Massachusetts schools ranked by test score
Latest MCAS year (2024-25). 320 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 | Lexington High Lexington · Lexington | High | 85.0% | +41.2pp |
| 6 | Belmont High Belmont · Belmont | High | 84.0% | +40.2pp |
| 7 | Concord Carlisle High Concord · Concord-Carlisle | High | 84.0% | +40.2pp |
| 8 | Duxbury High Duxbury · Duxbury | High | 84.0% | +40.2pp |
| 9 | Hopkinton High Hopkinton · Hopkinton | High | 84.0% | +40.2pp |
| 10 | Acton-Boxborough Regional High Acton · Acton-Boxborough | High | 83.0% | +39.2pp |
| 11 | Brookline High Brookline · Brookline | High | 83.0% | +39.2pp |
| 12 | Wayland High School Wayland · Wayland | High | 83.0% | +39.2pp |
| 13 | Arlington High Arlington · Arlington | High | 82.0% | +38.2pp |
| 14 | Hamilton-Wenham Regional High South Hamilton · Hamilton-Wenham | High | 82.0% | +38.2pp |
| 15 | Manchester Essex Regional High School Manchester · Manchester Essex Regional | High | 82.0% | +38.2pp |
| 16 | Melrose High Melrose · Melrose | High | 82.0% | +38.2pp |
| 17 | Westborough High Westborough · Westborough | High | 82.0% | +38.2pp |
| 18 | Weston High Weston · Weston | High | 82.0% | +38.2pp |
| 19 | Boston Latin School Boston · Boston | High | 81.0% | +37.2pp |
| 20 | Hingham High Hingham · Hingham | High | 81.0% | +37.2pp |
| 21 | Norwell High Norwell · Norwell | High | 81.0% | +37.2pp |
| 22 | Sharon High Sharon · Sharon | High | 81.0% | +37.2pp |
| 23 | Winchester High School Winchester · Winchester | High | 81.0% | +37.2pp |
| 24 | Bedford High Bedford · Bedford | High | 80.0% | +36.2pp |
| 25 | Newton South High Newton Centre · Newton | High | 79.0% | +35.2pp |
| 26 | Sturgis Charter Public School Hyannis · Sturgis Charter Public | High | 79.0% | +35.2pp |
| 27 | Westford Academy Westford · Westford | High | 79.0% | +35.2pp |
| 28 | Algonquin Regional High Northborough · Northboro-Southboro | High | 78.0% | +34.2pp |
| 29 | Lynnfield High Lynnfield · Lynnfield | High | 78.0% | +34.2pp |
| 30 | Millis High School Millis · Millis | High | 78.0% | +34.2pp |
| 31 | Westwood High Westwood · Westwood | High | 78.0% | +34.2pp |
| 32 | Holliston High Holliston · Holliston | High | 77.0% | +33.2pp |
| 33 | Newton North High Newtonville · Newton | High | 77.0% | +33.2pp |
| 34 | Wellesley Sr High Wellesley · Wellesley | High | 77.0% | +33.2pp |
| 35 | Groton Dunstable Regional Groton · Groton-Dunstable | High | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 36 | Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High Sudbury · Lincoln-Sudbury | High | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 37 | Masconomet Regional High School Boxford · Masconomet | High | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 38 | Milton High Milton · Milton | High | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 39 | Chelmsford High North Chelmsford · Chelmsford | High | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 40 | Ipswich High Ipswich · Ipswich | High | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 41 | Littleton High School Littleton · Littleton | High | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 42 | Andover High Andover · Andover | High | 74.0% | +30.2pp |
| 43 | Northampton High Northampton · Northampton | High | 74.0% | +30.2pp |
| 44 | Pentucket Regional Sr High West Newbury · Pentucket | High | 74.0% | +30.2pp |
| 45 | Ashland High Ashland · Ashland | High | 73.0% | +29.2pp |
| 46 | Medfield Senior High Medfield · Medfield | High | 73.0% | +29.2pp |
| 47 | Minuteman Regional High Lexington · Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical | High | 73.0% | +29.2pp |
| 48 | Scituate High School Scituate · Scituate | High | 73.0% | +29.2pp |
| 49 | Shrewsbury High School Shrewsbury · Shrewsbury | High | 73.0% | +29.2pp |
| 50 | North Reading High North Reading · North Reading | High | 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.