Summary:
ZIP code 02648 is home to two public elementary schools, both part of the Barnstable district: West Villages Elementary School, which serves grades K–3 with 416 students, and Barnstable United Elementary School, which serves grades 4–5 with 714 students. There are no middle, high, or alternative schools in this ZIP, and combined elementary enrollment is 1,130 students — Barnstable United serves about 63.2% of that total and West Villages about 36.8%. Because the two schools cover different grade bands, their results reflect different students and grade levels, not a single group followed over time.
West Villages Elementary School is the academic standout in this area. In 2025–2026 it reported 55.34% proficient in ELA and 49.51% in Math, and in 2024–2025 it reported 54.63% in ELA and 63.89% in Math — the math figure was 23.15 percentage points above the state. It exceeds the state in every reported subject and year. One caution: its math score fell 14.38 points year over year, and its ELA was essentially flat with a 0.71-point rise. Because it is a K–3 school, its "All Grades" results reflect only tested 3rd-grade students.
Barnstable United Elementary School is the larger school, with a lower student-teacher ratio of 10.6 and slightly higher per-student spending in 2020–2021 at $19,379. Its relative bright spot is science, at 32.84% proficient in 2025–2026 and 36.68% in 2024–2025, both above the Barnstable district average but below the state. Its latest SchoolDigger rank is 655 of 899 — 27th percentile, 1 star — down from 2 stars in the two prior years. Keep in mind that free/reduced lunch data is blank for both schools, and the spending figure is from 2020–2021.
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