Massachusetts City Rankings

Rank (of 357)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
1^st	Dunstable	1	0	0	0	0	0.99	37	36
2^nd	Carlisle	1	0	0	0	0	0.983	3	1
3^rd	Hopkinton	3	1	1	0	0	0.981	4	1
4^th	Chilmark	1	0	0	0	0	0.973	1	3
5^th	Wellesley	6	1	1	0	5	0.973	7	2
6^th	Belmont	4	2	1	0	6	0.968	2	4
7^th	Dover	1	1	1	0	2	0.967	6	1
8^th	Winchester	5	1	1	0	4	0.963	10	2
9^th	Weston	3	1	1	0	6	0.963	5	4
10^th	Wayland	3	1	1	0	1	0.959	8	2
11^th	Williamsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.956	34	23
12^th	Southborough	3	1	0	0	3	0.955	16	4
13^th	Medfield	3	1	1	0	1	0.953	15	2
14^th	Westwood	4	1	1	0	3	0.95	12	2
15^th	Brookline	6	0	1	0	10	0.947	18	3
16^th	Lexington	6	2	2	0	7	0.943	9	7
17^th	Arlington	7	2	1	0	5	0.938	28	11
18^th	Newton Centre	4	1	1	0	0	0.938	11	7
19^th	Wenham	1	0	0	0	1	0.927	23	4
20^th	Sharon	3	1	1	0	4	0.925	20
21^st	Harvard	1	1	1	0	2	0.924	17	4
22^nd	Needham	5	2	1	0	7	0.922	14	8
23^rd	Chestnut Hill	2	0	0	0	6	0.92	22	1
24^th	Sherborn	1	0	0	0	0	0.919	31	7
25^th	Hingham	4	1	1	0	8	0.917	13	12
26^th	Cohasset	2	1	1	0	0	0.915	19	7
27^th	Sudbury	4	1	1	0	2	0.914	24	3
28^th	Westborough	3	2	1	4	2	0.913	25	3
29^th	Bedford	2	1	1	0	2	0.909	29
30^th	Concord	3	1	1	0	6	0.906	21	9
31^st	Waban	2	0	0	0	0	0.902	35	4
32^nd	Boxborough	2	0	0	0	0	0.9	36	4
33^rd	Newtonville	1	1	1	0	0	0.894	44	11
34^th	Melrose	6	1	1	0	2	0.894	38	4
35^th	Newton Highlands	1	0	0	0	0	0.892	43	8
36^th	Auburndale	2	0	0	0	0	0.892	32	4
37^th	North Reading	3	1	1	0	0	0.879	30	7
38^th	South Hamilton	2	1	1	0	1	0.874	47	9
39^th	Lincoln	1	0	0	0	2	0.874	27	12
40^th	Milton	4	1	1	0	8	0.871	39	1
41^st	Littleton	2	1	1	0	1	0.869	42	1
42^nd	Lynnfield	2	1	1	0	1	0.858	41	1
43^rd	Boylston	1	0	1	0	0	0.857	46	3
44^th	Shrewsbury	5	2	1	0	9	0.854	48	4
45^th	Newton	3	2	0	0	11	0.852	50	5
46^th	Reading	5	2	1	0	2	0.849	51	5
47^th	Natick	4	2	1	0	7	0.846	55	8
48^th	Rowley	1	0	0	0	3	0.845	60	12
49^th	Duxbury	2	1	1	0	2	0.844	26	23
50^th	Acton	10	1	1	0	1	0.84	40	10
51^st	Shutesbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.839	76	25
52^nd	Lenox	1	0	1	0	3	0.838	62	10
53^rd	Holliston	2	1	1	0	0	0.834	58	5
54^th	Groton	1	1	1	0	4	0.833	53	1
55^th	Bolton	1	0	1	0	0	0.832	45	10
56^th	Manchester	1	1	1	0	2	0.83	33	23
57^th	Longmeadow	3	2	1	0	4	0.825	57
58^th	Newbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.821	79	21
59^th	Andover	5	3	2	0	8	0.819	52	7
60^th	Chester	1	0	0	0	0	0.815	143	83
61^st	Medway	2	1	1	0	0	0.815	54	7
