Summary:
Zip code 01867 contains 9 schools — 6 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high school — serving roughly 3,896 students, almost all of them in the Reading district, which ranks 43 of 351 districts statewide (88th percentile, 4 stars). The one exception is Robert T. Capeless Elementary School, listed with a Pittsfield address and the Pittsfield district (rank 287 of 351, 18th percentile, 1 star), and it should be viewed separately from the Reading schools. Free/reduced-lunch percentages are blank for every school, so family-income context cannot be analyzed.
The academic standouts are Joshua Eaton and Arthur W Coolidge Middle. Joshua Eaton ranks 16 of 899 (98th percentile, 5 stars), with all-grade proficiency of 79.19 in ELA, 76.65 in Math, and 77.78 in Science — roughly 36 to 39 points above state averages, and it does so with the lowest per-student spending ($14,330) and highest student-teacher ratio (13.7) in the list. Coolidge ranks 38 of 478 (92nd percentile, 5 stars) and beats its middle-school peer Walter S Parker Middle in every core subject — ELA 65.46 vs 58.32, Math 70.53 vs 58.19, Science 70.97 vs 58.28 — despite Parker's smaller classes (9.4 vs 10.8 students per teacher).
Within Reading there is real variation: Joshua Eaton's ELA (79.19) is 25.64 points above Birch Meadow's (53.55), though every Reading school still exceeds state averages. Alice M Barrows and Wood End Elementary School are strong in Math and Science (70.00/72.58 and 72.73/70.97) but weaker in ELA (64.58 and 55.45). Reading Memorial High posts excellent completion numbers — 98.5% graduation and 0.4% dropout — with science the relative watch point (10th-grade Science 48.15). Spending does not track simply with results: Eaton spends least and scores highest, while Birch Meadow spends $17,870 and trails the district. Capeless outperforms its Pittsfield district by wide margins in ELA (+24.7) and Math (+31.07), but its Science (36.84) remains below state.
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