Massachusetts schools ranked by test score
Latest MCAS year (2024-25). 299 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 43.8%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cohasset Middle School Cohasset · Cohasset | Middle | 83.0% | +39.2pp |
| 2 | Jonas Clarke Middle Lexington · Lexington | Middle | 83.0% | +39.2pp |
| 3 | Concord Middle Concord · Concord | Middle | 80.0% | +36.2pp |
| 4 | Ottoson Middle Arlington · Arlington | Middle | 80.0% | +36.2pp |
| 5 | Hingham Middle School Hingham · Hingham | Middle | 79.0% | +35.2pp |
| 6 | Wayland Middle School Wayland · Wayland | Middle | 77.0% | +33.2pp |
| 7 | Wellesley Middle Wellesley · Wellesley | Middle | 77.0% | +33.2pp |
| 8 | Charles E Brown Middle Newton Centre · Newton | Middle | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 9 | High Rock School Needham · Needham | Middle | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 10 | Hopkinton Middle School Hopkinton · Hopkinton | Middle | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 11 | Pollard Middle Needham · Needham | Middle | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 12 | Weston Middle Weston · Weston | Middle | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 13 | Belmont Middle School Belmont · Belmont | Middle | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 14 | Raymond J Grey Junior High Acton · Acton-Boxborough | Middle | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 15 | Wm Diamond Middle Lexington · Lexington | Middle | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 16 | Doherty Middle Andover · Andover | Middle | 74.0% | +30.2pp |
| 17 | P Brent Trottier Southborough · Southborough | Middle | 74.0% | +30.2pp |
| 18 | The Bromfield Middle School Harvard · Harvard | Middle | 74.0% | +30.2pp |
| 19 | E W Thurston Middle Westwood · Westwood | Middle | 73.0% | +29.2pp |
| 20 | Ephraim Curtis Middle Sudbury · Sudbury | Middle | 73.0% | +29.2pp |
| 21 | Littleton Middle School Littleton · Littleton | Middle | 73.0% | +29.2pp |
| 22 | Sarah W Gibbons Middle Westborough · Westborough | Middle | 73.0% | +29.2pp |
| 23 | Arthur W Coolidge Middle Reading · Reading | Middle | 72.0% | +28.2pp |
| 24 | John Glenn Middle Bedford · Bedford | Middle | 72.0% | +28.2pp |
| 25 | North Reading Middle North Reading · North Reading | Middle | 72.0% | +28.2pp |
| 26 | Bigelow Middle Newton · Newton | Middle | 71.0% | +27.2pp |
| 27 | Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School Dover · Dover-Sherborn | Middle | 71.0% | +27.2pp |
| 28 | Gibbs School Arlington · Arlington | Middle | 71.0% | +27.2pp |
| 29 | McCall Middle Winchester · Winchester | Middle | 71.0% | +27.2pp |
| 30 | Thomas Blake Middle Medfield · Medfield | Middle | 71.0% | +27.2pp |
| 31 | F A Day Middle Newtonville · Newton | Middle | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 32 | Hale Stow · Nashoba | Middle | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 33 | Rindge Avenue Upper School Cambridge · Cambridge | Middle | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 34 | Wood Hill Middle School Andover · Andover | Middle | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 35 | Central Middle Quincy · Quincy | Middle | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 36 | Duxbury Middle Duxbury · Duxbury | Middle | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 37 | Blanchard Middle Westford · Westford | Middle | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 38 | Horace Mann Franklin · Franklin | Middle | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 39 | Manchester Essex Regional Middle School Manchester · Manchester Essex Regional | Middle | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 40 | Miles River Middle Hamilton · Hamilton-Wenham | Middle | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 41 | Sharon Middle Sharon · Sharon | Middle | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 42 | Stony Brook School Westford · Westford | Middle | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 43 | Marblehead Veterans Middle School Marblehead · Marblehead | Middle | 66.0% | +22.2pp |
| 44 | Oak Middle School Shrewsbury · Shrewsbury | Middle | 66.0% | +22.2pp |
| 45 | Old Hammondtown Mattapoisett · Mattapoisett | Middle | 66.0% | +22.2pp |
| 46 | Robert H. Adams Middle School Holliston · Holliston | Middle | 66.0% | +22.2pp |
| 47 | Wilson Middle Natick · Natick | Middle | 66.0% | +22.2pp |
| 48 | Winthrop L Chenery Upper Elementary Belmont · Belmont | Middle | 66.0% | +22.2pp |
| 49 | Andover West Middle Andover · Andover | Middle | 65.0% | +21.2pp |
| 50 | Lynnfield Middle School Lynnfield · Lynnfield | Middle | 65.0% | +21.2pp |
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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.