Massachusetts schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Harrington Lexington · Lexington | Elementary | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 152 | John M Tobin Cambridge · Cambridge | Elementary | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 153 | Joshua Eaton Reading · Reading | Elementary | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 154 | Michael Driscoll Brookline · Brookline | Elementary | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 155 | Newburyport High Newburyport · Newburyport | High | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 156 | Oliver Ames High North Easton · Easton | High | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 157 | Pine Hill Sherborn · Sherborn | Elementary | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 158 | Schofield Wellesley · Wellesley | Elementary | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 159 | Willard Concord · Concord | Elementary | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 160 | William Mitchell Needham · Needham | Elementary | 70.0% | +26.2pp |
| 161 | C C Burr Auburndale · Newton | Elementary | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 162 | Chickering Dover · Dover | Elementary | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 163 | Cyrus E Dallin Arlington · Arlington | Elementary | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 164 | Dale Street Medfield · Medfield | Elementary | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 165 | Glover Milton · Milton | Elementary | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 166 | Hunnewell Wellesley · Wellesley | Elementary | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 167 | John F Kennedy Somerville · Somerville | Elementary | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 168 | Nashoba Regional Bolton · Nashoba | High | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 169 | Orleans Elementary Orleans · Orleans | Elementary | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 170 | Rindge Avenue Upper School Cambridge · Cambridge | Middle | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 171 | Roosevelt Melrose · Melrose | Elementary | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 172 | Sunita L. Williams Elementary Needham · Needham | Elementary | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 173 | Tewksbury Memorial High Tewksbury · Tewksbury | High | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 174 | Wood Hill Middle School Andover · Andover | Middle | 69.0% | +25.2pp |
| 175 | Boston Latin Academy Dorchester · Boston | High | 68.8% | +25.0pp |
| 176 | Alcott Concord · Concord | Elementary | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 177 | Belchertown High Belchertown · Belchertown | High | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 178 | Central Middle Quincy · Quincy | Middle | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 179 | Cunningham School Milton · Milton | Elementary | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 180 | Daniel Butler Belmont · Belmont | Elementary | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 181 | Duxbury Middle Duxbury · Duxbury | Middle | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 182 | East Elementary Sharon · Sharon | Elementary | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 183 | Hildreth Elementary School Harvard · Harvard | Elementary | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 184 | Lincoln School Lincoln · Lincoln | Elementary | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 185 | Longmeadow High Longmeadow · Longmeadow | High | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 186 | Lynch Elementary Winchester · Winchester | Elementary | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 187 | Memorial Natick · Natick | Elementary | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 188 | Reading Memorial High Reading · Reading | High | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 189 | Sutton High School Sutton · Sutton | High | 68.0% | +24.2pp |
| 190 | Lenox Memorial High Lenox · Lenox | High | 67.7% | +23.8pp |
| 191 | Bessie Buker Elementary Wenham · Hamilton-Wenham | Elementary | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 192 | Blanchard Middle Westford · Westford | Middle | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 193 | Brown Natick · Natick | Elementary | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 194 | Cottage Street Sharon · Sharon | Elementary | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 195 | Grace Farrar Cole Norwell · Norwell | Elementary | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 196 | Hanover High Hanover · Hanover | High | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 197 | Hardy Arlington · Arlington | Elementary | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 198 | Horace Mann Franklin · Franklin | Middle | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 199 | John D Runkle Brookline · Brookline | Elementary | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
| 200 | Manchester Essex Regional Middle School Manchester · Manchester Essex Regional | Middle | 67.0% | +23.2pp |
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.