Summary:
ZIP code 02779 is home to just one elementary school, Berkley Community School, a PK–4 school in the Berkley district with 459 students and a student/teacher ratio of 14.1.
Because it is the only elementary school in the area, there is no local comparison to make, so the most useful benchmarks are the district and the state. On the 2025–26 MCAS Next Generation tests, the school's all-grade math proficiency was 46.51%, above the state's 41.11%, and its all-grade English language arts proficiency was 43.02%, above the state's 40.03% but below the district's 45.00%. Its clearest strength is fourth-grade math, where 54.12% of students were proficient — well above the state's 43.20% and roughly 11 points higher. Fourth-grade ELA was also strong at 43.53%, compared with 37.43% statewide. Third-grade math is the main soft spot: 39.08% proficient, about 3 points below the state's 42.19% and the only 2025–26 result under the state average.
One important caveat: because the school serves only PK–4, its "all grades" results reflect just grades 3 and 4, while district and state all-grade figures may cover more grades, so grade-level comparisons are the fairest. The school holds a 3-star rating and sits in a district ranked 128 of 351 (64th percentile). Its rank percentile, however, slipped from 70 in 2024–25 to 56 in 2025–26, with all-grade ELA down 9.51 points and math down 8.55 points — declines larger than the district's. The school remains above the state average and above the median, but parents may want to watch whether this dip is a one-year cohort effect or a broader trend. Note that free/reduced lunch data was not reported, and spending data ($14,021 per student) is from 2020–21.
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