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The highest-performing public elementary schools in reading in Massachusetts

This ranking covers the highest-performing public elementary schools in reading in Massachusetts, drawn from 920 qualifying public elementary schools. Country leads the list at 85.0%, against a median of 42.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

920

Massachusetts

Top % Proficient (Reading)

85.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

42.0%

BEST IN READING · MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Country	Weston, MA	Weston	Elementary	338	85.0%
2	John D Hardy	Wellesley, MA	Wellesley	Elementary	280	84.0%
3	Paul P Gates Elementary School	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	Elementary	380	83.0%
4	Albert S. Woodward Memorial School	Southborough, MA	Southborough	Elementary	286	83.0%
5	Mary Lee Burbank	Belmont, MA	Belmont	Elementary	238	82.0%
6	Martha Jones	Westwood, MA	Westwood	Elementary	275	82.0%
7	Martin Luther King Jr.	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Elementary	340	81.0%
8	Horace Mann	Melrose, MA	Melrose	Elementary	254	81.0%
9	L D Batchelder	North Reading, MA	North Reading	Elementary	462	81.0%
10	Happy Hollow School	Wayland, MA	Wayland	Elementary	330	81.0%
11	Maria L. Baldwin	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Elementary	360	80.0%
12	Plymouth River	Hingham, MA	Hingham	Elementary	352	80.0%
13	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School	Cambridge, MA	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public	Elementary	352	79.0%
14	East Elementary School	Hingham, MA	Hingham	Elementary	502	79.0%
15	Bowman	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Elementary	429	79.0%
16	John Ward	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	Elementary	186	79.0%
17	Carlisle School	Carlisle, MA	Carlisle	Elementary	612	78.0%
18	Joseph E Fiske	Wellesley, MA	Wellesley	Elementary	278	78.0%
19	Woodland	Weston, MA	Weston	Elementary	299	78.0%
20	Ambrose Elementary	Winchester, MA	Winchester	Elementary	398	78.0%
21	Mason-Rice	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	Elementary	321	77.0%
22	William E Sheehan	Westwood, MA	Westwood	Elementary	278	77.0%
23	Winn Brook	Belmont, MA	Belmont	Elementary	304	76.0%
24	Maria Hastings	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Elementary	579	76.0%
25	E Ethel Little School	North Reading, MA	North Reading	Elementary	303	76.0%
26	Katharine Lee Bates	Wellesley, MA	Wellesley	Elementary	286	76.0%
27	Field Elementary School	Weston, MA	Weston	Elementary	317	76.0%
28	Henry C Sanborn Elementary	Andover, MA	Andover	Elementary	332	75.0%
29	John A Bishop	Arlington, MA	Arlington	Elementary	375	75.0%
30	Peirce	Arlington, MA	Arlington	Elementary	318	75.0%
31	Bridge	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Elementary	345	75.0%
32	Joseph Estabrook	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Elementary	490	75.0%
33	Benjamin G Brown	Somerville, MA	Somerville	Elementary	219	75.0%
34	General John Nixon Elementary	Sudbury, MA	Sudbury	Elementary	382	75.0%
35	Loker School	Wayland, MA	Wayland	Elementary	359	75.0%
36	Lincoln Elementary	Winchester, MA	Winchester	Elementary	334	75.0%
37	Wm L Foster Elementary	Hingham, MA	Hingham	Elementary	402	74.0%
38	Newman Elementary	Needham, MA	Needham	Elementary	696	74.0%
39	Memorial Spaulding	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	Elementary	342	74.0%
40	Peter Noyes	Sudbury, MA	Sudbury	Elementary	508	74.0%
41	Roland Hayes	Chestnut Hill, MA	Brookline	Elementary	418	73.0%
42	Pierce	Brookline, MA	Brookline	Elementary	592	73.0%
43	Josiah Haynes	Sudbury, MA	Sudbury	Elementary	397	73.0%
44	Downey	Westwood, MA	Westwood	Elementary	271	73.0%
45	Vinson-Owen Elementary	Winchester, MA	Winchester	Elementary	441	73.0%
46	Luther Conant School	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	Elementary	410	72.0%
47	Eliot K-8 Innovation School	Boston, MA	Boston	Elementary	784	72.0%
48	Lawrence	Brookline, MA	Brookline	Elementary	630	72.0%
49	South Elementary	Hingham, MA	Hingham	Elementary	496	72.0%
50	Hopkins Elementary School	Hopkinton, MA	Hopkinton	Elementary	682	72.0%

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