Summary:
Elementary schools in ZIP code 01906 — Saugus, Massachusetts — include two schools in the Saugus district that together form a full PK–5 pathway: Veterans Early Learning Center (grades PK–1, 501 students) and Belmonte STEAM Academy (grades 2–5, 814 students). Combined enrollment is 1,315 students, with Belmonte serving about 62% of them. Because the grade spans do not overlap, the two schools are partners in a sequence rather than direct competitors. Both report a student-teacher ratio of 15.9 for 2024–2025, and free/reduced-lunch percentages are not reported for either school. The district context is modest: Saugus ranks 271st of 351 districts, at the 23rd percentile with a 1-star rating.
Belmonte STEAM Academy is the only school here with current MCAS data. In 2025–2026 it beat the district in all-grades English language arts (31.15% vs. 27.03%) and math (34.72% vs. 32.27%), but trailed the state in every subject and grade — ELA by about 9 points, math by about 6, and science by about 10. Third-grade ELA (36.68%) and fourth-grade math (37.24%) are its relative bright spots; fifth-grade ELA (26.88%) is its weakest. The biggest shift is year over year: science fell from 40.43% to 31.35% (about 9 points) and math from 38.84% to 34.72%, pulling both much further below state than in 2024–2025. ELA barely moved (31.05% to 31.15%) and remains roughly 9–10 points under state.
Veterans Early Learning Center has no MCAS record, which is expected for a PK–1 school, so its current achievement cannot be compared with Belmonte's. Its notable data points are a 2020–2021 per-student spending figure of $18,882 (the only spending number available) and older 2-star ratings with percentiles between 41 and 48. Belmonte has held 2 stars and a 33rd–37th percentile rank for three years. Parents should note the data gaps: no free/reduced-lunch reporting for either school, spending only for Veterans, and no current test scores for Veterans.
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