The best elementary and middle schools in Mass., according to U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 elementary and middle school rankings are here.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School in Cambridge was ranked as the best public elementary school in Massachusetts, rising from fourth place last year, while Jonas Clarke Middle School in Lexington maintained its first-place ranking for the second year in a row. 

Eliot K-8 Innovation School and Boston Latin School were the two Boston Public Schools to make it in the top 10 in their respective categories.

The rankings are made based on students’ performance on mathematics and reading/language arts state assessments, in the context of the schools’ socioeconomic characteristics. 

“The top-ranked schools are all high-achieving and have succeeded at educating all their students,” the publication said in a release. 

Massachusetts’ top 10 elementary schools

1. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School, Cambridge
2. Chilmark Elementary School, Chilmark
3. John D. Hardy Elementary School, Wellesley
4. Woodland Elementary School, Weston
5. Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School, Cambridge
6. Country Elementary School, Weston
7. Maria L. Baldwin Elementary School, Cambridge
8. Eliot K-8 Innovation School, Boston
9. Paul P Gates Elementary School, Acton
10. Joseph Estabrook Elementary School, Lexington

Massachusetts’ top 10 middle schools

1. Jonas Clarke Middle School, Lexington
2. Lawrence Middle School, Brookline
3. William H. Lincoln Middle School, Brookline
4. John Pierce School, Brookline
5. Belmont Middle School, Belmont
6. William Diamond Middle School, Lexington
7. Edith C. Baker School, Chestnut Hill
8. Boston Latin School, Boston
9. Hopkinton Middle School, Hopkinton
10. Pollard Middle School, Needham