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

This ranking covers the highest-performing public elementary schools in reading in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, drawn from 207 qualifying public elementary schools. Country leads the list at 85.0%, against a median of 54.0% 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

207

Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Top % Proficient (Reading)

85.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

54.0%

BEST IN READING · MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Country	Weston, MA	Weston	Elementary	338	85.0%
2	Paul P Gates Elementary School	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	Elementary	380	83.0%
3	Mary Lee Burbank	Belmont, MA	Belmont	Elementary	238	82.0%
4	Martin Luther King Jr.	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Elementary	340	81.0%
5	Horace Mann	Melrose, MA	Melrose	Elementary	254	81.0%
6	L D Batchelder	North Reading, MA	North Reading	Elementary	462	81.0%
7	Happy Hollow School	Wayland, MA	Wayland	Elementary	330	81.0%
8	Maria L. Baldwin	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Elementary	360	80.0%
9	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School	Cambridge, MA	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public	Elementary	352	79.0%
10	Bowman	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Elementary	429	79.0%
11	John Ward	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	Elementary	186	79.0%
12	Carlisle School	Carlisle, MA	Carlisle	Elementary	612	78.0%
13	Woodland	Weston, MA	Weston	Elementary	299	78.0%
14	Ambrose Elementary	Winchester, MA	Winchester	Elementary	398	78.0%
15	Mason-Rice	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	Elementary	321	77.0%
16	Winn Brook	Belmont, MA	Belmont	Elementary	304	76.0%
17	Maria Hastings	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Elementary	579	76.0%
18	E Ethel Little School	North Reading, MA	North Reading	Elementary	303	76.0%
19	Field Elementary School	Weston, MA	Weston	Elementary	317	76.0%
20	John A Bishop	Arlington, MA	Arlington	Elementary	375	75.0%
21	Peirce	Arlington, MA	Arlington	Elementary	318	75.0%
22	Bridge	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Elementary	345	75.0%
23	Joseph Estabrook	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Elementary	490	75.0%
24	Benjamin G Brown	Somerville, MA	Somerville	Elementary	219	75.0%
25	General John Nixon Elementary	Sudbury, MA	Sudbury	Elementary	382	75.0%
26	Loker School	Wayland, MA	Wayland	Elementary	359	75.0%
27	Lincoln Elementary	Winchester, MA	Winchester	Elementary	334	75.0%
28	Memorial Spaulding	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	Elementary	342	74.0%
29	Peter Noyes	Sudbury, MA	Sudbury	Elementary	508	74.0%
30	Josiah Haynes	Sudbury, MA	Sudbury	Elementary	397	73.0%
31	Vinson-Owen Elementary	Winchester, MA	Winchester	Elementary	441	73.0%
32	Luther Conant School	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	Elementary	410	72.0%
33	Hopkins Elementary School	Hopkinton, MA	Hopkinton	Elementary	682	72.0%
34	Winthrop	Melrose, MA	Melrose	Elementary	392	72.0%
35	A E Angier	Waban, MA	Newton	Elementary	383	71.0%
36	John M Tobin	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Elementary	291	70.0%
37	Amigos School	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Elementary	413	70.0%
38	Willard	Concord, MA	Concord	Elementary	432	70.0%
39	Harrington	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Elementary	374	70.0%
40	Joshua Eaton	Reading, MA	Reading	Elementary	388	70.0%
41	Pine Hill	Sherborn, MA	Sherborn	Elementary	397	70.0%
42	Cyrus E Dallin	Arlington, MA	Arlington	Elementary	390	69.0%
43	Roosevelt	Melrose, MA	Melrose	Elementary	406	69.0%
44	C C Burr	Auburndale, MA	Newton	Elementary	350	69.0%
45	John F Kennedy	Somerville, MA	Somerville	Elementary	439	69.0%
46	Daniel Butler	Belmont, MA	Belmont	Elementary	261	68.0%
47	Alcott	Concord, MA	Concord	Elementary	438	68.0%
48	Lincoln School	Lincoln, MA	Lincoln	Elementary	546	68.0%
49	Memorial	Natick, MA	Natick	Elementary	455	68.0%
50	Lynch Elementary	Winchester, MA	Winchester	Elementary	426	68.0%

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