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

Across Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 84 public elementary schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Eliot K-8 Innovation School leads the list at 72.0%, against a median of 25.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Top % Proficient (Reading)

72.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

25.0%

BEST IN READING · SUFFOLK COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Eliot K-8 Innovation School	Boston, MA	Boston	Elementary	784	72.0%
2	Manning Elementary School	Jamaica Plain, MA	Boston	Elementary	159	67.0%
3	Warren-Prescott K-8 School	Charlestown, MA	Boston	Elementary	507	65.0%
4	Bradley Elementary School	East Boston, MA	Boston	Elementary	292	61.0%
5	Perry Elementary School	South Boston, MA	Boston	Elementary	213	60.0%
6	Alighieri Dante Montessori School	East Boston, MA	Boston	Elementary	109	58.0%
7	Winship Elementary School	Brighton, MA	Boston	Elementary	353	57.0%
8	Mozart Elementary School	Roslindale, MA	Boston	Elementary	155	53.0%
9	Philbrick Elementary School	Roslindale, MA	Boston	Elementary	131	50.0%
10	Quincy Elementary School	Boston, MA	Boston	Elementary	731	49.0%
11	Hale Elementary School	Roxbury, MA	Boston	Elementary	162	49.0%
12	Lyndon K-8 School	West Roxbury, MA	Boston	Elementary	512	47.0%
13	Harvard-Kent Elementary School	Charlestown, MA	Boston	Elementary	334	43.0%
14	Grew Elementary School	Hyde Park, MA	Boston	Elementary	198	42.0%
15	Otis Elementary School	East Boston, MA	Boston	Elementary	408	42.0%
16	Hurley K-8 School	Boston, MA	Boston	Elementary	335	42.0%
17	Murphy K-8 School	Dorchester, MA	Boston	Elementary	855	39.0%
18	Beachmont Veterans Memorial School	Revere, MA	Revere	Elementary	346	39.0%
19	Conservatory Lab Charter School	Dorchester, MA	Conservatory Lab Charter	Elementary	454	38.0%
20	Kennedy John F Elementary School	Jamaica Plain, MA	Boston	Elementary	399	38.0%
21	Bates Elementary School	Roslindale, MA	Boston	Elementary	281	38.0%
22	Mendell Elementary School	Roxbury, MA	Boston	Elementary	309	36.0%
23	Kilmer K-8 School	West Roxbury, MA	Boston	Elementary	401	36.0%
24	William A Berkowitz Elementary	Chelsea, MA	Chelsea	Elementary	455	35.0%
25	Arthur T. Cummings Elementary School	Winthrop, MA	Winthrop	Elementary	467	34.0%
26	Bridge Boston Charter School	Roxbury, MA	Bridge Boston Charter School	Elementary	329	33.0%
27	Everett Elementary School	Dorchester, MA	Boston	Elementary	288	33.0%
28	Holmes Elementary School	Dorchester, MA	Boston	Elementary	283	32.0%
29	Curley K-8 School	Jamaica Plain, MA	Boston	Elementary	902	32.0%
30	Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot	Jamaica Plain, MA	Boston	Elementary	249	32.0%
31	Winthrop Elementary School	Dorchester, MA	Boston	Elementary	226	31.0%
32	Hernandez K-8 School	Roxbury, MA	Boston	Elementary	372	31.0%
33	Sumner Elementary School	Roslindale, MA	Boston	Elementary	576	30.0%
34	Paul Revere	Revere, MA	Revere	Elementary	497	29.0%
35	Kennedy Patrick J Elementary School	East Boston, MA	Boston	Elementary	279	28.0%
36	Haley Pilot School	Roslindale, MA	Boston	Elementary	360	26.0%
37	Roosevelt K-8 School	Hyde Park, MA	Boston	Elementary	364	26.0%
38	Channing Elementary School	Hyde Park, MA	Boston	Elementary	194	26.0%
39	Edgar F. Hooks Elementary	Chelsea, MA	Chelsea	Elementary	430	26.0%
40	Garfield Elementary School	Revere, MA	Revere	Elementary	639	26.0%
41	Mather Elementary School	Dorchester, MA	Boston	Elementary	473	25.0%
42	Kenny Elementary School	Dorchester, MA	Boston	Elementary	329	25.0%
43	Mattahunt Elementary School	Mattapan, MA	Boston	Elementary	581	25.0%
44	Boston Renaissance Charter Public School	Hyde Park, MA	Boston Renaissance Charter Public	Elementary	938	24.0%
45	Perkins Elementary School	South Boston, MA	Boston	Elementary	167	24.0%
46	Gardner Pilot Academy	Allston, MA	Boston	Elementary	364	24.0%
47	Trotter Elementary School	Dorchester, MA	Boston	Elementary	352	24.0%
48	A. C. Whelan Elementary School	Revere, MA	Revere	Elementary	658	24.0%
49	Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School	Boston, MA	Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School	Elementary	293	23.0%
50	UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester	Boston, MA	UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester	Elementary	640	22.0%

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