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The highest-performing public schools in reading in Massachusetts

Across Massachusetts, 1,554 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Dover-Sherborn Regional High leads the list at 93.0%, against a median of 43.0% 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

1,554

Massachusetts

Top % Proficient (Reading)

93.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

43.0%

BEST IN READING · MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Dover-Sherborn Regional High	Dover, MA	Dover-Sherborn	High	610	93.0%
2	The Bromfield High School	Harvard, MA	Harvard	High	328	88.0%
3	Cohasset High School	Cohasset, MA	Cohasset	High	381	86.0%
4	Needham High	Needham, MA	Needham	High	1,633	86.0%
5	Lexington High	Lexington, MA	Lexington	High	2,405	85.0%
6	Country	Weston, MA	Weston	Elementary	338	85.0%
7	Belmont High	Belmont, MA	Belmont	High	1,454	84.0%
8	Concord Carlisle High	Concord, MA	Concord-Carlisle	High	1,191	84.0%
9	Duxbury High	Duxbury, MA	Duxbury	High	808	84.0%
10	Hopkinton High	Hopkinton, MA	Hopkinton	High	1,267	84.0%
11	John D Hardy	Wellesley, MA	Wellesley	Elementary	280	84.0%
12	Paul P Gates Elementary School	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	Elementary	380	83.0%
13	Acton-Boxborough Regional High	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	High	1,622	83.0%
14	Brookline High	Brookline, MA	Brookline	High	2,181	83.0%
15	Cohasset Middle School	Cohasset, MA	Cohasset	Middle	300	83.0%
16	Jonas Clarke Middle	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Middle	796	83.0%
17	Albert S. Woodward Memorial School	Southborough, MA	Southborough	Elementary	286	83.0%
18	Wayland High School	Wayland, MA	Wayland	High	803	83.0%
19	Manchester Essex Regional High School	Manchester, MA	Manchester Essex Regional	High	392	82.0%
20	Arlington High	Arlington, MA	Arlington	High	1,677	82.0%
21	Mary Lee Burbank	Belmont, MA	Belmont	Elementary	238	82.0%
22	Hamilton-Wenham Regional High	South Hamilton, MA	Hamilton-Wenham	High	448	82.0%
23	Melrose High	Melrose, MA	Melrose	High	967	82.0%
24	Westborough High	Westborough, MA	Westborough	High	1,213	82.0%
25	Weston High	Weston, MA	Weston	High	658	82.0%
26	Martha Jones	Westwood, MA	Westwood	Elementary	275	82.0%
27	Boston Latin School	Boston, MA	Boston	High	2,424	81.0%
28	Martin Luther King Jr.	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Elementary	340	81.0%
29	Hingham High	Hingham, MA	Hingham	High	1,066	81.0%
30	Horace Mann	Melrose, MA	Melrose	Elementary	254	81.0%
31	L D Batchelder	North Reading, MA	North Reading	Elementary	462	81.0%
32	Norwell High	Norwell, MA	Norwell	High	601	81.0%
33	Sharon High	Sharon, MA	Sharon	High	1,161	81.0%
34	Happy Hollow School	Wayland, MA	Wayland	Elementary	330	81.0%
35	Winchester High School	Winchester, MA	Winchester	High	1,404	81.0%
36	Ottoson Middle	Arlington, MA	Arlington	Middle	963	80.0%
37	Bedford High	Bedford, MA	Bedford	High	868	80.0%
38	Maria L. Baldwin	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Elementary	360	80.0%
39	Concord Middle	Concord, MA	Concord	Middle	643	80.0%
40	Plymouth River	Hingham, MA	Hingham	Elementary	352	80.0%
41	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School	Cambridge, MA	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public	Elementary	352	79.0%
42	Sturgis Charter Public School	Hyannis, MA	Sturgis Charter Public	High	825	79.0%
43	Hingham Middle School	Hingham, MA	Hingham	Middle	798	79.0%
44	East Elementary School	Hingham, MA	Hingham	Elementary	502	79.0%
45	Bowman	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Elementary	429	79.0%
46	John Ward	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	Elementary	186	79.0%
47	Newton South High	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	High	1,898	79.0%
48	Westford Academy	Westford, MA	Westford	High	1,504	79.0%
49	Carlisle School	Carlisle, MA	Carlisle	Elementary	612	78.0%
50	Lynnfield High	Lynnfield, MA	Lynnfield	High	588	78.0%

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