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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Massachusetts

This ranking covers the highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Massachusetts, drawn from 304 qualifying public middle schools. Cohasset Middle School leads the list at 83.0%, against a median of 43.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

304

Massachusetts

Top % Proficient (Reading)

83.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

43.0%

BEST IN READING · MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Cohasset Middle School	Cohasset, MA	Cohasset	Middle	300	83.0%
2	Jonas Clarke Middle	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Middle	796	83.0%
3	Ottoson Middle	Arlington, MA	Arlington	Middle	963	80.0%
4	Concord Middle	Concord, MA	Concord	Middle	643	80.0%
5	Hingham Middle School	Hingham, MA	Hingham	Middle	798	79.0%
6	Wayland Middle School	Wayland, MA	Wayland	Middle	662	77.0%
7	Wellesley Middle	Wellesley, MA	Wellesley	Middle	919	77.0%
8	Hopkinton Middle School	Hopkinton, MA	Hopkinton	Middle	996	76.0%
9	Pollard Middle	Needham, MA	Needham	Middle	867	76.0%
10	High Rock School	Needham, MA	Needham	Middle	441	76.0%
11	Charles E Brown Middle	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	Middle	713	76.0%
12	Weston Middle	Weston, MA	Weston	Middle	451	76.0%
13	Raymond J Grey Junior High	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	Middle	824	75.0%
14	Wm Diamond Middle	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Middle	936	75.0%
15	Belmont Middle School	Belmont, MA	Belmont	Middle	742	75.0%
16	Doherty Middle	Andover, MA	Andover	Middle	493	74.0%
17	P Brent Trottier	Southborough, MA	Southborough	Middle	404	74.0%
18	The Bromfield Middle School	Harvard, MA	Harvard	Middle	244	74.0%
19	Littleton Middle School	Littleton, MA	Littleton	Middle	373	73.0%
20	Ephraim Curtis Middle	Sudbury, MA	Sudbury	Middle	816	73.0%
21	Sarah W Gibbons Middle	Westborough, MA	Westborough	Middle	610	73.0%
22	E W Thurston Middle	Westwood, MA	Westwood	Middle	664	73.0%
23	John Glenn Middle	Bedford, MA	Bedford	Middle	604	72.0%
24	North Reading Middle	North Reading, MA	North Reading	Middle	494	72.0%
25	Arthur W Coolidge Middle	Reading, MA	Reading	Middle	405	72.0%
26	Gibbs School	Arlington, MA	Arlington	Middle	529	71.0%
27	Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School	Dover, MA	Dover-Sherborn	Middle	471	71.0%
28	Thomas Blake Middle	Medfield, MA	Medfield	Middle	574	71.0%
29	Bigelow Middle	Newton, MA	Newton	Middle	434	71.0%
30	McCall Middle	Winchester, MA	Winchester	Middle	1,036	71.0%
31	Hale	Stow, MA	Nashoba	Middle	247	70.0%
32	F A Day Middle	Newtonville, MA	Newton	Middle	860	70.0%
33	Wood Hill Middle School	Andover, MA	Andover	Middle	317	69.0%
34	Rindge Avenue Upper School	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Middle	292	69.0%
35	Duxbury Middle	Duxbury, MA	Duxbury	Middle	599	68.0%
36	Central Middle	Quincy, MA	Quincy	Middle	671	68.0%
37	Manchester Essex Regional Middle School	Manchester, MA	Manchester Essex Regional	Middle	279	67.0%
38	Horace Mann	Franklin, MA	Franklin	Middle	407	67.0%
39	Miles River Middle	Hamilton, MA	Hamilton-Wenham	Middle	391	67.0%
40	Sharon Middle	Sharon, MA	Sharon	Middle	815	67.0%
41	Blanchard Middle	Westford, MA	Westford	Middle	541	67.0%
42	Stony Brook School	Westford, MA	Westford	Middle	546	67.0%
43	Winthrop L Chenery Upper Elementary	Belmont, MA	Belmont	Middle	1,023	66.0%
44	Robert H. Adams Middle School	Holliston, MA	Holliston	Middle	626	66.0%
45	Marblehead Veterans Middle School	Marblehead, MA	Marblehead	Middle	411	66.0%
46	Old Hammondtown	Mattapoisett, MA	Mattapoisett	Middle	154	66.0%
47	Wilson Middle	Natick, MA	Natick	Middle	727	66.0%
48	Oak Middle School	Shrewsbury, MA	Shrewsbury	Middle	914	66.0%
49	Andover West Middle	Andover, MA	Andover	Middle	508	65.0%
50	Lynnfield Middle School	Lynnfield, MA	Lynnfield	Middle	698	65.0%

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