Summary:
ZIP code 02474 is home to five public elementary schools serving kindergarten through fifth grade in Arlington, Massachusetts: Thompson, M Norcross Stratton, Hardy, John A Bishop, and Peirce. All five belong to the Arlington district, which ranks 17th of 351 districts statewide (95th percentile, 5 stars). Combined enrollment is 2,060 students, ranging from 318 at Peirce to 537 at Thompson, with a median school size of 382. Every school in this group scores well above the Massachusetts average in ELA, math, and science.
John A Bishop is the group's standout, ranking 39th of 899 schools (96th percentile, 5 stars) with the highest All Grades results in ELA (69.59), math (71.13), and science (89.23) — its science score far exceeds the district's 77.78 and the state's 40.98. Peirce is the smallest school but nearly as strong, ranking 53rd (94th percentile, 5 stars) and posting the best individual grade-level results here: 3rd grade ELA 76.12 and 5th grade math 76.67. Hardy ranks 64th (93rd percentile, 5 stars) and has the lowest student-teacher ratio in the group at 11.3.
Thompson, the largest school, showed the biggest improvement, climbing from 177th to 72nd (92nd percentile) as math rose 9.07 points and ELA 5.37 points. M Norcross Stratton is the relative outlier at 104th (88th percentile, 4 stars), the only school with 4 stars in all three years — though even its lowest All Grades score, 60.40 in ELA, sits 20.37 points above the state average. Two caveats for parents: free/reduced-lunch percentages are blank for all five schools, so socioeconomic context cannot be compared, and per-student spending figures date to 2020–2021.
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