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The fastest-declining public elementary schools by enrollment in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Across Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 141 public elementary schools are ranked here, ranked by the steepest enrollment decline between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Webster School leads the list at -52.4%, against a median of -10.4% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

141

Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Best Enrollment change

-52.4%

Median Enrollment change

-10.4%

FASTEST DECLINING · MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Webster School	Everett, MA	Everett	738	351	-52.4%
2	John Ward	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	309	186	-39.8%
3	Bridge	Lexington, MA	Lexington	572	345	-39.7%
4	L F Dewing	Tewksbury, MA	Tewksbury	606	372	-38.6%
5	Winn Brook	Belmont, MA	Belmont	490	304	-38.0%
6	Mason-Rice	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	512	321	-37.3%
7	Mary Lee Burbank	Belmont, MA	Belmont	374	238	-36.4%
8	Fiske	Lexington, MA	Lexington	502	324	-35.5%
9	Daniel Butler	Belmont, MA	Belmont	388	261	-32.7%
10	Roger E Wellington	Belmont, MA	Belmont	625	426	-31.8%
11	Williams	Auburndale, MA	Newton	296	211	-28.7%
12	Greenmont Avenue	Dracut, MA	Dracut	294	211	-28.2%
13	Swallow/Union School	Dunstable, MA	Groton-Dunstable	290	210	-27.6%
14	Kennedy-Longfellow	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	293	215	-26.6%
15	Franklin	West Newton, MA	Newton	434	320	-26.3%
16	Memorial Spaulding	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	453	342	-24.5%
17	Malden Early Learning Center	Malden, MA	Malden	314	238	-24.2%
18	Forest Avenue Elementary	Hudson, MA	Hudson	354	269	-24.0%
19	Bowman	Lexington, MA	Lexington	560	429	-23.4%
20	Cambridgeport	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	342	263	-23.1%
21	Bowen	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	421	325	-22.8%
22	Early Childhood Center	Melrose, MA	Melrose	318	246	-22.6%
23	Harrington	Lexington, MA	Lexington	478	374	-21.8%
24	Bartlett Community Partnership	Lowell, MA	Lowell	521	408	-21.7%
25	Shamrock	Woburn, MA	Woburn	362	284	-21.5%
26	Lynch Elementary	Winchester, MA	Winchester	540	426	-21.1%
27	Merriam School	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	498	395	-20.7%
28	Capuano Early Childhood Center	Somerville, MA	Somerville	314	250	-20.4%
29	James Fitzgerald Elementary School	Waltham, MA	Waltham	438	350	-20.1%
30	Harmony Grove Elementary	Framingham, MA	Framingham	566	453	-20.0%
31	Adams School	Everett, MA	Everett	201	162	-19.4%
32	Brackett	Arlington, MA	Arlington	488	394	-19.3%
33	Cyrus E Dallin	Arlington, MA	Arlington	481	390	-18.9%
34	Placentino Elementary	Holliston, MA	Holliston	746	605	-18.9%
35	North Intermediate	Wilmington, MA	Wilmington	303	246	-18.8%
36	Wood End Elementary School	Reading, MA	Reading	290	236	-18.6%
37	A E Angier	Waban, MA	Newton	467	383	-18.0%
38	Colonial Park	Stoneham, MA	Stoneham	278	229	-17.6%
39	Charles Jaworek School	Marlborough, MA	Marlborough	761	631	-17.1%
40	Lincoln Elementary	Winchester, MA	Winchester	403	334	-17.1%
41	Hardy	Arlington, MA	Arlington	458	382	-16.6%
42	Lt Eleazer Davis	Bedford, MA	Bedford	597	501	-16.1%
43	Day Elementary	Westford, MA	Westford	356	299	-16.0%
44	Fletcher/Maynard Academy	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	296	249	-15.9%
45	Winter Hill Community	Somerville, MA	Somerville	459	388	-15.5%
46	Thomas R Plympton Elementary School	Waltham, MA	Waltham	422	357	-15.4%
47	Bennett-Hemenway	Natick, MA	Natick	594	504	-15.2%
48	Salemwood	Malden, MA	Malden	1,217	1,033	-15.1%
49	Center School	Stow, MA	Nashoba	567	485	-14.5%
50	Heath-Brook	Tewksbury, MA	Tewksbury	351	300	-14.5%

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