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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Amherst Regional High Amherst · Amherst-Pelham | High | 71.0% | +27.2pp |
| 52 | Natick High Natick · Natick | High | 71.0% | +27.2pp |
| 53 | Tantasqua Regional Sr High Fiskdale · Tantasqua | High | 71.0% | +27.2pp |
| 54 | Newburyport High Newburyport · Newburyport | High | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 55 | Oliver Ames High North Easton · Easton | High | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 56 | Nashoba Regional Bolton · Nashoba | High | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 57 | Tewksbury Memorial High Tewksbury · Tewksbury | High | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 58 | Boston Latin Academy Dorchester · Boston | High | 68.8% | +25.0pp |
| 59 | Belchertown High Belchertown · Belchertown | High | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 60 | Longmeadow High Longmeadow · Longmeadow | High | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 61 | Reading Memorial High Reading · Reading | High | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 62 | Sutton High School Sutton · Sutton | High | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 63 | Lenox Memorial High Lenox · Lenox | High | 67.7% | +23.8pp |
| 64 | Hanover High Hanover · Hanover | High | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 65 | Seekonk High Seekonk · Seekonk | High | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 66 | Blackstone Valley Upton · Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical | High | 65.0% | +21.2pp |
| 67 | Medway High Medway · Medway | High | 65.0% | +21.2pp |
| 68 | Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical South Easton · Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical | High | 65.0% | +21.2pp |
| 69 | Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School Hathorne · Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District | High | 64.0% | +20.2pp |
| 70 | Nantucket High Nantucket · Nantucket | High | 64.0% | +20.2pp |
| 71 | Wachusett Regional High Holden · Wachusett | High | 64.0% | +20.2pp |
| 72 | Mansfield High Mansfield · Mansfield | High | 63.0% | +19.2pp |
| 73 | Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical Fitchburg · Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical | High | 63.0% | +19.2pp |
| 74 | Tahanto Regional High Boylston · Berlin-Boylston | High | 63.0% | +19.2pp |
| 75 | Braintree High Braintree · Braintree | High | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 76 | Burlington High Burlington · Burlington | High | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 77 | Dartmouth High Dartmouth · Dartmouth | High | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 78 | Franklin High Franklin · Franklin | High | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 79 | North Andover High North Andover · North Andover | High | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 80 | North Quincy High Quincy · Quincy | High | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 81 | Whittier Regional Vocational Haverhill · Whittier Regional Vocational Technical | High | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 82 | O'Bryant School of Math & Science Roxbury · Boston | High | 61.7% | +17.9pp |
| 83 | Canton High Canton · Canton | High | 61.0% | +17.2pp |
| 84 | Marshfield High Marshfield · Marshfield | High | 61.0% | +17.2pp |
| 85 | Norfolk County Agricultural Walpole · Norfolk County Agricultural | High | 61.0% | +17.2pp |
| 86 | Stoneham High Stoneham · Stoneham | High | 61.0% | +17.2pp |
| 87 | Tyngsborough High School Tyngsborough · Tyngsborough | High | 61.0% | +17.2pp |
| 88 | Wilmington High Wilmington · Wilmington | High | 61.0% | +17.2pp |
| 89 | Minnechaug Regional High Wilbraham · Hampden-Wilbraham | High | 60.0% | +16.2pp |
| 90 | Mt Greylock Regional High Williamstown · Mount Greylock | High | 59.7% | +15.9pp |
| 91 | Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School Devens · Francis W. Parker Charter Essential | High | 59.5% | +15.7pp |
| 92 | Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School Charlton · Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School Distric | High | 59.0% | +15.2pp |
| 93 | Grafton High School Grafton · Grafton | High | 59.0% | +15.2pp |
| 94 | Nipmuc Regional High Upton · Mendon-Upton | High | 59.0% | +15.2pp |
| 95 | North Middlesex Regional Townsend · North Middlesex | High | 59.0% | +15.2pp |
| 96 | Oakmont Regional High School Ashburnham · Ashburnham-Westminster | High | 59.0% | +15.2pp |
| 97 | Old Rochester Regional High Mattapoisett · Old Rochester | High | 59.0% | +15.2pp |
| 98 | Somerset Berkley Regional High School Somerset · Somerset Berkley Regional School District | High | 59.0% | +15.2pp |
| 99 | Wakefield Memorial High Wakefield · Wakefield | High | 59.0% | +15.2pp |
| 100 | Ayer Shirley Regional High School Ayer · Ayer Shirley School District | High | 58.0% | +14.2pp |
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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.