Best Public High Schools in Boston 2018

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School	Rank	Enrollment	Average Class Size	Student-to-Teacher Ratio	10th Graders Scoring Proficient or Higher on MCAS: Reading (%)	10th Graders Scoring Proficient or Higher on MCAS: Math (%)	10th Graders Scoring Proficient or Higher on MCAS: Science (%)	Average SAT Scores: Reading/Writing	Average SAT Scores: Math	Advanced Placement: Proficient (%)	Graduation Rate (%)	Attending College (%)	Educator Evaluations: Proficient (%)	Educator Evaluations: Exemplary (%)	Educator Evaluations: Combined (%)
Dover-Sherborn Regional High School	1	665	15.7	11.5	100	99	99	640	645	93.1	99.4	93.1	88.5	10.3	98.8
Concord-Carlisle High School	2	1273	14.6	12.4	98	98	96	630	637	94.2	97.8	92.7	96.4	2.9	99.3
Wayland High School	3	856	14.7	11.9	99	97	96	620	635	89.5	98.4	94.6	94.8	5.2	100
Weston High School	4	694	13.6	10.9	99	96	82	628	636	83.4	98.9	89.2	81	19	100
Manchester Essex Regional High School	5	443	12.7	10.4	100	98	98	601	589	80.7	97.2	90.3	65.4	34.6	100
Newton South High School	6	1893	14.3	12.1	97	95	92	629	642	91.7	98.7	86.5	86	12.3	98.3
Sharon High School	7	1079	15.2	11.4	99	96	91	613	623	93.6	96.5	91.8	87.4	11.7	99.1
The Bromfield School	8	655	15.7	11.4	99	98	98	618	595	94.4	95.4	92.9	96.9	0	96.9
Lexington High School	9	2212	19.4	12.9	99	98	96	639	658	94	99	88.5	98.7	0.4	99.1
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School	10	1827	18.9	14.8	98	96	97	642	665	93.9	97.4	92.6	85.3	14.1	99.4
Bedford High School	11	858	12.4	10.4	99	91	80	603	600	86.9	98.5	89.4	95.4	0	95.4
Wellesley High School	12	1569	16	13.1	99	97	96	613	611	93	97.7	89.7	96.1	3.3	99.4
Westborough High School	13	1131	14.5	12.6	98	95	95	605	616	90.6	99.2	86.7	88.2	10.8	99
Westford Academy	14	1715	19.9	14.4	100	98	97	620	638	97.6	98.8	93.4	76.1	22.5	98.6
Westwood High School	15	1002	15.4	12.7	100	98	96	591	602	91.2	96.8	92.1	91.3	6.5	97.8
Winchester High School	16	1351	16.2	14.9	99	97	95	607	631	91.5	99.3	91.3	83	15.1	98.1
Brookline High School	17	2080	15.1	11.5	99	92	88	623	642	91.8	94.1	85	96.1	1.5	97.6
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School	18	1529	18.7	12	98	96	91	626	637	95.2	99.1	86.6	50.3	47.8	98.1
Hopkinton High School	19	1155	17.5	14.2	98	96	97	617	629	88.8	99.3	91.1	80.2	15.8	96
Nashoba Regional High School	20	988	13.8	13.1	98	95	93	596	605	90.1	95.3	90.7	78.5	19.4	97.9
Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School	21	560	14.9	11.7	100	93	91	599	578	79.9	99.4	93	91.3	2.9	94.2
Newton North High School	22	2148	16.2	11.5	97	94	91	613	621	92.2	95.5	86.4	84.8	14.3	99.1
Hingham High School	23	1256	15.1	14.6	99	95	96	602	599	95	97	89.5	82.7	16.3	99
Medfield High School	24	828	16.6	12.5	98	95	94	601	607	77.1	98.6	94.4	87.3	8.9	96.2
Needham High School	25	1686	17.4	13.5	99	95	94	610	608	91.7	98.3	90.7	96.7	0	96.7
Ashland High School	26	769	14.8	13.7	98	95	93	591	609	94.8	96.3	88.8	77.9	20.6	98.5
