Summary:
Zip code 02460 in Newtonville, Massachusetts is served by three public schools that together cover the full K–12 pathway: Cabot (elementary, grades K–5, 414 students), F A Day Middle (grades 6–8, 860 students), and Newton North High (grades 9–12, 2,096 students). All three belong to the Newton district, which ranks 30th of 351 Massachusetts districts — the 91st percentile with 5 stars.
Newton North High and F A Day Middle are the standouts. Newton North ranks 22nd of 353 state high schools in 2025–26, in the 94th percentile with 5 stars, up from 36th of 348 in 2023–24 when it held 4 stars. F A Day ranks 30th of 478 middle schools, also 94th percentile with 5 stars, and has been steady at 30th, 31st, and 43rd over three years. Cabot is the improvement story: its rank climbed from 315th of 916 to 225th of 906 to 173rd of 899, with its percentile rising from 66 to 75 to 81 and stars from 3 to 4.
All three schools exceed state averages in every reported subject. Newton North's 10th-grade ELA is 77.99% proficient against the state's 45.48%, and math is 76.17% against 43.73%. F A Day is above the district in ELA, math, science, and civics. Cabot trails the district in all-grade ELA (57.35 vs. 65.19), math (61.27 vs. 69.09), and science (55.95 vs. 66.88), yet remains above state in each. Student-teacher ratios are tightly clustered at 10.7, 10.8, and 11.0. Per-student spending from 2020–21 was $23,087, $22,203, and $21,180 respectively. Free/reduced-lunch percentages are blank for all three, so socioeconomic comparisons are not possible from this data.
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