Massachusetts City Rankings

Updated Wednesday, November 11, 2015, based on the 2014-15 school year test scores.

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SchoolDigger Rank	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alternative Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2015)	Rank (2014)	Rank change from 2014
1^st	Carlisle	1	0	0	0	0	0.99	1
2^nd	Belmont	4	1	1	0	6	0.968	13	11
3^rd	Concord	3	1	1	0	3	0.962	8	5
4^th	Harvard	1	0	0	1	0	0.96	4
5^th	Winchester	5	1	1	0	3	0.959	6	1
6^th	Dover	1	1	1	0	1	0.952	2	4
7^th	Sherborn	1	0	0	0	0	0.946	7
8^th	Shrewsbury	6	2	1	0	8	0.943	25	17
9^th	Sharon	3	1	1	0	3	0.942	15	6
10^th	Wayland	3	1	1	0	2	0.94	14	4
11^th	Sudbury	4	1	1	0	4	0.938	21	10
12^th	Topsfield	1	2	1	0	0	0.936	33	21
13^th	Richmond	1	0	0	0	0	0.934	5	8
14^th	Lynnfield	3	1	1	0	2	0.93	24	10
15^th	Hingham	4	1	1	0	4	0.928	19	4
16^th	Boxford	2	0	0	0	2	0.923	17	1
17^th	Stow	1	1	0	0	1	0.923	29	12
18^th	Lincoln	1	0	0	0	1	0.922	12	6
19^th	South Dartmouth	1	0	0	0	1	0.918	66	47
20^th	Chestnut Hill	3	0	0	0	4	0.914	18	2
21^st	Pelham	1	0	0	0	0	0.909	135	114
22^nd	Lexington	6	2	2	0	6	0.907	28	6
23^rd	Newton Centre	4	1	1	0	0	0.903	22	1
24^th	North Reading	3	1	1	0	0	0.896	61	37
25^th	Groton	2	1	1	0	4	0.895	39	14
26^th	Upton	1	0	2	0	0	0.895	59	33
27^th	Duxbury	2	1	1	0	1	0.891	26	1
28^th	Sterling	1	1	0	0	0	0.889	23	5
29^th	Westwood	6	1	1	0	2	0.884	11	18
30^th	Arlington	8	1	1	0	7	0.882	40	10
31^st	Manchester	1	1	1	0	1	0.882	16	15
32^nd	Waban	2	0	0	0	0	0.882	46	14
33^rd	Newton	2	2	0	0	5	0.876	43	10
34^th	Cohasset	2	0	0	1	0	0.876	27	7
35^th	Brimfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.872	62	27
36^th	Norfolk	2	1	0	0	0	0.871	44	8
37^th	Marion	1	0	0	0	2	0.867	10	27
38^th	Milton	4	1	1	0	5	0.867	80	42
39^th	Westford	7	2	2	0	0	0.865	36	3
40^th	Newbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.864	65	25
41^st	Swampscott	3	1	1	0	0	0.861	69	28
42^nd	Melrose	6	1	1	0	2	0.86	86	44
43^rd	New Salem	1	0	0	0	0	0.853	163	120
44^th	Needham	5	2	1	0	6	0.847	45	1
45^th	Medway	2	1	1	0	0	0.846	78	33
46^th	Holliston	2	1	1	0	1	0.845	30	16
47^th	Newtonville	3	1	1	0	0	0.841	32	15
48^th	Princeton	1	0	0	0	0	0.841	47	1
49^th	Wellesley	7	1	1	0	4	0.841	34	15
50^th	Bolton	1	0	1	0	0	0.834	42	8
51^st	Newton Highlands	1	0	0	0	0	0.832	41	10
52^nd	Littleton	2	1	1	0	1	0.823	52
53^rd	Walpole	4	1	2	0	0	0.822	55	2
54^th	Braintree	7	2	1	0	8	0.821	56	2
55^th	Norwell	2	1	1	1	1	0.818	91	36
