Summary:
ZIP code 01803 covers Burlington, Massachusetts, where the local district runs six public schools — four elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — serving roughly 3,510 students. The Burlington district ranks 80th of 351 Massachusetts districts, placing it in the 77th percentile, and all six schools currently hold 4 stars in the 2025–2026 rankings.
Elementary results are the strongest part of the picture, especially in math, where the four elementary schools average 62.02% proficiency against a state figure of 41.11%. Memorial posts the top elementary math and science scores (65.32% and 63.33%), while Fox Hill combines the highest rank percentile in the group (80th) with balanced results across all three subjects — and the lowest per-student spending. Pine Glen Elementary leads elementary English language arts at 54.09% and has the smallest classes, with a 9.5 student-teacher ratio. Francis Wyman Elementary is strong in math (60.77%) but is the only elementary school below the district science average, at 43.90%. At the secondary level, Marshall Simonds Middle has held in the high 70s percentile for three years, with 8th-grade civics at 60.84%, and Burlington High reports a 95.0% graduation rate and biology proficiency of 62.91%, far above the state's 37.68%.
Rankings have climbed broadly: Pine Glen moved from the 58th to the 75th percentile, Fox Hill from the 67th to the 80th, Memorial from the 66th to the 76th, and Burlington High from the 64th to the 73rd, while Marshall Simonds stayed stable. Two cautions for parents: individual grade levels vary widely — Pine Glen's 3rd-grade ELA is 68.42% while its 4th grade is 42.31% — and per-student spending figures date to 2020–2021, ranging from $20,095 at Fox Hill to $23,289 at Memorial. Free and reduced lunch percentages are not available for any school, so socioeconomic context cannot be compared.
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