Best Schools Boston 2011- Achievement Scores

BOSTON’S BEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2011

Our exclusive ranking of the region’s school districts.

Part I: In the Classroom | Part II: Achievement Scores

Ranking	School District	5th Grade MCAS Scores: English	5th Grade MCAS Scores: Math	5th Grade MCAS Scores: Science	8th Grade MCAS Scores: English	8th Grade MCAS Scores: Math	8th Grade MCAS Scores: Science	10th Grade MCAS Scores: English	10th Grade MCAS Scores: Math	10th Grade MCAS Scores: Science	Avg. SAT Scores: Reading	Avg. SAT Scores: Writing	Avg. SAT Scores: Math
1	Dover-Sherborn	88	82.5	80.5	96	83	69	96	95	96	586	593	616
2	Concord-Carlisle	89.5	81	80	94	77	70	96	92	93	601	601	617
3	Weston	91	86	85	95	77	75	94	93	83	615	617	623
4	Lincoln-Sudbury	83	77	76	94.5	77	64.5	97	93	73	599	597	616
5	Lexington	87	89	81	95	84	73	95	94	93	620	622	641
6	Manchester Essex	76	65	52	94	74	64	96	92	90	559	562	566
7	Wayland	83	76	73	95	82	80	94	95	89	601	607	628
8	Northborough-Southborough	79	68.5	68	94	68	57.5	93	91	90	556	562	576
9	Hamilton-Wenham	80	75	78	91	73	67	94	94	91	580	579	572
10	Sharon	80	75	77	93	74	62	96	95	94	580	590	593
11	Wellesley	84	77	64	95	76	44	96	95	77	608	620	625
12	Newton	85	80	76	91	77	64	89	90	82	601	608	619
13	Cohasset	78	78	79	95	79	59	98	94	87	547	556	561
14	Westwood	87	84	81	90	70	61	94	93	92	580	577	600
15	Acton-Boxborough	89.5	81	83	93	81	73	96	94	96	610	610	642
16	Newburyport	64	52	62	92	70	62	91	87	87	557	554	571
17	Medfield	81	62	63	92	76	74	95	97	95	581	573	592
18	Bedford	80	74	71	90	72	57	86	86	80	572	556	587
19	Holliston	77	74	76	93	74	53	91	92	91	578	575	593
20	Winchester	89	85	87	95	82	76	97	95	94	591	603	616
21	Masconomet	84	73.7	78	92	77	77	94	94	89	541	544	567
22	Belmont	84	75	73	96	77	78	94	96	92	580	589	608
23	Brookline	80	80	73	91	75	57	87	91	81	581	585	604
24	Marblehead	81	72	71	92	77	66	93	90	85	561	560	583
25	Cambridge Rindge and Latin	59	53	45	75	45	34	70	77	59	498	493	503
26	Westford	88	86	85	95	86	78	97	95	94	587	582	602
27	Duxbury	81	72	64	91	70	55	92	93	86	541	549	551
28	Old Rochester	83	70.7	75	88	75	53	90	90	79	516	519	527
29	Nashoba	80	78	76	89	80	65	94	88	91	559	556	576
30	Hopkinton	88	78	81	96	76	64	92	94	93	543	547	552
31	Needham	84	76	74	93	82	64	93	92	90	590	583	597
32	Natick	79	74	76	90	71	63	94	92	90	545	536	553
33	Medway	82	75	76	90	69	60	94	90	80	560	555	572
34	Lynnfield	85	74	77	90	72	56	96	95	92	546	557	578
35	Silver Lake	68.6	56.6	62.3	87	56	50	92	87	80	494	492	503
36	Foxborough	67	49	55	84	63	57	84	84	81	526	537	546
37	Burlington	77	55	68	86	64	48	84	85	76	522	520	546
38	Andover	84	82	79	92	76	65	92	92	84	563	559	586
39	Hingham	84	81	80	95	72	64	93	88	89	568	576	576
40	Swampscott	77	60	60	96	63	60	88	86	68	529	537	544
41	Ipswich	78	65	68	96	73	65	88	87	73	532	535	527
