Summary:
ZIP code 01983 covers Topsfield, Massachusetts, and contains just one elementary school: Steward Elementary, a PK–3 school with 347 students in the Topsfield district.
Because it is the only elementary school in the ZIP code, there are no local schools to compare it against, but Steward’s test results stand out against both its district and the state. On the 2025–2026 MCAS Next Generation exams, 61.97% of students reached proficiency in English Language Arts (ELA) all grades and 56.34% in Math all grades, versus 55.38% and 52.19% in the Topsfield district and 40.03% and 41.11% statewide. In 2024–2025, Steward scored 65.56% in ELA and 56.67% in Math, compared with 60.06% and 55.33% in the district and 41.53% and 40.74% statewide. ELA is the strongest subject, running roughly 20–24 percentage points above the state in both years, while Math was about 14–16 points above. Year over year, ELA slipped 3.59 points (65.56% to 61.97%) and Math was essentially flat, down 0.33 points (56.67% to 56.34%); both declines were smaller than the district’s. In 2025–2026, Steward’s all-grades figures are identical to its 3rd-grade figures, since MCAS testing begins in grade 3 and the school serves PK–3.
Context metrics are limited: the student-teacher ratio was 11.1 in 2024–2025 and per-student spending was $19,355 in 2020–2021, with no district or state benchmarks provided for comparison. The free/reduced lunch percentage is not reported in the record, so it cannot be used to interpret results. Overall, Steward Elementary is a single, consistently high-performing school with proficiency well above district and state levels, especially in ELA, and stable Math results.
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