Norwell High School	27	695	15.8	13.4	100	95	98	593	583	78.6	100	93.8	96.8	3.2	100
Littleton High School	28	463	15.4	12.6	99	96	89	603	595	87.3	98.3	87.2	61.9	38.1	100
Marblehead High School	29	1037	13.3	11.8	98	88	93	590	583	81.4	97.8	87.7	97.9	0.9	98.8
Pentucket Regional High school	30	742	13.5	12.8	100	91	94	583	575	80.6	95.7	90.1	65	35	100
Swampscott High School	31	675	14	11.2	99	95	95	572	576	78.7	96.7	86.3	86.8	9.2	96
Georgetown Middle/High School	32	401	14.2	9.8	98	90	90	582	561	92.9	95.7	86	84.6	1.9	86.5
Holliston High School	33	797	16.9	12.3	99	98	95	591	599	77.9	95.7	88.7	94.9	1.3	96.2
Masconomet Regional High School	34	1143	16.8	14.2	100	96	92	587	592	84.2	98.8	91.5	98	1	99
Andover High School	35	1782	14	14.3	97	94	85	600	602	83.2	97.2	89.2	73.5	23.8	97.3
Arlington High School	36	1325	15.9	13.3	98	95	87	616	600	81.3	97.3	85	98.4	0	98.4
Cohasset High School	37	846	17.9	11.8	96	91	86	592	580	84.5	100	96.4	90.1	2.5	92.6
Chelmsford High School	38	1479	16.7	13.5	100	96	91	587	595	78.4	98.3	88.7	93.7	6.3	100
Foxborough High School	39	806	13.9	12.6	97	93	90	572	571	76	100	88.5	89.4	10.6	100
Lynnfield High School	40	648	15.9	12.2	98	96	95	578	563	72.2	99.3	89.4	96.8	0	96.8
Ipswich High School	41	516	12.3	10.9	98	88	88	572	561	73.2	97.5	85.6	80.6	12.9	93.5
Belmont High School	42	1294	20.1	18.5	98	98	92	616	634	93	97.6	90.6	89.5	7.4	96.9
Duxbury High School	43	1053	18.5	13.2	99	96	94	590	591	73	99.3	89.4	92	7.5	99.5
Milton High School	44	1028	16.7	13.2	97	93	93	575	582	85	96.7	90.7	85.4	10.4	95.8
Mansfield High School	45	1317	15.9	13	98	95	91	578	585	77.7	96.4	87.9	81.9	17.2	99.1
Boston Latin School	46	2453	25.3	20.9	100	100	99	646	664	84.6	97.4	90.5	50	47	97
Franklin High School	47	1787	16.2	14.3	97	90	94	582	582	74.4	96.8	91.6	89.9	8.7	98.6
Walpole High School	48	1132	18.2	13.4	99	90	92	572	562	86.1	97.4	91.5	88	6	94
Burlington High School	49	1064	14.8	11.2	98	90	73	577	577	70.8	97.3	86.6	94.6	3.6	98.2
Natick High School	50	1730	17.9	14.3	96	91	92	587	591	82.5	96.8	87.7	86.2	12.4	98.6
Newburyport High School	51	774	16.4	12.2	96	86	88	584	585	85.4	94.4	85.4	90	8.8	98.8
North Reading High School	52	812	19.6	11.6	98	95	93	590	576	61.5	97.9	89.2
Medway High School	53	728	15.7	15.6	99	93	85	575	580	74.2	98.4	89.2	78.5	16.9	95.4
Scituate High School	54	921	18.3	14.2	99	97	97	579	567	73.2	96.7	87.6	86.9	10.7	97.6
Apponequet Regional High School	55	775	14.9	12.8	98	93	86	558	561	76.2	93.1	89	69	16.9	85.9
Reading Memorial High School	56	1235	17.5	15.1	97	94	88	577	582	75.4	97.7	89.5	97.2	1.9	99.1
Rockport High School	57	286	12	9.3	99	77	84	578	554	46	95.1	87	91.1	4.4	95.5
King Philip Regional High School	58	1300	18.9	15.9	98	91	94	587	581	77.9	96.2	91.3	55.9	33.3	89.2
Millis High School	59	393	14.6	14.8	99	93	87	558	540	75.3	97.8	87.2	55.3	44.7	100
Canton High School	60	982	16.8	14.1	99	88	92	570	572	64	96.7	90.5	91.1	4.4	95.5
Braintree High School	61	1801	15.9	15.5	95	92	83	565	576	87.3	96.2	84.9	91.5	4.4	95.9
