Summary:
ZIP code 02189 has two elementary schools, both in the Weymouth district and both serving grades K–5: Academy Avenue with 357 students and Lawrence W Pingree with 266 students. The district as a whole is ranked 187 of 351, at the 47th percentile with 2 stars, yet both schools earn 3-star rank-history ratings in every year listed. Free/reduced lunch is not reported for either school, so it cannot be used for comparison.
In the most recent year, 2025–2026, Academy Avenue leads in all-grade proficiency in every subject: ELA 50.82 vs 40.98, math 47.28 vs 42.98, and science 61.02 vs 56.82. Its Grade 5 ELA score of 63.79 is the highest grade-level figure in the data, 25.64 points above the state and 19.92 points above the district. The picture reverses for 2024–2025, when Pingree had the stronger math (51.18) and science (60.42) results. Science is the shared strength — both schools far exceed the district's 35.95 and the state's 40.98 in 2025–2026. Pingree's bright spot is Grade 4 Math at 55.88, 12.68 points above the state, though it also shows the weakest results, including Grade 4 ELA at 35.29 and Grade 3 Math at 36.36, both below state and district.
Rank history favors Academy Avenue, which sits at 299/899, 67th percentile in 2025–2026, while Pingree is at 403/899, 55th percentile after two years in the 63rd–64th percentile range. Resources run the other way: Pingree has a lower student-teacher ratio (13.4 vs 15.1) and higher per-student spending ($17,789 vs $14,681), even though Academy Avenue posts the stronger current-year proficiency. These are descriptive differences only, and spending data is from 2020–2021.
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