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The highest-performing public elementary schools in science in Massachusetts

Across Massachusetts, 749 public elementary schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state science standard. J Turner Hood leads the list at 95.0%, against a median of 47.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

749

Massachusetts

Top % Proficient (Science)

95.0%

Median % Proficient (Science)

47.0%

BEST IN SCIENCE · MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Science)
1	J Turner Hood	North Reading, MA	North Reading	Elementary	416	95.0%
2	L D Batchelder	North Reading, MA	North Reading	Elementary	462	95.0%
3	John A Bishop	Arlington, MA	Arlington	Elementary	375	94.0%
4	Martin Luther King Jr.	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Elementary	340	93.0%
5	J F Kennedy Memorial	Franklin, MA	Franklin	Elementary	341	90.0%
6	East Elementary School	Hingham, MA	Hingham	Elementary	502	89.0%
7	William E Sheehan	Westwood, MA	Westwood	Elementary	278	89.0%
8	Brackett	Arlington, MA	Arlington	Elementary	394	88.0%
9	Peirce	Arlington, MA	Arlington	Elementary	318	88.0%
10	Wm L Foster Elementary	Hingham, MA	Hingham	Elementary	402	88.0%
11	A E Angier	Waban, MA	Newton	Elementary	383	88.0%
12	E Ethel Little School	North Reading, MA	North Reading	Elementary	303	88.0%
13	Muraco Elementary	Winchester, MA	Winchester	Elementary	352	88.0%
14	Berlin Memorial School	Berlin, MA	Berlin-Boylston	Elementary	242	87.0%
15	John D Hardy	Wellesley, MA	Wellesley	Elementary	280	87.0%
16	Hildreth Elementary School	Harvard, MA	Harvard	Elementary	451	86.0%
17	South Elementary	Hingham, MA	Hingham	Elementary	496	86.0%
18	Orleans Elementary	Orleans, MA	Orleans	Elementary	149	86.0%
19	Josiah Haynes	Sudbury, MA	Sudbury	Elementary	397	86.0%
20	Henry C Sanborn Elementary	Andover, MA	Andover	Elementary	332	85.0%
21	Plymouth River	Hingham, MA	Hingham	Elementary	352	85.0%
22	Bowman	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Elementary	429	85.0%
23	Underwood	Newton, MA	Newton	Elementary	253	85.0%
24	Liberty	Braintree, MA	Braintree	Elementary	367	84.0%
25	Carlisle School	Carlisle, MA	Carlisle	Elementary	612	84.0%
26	Peter Noyes	Sudbury, MA	Sudbury	Elementary	508	84.0%
27	Joseph E Fiske	Wellesley, MA	Wellesley	Elementary	278	84.0%
28	Vinson-Owen Elementary	Winchester, MA	Winchester	Elementary	441	84.0%
29	Leverett Elementary	Leverett, MA	Leverett	Elementary	137	83.0%
30	General John Nixon Elementary	Sudbury, MA	Sudbury	Elementary	382	83.0%
31	Martha Jones	Westwood, MA	Westwood	Elementary	275	83.0%
32	Anne T. Dunphy School	Williamsburg, MA	Williamsburg	Elementary	111	83.0%
33	Plum Cove School	Gloucester, MA	Gloucester	Elementary	217	82.0%
34	Collicot	Milton, MA	Milton	Elementary	623	82.0%
35	Hunnewell	Wellesley, MA	Wellesley	Elementary	294	82.0%
36	South Elementary	Andover, MA	Andover	Elementary	438	81.0%
37	Cyrus E Dallin	Arlington, MA	Arlington	Elementary	390	81.0%
38	Donald Ross	Braintree, MA	Braintree	Elementary	182	81.0%
39	Joseph Estabrook	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Elementary	490	81.0%
40	Mason-Rice	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	Elementary	321	81.0%
41	Margaret A Neary	Southborough, MA	Southborough	Elementary	275	81.0%
42	Paul P Gates Elementary School	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	Elementary	380	80.0%
43	Willard	Concord, MA	Concord	Elementary	432	80.0%
44	Hopkins Elementary School	Hopkinton, MA	Hopkinton	Elementary	682	80.0%
45	Bridge	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Elementary	345	80.0%
46	Glover	Milton, MA	Milton	Elementary	593	80.0%
47	Schofield	Wellesley, MA	Wellesley	Elementary	291	80.0%
48	Luther Conant School	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	Elementary	410	79.0%
49	Lawrence	Brookline, MA	Brookline	Elementary	630	79.0%
50	Thoreau	Concord, MA	Concord	Elementary	401	79.0%

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