statewide, at the 60th percentile with 3 stars. No high school or alternative school appears in this data set, so the local picture here is K–8 only.

The two schools differ in size and in where they're strong. John F Kennedy is the larger school, with about 71% of the combined enrollment. It ranks 151 of 478, the 68th percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026, up from the 58th percentile in 2023–2024. Its ELA (52.13%) and science (53.90%) scores are well above the state (40.03% and 40.98%), and 8th grade civics (43.40%) also beats the state. Math is its weak spot: 38.10% overall versus 41.11% statewide, dragged down by 8th grade math (34.38% vs 41.67%) and 6th grade math (38.22% vs 42.59%). R. K. Finn Ryan Road is the standout for improvement, moving from 40th percentile with 2 stars in 2024–2025 to 61st percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026. Its math rose 15.29 points to 43.86%, above both district and state, while ELA (47.37%) and science (52.38%) beat the state.

Science is a shared strength, with both schools roughly 11–13 percentage points above the state. Performance is uneven by grade, though: 3rd and 4th grade math are strong at R. K. Finn Ryan Road but 5th grade math falls below state, and its 4th grade ELA (36.84%) is slightly below state. John F Kennedy's 7th grade math beats the state while 6th and 8th do not, so targeted grade-level support could matter. R. K. Finn Ryan Road has a lower student-teacher ratio (9.3 vs 10.1) and higher per-student spending in 2020–2021 ($19,114 vs $18,318), but those spending figures come from an earlier year and should not be read as explanations for current results. Because the schools are ranked in different pools, percentile is the fairer comparison than raw rank. Free/reduced-lunch data are blank for both schools, and no test scores in this extract were suppressed — the figures shown are exact.