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The public schools with the most improved test scores in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

This ranking covers the public schools with the most improved test scores in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, drawn from 333 qualifying public schools. Dolbeare leads the list at +19.5pp, against a median of +0.5pp 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

333

Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Top 3-yr change

+19.5pp

Median 3-yr change

+0.5pp

MOST IMPROVED · MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	Students	3 yrs ago	Latest	Change
1	Dolbeare	Wakefield, MA	Wakefield	443	39.5%	59.0%	+19.5pp
2	Peirce	Arlington, MA	Arlington	318	55.0%	74.0%	+19.0pp
3	Mulready Elementary	Hudson, MA	Hudson	249	34.5%	52.5%	+18.0pp
4	Moody Elementary	Lowell, MA	Lowell	248	13.5%	31.0%	+17.5pp
5	Putnam Avenue Upper School	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	283	42.0%	57.0%	+15.0pp
6	Concord Middle	Concord, MA	Concord	643	61.0%	76.0%	+15.0pp
7	Littleton Middle School	Littleton, MA	Littleton	373	52.0%	67.0%	+15.0pp
8	Locke Middle	Billerica, MA	Billerica	531	37.0%	50.5%	+13.5pp
9	Washington	Lowell, MA	Lowell	252	24.0%	37.5%	+13.5pp
10	Williams	Auburndale, MA	Newton	211	50.5%	64.0%	+13.5pp
11	Tewksbury Memorial High	Tewksbury, MA	Tewksbury	696	55.5%	69.0%	+13.5pp
12	Henry Whittemore Elementary School	Waltham, MA	Waltham	372	17.5%	30.5%	+13.0pp
13	John F Kennedy	Billerica, MA	Billerica	330	48.5%	61.0%	+12.5pp
14	Greenmont Avenue	Dracut, MA	Dracut	211	35.0%	47.0%	+12.0pp
15	C C Burr	Auburndale, MA	Newton	350	61.0%	73.0%	+12.0pp
16	J Warren Killam	Reading, MA	Reading	406	54.5%	66.5%	+12.0pp
17	Morse	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	328	50.5%	62.0%	+11.5pp
18	Dual Language School	Waltham, MA	Waltham	222	25.0%	36.5%	+11.5pp
19	C A Farley	Hudson, MA	Hudson	474	25.5%	36.5%	+11.0pp
20	Cunniff	Watertown, MA	Watertown	320	39.0%	50.0%	+11.0pp
21	Forest Avenue Elementary	Hudson, MA	Hudson	269	38.0%	48.5%	+10.5pp
22	Kathryn P. Stoklosa Middle School	Lowell, MA	Lowell	613	24.5%	35.0%	+10.5pp
23	Brooks School	Medford, MA	Medford	556	49.0%	59.5%	+10.5pp
24	Horace Mann	Melrose, MA	Melrose	254	71.5%	82.0%	+10.5pp
25	Joseph A Campbell Elementary	Dracut, MA	Dracut	565	33.0%	42.5%	+9.5pp
26	Herbert Clark Hoover	Melrose, MA	Melrose	260	53.5%	63.0%	+9.5pp
27	Hosmer	Watertown, MA	Watertown	758	41.0%	50.5%	+9.5pp
28	Cambridgeport	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	263	54.0%	63.0%	+9.0pp
29	Rindge Avenue Upper School	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	292	58.0%	67.0%	+9.0pp
30	Memorial Spaulding	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	342	64.5%	73.5%	+9.0pp
31	Vassal Lane Upper School	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	298	44.0%	52.5%	+8.5pp
32	Rogers STEM Academy	Lowell, MA	Lowell	892	17.0%	25.5%	+8.5pp
33	A E Angier	Waban, MA	Newton	383	68.5%	77.0%	+8.5pp
34	Country	Weston, MA	Weston	338	76.5%	85.0%	+8.5pp
35	Hanscom School	Hanscom Air Force Base, MA	Lincoln	493	37.5%	45.5%	+8.0pp
36	Joseph McAvinnue	Lowell, MA	Lowell	447	20.0%	28.0%	+8.0pp
37	Hale	Stow, MA	Nashoba	247	61.5%	69.5%	+8.0pp
38	Ambrose Elementary	Winchester, MA	Winchester	398	72.5%	80.5%	+8.0pp
39	Paul P Gates Elementary School	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	380	75.0%	82.5%	+7.5pp
40	Kennedy-Longfellow	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	215	23.0%	30.5%	+7.5pp
41	Amigos School	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	413	61.0%	68.5%	+7.5pp
42	Missituk Elementary School	Medford, MA	Medford	418	33.5%	41.0%	+7.5pp
43	Spaulding Memorial	Townsend, MA	North Middlesex	413	38.5%	46.0%	+7.5pp
44	Wilmington Middle School	Wilmington, MA	Wilmington	782	43.0%	50.5%	+7.5pp
45	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School	Cambridge, MA	Benjamin Banneker Charter Public	352	74.5%	81.5%	+7.0pp
46	Marshall Middle School	Billerica, MA	Billerica	596	40.5%	47.5%	+7.0pp
47	Memorial	Burlington, MA	Burlington	372	46.5%	53.5%	+7.0pp
48	John M Tobin	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	291	67.5%	74.5%	+7.0pp
49	Peter W Reilly	Lowell, MA	Lowell	471	32.0%	39.0%	+7.0pp
50	North Reading Middle	North Reading, MA	North Reading	494	64.0%	71.0%	+7.0pp

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