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The public high schools with the biggest test-score declines in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

58 public high schools in Middlesex County, Massachusetts appear in this ranking of the public high schools with the biggest test-score declines, ranked by the 3-year drop in composite math + reading proficiency. Ayer Shirley Regional High School leads the list at -17.0pp, against a median of -4.0pp across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Best 3-yr change

-17.0pp

Median 3-yr change

-4.0pp

BIGGEST DECLINES · MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	Students	3 yrs ago	Latest	Change
1	Ayer Shirley Regional High School	Ayer, MA	Ayer Shirley School District	417	66.0%	49.0%	-17.0pp
2	Dracut Senior High	Dracut, MA	Dracut	792	52.5%	38.0%	-14.5pp
3	Framingham High School	Framingham, MA	Framingham	2,534	52.0%	38.5%	-13.5pp
4	Shawsheen Valley Vocational Technical High School	Billerica, MA	Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical	1,282	59.5%	46.0%	-13.5pp
5	Waltham Sr High	Waltham, MA	Waltham	1,791	48.5%	35.0%	-13.5pp
6	Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School	Marlborough, MA	Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter	970	69.3%	56.2%	-13.1pp
7	Malden High	Malden, MA	Malden	1,890	47.0%	35.5%	-11.5pp
8	North Middlesex Regional	Townsend, MA	North Middlesex	711	64.0%	52.5%	-11.5pp
9	Wakefield Memorial High	Wakefield, MA	Wakefield	854	66.0%	54.5%	-11.5pp
10	Woburn High	Woburn, MA	Woburn	1,259	54.0%	42.5%	-11.5pp
11	Lowell High	Lowell, MA	Lowell	3,446	38.0%	28.5%	-9.5pp
12	Reading Memorial High	Reading, MA	Reading	1,094	74.5%	65.5%	-9.0pp
13	Wilmington High	Wilmington, MA	Wilmington	619	69.0%	60.0%	-9.0pp
14	Medford High	Medford, MA	Medford	1,195	49.0%	41.5%	-7.5pp
15	Winchester High School	Winchester, MA	Winchester	1,404	87.0%	79.5%	-7.5pp
16	Assabet Valley Vocational High School	Marlborough, MA	Assabet Valley Regional Vocational Technical	1,144	46.5%	39.5%	-7.0pp
17	Littleton High School	Littleton, MA	Littleton	482	81.5%	74.5%	-7.0pp
18	Nashoba Valley Technical High School	Westford, MA	Nashoba Valley Regional Vocational Technical	767	47.5%	40.5%	-7.0pp
19	Acton-Boxborough Regional High	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	1,622	89.5%	83.0%	-6.5pp
20	Billerica Memorial High School	Billerica, MA	Billerica	1,816	44.5%	38.0%	-6.5pp
21	Groton Dunstable Regional	Groton, MA	Groton-Dunstable	659	81.5%	75.5%	-6.0pp
22	Somerville High	Somerville, MA	Somerville	1,394	50.0%	44.0%	-6.0pp
23	Hudson High	Hudson, MA	Hudson	784	40.7%	35.1%	-5.5pp
24	Joseph P Keefe Technical High School	Framingham, MA	South Middlesex Regional Vocational Technical	896	39.0%	33.5%	-5.5pp
25	Maynard High	Maynard, MA	Maynard	310	59.5%	54.5%	-5.0pp
26	Cambridge Rindge and Latin	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	2,072	62.0%	57.5%	-4.5pp
27	Natick High	Natick, MA	Natick	1,761	75.5%	71.0%	-4.5pp
28	Weston High	Weston, MA	Weston	658	87.0%	82.5%	-4.5pp
29	Innovation Academy Charter School	Tyngsboro, MA	Innovation Academy Charter	770	42.2%	38.2%	-4.0pp
30	Ashland High	Ashland, MA	Ashland	884	77.0%	73.0%	-4.0pp
31	Westford Academy	Westford, MA	Westford	1,504	83.0%	79.0%	-4.0pp
32	Burlington High	Burlington, MA	Burlington	1,019	62.0%	58.5%	-3.5pp
33	Chelmsford High	North Chelmsford, MA	Chelmsford	1,402	72.5%	69.0%	-3.5pp
34	Hopkinton High	Hopkinton, MA	Hopkinton	1,267	85.0%	82.0%	-3.0pp
35	Newton North High	Newtonville, MA	Newton	2,096	80.0%	77.0%	-3.0pp
36	Bedford High	Bedford, MA	Bedford	868	78.5%	76.0%	-2.5pp
37	Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High	Sudbury, MA	Lincoln-Sudbury	1,445	79.5%	77.0%	-2.5pp
38	Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School	Lowell, MA	Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter	126	13.5%	12.0%	-1.5pp
39	Arlington High	Arlington, MA	Arlington	1,677	82.5%	82.0%	-0.5pp
40	Belmont High	Belmont, MA	Belmont	1,454	84.0%	83.5%	-0.5pp
41	Concord Carlisle High	Concord, MA	Concord-Carlisle	1,191	83.0%	82.5%	-0.5pp
42	Everett High	Everett, MA	Everett	2,307	30.0%	29.5%	-0.5pp
43	Lexington High	Lexington, MA	Lexington	2,405	87.0%	86.5%	-0.5pp
44	Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School	Devens, MA	Francis W. Parker Charter Essential	388	56.7%	56.3%	-0.4pp
45	Watertown High	Watertown, MA	Watertown	761	55.5%	55.5%	+0.0pp
46	Community Charter School of Cambridge	Cambridge, MA	Community Charter School of Cambridge	251	53.5%	53.7%	+0.3pp
47	Tyngsborough High School	Tyngsborough, MA	Tyngsborough	405	59.0%	59.5%	+0.5pp
48	Minuteman Regional High	Lexington, MA	Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical	669	63.5%	64.5%	+1.0pp
49	Marlborough High	Marlborough, MA	Marlborough	985	37.5%	39.0%	+1.5pp
50	Wayland High School	Wayland, MA	Wayland	803	83.5%	85.0%	+1.5pp

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