Massachusetts schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Lawrence Brookline · Brookline | Elementary | 72.0% | +28.2pp |
| 52 | Luther Conant School Acton · Acton-Boxborough | Elementary | 72.0% | +28.2pp |
| 53 | Ralph Wheelock School Medfield · Medfield | Elementary | 72.0% | +28.2pp |
| 54 | South Elementary Hingham · Hingham | Elementary | 72.0% | +28.2pp |
| 55 | Winthrop Melrose · Melrose | Elementary | 72.0% | +28.2pp |
| 56 | A E Angier Waban · Newton | Elementary | 71.0% | +27.2pp |
| 57 | Broadmeadow Needham · Needham | Elementary | 71.0% | +27.2pp |
| 58 | Edith C Baker Chestnut Hill · Brookline | Elementary | 71.0% | +27.2pp |
| 59 | Glover Marblehead · Marblehead | Elementary | 71.0% | +27.2pp |
| 60 | Jefferson Elementary Franklin · Franklin | Elementary | 71.0% | +27.2pp |
| 61 | Sprague Elementary School Wellesley · Wellesley | Elementary | 71.0% | +27.2pp |
| 62 | William G Vinal Norwell · Norwell | Elementary | 71.0% | +27.2pp |
| 63 | William H Lincoln Brookline · Brookline | Elementary | 71.0% | +27.2pp |
| 64 | Amigos School Cambridge · Cambridge | Elementary | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 65 | Collicot Milton · Milton | Elementary | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 66 | Harrington Lexington · Lexington | Elementary | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 67 | John M Tobin Cambridge · Cambridge | Elementary | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 68 | Joshua Eaton Reading · Reading | Elementary | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 69 | Michael Driscoll Brookline · Brookline | Elementary | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 70 | Pine Hill Sherborn · Sherborn | Elementary | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 71 | Schofield Wellesley · Wellesley | Elementary | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 72 | Willard Concord · Concord | Elementary | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 73 | William Mitchell Needham · Needham | Elementary | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 74 | C C Burr Auburndale · Newton | Elementary | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 75 | Chickering Dover · Dover | Elementary | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 76 | Cyrus E Dallin Arlington · Arlington | Elementary | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 77 | Dale Street Medfield · Medfield | Elementary | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 78 | Glover Milton · Milton | Elementary | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 79 | Hunnewell Wellesley · Wellesley | Elementary | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 80 | John F Kennedy Somerville · Somerville | Elementary | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 81 | Orleans Elementary Orleans · Orleans | Elementary | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 82 | Roosevelt Melrose · Melrose | Elementary | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 83 | Sunita L. Williams Elementary Needham · Needham | Elementary | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 84 | Alcott Concord · Concord | Elementary | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 85 | Cunningham School Milton · Milton | Elementary | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 86 | Daniel Butler Belmont · Belmont | Elementary | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 87 | East Elementary Sharon · Sharon | Elementary | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 88 | Hildreth Elementary School Harvard · Harvard | Elementary | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 89 | Lincoln School Lincoln · Lincoln | Elementary | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 90 | Lynch Elementary Winchester · Winchester | Elementary | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 91 | Memorial Natick · Natick | Elementary | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 92 | Bessie Buker Elementary Wenham · Hamilton-Wenham | Elementary | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 93 | Brown Natick · Natick | Elementary | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 94 | Cottage Street Sharon · Sharon | Elementary | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 95 | Grace Farrar Cole Norwell · Norwell | Elementary | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 96 | Hardy Arlington · Arlington | Elementary | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 97 | John D Runkle Brookline · Brookline | Elementary | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 98 | Manning Elementary School Jamaica Plain · Boston | Elementary | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 99 | Alden School Duxbury · Duxbury | Elementary | 66.0% | +22.2pp |
| 100 | Conway Grammar Conway · Conway | Elementary | 66.0% | +22.2pp |
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.