Best Public Schools in Zip Code 02769

ZIP code 02769 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, has two public schools: Palmer River, an elementary school serving PK–4 with 618 students, and Dorothy L Beckwith, a middle school serving grades 5–8 with 479 students. Both belong to the Dighton-Rehoboth district, which is rated 2 stars and ranks 194 of 351 districts in Massachusetts, at the 45th percentile. Together the two schools cover PK–8 and enroll 1,097 students; there is no high school in this ZIP-level list.

For parents comparing the two, Dorothy L Beckwith is the standout. It has earned 3 stars for three straight years and ranks 196 of 478 middle schools in 2025–2026, at the 59th percentile. Its strongest results are in 8th grade: Civics is 50.91% proficient, the highest score in this data set and above both state and district; 8th Grade ELA is 41.96%, Math 42.86%, and Science 41.96%, all above state. Science all grades is 41.84%, above state. But performance is uneven: 7th Grade Math is 27.05%, below state and district, and 5th Grade ELA is 28.91%, below state.

At Palmer River, the standout was 2024–2025 ELA: 46.55%, above state and district, with a 3-star rating and 51st percentile. That dropped sharply to 34.65% in 2025–2026, below state and district, and the school fell to 2 stars and the 39th percentile. In 2025–2026, both schools are below the state in all-grade ELA and math; Palmer River’s math is 38.60%, slightly above district but below state. Resource inputs are similar—per-pupil spending is $15,478 at Palmer River and $15,491 at Beckwith—but Beckwith’s student-teacher ratio is lower, 12.5 versus 14.0. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for both, spending is from 2020–2021, and these are proficiency rates, not growth measures.