56^th	Longmeadow	3	2	1	0	5	0.817	68	12
57^th	West Newton	2	0	0	0	3	0.814	53	4
58^th	North Eastham	0	0	1	0	0	0.814	93	35
59^th	Sturbridge	1	0	0	0	1	0.813	95	36
60^th	Andover	6	3	2	0	7	0.806	75	15
61^st	Natick	5	2	1	0	5	0.802	37	24
62^nd	Dunstable	1	0	0	0	0	0.801	3	59
63^rd	Brookline	8	0	1	0	10	0.801	57	6
64^th	East Walpole	1	1	0	0	4	0.8	48	16
65^th	South Hamilton	2	1	1	0	1	0.799	38	27
66^th	Marshfield	5	1	1	0	0	0.799	85	19
67^th	Nahant	1	0	0	0	0	0.789	112	45
68^th	Auburndale	2	0	0	0	0	0.786	31	37
69^th	Orleans	1	1	0	0	0	0.785	54	15
70^th	Lancaster	1	1	0	0	3	0.784	63	7
71^st	Chelmsford	4	2	0	0	4	0.782	76	5
72^nd	Holden	3	1	1	0	2	0.779	51	21
73^rd	Bedford	2	2	1	0	2	0.776	70	3
74^th	Foxboro	3	1	1	1	3	0.773	128	54
75^th	Reading	6	2	1	0	2	0.771	125	50
76^th	Scituate	4	1	1	0	1	0.766	50	26
77^th	Wellfleet	1	0	0	0	0	0.766	35	42
78^th	Lanesboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.761	92	14
79^th	Essex	1	0	0	0	0	0.757	89	10
80^th	Plympton	1	0	0	0	0	0.753	97	17
81^st	Hopedale	2	0	1	0	0	0.752	98	17
82^nd	Mendon	1	1	0	0	0	0.75	79	3
83^rd	Newburyport	3	2	1	0	4	0.75	115	32
84^th	Franklin	8	3	2	0	0	0.748	60	24
85^th	Ashland	3	1	1	0	2	0.747	103	18
86^th	Boylston	1	0	0	1	0	0.747	84	2
87^th	Conway	1	0	0	0	0	0.746	109	22
88^th	Mansfield	3	1	1	0	4	0.744	71	17
89^th	North Chelmsford	1	0	1	0	3	0.743	73	16
90^th	East Harwich	0	1	0	0	0	0.741	99	9
91^st	Northborough	4	1	1	0	2	0.74	88	3
92^nd	Raynham	2	1	0	0	0	0.74	108	16
93^rd	West Newbury	1	1	1	0	1	0.734	96	3
94^th	Hadley	1	0	1	1	1	0.731	132	38
95^th	North Andover	5	1	1	0	3	0.731	121	26
96^th	East Longmeadow	3	1	1	0	0	0.728	165	69
97^th	Williamstown	1	0	1	0	2	0.719	64	33
98^th	Lunenburg	1	1	1	0	1	0.716	107	9
99^th	Hanover	3	1	2	0	1	0.714	130	31
100^th	Vineyard Haven	1	0	0	0	1	0.713	49	51
101^st	Rowley	1	0	0	0	2	0.71	117	16
102^nd	Tewksbury	4	2	1	0	1	0.709	155	53
103^rd	North Dighton	0	0	1	0	0	0.708	212	109
104^th	Rockport	1	1	1	0	0	0.705	144	40
105^th	Mattapoisett	1	2	1	0	1	0.704	140	35
106^th	Millis	1	1	1	0	1	0.699	149	43
107^th	Byfield	0	1	1	0	1	0.697	131	24
108^th	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0.696	77	31
109^th	Rutland	2	1	0	0	1	0.692	106	3
110^th	East Falmouth	1	0	0	0	1	0.691	191	81
111^th	Grafton	2	1	1	0	2	0.691	72	39
112^th	Plainville	8	2	1	0	2	0.689	102	10
113^th	Pembroke	3	1	1	0	0	0.689	133	20
114^th	North Billerica	1	0	0	0	3	0.687	138	24
115^th	Westhampton	1	0	1	0	0	0.686	160	45
116^th	Georgetown	2	1	1	0	0	0.685	120	4
