Summary:
ZIP code 02474 has six schools, all in the Arlington district: five elementary schools serving grades K–5 and one middle school, Gibbs School, covering grade 6 only. There is no high school in this ZIP. Enrollment totals 2,589 students — 2,060 in the elementaries and 529 at Gibbs. Arlington is one of the state's top districts (17th of 351, 95th percentile, 5 stars), and every school here beats state averages in ELA, math, and science. Free/reduced-lunch data is not reported for these schools.
John A Bishop is the standout: 39th of 899 statewide (96th percentile, 5 stars), with a stable three-year rank of 35th, 38th, and 39th, and science at 89.23% — 11.45 points above the district and 48.25 points above the state. Peirce ranks 53rd of 899 (5 stars) and posts the ZIP's best 3rd-grade ELA (76.12%) and 5th-grade math (76.67%), though it slipped from a very high prior year. Thompson improved most, with ELA up 5.37 points and math up 9.07 points, rising from 177th to 72nd and from 4 to 5 stars. Hardy is a steady top-10% school (64th of 899, 5 stars). M Norcross Stratton ranks 104th of 899 (4 stars); its science matches the district at 77.78%, but ELA of 60.40% is the lowest in the ZIP.
Gibbs School sits close to district norms, with ELA of 71.18% and math of 68.56%. Across the ZIP, resources don't predict outcomes: Thompson has the highest student-teacher ratio (13.6) and lowest per-student spending ($16,024) yet gained the most, while Peirce spends the most ($17,743) and also performs strongly. One shared pattern is weaker 4th-grade ELA — Stratton 50.65%, Peirce 61.11%, Hardy 61.84% — though all remain above the state's 4th-grade average of 37.43%. Overall, this is a high-performing group where even the lowest ELA result is more than 20 points above the state.
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