42	Ashland	71	66	62	88	61	46	95	96	80	531	534	554
43	Canton	82	73	76	87	67	63	86	84	84	521	522	561
44	Norwell	89	81	83	94	74	67	93	92	85	536	540	557
45	North Reading	85	67	68	84	58	49	89	92	88	536	534	550
46	Arlington	80	77	84	93	69	63	87	87	81	555	555	565
47	Rockport	75	60	68	90	65	59	85	78	68	515	494	501
48	Georgetown	74	42	54	81	51	36	92	88	90	570	566	584
49	Hanover	77	65	71	92	55	54	95	86	84	502	494	504
50	Somerset	73	63	64	82	49	46	90	85	73	504	488	519
51	Wakefield	70	66	57	83	69	44	83	80	86	517	526	523
52	Reading Memorial	76	73	66	93	76	55	90	89	89	538	538	563
53	Watertown	60	58	55	73	47	27	85	79	69	480	471	509
54	Waltham	56	43	53	76	53	34	83	74	65	476	475	496
55	Walpole	79	70	75	91	61	51	90	86	88	528	527	531
56	Littleton	76	60	71	84	46	51	87	87	88	532	530	536
57	Dedham	74	70	66	85	50	35	75	85	82	508	505	533
58	Freetown-Lakeville	69	61	66	85	63	40	90	86	83	528	529	532
59	North Andover	74	61	58	89	61	51	88	82	84	531	527	561
60	Scituate	87	83	80	92	66	57	91	85	78	524	527	543
61	King Philip Regional	75.3	65.3	71	87	56	54	92	86	88	546	554	543
62	Pentucket	77	65	70	90	67	66	87	85	76	542	529	536
63	Framingham	58	50	51	77	51	37	78	81	77	521	523	561
64	Carver	57	51	57	82	63	50	89	81	65	514	520	516
65	Marshfield	79	64	72	89	66	43	91	87	85	503	513	526
66	Franklin	81	78	74	89	65	59	91	89	82	542	544	561
67	Easton	71	71	69	90	71	69	94	87	71	523	529	544
68	Millis	70	70	79	81	41	34	98	84	78	546	545	542
69	Stoneham	77	64	60	84	58	41	86	83	78	491	481	496
70	Danvers	70	65	52	84	51	38	81	80	73	513	502	524
71	Milton	79	71	59	87	74	45	83	80	76	520	514	521
72	West Bridgewater	69	55	46	87	67	68	88	85	68	477	483	501
73	Norwood	64	60	64	81	45	41	81	76	64	498	499	513
74	Braintree	75	69	71	87	70	52	84	84	73	513	526	541
75	Hull	64	51	62	78	54	38	75	76	80	483	482	490
76	Hudson	63	57	51	82	63	34	86	80	62	508	511	520
77	Chelmsford	78	62	66	91	63	62	96	93	72	529	519	534
78	Dartmouth	67	54	61	84	60	56	81	79	76	514	505	544
79	Wilmington	76	60	61	85	65	42	91	90	81	519	517	534
80	Stoughton	62	56	44	78	58	44	86	77	74	490	487	506
81	Plymouth	68	57	66	86	59	49	82	76	70	502	489	510
82	Triton Regional	77	69	69	83	57	45	86	83	78	515	503	523
83	Marlborough	59	50	48	68	52	29	80	73	58	501	494	517
84	Mansfield	72	67	64	88	60	48	89	85	83	548	549	566
85	Maynard	62	46	62	82	47	39	79	67	62	512	500	527
86	Norton	72	70	72	80	55	40	93	88	88	511	498	511
87	Gloucester	62	48	46	72	37	33	79	73	64	504	495	498
88	Winthrop	60	38	47	69	39	27	82	86	65	477	494	510
89	Beverly	63	54	58	80	51	42	80	77	67	517	501	512
90	East Bridgewater	70	67	69	89	61	44	88	84	84	474	481	492
91	Pembroke	68	64	56	82	64	50	81	78	74	499	503	516
92	Amesbury	76	54	64	78	52	46	86	81	79	538	542	552
93	Billerica	63	53	50	82	58	40	78	84	72	515	518	539
94	Melrose	75	65	65	83	51	39	89	81	70	510	517	520
95	Seekonk	70	56	53	82	53	43	85	73	72	487	488	504
