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Countryside

PublicElementaryGrades K–5

191 Dedham Street, Newton Highlands, MA 02461 · (617) 559-9450 · Part of Newton School District

Newton’s School Grade A better than 90% of Massachusetts school districts

Directions
Students
369
Students per teacher
10:1
Setting
City
Grades
K–5
The gist

What stands out about Countryside

  • Its own letter, A: reading and math results near the top of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 25 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 28 pts above the state
  • Small classes: 10 students per teacher
  • Next stop for Newton kids: 4 middle schools

On the path

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

K–5CountrysideYou are here
6–84 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency62%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts77%
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 ↗

191 Dedham Street, Newton Highlands

Students

Enrollment by grade
Kindergarten56
Grade 153
Grade 262
Grade 370
Grade 467
Grade 561
Enrollment over time
369’20
372’21
372’22
360’23
369’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 49%Asian 25%Two or more races 11%Hispanic 9%Black 6%

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

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Countryside from Newton families.

Other schools in Newton School District

The district →
Newton Early Childhood Program
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Newton
173 students10:1
Cabot
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Newtonville
A−
414 students11:1
Zervas
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Waban
A−
399 students11:1
A E Angier
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Waban
A−
383 students10:1
Horace Mann
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Newtonville
A
351 students11:1
C C Burr
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Auburndale
A
350 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; Newton’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.