Wakefield Memorial High School	62	1028	14.6	12.5	97	91	84	562	561	65	95.4	82.8	87.2	11.7	98.9
North Andover High School	63	1490	19	16.4	96	91	92	578	573	79.9	96.9	90.5	88.1	5	93.1
Watertown High School	64	674	12.7	10.1	91	84	68	550	564	74.6	93.4	87.1	86.2	11.5	97.7
Wilmington High School	65	862	16.3	12	96	90	78	562	557	61.3	98.2	88.3	88.3	5.3	93.6
North Quincy High School	66	1220	15.6	13.8	96	90	86	541	579	75.1	96.1	83.2	80.2	11.7	91.9
Stoneham High School	67	676	15.5	11.8	98	87	88	570	558	73.1	94.4	76.8	86.1	11.1	97.2
Marshfield High School	68	1346	19	12.4	98	93	86	566	561	71.3	97.1	83.1	95.9	4.1	100
Melrose High School	69	1002	18.5	14.3	99	86	86	575	559	75	97.9	86.7	72.2	11.1	83.3
Hanover High School	70	801	16.3	13	98	82	89	560	553	58.5	97.5	88.7	85.7	14.3	100
Oliver Ames High School	71	1189	19	14.6	96	88	74	573	568	76.8	99	91.8	91	8	99
Carver Middle High School	72	792	14.8	11.8	99	94	76	562	560	61.1	92.3	76.8	90.8	6.6	97.4
Boston Latin Academy	73	1781	18.1	20.3	100	99	91	569	588	45.9	95.3	94.5	67	33	100
Abington High School	74	520	14.9	13.4	96	93	87	538	532	56.3	94.8	88.2	90.2	9.8	100
Dedham High School	75	734	15.6	11.3	95	93	91	544	554	55.1	94.8	78.3	91.7	2.1	93.8
Pembroke High School	76	922	17.2	14	98	86	91	562	573	70.3	91.7	81.1	83.3	8.3	91.6
West Bridgewater Middle-Senior High School	77	626	16.5	12.2	100	86	87	553	537	47.8	99	83.5	91.2	7	98.2
Medford High School	78	1413	16	10.1	93	82	73	549	548	84.5	90.3	85.7	69.8	24	93.8
Hull High School	79	294	11	9.9	95	80	88	552	537	66.4	93.2	66.7	65.7	28.6	94.3
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School	80	1965	15.5	10.3	88	81	75	570	576	81.8	91.7	79.1	66	28.3	94.3
Triton Regional High School	81	719	14.2	12.4	96	83	83	562	572	65.2	87.3	80.1	77	23	100
Danvers High School	82	941	16.3	12.2	94	81	82	558	557	69.7	96.9	80.3	82.6	17.4	100
Tewksbury Memorial High School	83	918	19.7	13.9	96	89	88	553	551	65.5	95.8	88.1	98.1	0	98.1
Middleborough High School	84	718	13.8	10.7	95	76	76	552	546	60.7	91.6	80.4	79.7	17.7	97.4
Hudson High School	85	933	14.5	11.1	96	81	78	564	543	73.1	80.2	82.6	88.8	9.3	98.1
Stoughton High School	86	1099	17	11.1	94	82	81	538	540	60.6	92.4	86.7	81.8	1.8	83.6
Silver Lake Regional High School	87	1305	20.2	14.4	96	90	79	571	572	80.5	96.7	73.2	80.2	18.9	99.1
Woburn Memorial High School	88	1317	16	12.6	92	83	84	549	557	61.6	92.3	81.5	88.6	9.8	98.4
Billerica Memorial High School	89	1340	18.3	13.2	95	83	92	553	549	61.6	86.9	84.6	77.2	17.8	95
Amesbury High School	90	592	16.6	28.7	92	84	82	588	582	80.5	94.2	79.2	96.5	1.8	98.3
Beverly High School	91	1244	19	13.7	96	83	82	569	552	69.4	90.6	79.6	95.7	3.5	99.2
Norwood High School	92	958	14.8	13.7	92	81	87	556	546	55.7	89.5	80.5	92.1	7.9	100
Norton High School	93	744	19.8	13.2	97	91	85	546	546	65	91.7	77.1	92.4	7.6	100
Framingham High School	94	2177	17.6	16.3	91	85	83	559	578	88.2	84.8	79.1	90	5.2	95.2
John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science	95	1562	22.2	16.3	100	99	75	531	553	36.8	96.6	92.1	63.2	36.8	100