117^th	Haydenville	1	0	0	0	0	0.685	110	7
118^th	Bradford	1	0	0	0	3	0.685	90	28
119^th	Canton	4	1	2	0	5	0.684	100	19
120^th	North Dartmouth	1	1	0	0	4	0.684	169	49
121^st	Devens	0	0	1	0	3	0.681	156	35
122^nd	Eastham	1	0	0	0	0	0.68	83	39
123^rd	Kingston	2	1	1	0	1	0.676	151	28
124^th	Brewster	2	0	0	0	3	0.674	116	8
125^th	North Weymouth	1	0	0	0	1	0.673	150	25
126^th	Auburn	4	1	1	0	2	0.672	114	12
127^th	Lakeville	1	2	1	0	1	0.672	145	18
128^th	West Tisbury	1	0	0	1	0	0.671	122	6
129^th	Lenox	1	0	0	1	3	0.671	67	62
130^th	Dedham	5	1	1	0	4	0.67	137	7
131^st	Hyannis	2	1	2	0	4	0.668	167	36
132^nd	North Easton	4	1	1	0	1	0.668	118	14
133^rd	Ipswich	2	1	1	0	1	0.664	141	8
134^th	Halifax	1	0	0	0	0	0.664	129	5
135^th	Hatfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.663	166	31
136^th	Millville	1	0	0	0	0	0.662	157	21
137^th	Seekonk	2	1	1	0	2	0.661	123	14
138^th	Wales	1	0	0	0	0	0.659	111	27
139^th	Acushnet	1	1	0	0	1	0.657	200	61
140^th	Paxton	1	0	0	0	0	0.655	81	59
141^st	Pepperell	1	1	0	1	2	0.655	119	22
142^nd	Wenham	1	0	0	0	1	0.654	74	68
143^rd	Edgartown	1	0	0	0	0	0.654	134	9
144^th	Truro	1	0	0	0	0	0.65	207	63
145^th	Ashfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.649	82	63
146^th	Dudley	2	1	1	0	0	0.647	154	8
147^th	Norwood	6	1	1	0	2	0.647	180	33
148^th	Stoneham	4	1	1	0	3	0.646	179	31
149^th	Rochester	1	0	1	0	0	0.645	162	13
150^th	Ashburnham	1	1	1	0	1	0.632	185	35
151^st	Falmouth	1	2	1	0	1	0.631	124	27
152^nd	Chilmark	1	0	0	0	0	0.631	204	52
153^rd	Blackstone	1	2	1	0	0	0.624	168	15
154^th	Woburn	8	2	1	0	2	0.624	211	57
155^th	West Brookfield	1	0	0	0	1	0.617	142	13
156^th	Charlton	2	1	1	0	0	0.617	173	17
157^th	West Boylston	1	0	0	1	0	0.614	176	19
158^th	North Falmouth	1	0	0	0	1	0.613	104	54
159^th	Dartmouth	2	0	1	0	0	0.612	148	11
160^th	Whately	1	0	0	0	0	0.61	251	91
161^st	Leeds	1	0	0	0	0	0.607	206	45
162^nd	Sandwich	1	0	0	0	1	0.605	87	75
163^rd	Sheffield	3	0	1	0	1	0.604	146	17
164^th	Gill	1	0	0	0	0	0.602	101	63
165^th	Bridgewater	1	2	1	0	0	0.599	136	29
166^th	Shutesbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.59	202	36
167^th	East Bridgewater	2	0	1	0	1	0.587	139	28
168^th	Granby	1	1	1	0	1	0.585	279	111
169^th	Amherst	3	1	1	0	2	0.584	143	26
170^th	Tyngsboro	1	1	2	1	2	0.583	181	11
171^st	Adams	1	0	0	1	1	0.582	230	59
172^nd	Hampden	1	1	0	0	0	0.58	209	37
173^rd	Fiskdale	0	1	2	0	0	0.577	215	42
174^th	Amesbury	2	1	2	0	1	0.576	172	2
175^th	Watertown	3	1	1	0	5	0.575	182	7
