Benjamin G. Brown School

Public Elementary School | Grade K-5

201 Willow Ave, Somerville, MA

Ball Square Neighborhood

Somerville Public Schools

225 Students

Niche Grade

GreatSchools Rating

School Details

Head of School
Shawn Maguire

Student Teacher Ratio
15:1

Math Proficiency
77%

Reading Proficiency
82%

Academics

Teachers

Source: Niche

Niche Grade Details

Academics

Reading Proficiency

82%

Math Proficiency

77%

Teachers

Student Teacher Ratio

15:1

Teachers

Full Time Teachers

Teachers in First or Second Year

31.6%

Test Scores

Source: GreatSchools

GreatSchools Rating Details

Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor

224:1

Student Diversity

Female

53%

Male

47%

White

64.7%

Two or more races

12.2%

Asian

10%

Hispanic

Black

5.7%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

<1%

Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered

This School’s Reviews

5.0 parent

5/17/2024

A great school with wonderful teachers and an excellent community. Happy my child is going here.

4.0 parent

7/11/2023

Small, community-centric, urban school. No frills building and playground but strong school leader and parent involvement. Only complaint: some unexpected, mid year teacher transitions.

4.0 other

3/1/2014

It's a great school with no problems with bullying. The downside are that there is no gym or Caffiteria, and the food tastes awful. It is a great community though. With only about 300 students, everybody knows eachother.

5.0 parent

5/16/2011

The Brown School is an old building, so parents who choose it do so for the academics and the sense of community, not for a fancy gym (there is none; the library fills in during bad weather) or other external factors. Parents are a mixture of people who grew up in Somerville, who immigrated here, an...

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Massachusetts Middlesex County Somerville 02144 Ball Square

Benjamin G. Brown School is a public school for students in grades K-5 in Somerville, MA and is served by the Somerville Public Schools in Massachusetts. Annual tuition is $0. The school has a total enrollment of 225 and maintains a student-teacher ratio of 15:1. Academic records show that 77% of students achieve proficiency in math, and 82% are proficient in reading. Benjamin G. Brown School has received feedback and ratings, with a Niche grade of A and a GreatSchools Rating of 8 out of 10. The average home value in this area is $1,295,939. Discover additional schools in the area, like Curtis-Tufts School, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Somerville High School, and more. Learn more about what Somerville has to offer, and browse homes for sale and for rent near Benjamin G. Brown School.

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