Best Public Schools in Zip Code 02045

ZIP code 02045 is Hull, Massachusetts, home to two public schools serving PK–12: Lillian M Jacobs for PK–7 and Hull High for grades 8–12, with no standalone middle school. Both are in the Hull district, which ranks 103 of 351 Massachusetts schools, in the 71st percentile with 4 stars. Lillian M Jacobs enrolls 434 students and Hull High enrolls 278, for 712 combined. Student-to-teacher ratios are nearly identical and low, at 8.9 and 8.8. Free/reduced-lunch data is not reported, so economic context is unknown.

Lillian M Jacobs is the clear academic standout. In 2025–26 all-grade MCAS, it beats district and state in ELA (55.74% vs 51.34% and 40.03%), math (52.14% vs 46.62% and 41.11%), and science (63.89% vs 48.94% and 40.98%). Science is especially strong, about 23 percentage points above state. Grade-level peaks include 6th-grade ELA and math at 72% each and 5th-grade science at 63.89%. Its rank improved from 69th percentile and 3 stars in 2023–24 to 73rd and 4 stars in 2024–25, then 77th and 4 stars in 2025–26. Hull High is more mixed: 10th-grade ELA is 67.35% vs state 45.48%, science 52.08% vs 40.5%, and math 44.9% vs 43.73%. Its graduation rate is 96.8%, dropout 3.2%, and rank jumped from 55th percentile and 3 stars to 71st and 4 stars.

Hull High’s all-grade and 8th-grade math/ELA are weak. All-grade ELA is 39.29%, math 29.09%, and science 41.07%; those all-grade values match its 8th-grade values, so the all-grade headline understates 10th-grade performance. Relative to the district, Hull High is 12.05 points lower in ELA, 17.53 lower in math, and 7.87 lower in science. Its 8th-grade math is 29.09% vs state 41.67%, 8th-grade ELA 39.29% vs state 41.70%, and 8th-grade civics 32.73% vs state 39.77%. Year-over-year swings are large: math rose from 15.56% to 29.09%, science from 26.67% to 41.07%, while ELA fell from 60% to 39.29%. Overall, Lillian M Jacobs is more consistent; Hull High has strong 10th-grade and completion outcomes but weaker 8th-grade math/ELA and volatile all-grade results. The biggest caveats are missing free/reduced-lunch data and Hull High’s all-grade masking.