Melrose Public Schools

Melrose Public Schools
Location
Melrose, Massachusetts Greater Boston
District information
Type	Public School district
Grades	PK – 12
Superintendent	Adam Deleidi [1]
Budget	$38,619,040 (FY22) [2]
Students and staff
Students	3,815 (FY25) [3]
Other information
Website	www.melroseschools.com

Melrose Public Schools is the school district for Melrose, Massachusetts. The district controls several schools in the city and is led by superintendent Adam Deleidi. ^[1] Its offices are located at 360 Lynn Fells Parkway in Melrose.

History

Public schooling in the area that is currently Melrose was initially under the control of the City of Malden. In 1850, the north end of Malden broke off and became the Town of Melrose, eventually becoming the City of Melrose in 1900. At the time of its separation, Melrose contained several small schoolhouses dispersed around the town. ^[4] These schoolhouses formed the beginnings of Melrose Public Schools.

School Committee

The current members of the Melrose school committee are Margaret Raymond Driscoll (Chair), Dorie Withey (Vice Chair), Jen Grigoraitis (Mayor), Matt Hartman, Seamus Kelley, Jen McAndrew, and Jennifer Razi-Thomas. ^[5] School committee meetings are televised on local public-access television station MMTV and recordings are available on the MMTV website. ^[6]

District Attendance

Year	Pop.	±%
1925	3,221	—
1980	5,514	+71.2%
1985	4,351	−21.1%
1990	3,822	−12.2%
1995	3,497	−8.5%
2000	3,497	+0.0%
2005	3,593	+2.7%
2010	3,767	+4.8%
2015	3,725	−1.1%
2024	3,815	+2.4%
Sources:, [7] [8] - Melrose Public Schools [9] [10]

Current schools

Name	Type	Enrollment (FY25) [3]	Address	Year opened	Notes
Franklin	Early Childhood Center	246	16 Franklin Street	1897 [4]	Rebuilt in 1966. [11] Former elementary school.
Herbert Clark Hoover	Elementary	260	37 Glendower Road	1966 [11]	Modular classrooms added in 2017. [12]
Horace Mann	Elementary	254	40 Damon Avenue	1949 [11]	Addition in 1956. [11] Renovated in 2017. [12]
Abraham Lincoln	Elementary	404	80 West Wyoming Avenue	1896	Renovated and expanded in 2000 [11]
Theodore Roosevelt	Elementary	406	253 Vinton Street	1924	Rebuilt in 2002 [11]
John Winthrop	Elementary	392	162 First Street	1926 [11]	Addition in 1956. [11] Modular classrooms added in 2017. [12]
Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School	Middle	886	350 Lynn Fells Parkway	1933	Built as Melrose High School. Middle school since 1975. Rebuilt 2007. [13]
Melrose High School	High	967	360 Lynn Fells Parkway	1975

Former schools

Name	Address	Year opened	Year closed	Fate	Notes	Ref
Calvin Coolidge	585 Main Street	1898	1981 [14]	Coolidge Apartments	Built as Melrose High School. Addition in 1909. Converted to elementary school in 1932.	[4]
Converse	Washington Street	1885	—			[4]
Decius Beebe	263 West Foster Street	1956 [15]	2004 [16]	Leased to SEEM Collaborative	Addition in 1963 [11]
Mary A. Livermore	Between Lebanon Street/Main Street	1891	1933 [17]	Municipal parking lot		[4]
D. W. Gooch	Corner Florence Street/Maple Street	1886	—	Gooch Park	Renovated and expanded in 1892	[4]
Ripley	94 Lebanon Street	1891	2001	Leased to SEEM Collaborative	Original Ripley School located at 29 Swains Pond Avenue. [18] Built at current location in 1924. Additions in 1930 and 1965. [11]	[4]
Joseph Warren	Corner Melrose Street/Warren Street	1892	—	Volunteer Park (Warren Street Park)		[4]
Washington	408 Lebanon Street	1896	—	Condominiums		[4]
Whittier	Corner Franklin Street/Sargent Street	1884	—	Dunton Park	Originally Franklin School	[4]
Melrose High School	69 West Emerson St	1869	1897	Destroyed by fire in 1897	Current site of Melrose Public Library	[4]

References

1. "Meet Central Office".
2. Zolot, Neil (June 22, 2021). "Melrose passes $91 million budget, invests in future of public schools". Melrose Free Press. Gannett . Retrieved December 21, 2021.
3. "Melrose Enrollment Data". Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education . Retrieved June 18, 2025.
4. Goss, Elbridge Henry (1902). The History of Melrose, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts. City of Melrose. pp.  192–201.
5. "Meet the Committee". www.melroseschools.com. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
6. "MMTV". Vimeo. Archived from the original on December 7, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
7. "City of Melrose - Melrose Master Plan Elements - Schools". Archived from the original on August 20, 2006. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
8. "Melrose Public Schools - Melrose Massachusetts - Melrose School Committee". Archived from the original on November 20, 2008. Retrieved October 10, 2008.
9. "Melrose Public Schools FY20 Budget Scenarios" (PDF). January 29, 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 7, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
10. "MELROSE." Boston Daily Globe (1923-1927): 1. Sep 10 1925.
11. "Master Plan 2004" (PDF). City of Melrose. June 2004. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
12. Hinkle, Jeannette (October 19, 2016). "Melrose moves forward with modular classrooms, school renovation". Melrose Free Press. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
13. Cole, Caroline L. (January 8, 2006). "Anger Builds at Rise in Cost of New School". Boston Globe . p. GN 1.
14. "Northland Purchase". Boston Globe . July 26, 1981.
15. "Melrose Voters Meet Candidates Tomorrow". Daily Boston Globe . October 20, 1957.
16. Leibowitz, Aaron (May 6, 2016). "Dolan says reopening Beebe School not an option". GateHouse Media/Melrose Free Press. Archived from the original on January 18, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
17. "Melrose". Daily Boston Globe . September 5, 1933. p. 10.
18. Pagano, Anthony J (February 1, 1998). Images of America: Melrose. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 37–44. ISBN   978-0-7385-6448-7.

External links

• Melrose Public Schools