Summary:
ZIP code 02458 is home to three K–5 elementary schools — Horace Mann, Lincoln-Eliot, and Underwood — all in Newton, Massachusetts, and all part of the highly rated Newton Public Schools district, which ranks 30th of 351 districts statewide at the 91st percentile with a 5-star rating. Together the three schools enroll 940 students, ranging from 253 at Underwood to 351 at Horace Mann.
All three schools score well above the Massachusetts average in every subject, yet all three fall below Newton's own district averages — a reflection of how high the district's benchmarks are rather than weak performance. Underwood is the current standout: it holds the best rank (140 of 899, 84th percentile) plus the top ELA (60.33%) and science (65.91%) scores in the group, though its results dipped in all three subjects from the prior year, with science falling sharply from 84.85%. Lincoln-Eliot leads in math (63.24%) and improved in ELA, math, and science year over year; it also has the lowest student-teacher ratio (9.3) and highest per-student spending ($22,229). Horace Mann shows the steadiest upward rank trend (75th to 78th to 80th percentile) and the top 3rd grade math score (69.23%), but currently posts the lowest all-grade scores of the three.
Grade-level results vary widely, from Lincoln-Eliot's 5th grade math (65.67%) and Underwood's 4th grade ELA (63.16%) to Lincoln-Eliot's 4th grade ELA (42.59%). Because science is tested only in 5th grade, year-to-year science swings largely track a single cohort. Spending and class size do not line up neatly with outcomes, and free/reduced lunch data is missing, so economic context could not be factored in.
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