Summary:
Elementary schools in ZIP code 01876 include three schools — Center Elementary School, L F Dewing, and Heath-Brook — all within the Tewksbury school district. Together they enroll 1,484 students across prekindergarten through grade 4. The three schools divide by grade span: Center serves grades 2–4, while L F Dewing and Heath-Brook both serve PK–1.
Center Elementary School is the largest school with 812 students — about 54.7% of all students in the ZIP code — and the only one with current MCAS results, since testing begins in grade 3. Its scores are above both district and state: ELA at 44.1% proficient versus 41.28% district and 40.03% state, and math at 49.26% versus 42.07% district and 41.11% state. Math is the standout, more than 8 points above the state. Center also improved its rank to 365th of 899 schools (59th percentile, 3 stars) from 411th of 906 (55th percentile, 3 stars), and its ELA rose 0.9 points while district ELA fell 3.55 points.
L F Dewing enrolls 372 students with a 12.6 student/teacher ratio, and Heath-Brook enrolls 300 with a ratio of 12.5 — noticeably smaller classes than Center's 14.1. Because both serve PK–1, they have no MCAS results here, which reflects their grade span rather than performance. Their only rank history is from 2007–2010, when L F Dewing averaged about the 53rd percentile and Heath-Brook about the 32nd. Spending is reported only for these two schools, for 2020–2021, at $16,920 (L F Dewing) and $17,514 (Heath-Brook) per student; free/reduced-lunch data is blank for all three, limiting equity comparisons.
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