Massachusetts schools ranked by test score
Latest MCAS year (2024-25). 1,550 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 43.8%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Ambrose Elementary Winchester · Winchester | Elementary | 78.0% | +34.2pp |
| 52 | Carlisle School Carlisle · Carlisle | Elementary | 78.0% | +34.2pp |
| 53 | Joseph E Fiske Wellesley · Wellesley | Elementary | 78.0% | +34.2pp |
| 54 | Lynnfield High Lynnfield · Lynnfield | High | 78.0% | +34.2pp |
| 55 | Millis High School Millis · Millis | High | 78.0% | +34.2pp |
| 56 | Westwood High Westwood · Westwood | High | 78.0% | +34.2pp |
| 57 | Woodland Weston · Weston | Elementary | 78.0% | +34.2pp |
| 58 | Holliston High Holliston · Holliston | High | 77.0% | +33.2pp |
| 59 | Mason-Rice Newton Centre · Newton | Elementary | 77.0% | +33.2pp |
| 60 | Newton North High Newtonville · Newton | High | 77.0% | +33.2pp |
| 61 | Wayland Middle School Wayland · Wayland | Middle | 77.0% | +33.2pp |
| 62 | Wellesley Middle Wellesley · Wellesley | Middle | 77.0% | +33.2pp |
| 63 | Wellesley Sr High Wellesley · Wellesley | High | 77.0% | +33.2pp |
| 64 | William E Sheehan Westwood · Westwood | Elementary | 77.0% | +33.2pp |
| 65 | Charles E Brown Middle Newton Centre · Newton | Middle | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 66 | E Ethel Little School North Reading · North Reading | Elementary | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 67 | Field Elementary School Weston · Weston | Elementary | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 68 | Groton Dunstable Regional Groton · Groton-Dunstable | High | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 69 | High Rock School Needham · Needham | Middle | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 70 | Hopkinton Middle School Hopkinton · Hopkinton | Middle | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 71 | Katharine Lee Bates Wellesley · Wellesley | Elementary | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 72 | Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High Sudbury · Lincoln-Sudbury | High | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 73 | Maria Hastings Lexington · Lexington | Elementary | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 74 | Masconomet Regional High School Boxford · Masconomet | High | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 75 | Milton High Milton · Milton | High | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 76 | Pollard Middle Needham · Needham | Middle | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 77 | Weston Middle Weston · Weston | Middle | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 78 | Winn Brook Belmont · Belmont | Elementary | 76.0% | +32.2pp |
| 79 | Belmont Middle School Belmont · Belmont | Middle | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 80 | Benjamin G Brown Somerville · Somerville | Elementary | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 81 | Bridge Lexington · Lexington | Elementary | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 82 | Chelmsford High North Chelmsford · Chelmsford | High | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 83 | General John Nixon Elementary Sudbury · Sudbury | Elementary | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 84 | Henry C Sanborn Elementary Andover · Andover | Elementary | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 85 | Ipswich High Ipswich · Ipswich | High | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 86 | John A Bishop Arlington · Arlington | Elementary | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 87 | Joseph Estabrook Lexington · Lexington | Elementary | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 88 | Lincoln Elementary Winchester · Winchester | Elementary | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 89 | Littleton High School Littleton · Littleton | High | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 90 | Loker School Wayland · Wayland | Elementary | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 91 | Peirce Arlington · Arlington | Elementary | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 92 | Raymond J Grey Junior High Acton · Acton-Boxborough | Middle | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 93 | Wm Diamond Middle Lexington · Lexington | Middle | 75.0% | +31.2pp |
| 94 | Andover High Andover · Andover | High | 74.0% | +30.2pp |
| 95 | Doherty Middle Andover · Andover | Middle | 74.0% | +30.2pp |
| 96 | Memorial Spaulding Newton Centre · Newton | Elementary | 74.0% | +30.2pp |
| 97 | Newman Elementary Needham · Needham | Elementary | 74.0% | +30.2pp |
| 98 | Northampton High Northampton · Northampton | High | 74.0% | +30.2pp |
| 99 | P Brent Trottier Southborough · Southborough | Middle | 74.0% | +30.2pp |
| 100 | Pentucket Regional Sr High West Newbury · Pentucket | High | 74.0% | +30.2pp |
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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.