Summary:
ZIP code 01583 is home to a single elementary school, Major Edwards Elementary, a PK–5 school at 70 Crescent Street in West Boylston serving 462 students as part of the West Boylston district. Because it is the only elementary school in the area, everything below describes that one school rather than a comparison among local options. The district itself ranks 79 of 351 districts, placing it in the 77th percentile with 4 stars, and its student-teacher ratio was 13.7 in 2024-2025 with per-student spending of $20,838 in 2020-2021; the free/reduced-lunch figure is not reported for 2024-2025, so family-income context is unavailable.
Academically, the school's clear strengths are math and science. In 2025-2026, all-grade math proficiency was 60.56% versus 41.11% statewide, and science was 58.33% versus 40.98% statewide. Grade 5 math is the standout at 70.00% proficiency against the state's 39.50%, and grade 4 math reached 64.56% versus 43.20%. English language arts is more uneven: all-grade ELA was 43.66%, slightly above the state's 40.03%, with grade 4 ELA strong at 56.96% versus 37.43% statewide, but grade 5 ELA at 31.67% and grade 3 ELA at 39.19% both fell below their state figures.
Looking at change over time, all-grade ELA rose 4.05 points from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026 and science rose 3.40 points, while math held roughly steady with a 0.31-point dip. The school's rank improved from 331 of 906 (63rd percentile) to 280 of 899 (69th percentile), a 51-position gain, though it remains a 3-star school; note that school and district rankings use different pools, so they aren't directly comparable.
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