176^th	Brookfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.574	105	71
177^th	Townsend	2	1	1	0	0	0.574	153	24
178^th	Sutton	2	1	1	0	1	0.573	193	15
179^th	Holbrook	1	1	1	0	2	0.57	232	53
180^th	Swansea	4	1	1	0	4	0.569	217	37
181^st	South Deerfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.565	213	32
182^nd	Oak Bluffs	1	0	1	0	0	0.562	94	88
183^rd	East Sandwich	1	0	1	0	1	0.559	113	70
184^th	Becket	1	0	0	0	0	0.558	161	23
185^th	Forestdale	1	0	0	0	1	0.555	126	59
186^th	Maynard	1	1	1	0	1	0.553	280	94
187^th	Agawam	4	1	1	0	0	0.551	210	23
188^th	Attleboro	6	3	1	0	5	0.55	152	36
189^th	Westport	2	1	1	0	1	0.548	222	33
190^th	Stoughton	6	1	1	0	1	0.547	188	2
191^st	Danvers	5	1	1	0	4	0.545	194	3
192^nd	Milford	4	2	1	0	1	0.543	190	2
193^rd	Southwick	1	1	1	0	0	0.541	214	21
194^th	Cambridge	13	4	2	1	11	0.539	197	3
195^th	Billerica	5	2	2	0	0	0.537	220	25
196^th	Easthampton	3	1	1	0	3	0.531	281	85
197^th	South Hadley	2	1	2	0	1	0.53	147	50
198^th	West Springfield	7	1	2	0	2	0.528	224	26
199^th	Gloucester	6	1	1	0	2	0.527	252	53
200^th	Dighton	1	1	1	0	0	0.527	175	25
201^st	Burlington	4	1	1	0	6	0.525		(n/a)
202^nd	Williamsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.525		(n/a)
203^rd	Millbury	1	1	1	0	2	0.524	208	5
204^th	Leverett	1	0	0	0	0	0.521	189	15
205^th	Somerset	4	1	1	0	0	0.521	170	35
206^th	Berlin	1	0	0	0	0	0.517	246	40
207^th	Mashpee	2	1	1	0	0	0.516	244	37
208^th	Wakefield	4	1	2	0	3	0.514	158	50
209^th	Hull	1	1	1	0	0	0.514	231	22
210^th	Plymouth	9	2	2	1	3	0.513	192	18
211^th	Southampton	1	0	0	0	0	0.512	171	40
212^th	Northfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.512	177	35
213^th	Leominster	7	2	3	0	2	0.512	258	45
214^th	Salisbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.511	229	15
215^th	Marlborough	4	1	2	1	6	0.509	205	10
216^th	Warren	0	1	1	0	1	0.509	243	27
217^th	Teaticket	1	0	0	0	0	0.506	269	52
218^th	Dalton	1	1	1	0	1	0.499	234	16
219^th	Bernardston	1	0	0	0	1	0.495	216	3
220^th	Bourne	2	1	2	0	1	0.489	228	8
221^st	South Weymouth	2	0	0	0	1	0.488	186	35
221^st	Otis	1	0	0	0	0	0.488	159	62
223^rd	Oakham	1	0	0	0	0	0.483	178	45
224^th	Beverly	5	1	1	0	8	0.478	187	37
225^th	Abington	2	2	1	0	1	0.478	253	28
226^th	Colrain	1	0	0	0	0	0.475	273	47
227^th	Berkley	1	1	0	0	0	0.475	272	45
228^th	Rehoboth	1	1	0	0	2	0.474	225	3
229^th	Feeding Hills	1	1	0	0	0	0.472	218	11
230^th	Bellingham	4	1	2	0	0	0.469	201	29
231^st	Shirley	1	1	0	0	0	0.468	237	6
232^nd	Quincy	12	5	2	0	7	0.467	241	9
