Best High Schools in Massachusetts for Female Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Massachusetts!

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, Female students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

JUST IN! Massachusetts MCAS Next Generation test scores and updated rankings for the 2022-23 school year were posted to SchoolDigger this week!

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.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (Female vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 339)	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 (Female)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Female)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
250279000203	1	Boston Latin School	Public	7-12	78 Ave Louis Pasteur	Boston	02115	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8895	2,416	123	19.6		1,014 (42.0%)	234 (9.7%)	342 (14.2%)	691 (28.6%)	1 (0.0%)	4 (0.2%)	122 (5.0%)	$21,850			$1,957			$19,892	99.7%	99.7%	0.01%
250753001157	2	Medfield Senior High	Public	9-12	88R South Street	Medfield	02052	Norfolk County	Medfield	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 359-4367	750	60	12.4		649 (86.5%)	6 (0.8%)	23 (3.1%)	38 (5.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (4.3%)	$18,139			$593			$17,545	99.4%	94.8%	4.60%
250684001001	3	Lexington High	Public	9-12	251 Waltham Street	Lexington	02421	Middlesex County	Lexington	No	No	No	No	(781) 861-2320	2,273	184	12.3		949 (41.8%)	88 (3.9%)	100 (4.4%)	981 (43.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	149 (6.6%)	$18,852			$287			$18,564	99.1%	99.4%	0.31%
250633000920	4	Hopkinton High	Public	9-12	90 Hayden Rowe Street	Hopkinton	01748	Middlesex County	Hopkinton	No	No	No	No	(508) 497-9820	1,212	85	14.3		872 (71.9%)	11 (0.9%)	51 (4.2%)	228 (18.8%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (3.5%)	$15,978			$621			$15,357	98.8%	98.6%	0.26%
250891001441	5	Algonquin Regional High	Public	9-12	79 Bartlett Street	Northborough	01532	Worcester County	Northboro-Southboro	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 351-7010	1,269	112	11.3		915 (72.1%)	21 (1.7%)	97 (7.6%)	168 (13.2%)	5 (0.4%)	5 (0.4%)	57 (4.5%)	$19,074			$1,283			$17,791	98.5%	99.1%	0.61%
250550000807	6	Groton Dunstable Regional	Public	9-12	703 Chicoppe Row	Groton	01450	Middlesex County	Groton-Dunstable	No	No	No	No	(978) 448-6362	704	54	12.9		601 (85.4%)	7 (1.0%)	21 (3.0%)	51 (7.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	16 (2.3%)	$17,906			$410			$17,496	98.2%	98.3%	0.04%
251227002030	7	Wellesley Senior High	Public	9-12	50 Rice Street	Wellesley	02481	Norfolk County	Wellesley	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 446-6290	1,406	118	11.8		985 (70.1%)	61 (4.3%)	76 (5.4%)	200 (14.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	82 (5.8%)	$21,475			$871			$20,605	97.9%	96.3%	1.68%
250171000012	8	Acton-Boxborough Regional High	Public	9-12	36 Charter Rd	Acton	01720	Middlesex County	Acton-Boxborough	No	No	No	No	(978) 264-4700	1,703	128	13.2		860 (50.5%)	48 (2.8%)	100 (5.9%)	624 (36.6%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	61 (3.6%)	$17,610			$1,124			$16,486	97.6%	98.8%	1.21%
251260002059	9	Westborough High	Public	9-12	90 West Main Street	Westborough	01581	Worcester County	Westborough	No	No	No	No	(508) 836-7720	1,178	98	12		656 (55.7%)	13 (1.1%)	90 (7.6%)	373 (31.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (3.7%)	$16,178			$831			$15,347	97.3%	98.0%	0.64%
250441000594	10	Duxbury High	Public	9-12	71 Alden Street	Duxbury	02332	Plymouth County	Duxbury	No	No	No	No	(781) 934-7650	948	77	12.3		871 (91.9%)	2 (0.2%)	21 (2.2%)	16 (1.7%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (3.7%)	$17,414			$820			$16,594	97.1%	96.5%	0.51%

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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 19, 2023, 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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.