62^nd	Scituate	4	1	1	0	1	0.814	49	13
63^rd	Stow	1	1	0	0	0	0.807	59	4
64^th	Brimfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.805	74	10
65^th	Franklin	5	1	2	0	1	0.804	64	1
66^th	Williamstown	1	0	1	0	2	0.798	96	30
67^th	Chelmsford	3	2	0	1	3	0.795	82	15
68^th	Devens	0	0	1	0	1	0.795	69	1
69^th	Ashland	2	1	1	0	2	0.794	78	9
70^th	Conway	1	0	0	0	0	0.793	63	7
71^st	Norfolk	2	1	0	0	0	0.792	67	4
72^nd	Pelham	1	0	0	0	0	0.79	137	65
73^rd	Westford	6	2	2	0	1	0.787	61	12
74^th	West Newton	2	0	0	0	2	0.785	56	18
75^th	Ipswich	2	1	1	0	1	0.783	71	4
76^th	Walpole	3	0	2	0	0	0.781	86	10
77^th	East Sandwich	1	0	1	0	1	0.781	120	43
78^th	Marblehead	2	3	1	0	5	0.781	93	15
79^th	Halifax	1	0	0	0	0	0.778	87	8
80^th	Plympton	1	0	0	0	0	0.774	97	17
81^st	Northborough	4	1	1	0	2	0.774	70	11
82^nd	Wilmington	5	1	1	0	4	0.771	90	8
83^rd	Grafton	2	1	1	0	2	0.767	95	12
84^th	North Easton	2	1	1	0	1	0.764	75	9
85^th	Wakefield	4	1	2	0	3	0.758	101	16
86^th	West Boylston	1	0	1	0	0	0.757	125	39
87^th	Burlington	4	1	1	0	6	0.757	109	22
88^th	Holden	3	1	1	0	1	0.757	73	15
89^th	Braintree	6	2	1	0	12	0.754	80	9
90^th	North Chelmsford	1	0	1	0	2	0.749	127	37
91^st	Sterling	1	1	0	0	0	0.748	84	7
92^nd	Upton	1	0	2	0	0	0.747	112	20
93^rd	Canton	3	1	2	1	5	0.744	89	4
94^th	Hanover	2	1	2	0	1	0.744	105	11
95^th	Hadley	1	0	1	1	1	0.743	72	23
96^th	Boxford	2	1	1	0	0	0.739	65	31
97^th	Mattapoisett	1	2	1	0	0	0.738	98	1
98^th	Essex	1	0	0	0	0	0.737	151	53
99^th	Beverly	5	1	1	0	12	0.737	103	4
100^th	Swampscott	1	1	1	0	0	0.733	122	22
101^st	Topsfield	1	1	0	0	0	0.73	68	33
102^nd	Chatham	1	1	0	0	0	0.727	104	2
103^rd	Amherst	3	1	1	0	2	0.724	99	4
104^th	Mansfield	2	1	1	0	3	0.722	91	13
105^th	South Dartmouth	1	0	0	0	1	0.72	94	11
106^th	Cambridge	12	4	2	1	15	0.72	107	1
107^th	Princeton	1	0	0	0	0	0.72	66	41
108^th	Wrentham	1	1	1	0	0	0.718	130	22
109^th	Lancaster	1	1	0	0	5	0.716	119	10
110^th	Brookfield	1	0	0	0	1	0.714	152	42
111^th	Newburyport	3	1	1	0	3	0.714	92	19
112^th	North Falmouth	1	0	0	0	1	0.71	111	1
113^th	Orleans	1	1	0	0	1	0.708	83	30
114^th	Middleton	2	0	0	0	0	0.704	115	1
115^th	Hampden	1	0	0	0	0	0.703	150	35
116^th	Hull	1	0	1	0	0	0.702	149	33
117^th	Marshfield	5	1	1	0	0	0.702	110	7
118^th	Petersham	1	0	0	0	1	0.7	146	28
119^th	Becket	1	0	0	0	0	0.695	216	97
120^th	Rutland	2	1	0	0	1	0.693	124	4
121^st	East Harwich	0	1	0	0	0	0.692	141	20
122^nd	Watertown	3	1	1	0	6	0.69	128	6
123^rd	Wilbraham	3	1	1	0	1	0.688	117	6
124^th	Brewster	2	0	0	0	2	0.685	106	18
