Schools in Zip Code 02478

ZIP code 02478 is Belmont, Massachusetts, where seven public schools in the Belmont district serve about 4,448 students: four elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school. Enrollment is weighted toward the upper grades — Belmont High is the largest school at 1,454 students, while Mary Lee Burbank is the smallest at 238. Every reported 2025-26 test score in this ZIP code sits above the state average, often by 25 to 45 percentage points.

Belmont High is the flagship: ranked #4 of 353 high schools statewide in 2025-26 (99th percentile, 5 stars), with a 97.5% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate. Its 10th-grade proficiency is 84.05% ELA, 87% math, 88.67% science, and 86.39% physics. Among elementaries, Winn Brook leads ELA at 85.33%, and Mary Lee Burbank leads math at 80%. Belmont Middle School ranks #11 of 478 (98th percentile) and outperformed Winthrop L Chenery Upper Elementary in every reported 2025-26 subject.

Performance varies more between schools than the district average suggests. Winn Brook's ELA (85.33%) is 16.18 points above Roger E Wellington's (69.15%), though Roger E Wellington posted the biggest gains, with math up 18.56 points and ELA up 7.54 points year over year. Winthrop L Chenery Upper Elementary holds strong historical rankings (#5 of 501 in 2022-23) but the lowest 2025-26 scores in the group, below district averages in all three subjects. Mary Lee Burbank's ELA fell 11.32 points and math 9.39 points from an exceptional prior year. Student/teacher ratios run from 11.9 at Daniel Butler to 15.7 at Belmont High, and free/reduced-lunch data is not available here.