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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 01581

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Summary:

The 01581 zip code area of Westborough, Massachusetts is home to three high-performing elementary schools: Elsie A Hastings Elementary, J Harding Armstrong, and Annie E Fales. These schools serve students from kindergarten through 5th grade and are part of the Westborough school district.

Among the three schools, Annie E Fales stands out as the top performer, with the highest proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grades and 3rd grade specifically. In the 2024-2025 school year, Annie E Fales had a 65.17% proficiency rate in ELA, compared to 64.57% for the Westborough district and 41.53% for the state of Massachusetts. In Math, the school's proficiency rate was 71.91%, well above the Westborough (68.6%) and state (40.74%) averages.

While the data does not provide the actual free/reduced lunch rates for the schools, the three institutions have similar per-student spending, ranging from $18,561 at J Harding Armstrong to $19,476 at Annie E Fales. The student-teacher ratios also vary, with Elsie A Hastings Elementary having the lowest ratio at 9.7 students per teacher, followed by Annie E Fales (10.8) and J Harding Armstrong (11.8).

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2025)		MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2015)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	Total
Annie E Fales	Public	K-3	50 Eli Whitney Street	Westborough	01581	Worcester County	Westborough	No	No	No	No	(508) 836-7770	305	30	10.1	3.7%	149 (48.9%)	8 (2.6%)	22 (7.2%)	109 (35.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.2%)								(n/a)	65.2	65.2	71.9	71.9	$22,645
J Harding Armstrong	Public	K-3	18 Fisher Street	Westborough	01581	Worcester County	Westborough	No	No	No	No	(508) 836-7760	391	34	11.6	10.3%	183 (46.8%)	17 (4.3%)	45 (11.5%)	116 (29.7%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.1%)								(n/a)	62.0	62.0	60.4	60.4	$20,835
Elsie A Hastings Elementary	Public	PK, KG-3	111 East Main Street	Westborough	01581	Worcester County	Westborough	No	No	No	No	(508) 836-7750	478	53	8.9	18.0%	188 (39.3%)	9 (1.9%)	94 (19.7%)	161 (33.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.8%)								(n/a)	56.3	56.3	59.8	59.8	$23,864

Cities Near Zip Code 01581

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Westborough	0.21 mi	10	25^th
Northborough	3.06 mi	6	70^th
Shrewsbury	4.1 mi	9	48^th
Southborough	4.3 mi	4	16^th
Grafton	4.72 mi	4	95^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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