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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 02151


At a glance
11
Schools
7,261
Students
Top rankedBeachmont Veterans Memorial School400th of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools
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Biggest riser
Beachmont Veterans Memorial School up 63 spots statewide this year
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Smallest classes
Susan B. Anthony Middle School 8.9 students per teacher
SchoolDigger ratings
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Summary:

ZIP code 02151 contains 11 schools serving roughly 7,261 students from elementary through high school, all within the Revere district. The mix is six elementary schools (3,355 students), three middle schools (1,674 students), and two high schools (2,232 students), with no alternative schools. The district overall ranks 295th of 351 Massachusetts districts — the 16th percentile — with a 1-star rating. Revere High is the largest school at 2,115 students (about 29% of the total), while CityLab Innovation High School is the smallest at 117 students (about 1.6%).

Beachmont Veterans Memorial School is the clearest standout: it is the only 3-star school here and the only one with all-grades math above the state (51.03% vs. state 41.11% and district 27.59%). It climbed from the 43rd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 56th percentile in 2025–2026. Among middle schools, Garfield Middle School leads at the 40th percentile with 2 stars, up from the 29th percentile, and Rumney Marsh Academy rose from the 22nd to the 33rd percentile, with 8th-grade Civics at 36.9%, close to the state's 39.77%.

The two high schools differ sharply. Revere High posts an 81.2% graduation rate and 12.9% dropout rate, both slightly better than the district (79.8% and 13.3%). CityLab Innovation High has a 52.6% graduation rate and 31.6% dropout rate, despite the highest per-student spending in the list ($26,441 in 2020–2021, versus $14,138 at Revere High). Elsewhere, Abraham Lincoln (17th percentile) and A. C. Whelan Elementary School (18th percentile) rank lowest, and Susan B. Anthony Middle School slipped to the 20th percentile. Variation within this one district is large: Beachmont's math proficiency is 51.03% versus Abraham Lincoln's 22.26%. Note that free/reduced-lunch data is unavailable and spending figures are from 2020–2021.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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