Summary:
ZIP code 02536 covers East Falmouth, MA, and contains just two public schools — both elementary — with a combined enrollment of 539 students and no middle or high school in the ZIP itself. East Falmouth Elementary serves grades PK–4 with 303 students, while Teaticket serves grades K–4 with 236 students. Both belong to the Falmouth district, which ranks in the middle of the state (47th percentile).
Comparing the two, Teaticket is currently the stronger school on every available achievement measure, and it is the only school in the ZIP scoring above both its district and the state average in both English language arts and math across all grades (41.41% and 43.43% proficient). East Falmouth Elementary trailed at 32.39% in ELA and 34.72% in math, roughly 6 to 7 points below district and state. Both schools slipped from a shared high point in 2024–2025, but East Falmouth's drop was much steeper, especially in math — a decline that occurred in a year when the state math average actually rose slightly.
Grade-by-grade results are more mixed than the overall numbers suggest. East Falmouth Elementary's 3rd grade math score of 25% proficient is the ZIP's clear weak spot, far below the district's 48.85%, yet its 4th grade math score of 40.91% beats the district and matches Teaticket exactly — a striking coincidence. Teaticket's standout is 4th grade ELA at 50%, well above district and state; its weakest is 3rd grade ELA. Teaticket also spends more per student ($24,482 vs. $22,904 in 2020–21) and has a lower student-teacher ratio (8.8 vs. 9.8), though the spending figures are several years older than the test data. Note that free/reduced-price lunch data is not reported for either school, so economic context is unavailable, and with small K–4 cohorts, single-year swings should be read with caution.
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