233^rd	Great Barrington	2	1	1	0	4	0.463	257	24
234^th	Chicopee	10	2	2	2	4	0.458	289	55
235^th	Huntington	1	2	1	0	0	0.455	295	60
236^th	East Brookfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.453	278	42
237^th	Dracut	3	2	2	0	2	0.452	260	23
238^th	Malden	6	0	1	1	2	0.45	256	18
239^th	Shelburne Falls	1	0	1	0	0	0.448	239
240^th	Merrimac	2	0	0	0	0	0.445	195	45
241^st	Hanson	2	1	0	0	0	0.445	174	67
242^nd	Barre	1	1	2	0	1	0.443	223	19
243^rd	Weymouth	6	1	1	0	3	0.442	199	44
244^th	Uxbridge	2	1	1	0	0	0.44	198	46
245^th	Saugus	5	1	1	0	1	0.439	268	23
246^th	Charlemont	2	0	0	0	1	0.434	233	13
247^th	Carver	1	0	0	1	0	0.433	276	29
248^th	Groveland	1	0	0	0	0	0.426	164	84
249^th	Revere	6	3	2	0	0	0.426	277	28
250^th	Northampton	2	0	2	0	4	0.425	283	33
251^st	Peabody	8	1	1	0	3	0.424	259	8
252^nd	Baldwinville	1	1	1	0	1	0.422	262	10
253^rd	Oxford	2	1	1	1	1	0.42	282	29
254^th	Westminster	2	0	0	0	1	0.406	219	35
255^th	Hubbardston	1	0	0	0	0	0.405	245	10
256^th	Framingham	9	4	2	0	10	0.404	267	11
257^th	Everett	7	1	2	1	3	0.404	292	35
258^th	Cummington	1	0	0	0	0	0.403	240	18
259^th	South Yarmouth	1	0	1	0	1	0.398	266	7
260^th	Florence	1	1	0	0	0	0.396	227	33
261^st	Winthrop	2	1	1	0	0	0.395	271	10
262^nd	Montague	0	1	1	0	0	0.394	301	39
263^rd	Westfield	8	2	2	0	5	0.393	274	11
264^th	Holland	1	0	0	0	0	0.389	238	26
265^th	Ashby	1	0	0	0	0	0.386	284	19
266^th	West Yarmouth	1	1	0	0	0	0.384	318	52
267^th	Hudson	3	1	1	0	2	0.381	250	17
268^th	Middleboro	3	1	1	0	4	0.377	286	18
269^th	Avon	1	0	1	0	1	0.372	221	48
270^th	Leicester	2	1	1	0	2	0.369	247	23
271^st	East Taunton	1	1	0	0	0	0.369	309	38
272^nd	Whitman	2	1	1	0	1	0.361	226	46
273^rd	Fairhaven	2	1	1	0	1	0.36	184	89
274^th	Lee	1	0	1	0	1	0.359	265	9
275^th	Petersham	1	0	0	0	1	0.344	255	20
276^th	Waltham	6	2	1	0	6	0.338	261	15
277^th	Gilbertville	1	0	0	0	0	0.337	287	10
278^th	North Brookfield	1	0	1	0	1	0.336	308	30
279^th	Harwich	1	1	2	0	0	0.332		(n/a)
280^th	Palmer	1	1	2	0	1	0.331	300	20
281^st	Nantucket	1	1	1	0	3	0.331	304	23
282^nd	Whitinsville	2	1	1	0	1	0.331	297	15
283^rd	Somerville	8	1	2	0	2	0.33	288	5
284^th	Rockland	3	1	1	0	2	0.328	306	22
285^th	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.326	203	82
286^th	Chester	1	0	0	0	0	0.323	235	51
287^th	Ayer	1	0	1	0	0	0.321	183	104
288^th	Boston	6	2	7	5	18	0.314	285	3
289^th	Erving	1	0	0	0	0	0.313	264	25
290^th	Ware	1	1	1	0	1	0.309	254	36
291^st	Medford	4	2	3	0	4	0.306	294	3
292^nd	Monson	1	1	1	0	0	0.306	263	29
