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The highest-performing public schools in reading in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

This ranking covers the highest-performing public schools in reading in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, drawn from 335 qualifying public schools. Lexington High leads the list at 85.0%, against a median of 56.0% 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

335

Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Top % Proficient (Reading)

85.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

56.0%

BEST IN READING · MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Lexington High	Lexington, MA	Lexington	High	2,405	85.0%
2	Country	Weston, MA	Weston	Elementary	338	85.0%
3	Belmont High	Belmont, MA	Belmont	High	1,454	84.0%
4	Concord Carlisle High	Concord, MA	Concord-Carlisle	High	1,191	84.0%
5	Hopkinton High	Hopkinton, MA	Hopkinton	High	1,267	84.0%
6	Paul P Gates Elementary School	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	Elementary	380	83.0%
7	Acton-Boxborough Regional High	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	High	1,622	83.0%
8	Jonas Clarke Middle	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Middle	796	83.0%
9	Wayland High School	Wayland, MA	Wayland	High	803	83.0%
10	Arlington High	Arlington, MA	Arlington	High	1,677	82.0%
11	Mary Lee Burbank	Belmont, MA	Belmont	Elementary	238	82.0%
12	Melrose High	Melrose, MA	Melrose	High	967	82.0%
13	Weston High	Weston, MA	Weston	High	658	82.0%
14	Martin Luther King Jr.	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Elementary	340	81.0%
15	Horace Mann	Melrose, MA	Melrose	Elementary	254	81.0%
16	L D Batchelder	North Reading, MA	North Reading	Elementary	462	81.0%
17	Happy Hollow School	Wayland, MA	Wayland	Elementary	330	81.0%
18	Winchester High School	Winchester, MA	Winchester	High	1,404	81.0%
19	Ottoson Middle	Arlington, MA	Arlington	Middle	963	80.0%
20	Bedford High	Bedford, MA	Bedford	High	868	80.0%
21	Maria L. Baldwin	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Elementary	360	80.0%
22	Concord Middle	Concord, MA	Concord	Middle	643	80.0%
23	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School	Cambridge, MA	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public	Elementary	352	79.0%
24	Bowman	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Elementary	429	79.0%
25	John Ward	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	Elementary	186	79.0%
26	Newton South High	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	High	1,898	79.0%
27	Westford Academy	Westford, MA	Westford	High	1,504	79.0%
28	Carlisle School	Carlisle, MA	Carlisle	Elementary	612	78.0%
29	Woodland	Weston, MA	Weston	Elementary	299	78.0%
30	Ambrose Elementary	Winchester, MA	Winchester	Elementary	398	78.0%
31	Holliston High	Holliston, MA	Holliston	High	809	77.0%
32	Mason-Rice	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	Elementary	321	77.0%
33	Newton North High	Newtonville, MA	Newton	High	2,096	77.0%
34	Wayland Middle School	Wayland, MA	Wayland	Middle	662	77.0%
35	Winn Brook	Belmont, MA	Belmont	Elementary	304	76.0%
36	Groton Dunstable Regional	Groton, MA	Groton-Dunstable	High	659	76.0%
37	Hopkinton Middle School	Hopkinton, MA	Hopkinton	Middle	996	76.0%
38	Maria Hastings	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Elementary	579	76.0%
39	Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High	Sudbury, MA	Lincoln-Sudbury	High	1,445	76.0%
40	Charles E Brown Middle	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	Middle	713	76.0%
41	E Ethel Little School	North Reading, MA	North Reading	Elementary	303	76.0%
42	Field Elementary School	Weston, MA	Weston	Elementary	317	76.0%
43	Weston Middle	Weston, MA	Weston	Middle	451	76.0%
44	Raymond J Grey Junior High	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	Middle	824	75.0%
45	John A Bishop	Arlington, MA	Arlington	Elementary	375	75.0%
46	Peirce	Arlington, MA	Arlington	Elementary	318	75.0%
47	Chelmsford High	North Chelmsford, MA	Chelmsford	High	1,402	75.0%
48	Bridge	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Elementary	345	75.0%
49	Joseph Estabrook	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Elementary	490	75.0%
50	Wm Diamond Middle	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Middle	936	75.0%

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