Summary:
Elementary schools in ZIP 01721 serve Ashland, Massachusetts, and consist of two schools that together form a split-grade system: Henry E Warren Elementary for grades K–2 with 584 students, and David Mindess for grades 3–5 with 670 students, for a total of 1,254 elementary students in the area. The Ashland district is rated 67th of 351 Massachusetts districts — the 81st percentile, with 4 stars.
David Mindess is the only one of the two with state test results, making it the main academic reference point here. In 2025–2026 all grades, it scored 48.75% proficient in ELA, 50.23% in mathematics, and 49.58% in science — all above the state averages, by roughly 8.6 to 9.1 points. It ranks 303 of 899 schools (66th percentile, 3 stars), consistent with the prior two years. It does trail the district average in all three subjects, though. Science fell the most year over year, from 55.79% in 2024–2025 to 49.58% in 2025–2026, a 6.21-point drop; math slipped 2.78 points, while ELA gained 0.83 points. Grade-level results show the school slightly above the district in every tested grade and subject, strongest in 3rd-grade ELA at 56.47%.
Henry E Warren Elementary has no test or rank history in this data, which fits a K–2 school. It stands out on resources instead: a student-teacher ratio of 12.5 versus 12.8 at David Mindess, and per-student spending of $16,688 (2020–2021) versus $14,957 — about $1,731, or 11.6%, more. Free/reduced-lunch percentages are unavailable for both schools, so economic context cannot be compared. Families are best served by reading these two schools as one continuous K–5 pathway rather than as competing options.
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