Summary:
Zip code 02143 contains four schools, all in the Somerville district and serving students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade: one elementary school, one middle school, and two high schools. Total enrollment is 2,030 students, but it is highly uneven. Somerville High (grades 9–12) enrolls 1,394 students, or 68.7% of the zip total, and Albert F. Argenziano School at Lincoln Park (PK–8) enrolls 553, or 27.2%. The other two are very small: Full Circle High School (9–12) has 67 students and Next Wave Junior High (6–8) has 16.
Somerville High and Argenziano are the anchors, both earning 3 stars in their latest rankings — above the district's 2 stars. Somerville High rose from the 39th percentile three years ago to the 59th (146 of 353), and Argenziano from the 46th to the 56th (393 of 899). Somerville High's graduation rate is 89.8%, above the district's 86.1%, and its dropout rate is 6.9%, below the district's 9.6%. Science is a strength: Somerville High's 10th-grade science was 43.25% proficient versus the state's 40.5%, and Argenziano's all-grade science was 43.14%, above both district and state. Math is weaker at both, with Argenziano's 8th-grade math especially low at 30.00% versus the state's 41.67%.
The two small schools are sharp outliers. Full Circle reports 0% proficiency in several tested areas, a 70.0% graduation rate — 16.1 points below the district — and a 15.0% dropout rate. Next Wave reported 9.09% in ELA and math for 2025–2026, versus roughly 40% statewide. Both have very low student-teacher ratios (5.8 and 3.1) and high per-student spending ($27,719 and $58,190, from 2020–2021). With only 67 and 16 students, their percentages can swing on a handful of students, so comparisons with Somerville High should be made cautiously. Free/reduced-lunch data is unavailable for all four schools.
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