125^th	Eastham	1	0	0	0	0	0.683	77	48
126^th	Ayer	1	0	1	0	0	0.68	212	86
127^th	Norwell	2	1	1	1	3	0.677	108	19
128^th	West Newbury	1	1	1	0	1	0.673	85	43
129^th	Berlin	1	0	0	0	0	0.672	81	48
130^th	Belchertown	2	2	1	0	0	0.666	157	27
131^st	Seekonk	2	1	1	0	1	0.659	102	29
132^nd	Acushnet	1	1	0	0	1	0.658	121	11
133^rd	Hinsdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.656	260	127
134^th	Hopedale	1	0	1	0	0	0.656	161	27
135^th	Lakeville	2	1	1	0	1	0.653	134	1
136^th	Oak Bluffs	1	0	1	0	0	0.647	175	39
137^th	Florence	1	1	0	0	0	0.647	223	86
138^th	North Andover	5	1	1	0	3	0.645	140	2
139^th	Millis	1	1	1	0	2	0.644	118	21
140^th	Berkley	1	1	0	0	0	0.644	113	27
141^st	Leeds	1	0	0	0	0	0.644	163	22
142^nd	Wellfleet	1	0	0	0	0	0.643	184	42
143^rd	Stoneham	3	1	1	0	3	0.641	131	12
144^th	Southampton	1	0	0	0	0	0.641	138	6
145^th	North Dartmouth	1	1	0	0	3	0.639	114	31
146^th	Pembroke	3	1	1	0	0	0.639	159	13
147^th	South Weymouth	2	0	0	0	1	0.638	135	12
148^th	Groveland	1	0	0	0	0	0.637	142	6
149^th	Hanscom AFB	1	0	0	0	0	0.632	160	11
150^th	Leverett	1	0	0	0	0	0.631	88	62
151^st	Lanesborough	1	0	0	0	0	0.63	116	35
152^nd	Great Barrington	1	1	1	0	3	0.627	222	70
153^rd	Sutton	2	1	1	0	1	0.627	144	9
154^th	Swansea	4	1	1	0	3	0.624	186	32
155^th	Erving	1	0	0	0	0	0.623	320	165
156^th	Dedham	5	1	1	0	5	0.621	187	31
157^th	Saugus	2	1	1	1	1	0.618	172	15
158^th	Mendon	1	1	0	0	1	0.615	133	25
159^th	Ashfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.612	206	47
160^th	West Tisbury	1	0	0	1	0	0.608	168	8
161^st	Plainville	3	0	0	0	1	0.607	169	8
162^nd	North Attleborough	5	1	1	0	0	0.607	182	20
163^rd	Tewksbury	3	2	1	0	0	0.606	123	40
164^th	South Deerfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.605	205	41
165^th	Salisbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.605	238	73
166^th	Fiskdale	0	1	2	0	1	0.602	156	10
167^th	Dalton	1	1	1	0	1	0.601	148	19
168^th	Paxton	1	0	0	0	0	0.601	126	42
169^th	Dighton	1	1	1	0	0	0.599	189	20
170^th	Hanson	1	1	0	0	0	0.599	177	7
171^st	Holland	1	0	0	0	0	0.598	176	5
172^nd	Maynard	1	1	1	0	2	0.597	183	11
173^rd	East Longmeadow	3	1	1	0	0	0.596	158	15
174^th	Tyngsborough	1	1	2	0	0	0.593	197	23
175^th	Otis	1	0	0	0	0	0.592	248	73
176^th	Richmond	1	0	0	0	0	0.59	129	47
177^th	Lunenburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.589	145	32
178^th	Easthampton	2	0	1	0	3	0.587	217	39
179^th	Uxbridge	1	1	2	0	1	0.585	164	15
180^th	Vineyard Haven	1	0	0	0	1	0.583	244	64
