Best Public Schools in Zip Code 01940

Zip code 01940 is Lynnfield, Massachusetts, home to four public schools serving grades K–12 — two elementary schools (Summer Street and Huckleberry Hill, both K–4), one middle school (Lynnfield Middle School, 5–8), and one high school (Lynnfield High, 9–12) — all part of the Lynnfield district, which ranks 39th of 351 statewide (89th percentile) and holds a 4-star rating.

Every school here outperforms the state average in every reported 2025–2026 subject, and state averages sit around 40–45% while Lynnfield schools mostly land in the 60–72% range. Summer Street is the standout: ranked 49th of 899 elementary schools (95th percentile), the only 5-star school in the zip code, with the highest all-grade ELA score at 71.79% and the top single score in 4th Grade ELA of 75.73%; both ELA and math rose from the prior year. Huckleberry Hill ranks 115th of 899 (87th percentile), with strong math (69.38%) but weaker ELA (59.75%), including 4th Grade ELA at 54.88%. Lynnfield Middle School ranks 63rd of 478 (87th percentile) and is improving — its percentile climbed from 81 to 87, with math, science, and civics gains, though all-grade ELA slipped to 60%. Lynnfield High ranks 90th of 353 (75th percentile) and posts excellent outcomes — a 98.6% graduation rate and 0.7% dropout rate — but its percentile has fallen from 92 to 75, and 10th Grade ELA and science dropped sharply from the prior year, with science at 45.16% now its weakest margin over the state.

Two patterns stand out for families. Math generally outpaces ELA at Huckleberry Hill, Lynnfield Middle, and district-wide, while Summer Street is the exception, with ELA slightly ahead. And resources do not track neatly with results: Lynnfield High has the highest per-student spending ($18,215) and lowest student-teacher ratio (11.9) yet a declining test trend, while Summer Street has the highest ratio (13.7) and is the top performer. Note that free/reduced-lunch percentages are blank for all four schools, so socioeconomic context cannot be evaluated from this data and those blanks should not be read as 0%.