Plymouth North High School	96	1281	16.1	12.3	96	82	79	548	540	61.2	90.2	72.2	88.1	6.8	94.9
Plymouth South High School	97	1095	13.8	10.4	91	79	79	529	521	51	97	71	70.2	28.2	98.4
Quincy High School	98	1540	15.7	12.9	92	79	77	535	543	66.7	92.8	72.2	97.1	2.2	99.3
Gloucester High School	99	798	14.9	9.8	91	81	74	537	541	56.7	90.5	67.5	75	19.8	94.8
Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School	100	1463	17.2	16.8	98	89	85	449	558	62.5	91.9	84.7	93.6	4.6	98.2
Peabody Veterans Memorial High School	101	1480	14.8	11.7	93	75	71	545	536	57.7	87.5	76.4	93.2	6.1	99.3
Bellingham High School	102	763	16.8	13.8	95	81	84	554	548	50.7	92.8	67.8	95.5	4.5	100
Avon Middle High School	103	312	12.2	8.9	94	64	47	534	516	52.9	92	80	87.2	5.1	92.3
Milford High School	104	1152	17.8	13.2	93	76	76	552	543	61.4	87.9	79.4	88.5	6.3	94.8
Weymouth High School	105	1900	16.3	13.9	94	78	79	549	533	67.7	88.1	70.2	89.4	6.9	96.3
Maynard High School	106	390	17.1	13	91	77	64	557	531	65	91.9	76.6	78.3	17.4	95.7
Somerville High School	107	1215	14.5	9.7	89	76	74	522	523	58.5	87.9	66.7	81.3	16.6	97.9
New Mission High School	108	392	16	11.7	93	89	83	457	493	12.2	97.6	85.9	77.8	22.2	100
Whitman-Hanson Regional High School	109	1172	21	16.1	94	82	82	549	532	57.2	96.9	73.6	87.8	7.8	95.6
Winthrop High School	110	615	18.2	13.9	95	83	71	536	530	29.9	82.4	85.1	89.6	8.3	97.9
Saugus High School	111	656	15.2	12.1	90	70	69	536	507	33.6	89.5	79.4	96.9	3.1	100
East Bridgewater Junior-Senior High School	112	1032	20.6	14.5	91	79	61	542	520	44	96.7	82.1	96.2	1.3	97.5
Waltham High School	113	1620	17.6	11.4	86	66	74	523	526	70.1	84.1	75.1	83.1	11.3	94.4
Rockland High School	114	654	17.8	13.7	95	75	70	538	540	32.5	90.7	70.9	96.4	3.6	100
Marlborough High School	115	1110	15.7	11.3	87	68	72	542	529	42.3	86.2	71.1	88	7.2	95.2
Wareham High School	116	458	11.6	8.5	90	69	52	537	521	38.8	82	63.1	51.6	46.9	98.5
Methuen High School	117	1949	15.8	13.6	89	72	71	524	524	50.9	87.8	71.1	94.1	0.6	94.7
Haverhill High School	118	1831	16.2	13.4	86	69	67	543	539	49.2	83.4	68.8	83.8	0.7	84.5
Salem High School	119	920	13.7	9.4	78	64	56	523	522	42.7	87.6	72	83.9	5.8	89.7
Boston Arts Academy	120	469	14.6	9.8	95	71	55	487	471	16.7	90.3	75.5	57.1	40.5	97.6
Holbrook Junior-Senior High School	121	589	14.2	14.9	84	78	60	509	514	35.5	86.2	75	89.7	7.7	97.4
Taunton High School	122	2638	19.9	16.4	85	70	68	526	514	50.9	92.6	77.7	93.8	4.7	98.5
Malden High School	123	1823	19.2	15.8	89	76	68	512	538	38.2	85.3	75.4	86.2	12.3	98.5
Lowell High School	124	3154	20.4	14.7	85	68	65	522	530	53.4	85.1	77.9	71	27.3	98.3
Revere High School	125	1991	20.4	15.4	88	76	73	494	499	58.6	88.3	72.2	88.3	6.9	95.2
Randolph High School	126	708	17.2	11.7	80	68	55	481	499	31.3	79.3	75.7	80.6	17.7	98.3
Mary Lyon Pilot High School	127	124	12	7.2	86	62	23	460	467	8.3	81.3	76.7	73.7	10.5	84.2
Fenway High School	128	364	19.2	11.6	86	64	59	457	453		90	81.8	54.5	45.5	100