293^rd	Salem	8	1	3	1	2	0.304	298	5
294^th	Spencer	2	1	1	0	0	0.293	290	4
295^th	Taunton	7	2	3	0	4	0.288	275	20
296^th	Fitchburg	4	2	4	0	6	0.287	307	11
297^th	Orange	2	1	1	0	0	0.286	291	6
298^th	Pittsfield	8	2	2	0	7	0.285	302	4
299^th	Haverhill	11	3	2	2	2	0.285	312	13
300^th	Provincetown	1	0	0	0	0	0.283	196	104
301^st	South Easton	1	0	1	0	0	0.277	313	12
302^nd	Methuen	4	0	1	0	6	0.275	319	17
303^rd	West Warren	1	0	0	0	0	0.271	293	10
304^th	Clinton	1	1	1	0	0	0.27	328	24
305^th	Royalston	1	0	0	0	1	0.264	305
306^th	Clarksburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.257	249	57
307^th	Jamaica Plain	8	0	2	0	3	0.252	322	15
308^th	Worcester	35	4	9	1	17	0.245	326	18
309^th	Charlestown	2	1	1	0	1	0.244	314	5
310^th	Roslindale	7	1	0	0	1	0.244	270	40
311^th	Lynn	19	3	3	2	6	0.238	325	14
312^th	West Roxbury	4	0	2	0	2	0.237	321	9
313^th	Cheshire	1	0	0	1	0	0.235	320	7
314^th	Roxbury	10	3	4	0	2	0.232	334	20
315^th	Lowell	18	6	3	0	11	0.232	316	1
316^th	Fall River	11	4	3	0	10	0.229	327	11
317^th	New Bedford	21	3	2	3	6	0.227	333	16
318^th	Lawrence	18	9	8	1	6	0.224	329	11
319^th	Winchendon	3	1	1	0	1	0.224		(n/a)
320^th	Hyde Park	5	1	2	2	2	0.222	296	24
321^st	Brighton	5	0	3	0	3	0.219	315	6
322^nd	North Adams	3	0	2	0	0	0.216	323	1
323^rd	Dorchester	18	3	7	3	8	0.214	317	6
324^th	Turners Falls	1	0	1	0	0	0.213	332	8
325^th	Florida	1	0	0	0	0	0.205	331	6
326^th	Hinsdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.198	242	84
327^th	Wareham	2	1	2	0	1	0.194	303	24
328^th	Webster	2	0	1	0	2	0.188	339	11
329^th	Phillipston	1	0	0	0	0	0.184	236	93
330^th	Randolph	4	1	1	0	3	0.182	335	5
331^st	Brockton	13	6	3	2	5	0.18	340	9
332^nd	East Boston	10	2	1	0	2	0.18	310	22
333^rd	Springfield	33	12	9	2	10	0.172	336	3
334^th	South Boston	5	2	2	0	2	0.163	311	23
335^th	Allston	2	0	0	1	2	0.131	341	6
336^th	Chelsea	5	4	2	0	1	0.116	330	6
337^th	Athol	2	1	1	0	0	0.105	342	5
338^th	Mattapan	5	1	0	0	2	0.094	345	7
339^th	Southbridge	3	0	0	1	4	0.086	338	1
340^th	Indian Orchard	1	0	0	0	0	0.057	344	4
341^st	Holyoke	9	1	3	1	7	0.041	343	2

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* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Massachusetts Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on November 11, 2015, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Massachusetts Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Massachusetts Department of Education.
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