Summary:
ZIP code 02140 contains three public schools — two elementary and one middle, with no high school — serving roughly 958 students across grades PK through 8. Peabody (PK–5) and Rindge Avenue Upper School (6–8) share a campus at 70 Rindge Avenue, while Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School (PK–6) is a charter school nearby. Note that free/reduced-lunch data is blank for all three schools, so economic context is unknown, and spending figures date to 2020–2021.
Banneker is the clear standout: ranked #3 of 899 Massachusetts schools with 5 stars and a 100th percentile rank. Its 2025–2026 proficiency is roughly double the state averages — 81.01 in ELA, 87.15 in math and 80.00 in science, versus state scores of 40.03, 41.11 and 40.98. Rindge Avenue Upper is also strong, ranked #54 of 478 middle schools (89th percentile, 4 stars), and it outperforms the Cambridge district in ELA (72.24 vs 59.47), math (69.85 vs 57.29), science (51.72 vs 51.03) and civics (55.81 vs 51.32). Peabody, ranked #194 of 899 (78th percentile, 4 stars), sits near the district average in ELA (59.84) and math (57.03) and slightly below it in science (48.72 vs 51.03). All three still beat state averages in core subjects.
All three schools improved in ELA and math year over year, but science diverged sharply: Banneker rose 12 points, while Peabody fell 28.55 and Rindge fell 11.81 — science is tested in only one grade per school, so cohort differences may explain this. Notably, Banneker has the largest enrollment, the highest student-teacher ratio (18.5) and the lowest per-student spending ($24,797), yet the top results; Peabody spends the most ($33,306). Because Banneker is a charter school and Peabody and Rindge are Cambridge district schools, these comparisons are not perfectly apples-to-apples.
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