Summary:
ZIP code 01523 covers Lancaster, Massachusetts, and contains two public schools, both in the Nashoba district: Mary Rowlandson Elementary, serving grades PK–5 with 473 students, and Luther Burbank Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 245 students. There is no high school in this ZIP, and combined enrollment across the two schools is 718. The Nashoba district itself ranks 69 of 351 districts statewide, at the 80th percentile with 4 stars.
Luther Burbank Middle School is the clear standout. Its statewide rank improved from 147 of 493 (70th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 69 of 478 (86th percentile) in 2025–2026, holding 4 stars throughout. In 2025–2026 it beat both the district and the state in all-grade ELA (60.17%, vs 55.29% district and 40.03% state), math (63.4%, vs 58.44% and 41.11%), and science (62.35%, vs 58.65% and 40.98%). Its math and science scores rose sharply year over year, up 14.45 and 15.16 points, while district and state results were mostly flat.
Mary Rowlandson Elementary is above the Massachusetts average in ELA (43.3% vs 40.03%), math (46.19% vs 41.11%), and science (47.14% vs 40.98%), but below the Nashoba district in every core subject. Its rank slipped from the 71st percentile with 4 stars in 2023–2024 to the 58th percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026, with math down 8.44 points and science down 6.28 points year over year. Note that free/reduced lunch data is blank for both schools and should not be read as 0%, spending figures are from 2020–2021, and the two schools serve different tested grade spans, so all-grade comparisons should be read with care.
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