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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | Walter S Parker Middle Reading · Reading | Middle | 65.0% | +21.2pp |
| 252 | Warren-Prescott K-8 School Charlestown · Boston | Elementary | 65.0% | +21.2pp |
| 253 | West Tatnuck Worcester · Worcester | Elementary | 65.0% | +21.2pp |
| 254 | Williams Auburndale · Newton | Elementary | 65.0% | +21.2pp |
| 255 | Wollaston School Quincy · Quincy | Elementary | 65.0% | +21.2pp |
| 256 | Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School Hadley · Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter | Combined | 64.6% | +20.8pp |
| 257 | Pioneer Charter School of Science Everett · Pioneer Charter School of Science | Combined | 64.2% | +20.4pp |
| 258 | Alice M Barrows Reading · Reading | Elementary | 64.0% | +20.2pp |
| 259 | Bancroft Elementary Andover · Andover | Elementary | 64.0% | +20.2pp |
| 260 | Brooks School Medford · Medford | Elementary | 64.0% | +20.2pp |
| 261 | Cutler School South Hamilton · Hamilton-Wenham | Elementary | 64.0% | +20.2pp |
| 262 | Dawson Holden · Wachusett | Elementary | 64.0% | +20.2pp |
| 263 | Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School Hathorne · Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District | High | 64.0% | +20.2pp |
| 264 | J F Kennedy Middle School Natick · Natick | Middle | 64.0% | +20.2pp |
| 265 | John Eliot Needham · Needham | Elementary | 64.0% | +20.2pp |
| 266 | Nantucket High Nantucket · Nantucket | High | 64.0% | +20.2pp |
| 267 | Newbury Elementary Newbury · Triton | Elementary | 64.0% | +20.2pp |
| 268 | Rupert A Nock Middle Newburyport · Newburyport | Middle | 64.0% | +20.2pp |
| 269 | South Elementary Andover · Andover | Elementary | 64.0% | +20.2pp |
| 270 | Summer Street Lynnfield · Lynnfield | Elementary | 64.0% | +20.2pp |
| 271 | Wachusett Regional High Holden · Wachusett | High | 64.0% | +20.2pp |
| 272 | Charles S Pierce Middle Milton · Milton | Middle | 63.0% | +19.2pp |
| 273 | Fisher Walpole · Walpole | Elementary | 63.0% | +19.2pp |
| 274 | Florida Ruffin Ridley School Brookline · Brookline | Elementary | 63.0% | +19.2pp |
| 275 | Halifax Elementary Halifax · Halifax | Elementary | 63.0% | +19.2pp |
| 276 | Mansfield High Mansfield · Mansfield | High | 63.0% | +19.2pp |
| 277 | Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical Fitchburg · Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical | High | 63.0% | +19.2pp |
| 278 | Pine Grove Rowley · Triton | Elementary | 63.0% | +19.2pp |
| 279 | Swallow/Union School Dunstable · Groton-Dunstable | Elementary | 63.0% | +19.2pp |
| 280 | Thompson Arlington · Arlington | Elementary | 63.0% | +19.2pp |
| 281 | Tahanto Regional High Boylston · Berlin-Boylston | High | 63.0% | +19.2pp |
| 282 | Berlin Memorial School Berlin · Berlin-Boylston | Elementary | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 283 | Braintree High Braintree · Braintree | High | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 284 | Burlington High Burlington · Burlington | High | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 285 | Dartmouth High Dartmouth · Dartmouth | High | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 286 | Franklin High Franklin · Franklin | High | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 287 | Huckleberry Hill Lynnfield · Lynnfield | Elementary | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 288 | J Harding Armstrong Westborough · Westborough | Elementary | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 289 | Jenkins Elementary School Scituate · Scituate | Elementary | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 290 | Morse Cambridge · Cambridge | Elementary | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 291 | North Andover High North Andover · North Andover | High | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 292 | North Quincy High Quincy · Quincy | High | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 293 | Pine Hill Elementary School Westwood · Westwood | Elementary | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 294 | Putnam Avenue Upper School Cambridge · Cambridge | Middle | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 295 | Roger E Wellington Belmont · Belmont | Elementary | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 296 | Whittier Regional Vocational Haverhill · Whittier Regional Vocational Technical | High | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 297 | Williams Middle Longmeadow · Longmeadow | Middle | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 298 | Wm H Galvin Middle Canton · Canton | Middle | 62.0% | +18.2pp |
| 299 | O'Bryant School of Math & Science Roxbury · Boston | High | 61.7% | +17.9pp |
| 300 | Abbot Elementary Westford · Westford | Elementary | 61.0% | +17.2pp |
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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.