181^st	Byfield	0	1	1	0	1	0.581	165	16
182^nd	Georgetown	1	1	1	0	0	0.58	224	42
183^rd	Falmouth	1	2	1	0	1	0.577	230	47
184^th	Tyngsboro	0	0	1	0	2	0.574	221	37
185^th	North Billerica	1	0	0	0	3	0.57	139	46
186^th	Fairhaven	2	1	1	0	1	0.567	203	17
187^th	Somerset	3	1	1	0	0	0.567	155	32
188^th	Kingston	2	1	1	0	1	0.561	173	15
189^th	Malden	5	0	1	1	2	0.561	219	30
190^th	Billerica	4	2	2	0	0	0.56	170	20
191^st	Auburn	5	1	1	0	0	0.559	195	4
192^nd	South Easton	0	0	1	0	0	0.558	147	45
193^rd	Merrimac	2	0	0	0	1	0.557	181	12
194^th	Harwich	1	0	2	0	0	0.553	196	2
195^th	Gill	1	0	0	0	1	0.553	153	42
196^th	Sheffield	2	0	1	0	1	0.552	209	13
197^th	Lee	1	0	1	0	1	0.551	237	40
198^th	Ashburnham	1	1	1	0	0	0.55	179	19
199^th	Quincy	12	5	2	0	7	0.548	201	2
200^th	Stoughton	5	1	1	0	1	0.548	218	18
201^st	Whately	1	0	0	0	0	0.547	136	65
202^nd	Plymouth	8	2	4	0	5	0.546	207	5
203^rd	Foxborough	3	1	1	1	0	0.546	190	13
204^th	Medford	4	2	2	0	3	0.544	232	28
205^th	North Eastham	0	0	1	0	0	0.541	180	25
206^th	West Brookfield	1	0	0	0	1	0.541	258	52
207^th	Nahant	1	0	0	0	0	0.538	286	79
208^th	Pepperell	1	1	0	0	2	0.538	192	16
209^th	Rockport	1	0	1	0	0	0.538	171	38
210^th	Abington	2	1	1	0	1	0.533	235	25
211^th	Edgartown	1	0	0	0	0	0.533	214	3
212^th	Somerville	8	1	2	0	2	0.528	247	35
213^th	Feeding Hills	1	1	0	0	0	0.527	274	61
214^th	Marion	1	0	0	0	1	0.525	188	26
215^th	Weymouth	5	1	1	0	3	0.525	236	21
216^th	Douglas	2	1	1	0	0	0.521	231	15
217^th	Mashpee	2	0	1	0	0	0.519	234	17
218^th	Shirley	1	1	0	0	0	0.519	199	19
219^th	Winthrop	2	1	1	0	0	0.518	229	10
220^th	Oakham	1	0	0	0	0	0.517	208	12
221^st	Dartmouth	1	0	1	0	1	0.515	154	67
222^nd	Charlton	2	1	1	0	0	0.512	233	11
223^rd	Raynham	2	1	0	0	0	0.51	200	23
224^th	Roslindale	4	0	2	0	1	0.51	213	11
225^th	Northampton	2	0	2	0	6	0.506	242	17
226^th	North Weymouth	1	0	0	0	1	0.505	215	11
227^th	Westport	2	0	1	0	0	0.505	262	35
228^th	North Dighton	0	0	1	0	0	0.504	132	96
229^th	Hubbardston	1	0	0	0	0	0.504	174	55
230^th	Adams	1	0	1	0	1	0.5	275	45
231^st	Agawam	3	1	1	0	0	0.499	243	12
232^nd	East Walpole	1	1	0	1	3	0.498	272	40
233^rd	Dracut	4	1	2	0	0	0.498	240	7
234^th	Attleboro	5	3	3	0	4	0.496	228	6
235^th	Danvers	5	1	2	0	6	0.493	239	4
236^th	Westhampton	1	0	1	0	0	0.493	185	51
237^th	Rehoboth	1	1	0	0	2	0.49	204	33
238^th	Norton	3	1	1	0	1	0.488	246	8
239^th	Southwick	2	1	1	0	0	0.483	270	31
240^th	Rockland	2	1	1	0	1	0.483	227	13
241^st	West Bridgewater	2	1	1	0	0	0.482	210	31
