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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 02421

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At a glance

Schools

1,353

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedBridge20^th of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Bridge up 7 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Elementary Schools in ZIP code 02421 (Lexington, MA) include three K–5 schools — Maria Hastings, Bowman, and Bridge — all in the Lexington district, with 1,353 students combined and enrollments of 579, 429, and 345, respectively. Lexington is a standout district, ranked #6 of 351 Massachusetts districts, 98th percentile, 5 stars, and all three schools earned 5 stars in each year of rank history.

Bridge has the highest current rank, #20 of 899 in 2025–2026, 98th percentile, and leads the three in 2025–2026 All Grades ELA (74.59%) and math (80.11%); its 4th grade math is 84.31%, the highest single grade/subject value in the dataset. Bowman is the science leader: #1 of 916 in 2023–2024, #6 of 906 in 2024–2025, and #26 of 899 in 2025–2026, with science at 85.00% in 2024–2025 and 79.45% in 2025–2026. Maria Hastings is largest and a steady top-4% performer, ranking #19, #28, and #32 across those years (96th–98th percentile), though its 2025–2026 All Grades scores are below the district average in ELA, math, and science while remaining far above the state; its 5th grade ELA, math, and science are each above the district grade-5 averages.

Most 2025–2026 All Grades scores declined from 2024–2025: Bowman and Maria Hastings fell in ELA, math, and science, while Bridge improved in math (+5.69 points) but fell sharply in science (−10.54 points); because these are different grade cohorts, read these as school-level trends. Resource patterns are interesting but not causal and spending is from 2020–2021: Bridge has the smallest enrollment, lowest student-teacher ratio (9.7), and highest per-student spending ($20,619), while Bowman has the highest ratio (11.1) and middle spending ($20,053), and Maria Hastings has the lowest spending ($19,000) and a 10.3 ratio. Free/reduced lunch data is blank for all three in 2024–2025, so it is unknown, not zero. Overall, all three are elite by state standards: 2025–2026 proficiency rates are roughly 1.7x to 2.0x the Massachusetts averages.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2026)				MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2026)				MCAS Next Generation Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2015)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	Total
Maria Hastings	Public	K-5	7 Crosby Road	Lexington	02421	Middlesex County	Lexington	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 860-5800	579	56	10.3	5.2%	165 (28.5%)	29 (5.0%)	42 (7.3%)	291 (50.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (9.0%)	94	32^nd of 899 public elementary schools	96.4%		94.5	28^th of 906 public elementary schools	96.9%	4	68.3	69.8	71.6	70.0	72.0	76.7	74.7	74.7	73.7	73.7	$15,558
Bowman	Public	K-5	9 Philip Rd	Lexington	02421	Middlesex County	Lexington	No	No	No	No	(781) 861-2500	429	38	11.1	6.3%	150 (35.0%)	28 (6.5%)	23 (5.4%)	183 (42.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (10.5%)	94.5	26^th of 899 public elementary schools	97.1%		96.7	6^th of 906 public elementary schools	99.3%	20	70.2	69.7	76.7	72.2	70.2	77.6	72.6	73.6	79.5	79.5	$16,072
Bridge	Public	K-5	55 Middleby Rd	Lexington	02421	Middlesex County	Lexington	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 861-2510	345	36	9.7	5.6%	78 (22.6%)	15 (4.3%)	37 (10.7%)	174 (50.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (11.9%)	95.3	20^th of 899 public elementary schools	97.8%		94.5	27^th of 906 public elementary schools	97.0%	7	77.4	80.4	67.7	74.6	80.7	84.3	76.5	80.1	69.1	69.1	$17,460

Cities Near Zip Code 02421

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Lexington	0.37 mi	11	9^th
Hanscom AFB	2.32 mi	1	160^th
Winchester	3.01 mi	7	10^th
Woburn	3.1 mi	10	268^th
Arlington	3.14 mi	11	28^th

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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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