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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in Massachusetts

Across Massachusetts, 326 public high 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 47.0% 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

326

Massachusetts

Top % Proficient (Reading)

93.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

47.0%

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	Belmont High	Belmont, MA	Belmont	High	1,454	84.0%
7	Concord Carlisle High	Concord, MA	Concord-Carlisle	High	1,191	84.0%
8	Duxbury High	Duxbury, MA	Duxbury	High	808	84.0%
9	Hopkinton High	Hopkinton, MA	Hopkinton	High	1,267	84.0%
10	Acton-Boxborough Regional High	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	High	1,622	83.0%
11	Brookline High	Brookline, MA	Brookline	High	2,181	83.0%
12	Wayland High School	Wayland, MA	Wayland	High	803	83.0%
13	Manchester Essex Regional High School	Manchester, MA	Manchester Essex Regional	High	392	82.0%
14	Arlington High	Arlington, MA	Arlington	High	1,677	82.0%
15	Hamilton-Wenham Regional High	South Hamilton, MA	Hamilton-Wenham	High	448	82.0%
16	Melrose High	Melrose, MA	Melrose	High	967	82.0%
17	Westborough High	Westborough, MA	Westborough	High	1,213	82.0%
18	Weston High	Weston, MA	Weston	High	658	82.0%
19	Boston Latin School	Boston, MA	Boston	High	2,424	81.0%
20	Hingham High	Hingham, MA	Hingham	High	1,066	81.0%
21	Norwell High	Norwell, MA	Norwell	High	601	81.0%
22	Sharon High	Sharon, MA	Sharon	High	1,161	81.0%
23	Winchester High School	Winchester, MA	Winchester	High	1,404	81.0%
24	Bedford High	Bedford, MA	Bedford	High	868	80.0%
25	Sturgis Charter Public School	Hyannis, MA	Sturgis Charter Public	High	825	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	Lynnfield High	Lynnfield, MA	Lynnfield	High	588	78.0%
29	Millis High School	Millis, MA	Millis	High	286	78.0%
30	Algonquin Regional High	Northborough, MA	Northboro-Southboro	High	1,197	78.0%
31	Westwood High	Westwood, MA	Westwood	High	837	78.0%
32	Holliston High	Holliston, MA	Holliston	High	809	77.0%
33	Newton North High	Newtonville, MA	Newton	High	2,096	77.0%
34	Wellesley Sr High	Wellesley, MA	Wellesley	High	1,262	77.0%
35	Groton Dunstable Regional	Groton, MA	Groton-Dunstable	High	659	76.0%
36	Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High	Sudbury, MA	Lincoln-Sudbury	High	1,445	76.0%
37	Masconomet Regional High School	Boxford, MA	Masconomet	High	924	76.0%
38	Milton High	Milton, MA	Milton	High	1,083	76.0%
39	Chelmsford High	North Chelmsford, MA	Chelmsford	High	1,402	75.0%
40	Ipswich High	Ipswich, MA	Ipswich	High	447	75.0%
41	Littleton High School	Littleton, MA	Littleton	High	482	75.0%
42	Andover High	Andover, MA	Andover	High	1,609	74.0%
43	Northampton High	Northampton, MA	Northampton	High	875	74.0%
44	Pentucket Regional Sr High	West Newbury, MA	Pentucket	High	578	74.0%
45	Ashland High	Ashland, MA	Ashland	High	884	73.0%
46	Medfield Senior High	Medfield, MA	Medfield	High	704	73.0%
47	Minuteman Regional High	Lexington, MA	Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical	High	669	73.0%
48	Scituate High School	Scituate, MA	Scituate	High	725	73.0%
49	Shrewsbury High School	Shrewsbury, MA	Shrewsbury	High	1,891	73.0%
50	North Reading High	North Reading, MA	North Reading	High	652	72.0%

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