Summary:
Elementary schools in zip code 01520 (Holden, MA) are three K–5 schools — Dawson, Leroy E. Mayo, and Davis Hill Elementary — all part of the Wachusett district, which is ranked 97 of 351 districts in Massachusetts (72nd percentile, 4 stars), and together they enroll 1,390 students.
Each school has a distinct profile. Dawson is the largest, with 487 students, and the strongest in math: 62.18% proficient in 2025–26 all-grades math, plus the top 3rd-grade ELA (66.27%) and 3rd-grade math (69.88%) results, though its science sits 3.95 points below district. Leroy E. Mayo leads in science at 61.46% and is the only one of the three above district science, and it is the only school whose rank improved every year, climbing from 359th to 233rd. Davis Hill Elementary posts the highest ELA score (56.20%), the smallest enrollment (431), the lowest student/teacher ratio (11.3), and the highest per-student spending ($14,197), but its 2025–26 math and science are below district.
All three exceed state averages in every all-grade subject in both 2024–25 and 2025–26, so families here are choosing among schools that all perform well above the Massachusetts average. ELA is the shared strength: all three are above district in all-grades ELA, and every grade-level ELA score beats both district and state. Science is what separates them, with Leroy E. Mayo clear of the others in both years. Math is more uneven, as Dawson is above district at every grade level while the other two fall below district in some grades. Rank trends also differ: Mayo rose steadily from 3 stars to 4 stars, while Dawson and Davis Hill peaked in 2024–25 and slipped in 2025–26, though both remain in the top quarter of ranked elementary schools. Spending figures are from 2020–21, and free/reduced-lunch data is unavailable, so comparisons involving spending and ratios should be read as descriptive only.
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