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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Sherwood Middle School Shrewsbury · Shrewsbury | Middle | 53.0% | +9.2pp |
| 102 | Dr. Kevin M. Hurley Middle School Seekonk · Seekonk | Middle | 52.0% | +8.2pp |
| 103 | North Attleborough Middle North Attleborough · North Attleborough | Middle | 52.0% | +8.2pp |
| 104 | Wilbraham Middle Wilbraham · Hampden-Wilbraham | Middle | 52.0% | +8.2pp |
| 105 | Birchland Park East Longmeadow · East Longmeadow | Middle | 51.0% | +7.2pp |
| 106 | Dighton Middle School Dighton · Dighton-Rehoboth | Middle | 51.0% | +7.2pp |
| 107 | Lunenburg Middle School Lunenburg · Lunenburg | Middle | 51.0% | +7.2pp |
| 108 | Robert E. Melican Middle School Northborough · Northborough | Middle | 51.0% | +7.2pp |
| 109 | Chestnut Accelerated Middle School (Talented and Gifted) Springfield · Springfield | Middle | 50.0% | +6.2pp |
| 110 | Locke Middle Billerica · Billerica | Middle | 50.0% | +6.2pp |
| 111 | Old Rochester Regional Jr High Mattapoisett · Old Rochester | Middle | 50.0% | +6.2pp |
| 112 | Marshall Middle School Billerica · Billerica | Middle | 49.0% | +5.2pp |
| 113 | Miscoe Hill School Mendon · Mendon-Upton | Middle | 49.0% | +5.2pp |
| 114 | North Andover Middle North Andover · North Andover | Middle | 49.0% | +5.2pp |
| 115 | Berkley Middle School Berkley · Berkley | Middle | 48.0% | +4.2pp |
| 116 | Central Tree Middle Rutland · Wachusett | Middle | 48.0% | +4.2pp |
| 117 | John J Ahern Foxborough · Foxborough | Middle | 48.0% | +4.2pp |
| 118 | Remington Middle Franklin · Franklin | Middle | 48.0% | +4.2pp |
| 119 | Cambridge Street Upper School Cambridge · Cambridge | Middle | 47.0% | +3.2pp |
| 120 | James S Daley Middle School Lowell · Lowell | Middle | 47.0% | +3.2pp |
| 121 | John F Kennedy Middle School Florence · Northampton | Middle | 47.0% | +3.2pp |
| 122 | Plymouth Commun Intermediate Plymouth · Plymouth | Middle | 47.0% | +3.2pp |
| 123 | Wilmington Middle School Wilmington · Wilmington | Middle | 47.0% | +3.2pp |
| 124 | Ayer Shirley Regional Middle School Shirley · Ayer Shirley School District | Middle | 46.0% | +2.2pp |
| 125 | Dedham Middle School Dedham · Dedham | Middle | 46.0% | +2.2pp |
| 126 | East Middle School Braintree · Braintree | Middle | 46.0% | +2.2pp |
| 127 | Maria Weston Chapman Middle School Weymouth · Weymouth | Middle | 46.0% | +2.2pp |
| 128 | Monomoy Regional Middle School Chatham · Monomoy Regional School District | Middle | 46.0% | +2.2pp |
| 129 | Pentucket Regional Middle West Newbury · Pentucket | Middle | 46.0% | +2.2pp |
| 130 | Plymouth South Middle Plymouth · Plymouth | Middle | 46.0% | +2.2pp |
| 131 | Triton Regional Middle School Byfield · Triton | Middle | 46.0% | +2.2pp |
| 132 | W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School Great Barrington · Berkshire Hills | Middle | 46.0% | +2.2pp |
| 133 | Watertown Middle Watertown · Watertown | Middle | 46.0% | +2.2pp |
| 134 | Auburn Middle Auburn · Auburn | Middle | 45.0% | +1.2pp |
| 135 | Freetown-Lakeville Middle School Lakeville · Freetown-Lakeville | Middle | 45.0% | +1.2pp |
| 136 | Madeleine Dugger Andrews Medford · Medford | Middle | 45.0% | +1.2pp |
| 137 | Silver Lake Regional Middle School Kingston · Silver Lake | Middle | 45.0% | +1.2pp |
| 138 | Stoneham Central Middle School Stoneham · Stoneham | Middle | 45.0% | +1.2pp |
| 139 | Broad Meadows Middle Quincy · Quincy | Middle | 44.0% | +0.2pp |
| 140 | Justus C. Richardson Middle School Dracut · Dracut | Middle | 44.0% | +0.2pp |
| 141 | Lawrence Falmouth · Falmouth | Middle | 44.0% | +0.2pp |
| 142 | Morse Pond School Falmouth · Falmouth | Middle | 44.0% | +0.2pp |
| 143 | Tantasqua Regional Jr High Fiskdale · Tantasqua | Middle | 44.0% | +0.2pp |
| 144 | Albert F Ford Middle School Acushnet · Acushnet | Middle | 43.0% | -0.8pp |
| 145 | Chestnut Hill Community School Belchertown · Belchertown | Middle | 43.0% | -0.8pp |
| 146 | Fowler School Maynard · Maynard | Middle | 43.0% | -0.8pp |
| 147 | Hanson Middle School Hanson · Whitman-Hanson | Middle | 43.0% | -0.8pp |
| 148 | Overlook Middle School Ashburnham · Ashburnham-Westminster | Middle | 43.0% | -0.8pp |
| 149 | Swampscott Middle Swampscott · Swampscott | Middle | 43.0% | -0.8pp |
| 150 | Dorothy L Beckwith Rehoboth · Dighton-Rehoboth | Middle | 42.0% | -1.8pp |
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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.