Summary:
ZIP code 02184 covers Braintree, Massachusetts, and is served by nine public schools — six elementary (K–4), two middle (5–8), and one high school (9–12) — all part of the Braintree district, which ranks 82 of 351 districts statewide (77th percentile, 4 stars) and enrolls 5,209 students. Several schools stand out. South Middle School is the strongest middle school, ranking 84 of 478 (82nd percentile) and beating both the district and the state in ELA, math, science, and civics, with 5th-grade science at 73.01%. Hollis is the top elementary, at 116 of 899 (87th percentile), with the highest elementary ELA score (66.14%), and it has improved its rank three years running. Mary E Flaherty School (132 of 899, 85th percentile) pairs strong ELA and math with the highest per-student spending ($20,266) and a low student–teacher ratio of 10.7. Highlands posts the best elementary math (64.75%), though its rank has slipped from the 87th to 79th percentile. Braintree High remains strong (71 of 353, 80th percentile) with a 95.9% graduation rate and 3.9% dropout rate, though its 10th-grade ELA and science scores declined year over year.
On the watch list, Archie T Morrison has fallen from the 71st to the 51st percentile and sits below both district and state in ELA, despite having the second-highest spending ($18,839). Donald Ross shows a large grade-level split — 3rd-grade ELA is 60.98% but 4th-grade ELA is only 33.33% — and has the lowest student–teacher ratio (9.0). East Middle School trails South Middle in every subject while still exceeding state averages. Two caveats for parents: spending and class size do not neatly predict performance here, and free/reduced-lunch data are unavailable for every school. School-level differences in this ZIP code are wide — elementary all-grade ELA ranges from 66.14% at Hollis to 39.73% at Morrison — so the specific school matters as much as the district.
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