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Broadmeadow

PublicElementaryGrades K–5

120 Broadmeadow Rd, Needham, MA 02492 · (781) 455-0448 · Part of Needham School District

Needham’s School Grade A+ better than 95% of Massachusetts school districts

Directions
Students
502
Students per teacher
14:1
Setting
Suburb
Grades
K–5
The gist

What stands out about Broadmeadow

  • Its own letter, A: reading and math results near the top of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 27 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 33 pts above the state
  • Next stop for Needham kids: Pollard Middle

On the path

Where Needham kids come from and go next. The whole path →

K–5BroadmeadowYou are here
7–8Pollard Middle867 students

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency64%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts82%
State average 49.3%

Its own letter, A, places these results among Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

120 Broadmeadow Rd, Needham

Students

Enrollment by grade
Kindergarten83
Grade 177
Grade 277
Grade 388
Grade 489
Grade 588
Enrollment over time
515’20
516’21
510’22
522’23
502’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 70%Asian 14%Two or more races 9%Hispanic 6%Black 1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Broadmeadow from Needham families.

Other schools in Needham School District

The district →
Newman Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Needham
A−
696 students12:1
Sunita L. Williams Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Needham
A−
533 students13:1
William Mitchell
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Needham
A
424 students13:1
John Eliot
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Needham
A−
397 students12:1
High Rock School
Middle · Grades 6 · Needham
A
441 students12:1
Pollard Middle
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Needham
A
867 students11:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Massachusetts’s other public schools; Needham’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.