Summary:
ZIP code 02465 has two public elementary schools — Franklin and Peirce — both serving grades K–5 in the Newton district, with a combined enrollment of 569 students and no middle or high schools in the data provided. Both sit inside a strong district: Newton ranks 30th of 351 Massachusetts districts, the 91st percentile, with 5 district stars, so comparisons to district averages are demanding.
Peirce is the stronger performer of the two. In 2025–2026 it ranked 130 of 899 schools statewide (86th percentile, 4 stars) versus Franklin's 256 of 899 (72nd percentile, 4 stars), and it led in all three all-grade subjects: ELA 60.36% vs 53.89%, math 62.16% vs 48.21%, and science 67.57% vs 62.16%. Peirce scored above the Newton district average in science and just below it in ELA and math; both schools beat the state in every subject. Peirce's edge is widest in grade 3 math, 65.79% against 42.50%, a 23.29-point gap that narrows to about 4 points by grade 5.
Franklin's bright spot is 2024–2025 science, 74.19% versus the district's 69.24%, though it fell to 62.16% in 2025–2026 — a 12.03-point drop. Franklin also has the lower student-teacher ratio (9.8 vs 11.7) and lower per-student spending ($20,084 vs $22,440). Both schools declined in all three subjects year over year and slipped in statewide ranking: Franklin from the 79th to 72nd percentile, Peirce from the 93rd to 86th, dropping from 5 stars to 4. Grade 5 ELA was a relative strength for both. Free/reduced-lunch data is not reported for either school, so socioeconomic context cannot be compared.
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