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Benjamin G Brown

PublicElementaryGrades K–5

201 Willow Avenue, Somerville, MA 02144 · (617) 629-5620 · Part of Somerville School District

Somerville’s School Grade C better than 30% of Massachusetts school districts

Directions
Students
219
Students per teacher
15:1
Setting
Suburb
Grades
K–5
The gist

What stands out about Benjamin G Brown

  • Its own letter, A−: reading and math results near the top of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 15 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 28 pts above the state
  • Next stop for Somerville kids: Somerville High

On the path

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

K–5Benjamin G BrownYou are here
9–12Somerville High1,394 students

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency52%
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 ↗

201 Willow Avenue, Somerville

Students

Enrollment by grade
Kindergarten29
Grade 146
Grade 233
Grade 341
Grade 433
Grade 537
Enrollment over time
225’20
181’21
211’22
225’23
219’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 64%Two or more races 15%Black 8%Hispanic 6%Asian 6%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

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

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Benjamin G Brown from Somerville families.

Other schools in Somerville School District

The district →
E Somerville Community
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
C−
747 students13:1
Albert F. Argenziano School at Lincoln Park
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
C+
553 students13:1
Arthur D Healey
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
C−
482 students12:1
John F Kennedy
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
B+
439 students14:1
West Somerville Neighborhood
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
C+
397 students14:1
Winter Hill Community
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
D
388 students8:1

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; Somerville’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.