Summary:
ZIP code 02148 covers Malden, Massachusetts, and is home to five elementary schools — all in the Malden district and all serving grades K–8 — with a combined enrollment of 4,226 students. The largest is Salemwood at 1,033 students, and the smallest is Forestdale at 539. The district overall ranks 225 of 351 districts, at the 36th percentile with 2 stars. Free and reduced-price lunch figures are blank for all five schools in 2024–2025, so poverty levels cannot be compared from this data.
Forestdale has the strongest overall profile: a rank of 379 of 899 (58th percentile, 3 stars), the highest all-grade ELA (42.37%) and Science (41.88%) of the group, the lowest student-teacher ratio (10.4) and the highest per-student spending ($17,913). Beebe is the STEM and civics standout, posting the top Science (44.94%) and 8th grade Civics (57.32%) results, even with the highest student-teacher ratio (15) and lower spending ($15,531). Ferryway has the strongest ELA among the larger schools (41.87% all-grade, 52.13% in 7th grade). Linden sits mid-pack at 545 of 899. Salemwood, despite being the largest school, ranks lowest — 631 of 899, 30th percentile, 1 star — with the lowest all-grade ELA (23.71%), Math (29.1%), Science (20.88%) and Civics (21.78%), though its 6th grade Math reaches 50%.
Across the group, Math is the weakest subject relative to state benchmarks: no school's all-grade Math score exceeds the state's 41.11%, with Beebe closest at 40.99% and Salemwood lowest at 29.1%. Science and Civics move independently of ELA and Math, so strengths tend to be subject-specific. Grade-level results also diverge from school averages — Forestdale's strength is concentrated in its lower and middle grades, while Beebe and Ferryway perform well in the upper grades. Spending and class size do not line up neatly with outcomes.
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