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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 01852

At a glance

Schools

8,123

Students

Districts

Top rankedLowell Community Charter Public School467^th of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools

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Biggest riser

John J Shaughnessy up 93 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Moody Elementary 11.2 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

2★

1★

2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Zip code 01852 in Lowell contains 11 schools — 6 elementary, 2 middle, and 3 high — serving students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12, most of them in the Lowell district, which ranks 273 out of 351 in Massachusetts (about the 22nd percentile, 1 star), while Lowell Community Charter Public School and Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School operate as their own charter districts. Listed enrollment totals 8,123 students, but it is heavily concentrated: Lowell High alone enrolls 3,446 students, about 42.4% of the total, while the smallest school is Leblanc Therapeutic Day School with 36 students. Free/reduced lunch percentages are not reported for any school here, so economic-disadvantage comparisons are not possible.

Academic standouts: Lowell Community Charter Public School is the strongest, ranked 467/899 (48th percentile, 2 stars), with 2025–2026 All Grades ELA at 41.74% — above the state's 40.03% and far above the district's 27.26% — and it also beats the district in math (37.53% vs. 32.38%) and science (29.94% vs. 23.00%). B.F. Butler Middle School is the top middle school (274/478, 43rd percentile, 2 stars), with 8th-grade math at 52.83% vs. the district's 39.31%. Pyne Arts has the highest All Grades ELA among district schools at 37.10%; Peter W Reilly is balanced (ELA 33.93%, math 34.73%); and Moody Elementary posts 4th-grade math at 61.11%, far above the district's 34.84%, though its All Grades ELA is 25.00%.

Concerns: James Sullivan Middle School has the weakest middle results (rank 393/478, 18th percentile, 1 star; All Grades ELA 19.09%), and Rogers STEM Academy is also low (rank 744/899, 17th percentile, 1 star; All Grades ELA 20.65%). Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School has a 38.3% graduation rate and 21.3% dropout rate. Lowell High has an 83.1% graduation rate and 11.8% dropout rate, better than the district's 80.2% and 12.3%, but its 10th-grade scores remain below state. Spending ranges from $14,642 to $36,772 and does not clearly track outcomes; Leblanc has no test-score data, which should be read as unavailable, not zero.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2026)								MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2026)								MCAS Next Generation Science (2026)				MCAS Next Generation Biology (2026)	MCAS Next Generation Civics (2026)	Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Biology End of Course	MCAS Next Generation Civics 8th Grade	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	9-12	67 Middle Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(978) 656-3165	126	7	18.0	85.7%	36 (28.6%)	10 (7.9%)	66 (52.4%)	8 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	4 (3.2%)								(n/a)																									$14,185
Lowell Community Charter Public School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	206 Jackson Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell Community Charter Public (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(978) 323-0800	816	68	12.0	65.1%	59 (7.2%)	198 (24.3%)	385 (47.2%)	137 (16.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.3%)	48.4	467^th of 899 public elementary schools	48.1%		40.1	547^th of 906 public elementary schools	39.6%	80	34.8	36.5	44.4	53.0	37.1	44.7		41.7	27.0	40.7	46.9	48.2	24.3	36.8		37.5	32.1	27.6		29.9		35.5	94%	1%	$19,006
Moody Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	158 Rogers Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7673	248	22	11.2	80.2%	58 (23.4%)	15 (6.0%)	144 (58.1%)	22 (8.9%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	6 (2.4%)	34.9	581^st of 899 public elementary schools	35.4%		27.9	653^rd of 906 public elementary schools	27.9%	72	19.4	30.6						25.0	22.2	61.1						41.7							100%	0%	$23,708
James Sullivan Middle School	Public	5-8	150 Draper Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-8993	625	50	12.4	71.4%	189 (30.2%)	34 (5.4%)	309 (49.4%)	72 (11.5%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (2.7%)	19.3	393^rd of 478 public middle schools	17.8%		25.8	352^nd of 484 public middle schools	27.3%	41			18.9	20.3	21.0	15.8		19.1			29.7	20.2	23.7	29.3		25.6	26.8	12.7		19.5		12.3			$22,740
B.F. Butler Middle School	Public	5-8	1140 Gorham Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-8973	516	39	13.1	71.5%	94 (18.2%)	35 (6.8%)	213 (41.3%)	154 (29.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.7%)	37.8	274^th of 478 public middle schools	42.7%		33.5	304^th of 484 public middle schools	37.2%	30			18.9	16.4	31.5	42.5		27.3			26.1	33.6	20.3	52.8		32.5	25.2	33.0		29.0		22.6			$22,073
Pyne Arts	Public	PK, KG-8	145 Boylston Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7639	462	39	11.8	59.1%	156 (33.8%)	24 (5.2%)	185 (40.0%)	75 (16.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.8%)	42	519^th of 899 public elementary schools	42.3%		49.6	458^th of 906 public elementary schools	49.4%	61	50.0	41.5	24.0	40.0	37.7	32.7		37.1	40.0	47.6	33.3	30.0	18.5	24.5		31.5	27.5	16.3		22.0		28.6	100%	0%	$23,657
Lowell High	Public	9-12	50 Father Morrissette Boulevard	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-8900	3,446	232	14.8	68.4%	617 (17.9%)	318 (9.2%)	1,406 (40.8%)	971 (28.2%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	123 (3.6%)	27.2	257^th of 353 public high schools	27.2%		20	288^th of 349 public high schools	17.5%	31							32.7								27.2				23.5		23.3				$20,691
Peter W Reilly	Public	PK, KG-4	115 Douglas Road	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7652	471	37	12.7	53.7%	183 (38.9%)	26 (5.5%)	176 (37.4%)	51 (10.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.0%)	34.9	580^th of 899 public elementary schools	35.5%		43.1	524^th of 906 public elementary schools	42.2%	56	36.7	31.5						33.9	38.5	31.5						34.7							99%	1%	$23,504
John J Shaughnessy	Public	PK, KG-4	1158 Gorham Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-7657	485	36	13.4	74.0%	95 (19.6%)	26 (5.4%)	229 (47.2%)	108 (22.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.2%)	26.8	649^th of 899 public elementary schools	27.8%		19.7	742^nd of 906 public elementary schools	18.1%	93	30.3	21.6						25.6	38.5	29.6						33.7							97%	1%	$23,137
Leblanc Therapeutic Day School	Public	9-12	58 Sycamore Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 970-5467	36	7	5.4	88.9%	13 (36.1%)	1 (2.8%)	16 (44.4%)	2 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (11.1%)								(n/a)																									$42,678
Rogers STEM Academy	Public	K-8	43 Highland Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 674-4331	892	68	13.1	82.8%	147 (16.5%)	77 (8.6%)	464 (52.0%)	167 (18.7%)	5 (0.6%)	3 (0.3%)	29 (3.3%)	18.3	744^th of 899 public elementary schools	17.2%		24	687^th of 906 public elementary schools	24.2%	57	20.8	23.1	19.1	17.0	24.8	19.4		20.7	22.1	33.0	16.5	31.0	16.2	32.7		25.0	19.3	19.4		19.3		27.1	100%	0%	$21,646

Cities Near Zip Code 01852

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Lowell	0.14 mi	29	300^th
Chelmsford	1.86 mi	7	67^th
Dracut	2.46 mi	7	233^rd
Tewksbury	2.57 mi	6	163^rd
Billerica	3.47 mi	8	190^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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