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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 01890


At a glance
7
Schools
4,391
Students
7
5-star schools
Top rankedAmbrose Elementary4th of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools
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Biggest riser
Lynch Elementary up 49 spots statewide this year
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Smallest classes
Lynch Elementary 10.7 students per teacher
SchoolDigger ratings
5★
Summary:

ZIP code 01890 covers Winchester, Massachusetts, and contains 7 schools serving roughly 4,391 students: five elementary schools (Ambrose Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, Lynch Elementary, Muraco Elementary, and Vinson-Owen Elementary), one middle school (McCall Middle), and one high school (Winchester High School). The Winchester district is ranked #7 of 351 Massachusetts districts, and all seven schools currently hold 5 stars.

Standouts abound. Ambrose Elementary is the top elementary school here, ranking #4 of 899 at the 100th percentile, with ELA at 77.30% and math at 85.64% — its math is 44.53 points above the state. Science is a shared elementary strength: Lincoln Elementary leads at 86.44%, followed by Ambrose Elementary at 85.45% and Muraco Elementary at 84.44%. At the secondary level, Winchester High School ranks #8 of 353, with a 97.5% graduation rate, a 1.6% dropout rate, and 10th-grade ELA at 84.47% and math at 85.09% against state figures near 45%.

McCall Middle ranks #27 of 478 and is stronger in math (75.89%, above district) than in ELA (66.41%, below district). Lynch Elementary shows the widest internal variation — 3rd-grade ELA at 89.55% but 5th-grade ELA at 60.00% and science at 64.00% — worth monitoring. Notably, spending and class size do not track outcomes simply: Ambrose Elementary has the highest per-student spending and the best results, while Lincoln Elementary has the lowest spending and the highest elementary science score.

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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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