Summary:
ZIP code 02176 covers Melrose, Massachusetts and contains 8 schools — 6 elementary (one of which is a PK–K Early Childhood Center), 1 middle, and 1 high school — serving 3,815 students, all within the Melrose district, which ranks 29th of 351 Massachusetts districts (92nd percentile, 5 stars).
The academic standouts are at the elementary level. Horace Mann ranks 12th of 899 elementary schools (99th percentile, 5 stars) with the highest ELA (78.29), math (81.54), and science (84.09) proficiency in the ZIP. Winthrop ranks 27th of 899 (5 stars) and posts ELA 75.00, math 76.09, science 66.10 — despite having the lowest per-student spending ($11,470) and the highest student-teacher ratio (15.8) in the area. Roosevelt, the largest K–5 school at 406 students, is the fastest riser, moving from 143rd to 96th to 54th over three years, with strong science (77.03).
The rest of the area is consistently solid. Hoover (125th of 899) and Lincoln (147th of 899) both improved over three years and remain above state averages in all subjects. Melrose Middle ranks 92nd of 478 (4 stars) and beats the state in every reported subject, including 8th-grade civics (64.89). Melrose High ranks 51st of 353 (4 stars) with a 98.8% graduation rate and 0.4% dropout rate, though 10th-grade science dipped to 60.89. Early Childhood Center serves PK–K with no test data and the highest spending ($20,350). Every tested school beats the state in every reported subject, but free/reduced lunch figures are blank throughout, so no socioeconomic comparison can be made.
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