242^nd	Charlestown	2	0	1	1	0	0.478	267	25
243^rd	East Brookfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.474	256	13
244^th	Woburn	7	2	1	0	2	0.471	268	24
245^th	Northfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.469	241	4
246^th	Rochester	1	0	1	0	0	0.468	167	79
247^th	Holbrook	1	0	1	0	2	0.468	269	22
248^th	Hatfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.466	178	70
249^th	Leominster	5	2	4	0	2	0.465	266	17
250^th	Bradford	1	0	0	1	2	0.465	276	26
251^st	West Springfield	6	1	1	0	2	0.458	251
252^nd	Bernardston	1	0	0	0	1	0.452	263	11
253^rd	Waltham	7	2	2	0	5	0.449	259	6
254^th	South Hadley	2	1	2	0	0	0.446	255	1
255^th	Bridgewater	2	1	2	0	1	0.444	226	29
256^th	Whitman	2	1	1	0	0	0.441	191	65
257^th	East Bridgewater	2	0	1	0	1	0.441	245	12
258^th	Norwood	6	1	1	0	3	0.433	250	8
259^th	Hudson	3	1	1	0	1	0.425	220	39
260^th	Carver	1	0	1	0	0	0.425	265	5
261^st	Townsend	2	1	1	0	0	0.422	194	67
262^nd	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0.422	193	69
263^rd	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.42	198	65
264^th	East Falmouth	2	0	0	0	0	0.417	225	39
265^th	Westfield	5	2	2	0	5	0.417	284	19
266^th	Marlborough	4	1	3	0	6	0.412	285	19
267^th	Blackstone	0	1	1	0	0	0.412	290	23
268^th	Colrain	1	0	0	0	0	0.41	311	43
269^th	Amesbury	2	1	3	0	2	0.41	211	58
270^th	Templeton	1	0	0	0	0	0.407	313	43
271^st	Clarksburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.404	329	58
272^nd	Charlemont	1	0	0	0	2	0.403	261	11
273^rd	East Taunton	1	1	0	0	0	0.403	281	8
274^th	Granby	1	0	1	0	1	0.401	300	26
275^th	Nantucket	2	1	1	0	3	0.4	283	8
276^th	Middleborough	2	1	1	0	0	0.398	249	27
277^th	Millbury	2	0	1	0	0	0.397	252	25
278^th	Whitinsville	1	1	1	0	1	0.397	253	25
279^th	Jamaica Plain	5	0	1	0	6	0.396	307	28
280^th	Bourne	2	1	2	0	0	0.394	273	7
281^st	Sturbridge	2	0	0	0	0	0.388	257	24
282^nd	Westminster	2	0	0	0	0	0.379	271	11
283^rd	Gloucester	4	1	1	0	1	0.378	288	5
284^th	West Roxbury	3	1	0	0	4	0.377	280	4
285^th	Shelburne Falls	1	0	1	0	0	0.377	254	31
286^th	Leicester	1	1	1	0	2	0.374	297	11
287^th	Ludlow	2	1	1	0	1	0.369	298	11
288^th	Oxford	2	1	1	0	0	0.365	318	30
289^th	Huntington	1	0	1	0	0	0.364	296	7
290^th	Wales	1	0	0	0	0	0.363	335	45
291^st	Hyannis	2	1	2	0	3	0.36	282	9
292^nd	Peabody	8	1	1	1	4	0.36	293	1
293^rd	Barre	1	1	1	0	1	0.357	277	16
294^th	Dudley	2	1	1	0	0	0.356	264	30
295^th	Chicopee	9	2	4	0	4	0.354	312	17
296^th	Everett	6	0	1	2	3	0.352	306	10
297^th	Gilbertville	1	0	0	0	1	0.352	291	6
