The top reported proficiency rate is 88% in Science. The lowest is 71% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on A E Angier
Angier Elementary sits in the heart of Waban, one of Newton’s distinctive villages, and serves students from kindergarten through fifth grade. The school is part of the Newton public school district, and the village itself is the sort of place where the school is woven into daily life. Waban Common, a landscaped public green space created when the new school building went up, adjoins the school grounds. The village center along Beacon Street is compact and walkable, with a village green, a Starbucks, a shoe repair shop, and an ice cream store. The MBTA Green D Line runs through Waban, and the Cochituate Aqueduct trail offers an off-road path for walking and biking.
Angier is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and does not receive Title I funding. The student body is relatively small for a K-5 building. The demographic makeup is predominantly white, with Asian students making up a sizable share, and smaller numbers of students who are two or more races, Hispanic, or Black. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, as well as counts for students with IEPs and English learners, was not available in the data provided, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those figures.
Academically, Angier’s performance on the state assessments is a clear strength. In math, the share of students scoring proficient or above has trended upward over the years and sits at a level well above the midpoint among districts in Middlesex County. The same is true for English language arts, where proficiency has been consistently high, though it has varied somewhat from year to year. Science, which is tested in fifth grade only, also posted a strong result. When compared with other schools in the county, Angier’s overall proficiency across tested subjects places it among the top quarter.
There are no high school programs to consider, as the school ends at fifth grade, and no graduation rate applies. The school does not serve a grade range where chronic absenteeism data is typically reported in a useful way, so that metric is not available.
Waban is a place where the housing market demands serious consideration. Home values in the area are high, well above both state and national benchmarks. The median listing price across Middlesex County has softened slightly in the last year, but the overall picture remains one of a very expensive market. The combination of Angier’s strong academic reputation and Waban’s setting as a historic, walkable village with direct rail access into Boston tends to draw families willing to invest in the neighborhood.
The district itself—Newton—did not have any recent parent-relevant changes flagged in publicly available records at the time of this review. A parent moving into the area may want to keep an eye on school committee decisions or budget updates, as those can shift class sizes or programming, but nothing specific was identified.
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