Summary:
ZIP code 02170 in Quincy, Massachusetts contains four public schools serving about 1,593 students: three elementary schools (Beechwood Knoll, Wollaston, and the PK–8 Dr. Rick DeCristofaro Learning Center) and one middle school (Central Middle, grades 6–8). There is no high school in this ZIP, so local students move on to a high school elsewhere after 8th grade. All four schools belong to the Quincy district, which ranks mid-pack statewide at the 48th percentile with 2 stars — yet the individual schools here perform well above that district profile.
Three of the four schools earn 4 stars in the most recent year. Wollaston School is the most consistent performer in the ZIP, ranking around 100th out of roughly 900 elementary schools for three straight years (about the 89th percentile), with the ZIP's highest science proficiency (72.22%) and math among elementaries (66.25%). Central Middle is a top-13% middle school, with ELA 64.79, math 65.10, science 59.82, and 8th grade civics 62.05 — each roughly 16 to 22 points above the district. Beechwood Knoll Elementary is the fastest riser, climbing 19 percentile points in two years (58th to 77th), though it still trails Wollaston in most subjects.
Science stands out across the ZIP: all three general-education schools are 17 to 29 points above the district, and elementary science reflects 5th grade only. Wollaston combines the lowest student-teacher ratio of the general-education schools (13.2) with the highest spending ($16,265), but Central Middle achieves top results at the ZIP's highest ratio (15.8), so class size alone doesn't explain outcomes. Note that Dr. Rick DeCristofaro Learning Center is a specialized PK–8 setting with no ranking or spending data and cannot be fairly compared with the others. Free/reduced lunch figures are blank for all four schools, and spending data is from 2020-21, so equity conclusions remain provisional.
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