Summary:
ZIP code 01949 is Middleton, Massachusetts, and it contains two public elementary schools serving grades K–6 with a combined enrollment of 730 students. Both Howe-Manning (grades 3–6, 461 students) and Fuller Meadow (grades K–2, 269 students) belong to the Middleton district, which ranks 102 out of 351 Massachusetts districts — the 71st percentile — and holds 4 stars.
Howe-Manning is the only school in this ZIP code with MCAS Next Generation results, and it is the academic standout. It beats both its district and the state in English Language Arts, math, and science. Science is its biggest strength at 64.71% proficient versus 40.98% statewide, about 23.7 points above the state. Math is 53.57% proficient versus 41.11% state, and grade 6 math reaches 69.32% versus 42.59% state. Grade 5 ELA is 57.84% versus 38.15% state. Grade 4 is the relative soft spot: ELA is 38.46%, only slightly above the state, and math is 42.72%, slightly below both the district and the state. Year over year, math rose 1.91 points while ELA slipped 2.55 points, and science fell 5.94 points to 64.71% — still far above the state. Its rank history is steady, holding 4 stars and a 70–72 percentile for three straight years.
Fuller Meadow has no MCAS scores here because it serves grades K–2, which are not tested in this data set, so the two schools cannot be compared academically. Its notable metric is structure: a student-teacher ratio of 9.0 in 2024–2025, lower than Howe-Manning's 11.7. Per-student spending in 2020–2021 was $19,676 at Fuller Meadow and $19,976 at Howe-Manning, a $300 gap. No middle or high school is listed in ZIP 01949, so students likely continue outside the area after grade 6. Free/reduced lunch data is blank for both schools, so no conclusions can be drawn about economic disadvantage.
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