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Best Massachusetts public schools
Eight rankings of Massachusetts's public schools from the latest NCES + state-assessment data. Unlike most school rankings, this list leads with BeatsExpectations: a demographics-adjusted score that asks how a school performs relative to what its student population would predict, not just in absolute terms.
Massachusetts schools with the lowest student-teacher ratios
Schools with 200+ students reporting the fewest students per teacher. Excludes virtual.| # | School | City | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baystate Academy Charter Public School | Springfield | 6.7:1 |
| 2 | Frederick Pilot Middle School | Dorchester | 6.7:1 |
| 3 | West Tisbury Elementary | West Tisbury | 6.8:1 |
| 4 | Stearns | Pittsfield | 7.0:1 |
| 5 | Vassal Lane Upper School | Cambridge | 7.0:1 |
| 6 | Kennedy-Longfellow | Cambridge | 7.0:1 |
| 7 | Adams Elementary School | East Boston | 7.0:1 |
| 8 | Douglas High School | Douglas | 7.2:1 |
| 9 | Excel High School | South Boston | 7.3:1 |
| 10 | Hopkins Academy | Hadley | 7.3:1 |
| 11 | Edgartown Elementary | Edgartown | 7.3:1 |
| 12 | Fletcher/Maynard Academy | Cambridge | 7.3:1 |
| 13 | Lenox Memorial High | Lenox | 7.6:1 |
| 14 | Oak Bluffs Elementary | Oak Bluffs | 7.7:1 |
| 15 | Tantasqua Regional Sr High | Fiskdale | 7.7:1 |
Fastest-growing Massachusetts public schools, 2017-2024
Schools open in both years with 200+ enrollment in 2017, ranked by % change.| # | School | City | Enrollment Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Community Day Charter Public School | Lawrence | +200% |
| 2 | Alma del Mar Charter School | New Bedford | +152% |
| 3 | Blanche A. Ames Elementary School | North Easton | +139% |
| 4 | Springfield Preparatory Charter School | Springfield | +126% |
| 5 | Veritas Preparatory Charter School | Springfield | +121% |
| 6 | Phelps Elementary School | Rockland | +110% |
| 7 | Shaw-Taylor Elementary School | Dorchester | +106% |
| 8 | Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School | Franklin | +103% |
| 9 | Greater Commonwealth Virtual School | Greenfield | +102% |
| 10 | Major Howard W. Beal School | Shrewsbury | +102% |
| 11 | Mattahunt Elementary School | Mattapan | +100% |
| 12 | Gardner Elementary School | Gardner | +97% |
| 13 | Hurld-Wyman Elementary School | Woburn | +94% |
| 14 | TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School | East Walpole | +93% |
| 15 | Northbridge Elementary School | Whitinsville | +93% |
Most racially diverse Massachusetts public schools
Schools with 200+ students ranked by diversity index: the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.| # | School | City | Diversity index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Putnam Avenue Upper School | Cambridge | 78.0% |
| 2 | South West Middle School | Quincy | 77.6% |
| 3 | Collegiate Charter School of Lowell | Lowell | 77.3% |
| 4 | Snug Harbor Community School | Quincy | 77.3% |
| 5 | King Open | Cambridge | 77.2% |
| 6 | Linden | Malden | 77.1% |
| 7 | Lincoln-Hancock Community School | Quincy | 76.6% |
| 8 | Beebe | Malden | 76.5% |
| 9 | Malden High | Malden | 76.4% |
| 10 | Boston Latin Academy | Dorchester | 76.2% |
| 11 | Pioneer Charter School of Science II | Saugus | 76.0% |
| 12 | Kenny Elementary School | Dorchester | 75.8% |
| 13 | Haggerty | Cambridge | 75.8% |
| 14 | Cambridge Rindge and Latin | Cambridge | 75.4% |
| 15 | Charles J Prescott | Norwood | 75.1% |
Largest Massachusetts public schools
Brick-and-mortar schools ranked by total enrollment. Virtual schools excluded.| # | School | City | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brockton High | Brockton | 3,598 |
| 2 | Lawrence High School | Lawrence | 3,453 |
| 3 | Lowell High | Lowell | 3,446 |
| 4 | New Bedford High | New Bedford | 2,878 |
| 5 | Taunton High | Taunton | 2,877 |
| 6 | B M C Durfee High | Fall River | 2,642 |
| 7 | Framingham High School | Framingham | 2,534 |
| 8 | Boston Latin School | Boston | 2,424 |
| 9 | Lexington High | Lexington | 2,405 |
| 10 | Gr Lowell Regional Vocational Technical | Tyngsborough | 2,314 |
| 11 | Everett High | Everett | 2,307 |
| 12 | Brooke Charter School | Mattapan | 2,216 |
| 13 | Brookline High | Brookline | 2,181 |
| 14 | Gr New Bedford Vocational Technical | New Bedford | 2,151 |
| 15 | Revere High | Revere | 2,115 |
About these rankings
These tables use the most recent NCES Common Core of Data (2024-25) for enrollment, demographics, and staffing, and state-native assessment data (typically 2023-24 or 2024-25) for proficiency. BeatsExpectations is computed via per-state ordinary-least-squares regression of composite proficiency on free-and-reduced-lunch share. Full methodology.
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