96	North Attleborough	78	68	71	86	62	51	87	90	96	523	508	533
97	Whitman-Hanson Regional	71	57	60	84	52	46	79	80	75	491	499	516
98	Medford	62	47	51	71	48	35	82	76	61	481	494	496
99	Middleborough	51	51	50	76	35	33	82	70	69	516	497	509
100	Swansea	64	59	60	76	39	46	83	75	54	532	524	517
101	Avon	70	65	68	86	60	23	71	66	44	464	461	452
102	Dighton-Rehoboth	63	54	49	84	56	43	82	80	70	504	486	504
103	Abington	61	54	47	77	43	33	87	76	78	509	496	523
104	Tewksbury	58	44	49	82	43	38	84	82	72	507	501	520
105	Fair Haven	73	43	57	65	38	32	77	78	60	513	505	512
106	Weymouth	67	52	60	78	45	38	80	77	77	492	481	506
107	Woburn	68	61	64	81	46	36	76	75	47	468	468	491
108	Quincy	56	50	51	80	48	37	72	76	70	460	455	518
109	Westport	65	64	64	78	51	50	82	75	64	484	464	485
110	Wareham	57	39	43	69	29	25	75	61	50	472	461	485
111	Randolph	48	44	34	68	44	24	68	73	50	450	443	424
112	Saugus	65	50	48	70	30	24	69	70	57	483	481	496
113	Dracut	60	37	48	72	33	27	83	80	74	501	481	509
114	Bellingham	66	49	68	81	53	41	85	81	50	501	489	503
115	Salem	47	39	41	61	33	19	65	55	47	453	448	465
116	Methuen	48	41	28	70	40	27	75	66	58	473	468	484
117	Peabody	64	52	48	79	48	43	71	71	54	488	482	506
118	Somerville	42	42	41	60	30	24	64	60	52	465	463	477
119	Malden	54	38	42	73	43	29	74	69	57	465	466	490
120	Attleboro	67	62	45	75	55	33	77	76	49	488	504	504
121	Rockland	58	42	39	77	39	25	70	70	44	496	484	504
122	Everett	49	42	23	62	32	14	67	56	38	433	432	445
123	Haverhill	43	40	40	67	40	30	69	63	51	492	478	495
124	Bridgewater-Raynham	62	47	58	76	50	38	80	79	57	497	483	516
125	Revere	54	50	48	76	43	35	68	69	52	453	438	464
126	Taunton	59	47	49	72	37	29	71	64	60	477	467	496
127	Boston	40	39	21	58	34	10	60	60	36	434	433	460
128	Holbrook	73	57	52	63	37	20	55	52	30	479	478	502
129	Lowell	37	31	19	59	34	20	64	61	43	462	449	477
130	Fall River	37	34	25	62	37	22	58	53	49	458	442	457
131	Lynn	43	36	35	61	30	15	66	61	47	430	418	445
132	Chelsea	39	25	23	59	37	13	44	39	42	428	412	449
133	Brockton	43	33	19	63	31	18	66	58	48	441	436	444
134	New Bedford	42	37	30	49	23	13	46	42	28	440	426	446
135	Lawrence	32	24	19	50	20	6	48	35	18	387	380	397

Research By: Mara Berg, Laura Biedron, Caitlin Bueller, Stephanie Horst, Rebecca Klein, Chris Malloy, Ursula Munn, Hannah Sawyer, Gillian Smith, and Lindsay Tucker
METHODOLOGY
Our rankings were computed by statistician George Recck, director of the Math Resources Center at Babson College. We gathered the most recent available data on area school districts by consulting school officials and websites, as well as the Massachusetts Department of Education. With this information, Recck calculated the mean scores for each category, then ranked the districts based on a weighted average of each school data point’s difference from the mean.

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