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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 02468

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At a glance

Schools

782

Students

5-star school

Top rankedA E Angier33^rd of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Zervas up 43 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Zip code 02468 in Waban, Massachusetts is home to just two public schools, both elementary schools serving grades K–5 in the Newton district: Zervas with 399 students and A E Angier with 383 students, for a combined enrollment of 782. There are no middle or high schools in this ZIP. Both feed into a high-performing district — Newton ranks 30th of 351 districts in Massachusetts, at the 91st percentile with 5 stars — which sets a demanding local benchmark for both schools.

A E Angier is the standout. It ranked 33rd of 899 schools statewide in 2025–2026 (96th percentile, 5 stars) and was in the top 2% of the state in both 2024–2025 (14th of 906) and 2023–2024 (16th of 916). It exceeds both the Newton district and the state in every all-grade subject, with particularly strong results in Mathematics (78.84% proficient) and Science (85.07%), plus 5th-grade scores of 86.76% in Mathematics and 76.47% in English Language Arts. In 2025–2026 it beats district averages by 2.18 points in ELA, 9.75 in Mathematics, and 18.19 in Science, and it is above the Newton average in every reported grade-level subject.

Zervas is also strong, consistently 4 stars and roughly in the top 16–21% of the state, ranking 143rd of 899 in 2025–2026. It scores about 20 points above the state average in ELA, Mathematics, and Science, but below the Newton district average in all three, and above the district only in 3rd-grade ELA. The gap between the two schools is widest in Mathematics (17.76 points) and Science (23.67 points), and narrowest in ELA (7.48 points). Notably, Angier's math proficiency rises by grade while Zervas's falls. Angier has the lower student-teacher ratio (10.0 versus 11.3), while Zervas spent slightly more per student in 2020–2021. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for both schools, so socioeconomic context is unavailable.

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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
A E Angier	Public	K-5	1697 Beacon Street	Waban	02468	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(617) 559-9300	383	38	10.0	7.0%	232 (60.6%)	14 (3.7%)	19 (5.0%)	72 (18.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (11.5%)	94	33^rd of 899 public elementary schools	96.3%		95.7	14^th of 906 public elementary schools	98.5%	19	64.8	60.3	76.5	67.4	72.2	76.1	86.8	78.8	85.1	85.1	$25,777
Zervas	Public	K-5	30 Beethoven Avenue	Waban	02468	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 559-6750	399	35	11.3	9.7%	178 (44.6%)	32 (8.0%)	43 (10.8%)	94 (23.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	49 (12.3%)	83.1	143^rd of 899 public elementary schools	84.1%		79.7	186^th of 906 public elementary schools	79.5%	43	70.9	55.4	55.2	59.9	64.8	62.2	56.1	61.1	61.4	61.4	$26,900

Cities Near Zip Code 02468

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Waban	0.06 mi	2	35^th
West Newton	1.11 mi	2	56^th
Wellesley	1.19 mi	9	7^th
Auburndale	1.44 mi	2	32^nd
Needham	1.46 mi	8	14^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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