Summary:
Elementary schools in ZIP code 01949 — Middleton, Massachusetts — consist of two schools serving grades K–6 with 730 students combined: Fuller Meadow (grades K–2, 269 students) and Howe-Manning (grades 3–6, 461 students), both part of the Middleton district, which ranks 102 of 351 districts in the state (71st percentile, 4 stars).
Howe-Manning is the academic standout, and it is the only one of the two schools with MCAS results, since the tested grades start at 3. It has held roughly the top 30% of Massachusetts schools for three years (266 of 899 in 2025–2026, 70th percentile, 4 stars), and its scores beat both district and state averages in most subjects. Science is its signature strength: 64.71% proficient in 2025–2026 and 70.65% in 2024–2025, against state results near 41%. Math (53.57%) and English language arts (49.24%) also top the state. Upper grades shine brightest — 6th grade math hit 69.32%, about 26.7 points above state, and 5th grade ELA reached 57.84%, about 19.7 points above state. The relative soft spot is 4th grade, where math (42.72%) sits just below both state (43.20%) and district (42.86%).
Fuller Meadow stands out for structure rather than test scores. Its student-teacher ratio of 9.0 is far lower than Howe-Manning's 11.7, its enrollment is smaller, and its per-student spending is $19,676 versus $19,976 — about $300 less. Because it serves only K–2, there is no MCAS achievement data here, so the two schools cannot be compared academically. Note also that free/reduced lunch figures are blank for both schools, and spending data is from 2020–2021 while test scores and ratios are newer.
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