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The top-graded public schools in Massachusetts

1,556 public schools in Massachusetts appear in this ranking of the top-graded public schools, ranked by the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against what poverty predicts, and the three-year trend, each compared with schools in the same state. Country leads the list at A+, against a median of B- across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

1,556

Massachusetts

Top Grade

A+

Median Grade

B-

TOP GRADED · MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Grade	Percentile in state
1	Country	Weston, MA	Weston	Elementary	338	A+	99.9
2	Dover-Sherborn Regional High	Dover, MA	Dover-Sherborn	High	610	A+	99.9
3	Belmont Middle School	Belmont, MA	Belmont	Middle	742	A+	99.8
4	Peirce	Arlington, MA	Arlington	Elementary	318	A+	99.8
5	Paul P Gates Elementary School	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	Elementary	380	A+	99.7
6	The Bromfield High School	Harvard, MA	Harvard	High	328	A+	99.6
7	Horace Mann	Melrose, MA	Melrose	Elementary	254	A+	99.6
8	A E Angier	Waban, MA	Newton	Elementary	383	A+	99.5
9	Concord Middle	Concord, MA	Concord	Middle	643	A+	99.5
10	Joseph E Fiske	Wellesley, MA	Wellesley	Elementary	278	A+	99.4
11	Plymouth River	Hingham, MA	Hingham	Elementary	352	A+	99.3
12	Newton South High	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	High	1,898	A+	99.3
13	Wellesley Middle	Wellesley, MA	Wellesley	Middle	919	A+	99.2
14	East Elementary School	Hingham, MA	Hingham	Elementary	502	A+	99.2
15	Maria L. Baldwin	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Elementary	360	A+	99.1
16	Lexington High	Lexington, MA	Lexington	High	2,405	A+	99
17	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School	Cambridge, MA	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public	Elementary	352	A+	99
18	Ambrose Elementary	Winchester, MA	Winchester	Elementary	398	A+	98.9
19	Wayland Middle School	Wayland, MA	Wayland	Middle	662	A+	98.8
20	Carlisle School	Carlisle, MA	Carlisle	Elementary	612	A+	98.8
21	Duxbury High	Duxbury, MA	Duxbury	High	808	A+	98.7
22	Martha Jones	Westwood, MA	Westwood	Elementary	275	A+	98.6
23	L D Batchelder	North Reading, MA	North Reading	Elementary	462	A+	98.5
24	The Bromfield Middle School	Harvard, MA	Harvard	Middle	244	A+	98.5
25	Martin Luther King Jr.	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Elementary	340	A+	98.4
26	Wayland High School	Wayland, MA	Wayland	High	803	A+	98.4
27	Field Elementary School	Weston, MA	Weston	Elementary	317	A+	98.3
28	Katharine Lee Bates	Wellesley, MA	Wellesley	Elementary	286	A+	98.2
29	Raymond J Grey Junior High	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	Middle	824	A+	98.2
30	Cohasset High School	Cohasset, MA	Cohasset	High	381	A+	98.1
31	Newman Elementary	Needham, MA	Needham	Elementary	696	A+	98.1
32	Joseph Estabrook	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Elementary	490	A+	98
33	Memorial Spaulding	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	Elementary	342	A+	97.9
34	Loker School	Wayland, MA	Wayland	Elementary	359	A+	97.8
35	Brookline High	Brookline, MA	Brookline	High	2,181	A+	97.8
36	McCall Middle	Winchester, MA	Winchester	Middle	1,036	A+	97.8
37	Chilmark Elementary	Chilmark, MA	Up-Island Regional	Elementary	69	A+	97.7
38	Albert S. Woodward Memorial School	Southborough, MA	Southborough	Elementary	286	A+	97.6
39	Charles E Brown Middle	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	Middle	713	A+	97.5
40	Needham High	Needham, MA	Needham	High	1,633	A+	97.5
41	William Mitchell	Needham, MA	Needham	Elementary	424	A+	97.5
42	Wollaston School	Quincy, MA	Quincy	Elementary	318	A+	97.3
43	Belmont High	Belmont, MA	Belmont	High	1,454	A+	97.2
44	Ottoson Middle	Arlington, MA	Arlington	Middle	963	A+	97.2
45	C C Burr	Auburndale, MA	Newton	Elementary	350	A+	97.2
46	Lawrence	Brookline, MA	Brookline	Elementary	630	A+	97.1
47	John M Tobin	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Elementary	291	A+	97
48	Henry C Sanborn Elementary	Andover, MA	Andover	Elementary	332	A+	96.9
49	Sharon High	Sharon, MA	Sharon	High	1,161	A+	96.9
50	William E Sheehan	Westwood, MA	Westwood	Elementary	278	A+	96.8

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