Massachusetts schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Community Academy of Science and Health Dorchester · Boston | High | 18.0% | -25.8pp |
| 302 | Dearborn 6-12 STEM Academy Roxbury · Boston | High | 17.9% | -25.9pp |
| 303 | Lynn English High Lynn · Lynn | High | 17.0% | -26.8pp |
| 304 | North High Worcester · Worcester | High | 17.0% | -26.8pp |
| 305 | Academy Of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School Hyde Park · Academy Of the Pacific Rim Charter Public | High | 16.9% | -26.9pp |
| 306 | Turners Fall High Montague · Gill-Montague | High | 16.0% | -27.8pp |
| 307 | TechBoston Academy Dorchester · Boston | High | 15.6% | -28.2pp |
| 308 | Claremont Academy Worcester · Worcester | High | 15.6% | -28.2pp |
| 309 | Charlestown High School Charlestown · Boston | High | 14.0% | -29.8pp |
| 310 | Southbridge High School Southbridge · Southbridge | High | 14.0% | -29.8pp |
| 311 | Springfield High School of Science and Technology Springfield · Springfield | High | 13.0% | -30.8pp |
| 312 | Brighton High School Brighton · Boston | High | 12.4% | -31.4pp |
| 313 | Baystate Academy Charter Public School Springfield · Baystate Academy Charter Public School | High | 10.3% | -33.5pp |
| 314 | Madison Park Technical Vocational High School Roxbury · Boston | High | 10.0% | -33.8pp |
| 315 | Margarita Muniz Academy Boston · Boston | High | 6.5% | -37.3pp |
| 316 | Ruth Batson Academy Dorchester · Boston | High | 6.4% | -37.4pp |
| 317 | Albert D Holland School of Technology Dorchester · Boston | High | 6.2% | -37.6pp |
| 318 | Excel High School South Boston · Boston | High | 6.0% | -37.8pp |
| 319 | English High School Boston · Boston | High | 5.9% | -37.9pp |
| 320 | Boston International High School & Newcomers Academy Dorchester · Boston | High | 2.0% | -41.8pp |
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.