Massachusetts schools ranked by test score
Latest MCAS year (2024-25). 1,550 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 43.8%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dover-Sherborn Regional High Dover · Dover-Sherborn | High | 93.0% | +49.2pp |
| 2 | The Bromfield High School Harvard · Harvard | High | 88.0% | +44.2pp |
| 3 | Cohasset High School Cohasset · Cohasset | High | 86.0% | +42.2pp |
| 4 | Needham High Needham · Needham | High | 86.0% | +42.2pp |
| 5 | Country Weston · Weston | Elementary | 85.0% | +41.2pp |
| 6 | Lexington High Lexington · Lexington | High | 85.0% | +41.2pp |
| 7 | Belmont High Belmont · Belmont | High | 84.0% | +40.2pp |
| 8 | Chilmark Elementary Chilmark · Up-Island Regional | Elementary | 84.0% | +40.2pp |
| 9 | Concord Carlisle High Concord · Concord-Carlisle | High | 84.0% | +40.2pp |
| 10 | Duxbury High Duxbury · Duxbury | High | 84.0% | +40.2pp |
| 11 | Hopkinton High Hopkinton · Hopkinton | High | 84.0% | +40.2pp |
| 12 | John D Hardy Wellesley · Wellesley | Elementary | 84.0% | +40.2pp |
| 13 | Acton-Boxborough Regional High Acton · Acton-Boxborough | High | 83.0% | +39.2pp |
| 14 | Albert S. Woodward Memorial School Southborough · Southborough | Elementary | 83.0% | +39.2pp |
| 15 | Brookline High Brookline · Brookline | High | 83.0% | +39.2pp |
| 16 | Cohasset Middle School Cohasset · Cohasset | Middle | 83.0% | +39.2pp |
| 17 | Jonas Clarke Middle Lexington · Lexington | Middle | 83.0% | +39.2pp |
| 18 | Paul P Gates Elementary School Acton · Acton-Boxborough | Elementary | 83.0% | +39.2pp |
| 19 | Wayland High School Wayland · Wayland | High | 83.0% | +39.2pp |
| 20 | Arlington High Arlington · Arlington | High | 82.0% | +38.2pp |
| 21 | Hamilton-Wenham Regional High South Hamilton · Hamilton-Wenham | High | 82.0% | +38.2pp |
| 22 | Manchester Essex Regional High School Manchester · Manchester Essex Regional | High | 82.0% | +38.2pp |
| 23 | Martha Jones Westwood · Westwood | Elementary | 82.0% | +38.2pp |
| 24 | Mary Lee Burbank Belmont · Belmont | Elementary | 82.0% | +38.2pp |
| 25 | Melrose High Melrose · Melrose | High | 82.0% | +38.2pp |
| 26 | Westborough High Westborough · Westborough | High | 82.0% | +38.2pp |
| 27 | Weston High Weston · Weston | High | 82.0% | +38.2pp |
| 28 | Boston Latin School Boston · Boston | High | 81.0% | +37.2pp |
| 29 | Happy Hollow School Wayland · Wayland | Elementary | 81.0% | +37.2pp |
| 30 | Hingham High Hingham · Hingham | High | 81.0% | +37.2pp |
| 31 | Horace Mann Melrose · Melrose | Elementary | 81.0% | +37.2pp |
| 32 | L D Batchelder North Reading · North Reading | Elementary | 81.0% | +37.2pp |
| 33 | Martin Luther King Jr. Cambridge · Cambridge | Elementary | 81.0% | +37.2pp |
| 34 | Norwell High Norwell · Norwell | High | 81.0% | +37.2pp |
| 35 | Sharon High Sharon · Sharon | High | 81.0% | +37.2pp |
| 36 | Winchester High School Winchester · Winchester | High | 81.0% | +37.2pp |
| 37 | Bedford High Bedford · Bedford | High | 80.0% | +36.2pp |
| 38 | Concord Middle Concord · Concord | Middle | 80.0% | +36.2pp |
| 39 | Maria L. Baldwin Cambridge · Cambridge | Elementary | 80.0% | +36.2pp |
| 40 | Ottoson Middle Arlington · Arlington | Middle | 80.0% | +36.2pp |
| 41 | Plymouth River Hingham · Hingham | Elementary | 80.0% | +36.2pp |
| 42 | Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School Cambridge · Benjamin Banneker Charter Public | Elementary | 79.0% | +35.2pp |
| 43 | Bowman Lexington · Lexington | Elementary | 79.0% | +35.2pp |
| 44 | East Elementary School Hingham · Hingham | Elementary | 79.0% | +35.2pp |
| 45 | Hingham Middle School Hingham · Hingham | Middle | 79.0% | +35.2pp |
| 46 | John Ward Newton Centre · Newton | Elementary | 79.0% | +35.2pp |
| 47 | Newton South High Newton Centre · Newton | High | 79.0% | +35.2pp |
| 48 | Sturgis Charter Public School Hyannis · Sturgis Charter Public | High | 79.0% | +35.2pp |
| 49 | Westford Academy Westford · Westford | High | 79.0% | +35.2pp |
| 50 | Algonquin Regional High Northborough · Northboro-Southboro | High | 78.0% | +34.2pp |
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About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the MCAS % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations threshold on the latest available MCAS English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Massachusetts, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.