Best High Schools in Massachusetts for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Massachusetts test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the MCAS Next Generation test scores by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The most recent update was on Monday, September 29, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 334)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Boston Latin School	Public	7-12	78 Ave Louis Pasteur	Boston	02115	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8895	2,424	130	18.6		773 (31.9%)	371 (15.3%)	400 (16.5%)	743 (30.7%)	3 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	125 (5.2%)	$28,394							99.7%	99.4%	0.27%			250279000203
2	Duxbury High	Public	9-12	71 Alden Street	Duxbury	02332	Plymouth County	Duxbury	No	No	No	No	(781) 934-7650	808	81	9.9		739 (91.5%)	2 (0.2%)	26 (3.2%)	10 (1.2%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.5%)	$20,350							99.4%	97.4%	1.98%			250441000594
3	Winchester High School	Public	9-12	80 Skillings Road	Winchester	01890	Middlesex County	Winchester	No	No	No	No	(781) 721-7020	1,404	95	14.8		902 (64.2%)	33 (2.4%)	73 (5.2%)	298 (21.2%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	94 (6.7%)	$17,678							99.1%	95.4%	3.69%			251311002174
4	Brooke Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	200 American Legion Highway	Mattapan	02124	Suffolk County	Brooke Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 874-5515	2,216	178	12.4		81 (3.7%)	1,077 (48.6%)	955 (43.1%)	32 (1.4%)	6 (0.3%)	3 (0.1%)	58 (2.6%)	$23,333							98.8%	88.8%	9.98%			250007101747
5	Westwood High	Public	9-12	200 Nahatan Street	Westwood	02090	Norfolk County	Westwood	No	No	No	No	(781) 326-7500	837	75	11		614 (73.4%)	16 (1.9%)	66 (7.9%)	107 (12.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (3.7%)	$24,167							98.5%	92.3%	6.24%			251281002100
6	Manchester Essex Regional High School	Public	9-12	36 Lincoln Street	Manchester	01944	Essex County	Manchester Essex Regional	No	No	No	No	(978) 526-4412	392	39	10		375 (95.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	$25,486							98.2%	93.7%	4.51%			250006701109
7	Mystic Valley Regional Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	770 Salem Street	Malden	02148	Middlesex County	Mystic Valley Regional Charter	Yes	No	No	Yes	(781) 388-0222	1,698	109	15.5		552 (32.5%)	285 (16.8%)	228 (13.4%)	556 (32.7%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	73 (4.3%)	$14,601							97.9%	86.0%	11.94%			250005501260
8	Sturgis Charter Public School	Public, Charter	9-12	427 Main Street	Hyannis	02601	Barnstable County	Sturgis Charter Public	Yes	No	No	No	(508) 778-1782	825	89	9.3		656 (79.5%)	26 (3.2%)	51 (6.2%)	41 (5.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.5%)	$19,724							97.6%	84.5%	13.08%			250005801272
9	Pioneer Charter School of Science	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	51-59 Summer Street	Everett	02149	Middlesex County	Pioneer Charter School of Science	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 389-7277	795	72	11		311 (39.1%)	166 (20.9%)	215 (27.0%)	70 (8.8%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (3.6%)	$18,681							97.3%	90.3%	7.05%			250051802632
10	Weston High	Public	9-12	444 Wellesley Street	Weston	02493	Middlesex County	Weston	No	No	No	No	(781) 786-5800	658	60	10.8		364 (55.3%)	36 (5.5%)	45 (6.8%)	164 (24.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (7.4%)	$30,897							97.0%	95.1%	1.88%			251275002087

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts, MCAS Next Generation Mathematics, MCAS Next Generation Science test scores released by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 29, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary 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 Elementary and Secondary Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.