298^th	South Yarmouth	2	1	1	0	1	0.351	294	4
299^th	Mattapan	6	0	0	1	2	0.347	358	59
300^th	Lowell	16	7	4	1	9	0.344	305	5
301^st	Royalston	1	0	0	0	1	0.339	308	7
302^nd	Bellingham	3	1	2	0	0	0.336	279	23
303^rd	Salem	8	1	4	0	1	0.334	287	16
304^th	Clinton	1	1	1	0	0	0.332	292	12
305^th	New Salem	1	0	0	0	0	0.331	317	12
306^th	Wareham	1	1	2	0	0	0.331	324	18
307^th	Boston	7	0	8	3	19	0.328	295	12
308^th	East Boston	10	0	2	0	1	0.327	309	1
309^th	Methuen	4	0	1	0	8	0.325	301	8
310^th	Palmer	1	0	2	0	0	0.303	302	8
311^th	Monson	2	0	1	0	0	0.299	299	12
312^th	Pittsfield	9	2	3	0	5	0.293	303	9
313^th	Milford	3	1	1	0	2	0.29	315	2
314^th	Taunton	5	2	4	0	2	0.289	314
315^th	Baldwinville	0	1	1	0	0	0.281	278	37
316^th	Fitchburg	4	2	4	0	5	0.278	319	3
317^th	Revere	6	3	2	0	1	0.276	323	6
318^th	Haverhill	8	3	3	1	1	0.275	304	14
319^th	Montague	0	1	1	0	0	0.274	357	38
320^th	Greenfield	3	1	2	1	3	0.272	321	1
321^st	Marstons Mills	2	0	0	0	1	0.271	310	11
322^nd	Roxbury	10	1	7	0	2	0.267	331	9
323^rd	Worcester	36	4	9	1	17	0.265	328	5
324^th	Spencer	2	1	1	0	0	0.263	332	8
325^th	Avon	1	0	1	0	0	0.26	316	9
326^th	Cheshire	0	1	1	0	0	0.258	337	11
327^th	West Warren	1	0	0	0	0	0.258	325	2
328^th	Framingham	9	4	2	0	10	0.257	330	2
329^th	Provincetown	1	0	0	0	0	0.247	289	40
330^th	North Brookfield	1	0	1	0	2	0.227	343	13
331^st	Ware	1	1	1	0	0	0.225	326	5
332^nd	Springfield	35	14	16	2	14	0.223	336	4
333^rd	Winchendon	2	1	2	0	1	0.223	322	11
334^th	South Boston	4	1	2	0	2	0.221	346	12
335^th	Orange	1	0	1	0	0	0.219	350	15
336^th	Hyde Park	5	1	4	0	1	0.214	341	5
337^th	Warren	0	1	1	0	1	0.205	327	10
338^th	Randolph	4	1	1	0	2	0.194	339	1
339^th	Dorchester	18	0	7	3	9	0.192	342	3
340^th	Lawrence	16	8	4	2	6	0.191	345	5
341^st	Lynn	19	3	6	2	6	0.19	347	6
342^nd	Chelsea	5	3	3	1	1	0.187	340	2
343^rd	New Bedford	19	3	4	1	7	0.185	338	5
344^th	Gardner	2	1	2	0	2	0.185	333	11
345^th	Athol	1	1	1	0	0	0.184	353	8
346^th	North Adams	2	0	2	0	0	0.18	352	6
347^th	Fall River	11	3	4	2	12	0.18	344	3
348^th	Turners Falls	2	0	1	0	0	0.169	349	1
349^th	Brockton	11	6	6	1	4	0.166	354	5
350^th	Brighton	4	0	3	0	7	0.165	348	2
351^st	Allston	1	0	0	0	1	0.131	334	17
352^nd	Holyoke	7	2	3	0	7	0.106	359	7
353^rd	Indian Orchard	1	0	0	0	0	0.105	356	3
354^th	Florida	1	0	0	0	0	0.103	351	3
355^th	Webster	2	1	1	0	2	0.092	355
356^th	Southbridge	3	1	2	0	2	0.082	361	5
357^th	Worthington	1	0	0	0	0	0.06	360	3

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