Summary:
Zip code 02642 contains just one public school: Eastham Elementary, an elementary school serving grades K–5 with 177 students in the Eastham district. There are no middle, high, or alternative schools reported in this zip code, so families here are looking at a single K–5 school rather than a full K–12 pipeline. Because Eastham has only one listed school, district-level scores and rankings are identical to the school's — any district trend is Eastham Elementary's trend.
Eastham Elementary's clearest strength is science: 80.77% of students scored proficient on the 2025–2026 MCAS Next Generation science test versus 40.98% statewide — nearly double the state rate. In this dataset science is reported only for grade 5, so that figure is effectively a 5th-grade result. Fifth graders were strong across the board, posting 64.00% in ELA and 65.38% in math, both far above state averages of 38.15% and 39.50%. The school also reports a low student–teacher ratio of 7.9 in 2024–2025, suggesting small classes or substantial staffing. Spending per student was $26,632 in 2020–2021, the only spending year available; free/reduced-lunch data were not reported.
Results are more mixed below grade 5. Third-grade ELA, at 39.29%, is the only 2025–2026 metric below the state (42.79%), while 4th-grade ELA (47.50%) and 3rd- and 4th-grade math are only modestly above state. Year over year, all-grade ELA fell 9.24 points and math fell 7.99 points, though both remain above state, while science rose 16.48 points. The school's statewide rank slipped from 198 of 906 (78th percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–2025 to 285 of 899 (68th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026 — a relative-ranking decline even as achievement stayed above state averages.
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