Brockton High School	129	4123	19.3	17	84	60	58	496	489	31.6	87.2	75.8	83.4	10.4	93.8
Another Course To College	130	224	14.6	10.1	90	55	35	450	457	20.8	79.4	76.5	90	10	100
Everett High School	131	1983	17.7	13.2	80	61	59	494	493	44.4	79.7	62.6	84.5	9.1	93.6
TechBoston Academy	132	917	17.1	9.8	85	59	27	443	447	35.2	88.8	73.8	58.8	41.2	100
Snowden International School at Copley	133	444	18.3	12.7	92	64	29	465	456		80	83.3	96.4	3.6	100
Boston Community Leadership Academy	134	474	16.4	12.3	68	64	32	487	471	19.6	81.7	81.1	33.3	61.1	94.4
Josiah Quincy Upper School	135	507	19.7	11.1	72	64	33	470	488		84.9	85.7	85	15	100
Classical High School	136	1663	19.7	16.4	80	65	54	500	504	36.6	76.9	64.2	89.7	2.6	92.3
Urban Science Academy	137	392	12.5	9.8	85	61	27	451	440	14.3	61.7	64.9	55.9	41.2	97.1
Lynn English High School	138	1723	18.4	16.3	78	59	56	498	485	28.3	71.8	63	96	0	96
Lawrence High School	139	3304	19.9	13.1	77	57	48	444	450	34.7	88.2	34	78.9	10.7	89.6
Excel High School	140	491	16.8	11.4	70	63	35	437	479	11	70.3	67.2	69	28.6	97.6
Charlestown High School	142	920	14.2	10.4	68	58	24	416	461	35.8	55.3	65.5	85	15	100
Jeremiah E. Burke High School	143	472	17.7	14.8	78	78	35	410	436	3.8	76.9	54.2	68.6	31.4	100
East Boston High School	144	1344	16.8	13.4	66	52	39	460	468	10.3	74.7	56.9	87.8	11.1	98.9
West Roxbury Academy	145	475	14	12.1	80	41	16	429	432	2	63.7	73.6	82.9	17.1	100
The English High School	146	539	13.4	10.8	74	46	29	425	430	2.2	60.9	61.7	63.6	34.1	97.7
Community Academy of Science and Health	147	389	15.5	10.4	72	35	29	413	417	0.9	72.3	62.4	96.9	3.1	100
Chelsea High School	148	1538	22.8	13.6	69	43	36	480	476	35.2	58.8	63	71.8	0	71.8
Brighton High School	149	682	15.8	11.9	66	44	26	428	442	7.1	59.3	61.6	71.2	25.8	97
Madison Park Technical Vocational High School	150	859	12.1	8.6	59	43	17	414	416	8.1	56.9	46.3	82.8	15.1	97.9

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Methodology: This chart ranks public high schools in towns or districts within, or partially within, I-495. To compile the list, we used the most recent data for each school available at press time from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education. In cases of missing information, we used data from a previous year as necessary.

We omitted highly specialized schools and schools reporting insufficient information, as well as charter schools. To calculate the rankings, statistician George Recck, director of the Math Resource Center at Babson College, analyzed the results, comparing each high school’s data points to the overall average for all schools. He then applied a percentage weight to the standardized value for each school to create an aggregate “score” to determine each high school’s rank. We considered it more desirable to have a smaller class size and a lower student-to-teacher ratio.

Research by Shubhankar Arun, Greta Bjornson, Brenna Donovan, Amanda Madigan, Devon Musgrave-Johnson, Sophie Nunnally, and Clare Zicari