Summary:
ZIP code 02459 covers Newton Centre, Massachusetts, and is home to seven public schools — four elementary, two middle, and one high school — all part of the Newton district, which ranks 30th of 351 districts statewide and enrolls 4,434 students across these schools. That works out to 1,898 high schoolers (42.8%), 1,362 middle schoolers (30.7%), and 1,174 elementary students (26.5%). The largest school is Newton South High with 1,898 students; the smallest is John Ward with 186.
Every school here beats the state average in every reported 2025–2026 core subject, but they differ a lot from each other. John Ward is the top elementary school, ranked 15th of 899 (98th percentile) with the ZIP's highest elementary ELA (77.66) and math (83.16), the smallest enrollment, and the lowest student-teacher ratio (8.8). Mason-Rice ranks 28th of 899 (97th percentile) and is the science standout at 80.95, far above the district's 66.88. Charles E Brown Middle ranks 13th of 478 (97th percentile) and leads Oak Hill in ELA by 12.57 points, math by 10.29, and science by 4.86.
Elsewhere, Memorial Spaulding ranks 46th of 899 and has held the 95th percentile for three straight years, while Newton South High ranks 23rd of 353 with a 98.7% graduation rate and 0.9% dropout rate, though its ELA (73.42) sits just below the district's 74.71. Oak Hill (89th percentile) trails Brown, and Bowen (82nd percentile) has the lowest ELA in the ZIP at 53.01, 12.18 points under the district average. Grade-level scores vary widely even within strong schools, and spending and staffing ratios don't track neatly with results.
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