Summary:
ZIP code 01864 covers the town of North Reading, Massachusetts, where a single district — North Reading — serves about 2,327 students across five schools: three elementary schools (L D Batchelder, J Turner Hood, and E Ethel Little School), one middle school (North Reading Middle), and one high school (North Reading High). The district ranks 33rd of 351 statewide (91st percentile), and every school here holds at least a 4-star rating.
L D Batchelder is the standout: 14th of 899 elementary schools (98th percentile), with 5th-grade science at 91.25% proficient versus 43.07% statewide and all-grade math at 78.73% versus 41.11%. North Reading Middle is the only school improving, climbing to 96th percentile with gains in every subject tested. J Turner Hood is the weakest link — 246th of 899 (73rd percentile) and the only school where scores fell in every subject; its all-grade math (46.97%) barely clears the state and trails the district by 21.8 points. North Reading High posts a 98.8% graduation rate, a 0.6% dropout rate, and subject scores 16–30 points above state.
Two schools in the same town show a 32-point math gap: Batchelder (78.73%) versus Hood (46.97%). Batchelder has the largest classes (14.7 students per teacher) and the lowest per-pupil spending ($16,741, 2020-21 figures), so funding does not explain the difference. Science is the district's greatest strength yet fell sharply at all three elementaries year over year. The high school declined in ELA, math, and science while slipping 91→89→87 in percentile. Only one result in the ZIP falls below the state: Hood's 3rd-grade math at 32.89%. Poverty data is not available here, so these comparisons are descriptive rather than value-added.
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