Best Public Schools in Zip Code 01880

ZIP code 01880 covers Wakefield, Massachusetts, and contains 7 schools serving about 4,635 students: four elementary schools (PK/K–4), one middle school (5–8), and two high schools (9–12). Six of them — the four elementaries, Galvin Middle School, and Wakefield Memorial High — make up the Wakefield district, which enrolls 3,254 students and ranks 53rd of 351 Massachusetts districts (85th percentile, 4 stars). The seventh, Northeast Metro Regional Vocational, is its own single-school district, Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational Technical, with 1,381 students and a district rank of 261 of 351 (1 star).

Among the elementaries, Walton is the clear standout at the 94th percentile (5 stars), with the highest math proficiency in the data set (79.01%) and a three-year rise from the 68th to the 94th percentile. Greenwood follows at the 90th percentile (5 stars) with the ZIP's best ELA result (65.56%), also climbing steadily. Woodville (75th percentile) and Dolbeare (71st) are also solidly above average, but the gap between the top and bottom elementary runs about 22.6 points in math and 19.2 in ELA — real variation from building to building within one town. At the secondary level, Wakefield Memorial High ranks 84th percentile and Galvin Middle 79th, both above state in every tested subject.

A few patterns are worth knowing. Elementary schools are math-strong while the middle and high schools lean toward ELA. Northeast Metro Regional Vocational has the opposite profile of its test scores: every 10th-grade result falls below state, yet it posts the highest graduation rate (98.4%) and lowest dropout rate (1.2%) in the ZIP. Notably, per-student spending and class size do not track results here — the highest spender has the lowest achievement, and the lowest spender ranks highest.