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Thompson

Thompson is a elementary school in Arlington, serving the Boston metro area (grades K-5) with 502 students enrolled. Data sourced from NCES Common Core of Data.

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Level

Elementary

Grades

K-5

Enrollment

502

Free/reduced lunch

District

Arlington

Charter / magnet

Public, zoned

NCES ID

250198000066

ZIP

02474

The short answer

Thompson is a public elementary school in Arlington, in the Boston metro area, serving grades K-5, with 502 students enrolled (NCES ID 250198000066, NCES CCD 2022-23). It sits in the K-12 pipeline for Arlington (East Arlington / Morningside) — the Boston metro neighborhoods a family would buy into for this school.

For families, the school itself is only half the question — the other half is what it costs to live in its attendance zone. Thompson is part of Arlington, and the neighborhoods that feed it carry their own home prices, commute realities, and sold-comp history. Use the links below to move from “is this a good school?” to “can we afford to buy into it, and is the whole K-12 pipeline strong?”

Neighborhood pipeline

Boston metro neighborhoods that feed into Thompson

Thompson appears in the K-12 pipeline for 1 neighborhood in our Boston metro family home-search guide. Each neighborhood page covers school pipelines, sold comps, commute reality, and family-fit verdicts.

Frequently asked

Thompson family questions

What grades does Thompson serve?

Thompson is elementary school covering grades K-5 in Arlington, Boston metro. Enrollment is 502 students per the most recent NCES Common Core of Data.

Which Boston metro neighborhoods feed into Thompson?

Thompson appears in the K-12 pipeline for Arlington (East Arlington / Morningside) in our Boston metro family home-search guide.

Federal data sources

School data on this page is sourced from NCES CCD 2022-23 (US Department of Education / National Center for Education Statistics). Verify directly: