Massachusetts schools ranked by test score
Latest MCAS year (2024-25). 908 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 43.8%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Country Weston · Weston | Elementary | 85.0% | +41.2pp |
| 2 | Chilmark Elementary Chilmark · Up-Island Regional | Elementary | 84.0% | +40.2pp |
| 3 | John D Hardy Wellesley · Wellesley | Elementary | 84.0% | +40.2pp |
| 4 | Albert S. Woodward Memorial School Southborough · Southborough | Elementary | 83.0% | +39.2pp |
| 5 | Paul P Gates Elementary School Acton · Acton-Boxborough | Elementary | 83.0% | +39.2pp |
| 6 | Martha Jones Westwood · Westwood | Elementary | 82.0% | +38.2pp |
| 7 | Mary Lee Burbank Belmont · Belmont | Elementary | 82.0% | +38.2pp |
| 8 | Happy Hollow School Wayland · Wayland | Elementary | 81.0% | +37.2pp |
| 9 | Horace Mann Melrose · Melrose | Elementary | 81.0% | +37.2pp |
| 10 | L D Batchelder North Reading · North Reading | Elementary | 81.0% | +37.2pp |
| 11 | Martin Luther King Jr. Cambridge · Cambridge | Elementary | 81.0% | +37.2pp |
| 12 | Maria L. Baldwin Cambridge · Cambridge | Elementary | 80.0% | +36.2pp |
| 13 | Plymouth River Hingham · Hingham | Elementary | 80.0% | +36.2pp |
| 14 | Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School Cambridge · Benjamin Banneker Charter Public | Elementary | 79.0% | +35.2pp |
| 15 | Bowman Lexington · Lexington | Elementary | 79.0% | +35.2pp |
| 16 | East Elementary School Hingham · Hingham | Elementary | 79.0% | +35.2pp |
| 17 | John Ward Newton Centre · Newton | Elementary | 79.0% | +35.2pp |
| 18 | Ambrose Elementary Winchester · Winchester | Elementary | 78.0% | +34.2pp |
| 19 | Carlisle School Carlisle · Carlisle | Elementary | 78.0% | +34.2pp |
| 20 | Joseph E Fiske Wellesley · Wellesley | Elementary | 78.0% | +34.2pp |
| 21 | Woodland Weston · Weston | Elementary | 78.0% | +34.2pp |
| 22 | Mason-Rice Newton Centre · Newton | Elementary | 77.0% | +33.2pp |
| 23 | William E Sheehan Westwood · Westwood | Elementary | 77.0% | +33.2pp |
| 24 | E Ethel Little School North Reading · North Reading | Elementary | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 25 | Field Elementary School Weston · Weston | Elementary | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 26 | Katharine Lee Bates Wellesley · Wellesley | Elementary | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 27 | Maria Hastings Lexington · Lexington | Elementary | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 28 | Winn Brook Belmont · Belmont | Elementary | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 29 | Benjamin G Brown Somerville · Somerville | Elementary | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 30 | Bridge Lexington · Lexington | Elementary | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 31 | General John Nixon Elementary Sudbury · Sudbury | Elementary | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 32 | Henry C Sanborn Elementary Andover · Andover | Elementary | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 33 | John A Bishop Arlington · Arlington | Elementary | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 34 | Joseph Estabrook Lexington · Lexington | Elementary | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 35 | Lincoln Elementary Winchester · Winchester | Elementary | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 36 | Loker School Wayland · Wayland | Elementary | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 37 | Peirce Arlington · Arlington | Elementary | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 38 | Memorial Spaulding Newton Centre · Newton | Elementary | 74.0% | +30.2pp |
| 39 | Newman Elementary Needham · Needham | Elementary | 74.0% | +30.2pp |
| 40 | Peter Noyes Sudbury · Sudbury | Elementary | 74.0% | +30.2pp |
| 41 | Wm L Foster Elementary Hingham · Hingham | Elementary | 74.0% | +30.2pp |
| 42 | Downey Westwood · Westwood | Elementary | 73.0% | +29.2pp |
| 43 | Josiah Haynes Sudbury · Sudbury | Elementary | 73.0% | +29.2pp |
| 44 | Pierce Brookline · Brookline | Elementary | 73.0% | +29.2pp |
| 45 | Roland Hayes Chestnut Hill · Brookline | Elementary | 73.0% | +29.2pp |
| 46 | Vinson-Owen Elementary Winchester · Winchester | Elementary | 73.0% | +29.2pp |
| 47 | Center Mattapoisett · Mattapoisett | Elementary | 72.0% | +28.2pp |
| 48 | Eliot K-8 Innovation School Boston · Boston | Elementary | 72.0% | +28.2pp |
| 49 | Heights Elementary Sharon · Sharon | Elementary | 72.0% | +28.2pp |
| 50 | Hopkins Elementary School Hopkinton · Hopkinton | Elementary | 72.0% | +28.2pp |
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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.