The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston

September is always filled with anticipation—of getting back to old routines, meeting teachers, and making new friends. Adding to the anticipation this year, of course, is the confusion and uncertainty that remote and hybrid learning will undoubtedly bring. Thankfully, one thing you can always count on is our Top Schools chart, which ranks public high schools in towns or districts within, or partially within, 495 by crunching the numbers in a variety of categories, from graduation rates to test scores to student-to-teacher ratios. Has your child’s school soared in the rankings? Has your alma mater gone down? Read on to find out.

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Rank	SCHOOL	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 (%)

Rank	SCHOOL	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 (%)
1	Acton-Boxborough Regional High School	1,814	18.1	14.7:1	90	93	98	648	677	96.3	97.8	90.5	84	15.4	99.4
2	Littleton High School	440	13.6	12.2:1	87	86	95	588	587	89.8	97.3	92.6	56.1	43.9	100
3	Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School	1,512	18.3	12.1:1	86	86	92	613	632	97.8	98.6	90.2	59.2	39.6	98.8
4	Lexington High School	2,275	19.7	12.8:1	92	96	98	649	676	93.6	99.8	87.3	93.65	6.25	99.9
5	Weston High School	663	13.9	10.2:1	89	88	91	627	652	85.4	99.5	83.7	77.9	20	97.9
6	The Bromfield School	619	14.6	11.4:1	95	92	100	614	601	93.4	100	91.5	96.9	0	96.9
7	Concord-Carlisle High School	1,280	15	12.5:1	86	88	98	631	640	94	97.9	87	96.9	2.3	99.2
8	Wayland High School	836	15.2	11.9:1	88	88	98	618	638	90.7	98.5	89.7	95.9	2.1	98
9	Dover-Sherborn Regional High School	680	16.1	11.6:1	91	92	99	625	629	95.7	96.1	87.6	85.4	10.4	95.8
10	Boston Latin School	2,471	26.5	20.2:1	97	99	99	653	667	85.5	97.4	91.9	54.3	44.9	99.2
11	Winchester High School	1,418	16.6	14.5:1	86	86	94	617	636	91.6	97.7	90.5	85.6	14.4	100
12	Wellesley High School	1,504	16.6	12.8:1	85	89	97	625	628	93.3	98.4	86	94.8	5.2	100
13	Sharon High School	1,119	15.8	11.4:1	86	87	91	611	628	95.6	98.6	87.4	76	18.2	94.2
14	Westford Academy	1,691	19.4	14.6:1	84	87	96	608	624	96.6	99.3	91.4	71.6	26.4	98
15	Westwood High School	994	15.4	12.9:1	85	90	96	596	611	89.4	100	91.5	94.8	4.2	99
16	Newton South High School	1,983	14.3	12.4:1	79	85	91	633	651	90.1	97.3	80.2	90.3	8.6	98.9
17	Westborough High School	1,147	15	12.8:1	84	84	95	593	610	89.1	97.8	86.6	75.7	23.3	99
18	Hopkinton High School	1,229	18.2	14.2:1	85	88	95	605	620	88.4	98.9	89.5	73.3	25.7	99
19	Marblehead High School	1,002	12	12.2:1	80	79	93	600	593	80.8	97.7	84.8
20	Brookline High School	2,083	14.2	10.7:1	84	83	91	627	638	92.7	95.2	76.6	96.9	0.9	97.8
21	Mansfield High School	1,240	15.4	12.4:1	79	79	87	582	595	84.5	96.9	90.9	75.8	24.2	100
22	Hingham High School	1,302	15.5	14.7:1	89	83	95	603	600	94.2	97.2	87.3	83.5	14.6	98.1
23	Cohasset High School	469	17.4	11.7:1	90	88	96	611	588	85.8	99.2	91.4	97.6	0	97.6
24	Medfield High School	804	16.3	12.3:1	81	86	94	599	607	81.7	98.4	92.5	84.9	11.8	96.7
25	Newton North High School	2,088	15.5	11.6:1	79	84	93	619	624	91.3	97	81.7	87.7	8.8	96.5
26	Bedford High School	841	13.7	10.8:1	71	79	89	611	615	91.2	98	82.9	97.3	0	97.3
27	Norwell High School	674	14.8	13.8:1	89	89	94	588	577	71.8	99.4	92.2	95	5	100
28	Andover High School	1,795	15.1	14.4:1	86	83	90	604	603	80.2	97.3	88.4	77.6	19.2	96.8
29	Needham High School	1,658	17.3	13.7:1	86	89	91	610	617	91.1	97.9	86.3	96.7	0	96.7
30	Millis High School	333	13.3	12.2:1	71	72	82	565	540	73.3	100	90.7	58.5	41.5	100
31	Chelmsford High School	1,412	14.8	10.8:1	82	82	87	573	586	80.3	96.3	89.9	92.5	6	98.5
32	Manchester Essex Regional High School	483	12.7	10.7:1	85	82	94	598	590	72.1	98	84.2	96.9	0	96.9
33	Ashland High School	825	16.6	14.8:1	83	82	88	573	596	95	95.2	85.4	80.3	19.7	100
34	Newburyport High School	797	15.8	11.4:1	84	83	90	579	585	84.2	94.1	86.2	83.8	13.8	97.6
35	Georgetown High School	378	12.2	11.3:1	88	90	95	578	575	95.4	99	84.3	84.6	1.9	86.5
36	Pentucket Regional High School	743	14.5	12.0:1	77	65	83	576	574	81.1	94.3	86.7	61.7	37	98.7
37	Duxbury High School	981	17.7	12.8:1	89	86	97	585	573	75.1	98.8	85.5	87.2	12.8	100
38	Foxborough High School	793	14.1	11.9:1	72	83	91	559	568	77.7	96.7	85.2	72.3	26.5	98.8
39	Ipswich High School	547	12.4	11.3:1	69	65	86	594	575	79.1	95.9	83.3	81	17.5	98.5
40	Belmont High School	1,318	20.4	17.4:1	91	93	97	612	624	91.4	98.7	82.7	91.7	6.3	98
41	Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School	551	15.7	11.6:1	91	89	96	600	592	71.1	97.3	86.6	82.8	9.4	92.2
42	Natick High School	1,762	17	13.8:1	79	80	95	583	586	85.2	97.1	85.3	84.8	13.3	98.1
43	Holliston High School	843	16.4	13.6:1	75	84	89	594	598	73.4	93.5	89.6	95.1	4.9	100
44	Nashoba Regional High School	921	14.5	13.1:1	83	82	88	591	599	86.8	95.5	81.9	83.9	9.7	93.6
45	Arlington High School	1,411	14.7	13.7:1	82	82	87	603	601	80.1	97.7	82.6	96	0	96
46	Reading Memorial High School	1,230	17.2	14.3:1	71	75	84	578	582	82.5	98.8	92.9	96.3	2.8	99.1
47	Masconomet Regional High School	1,144	16.5	14.1:1	76	79	92	582	588	83.6	98.1	84.5	98	1	99
48	Lynnfield High School	605	15.6	12.9:1	78	77	86	575	574	75	98.2	92.3	96.8	0	96.8
49	Oliver Ames High School	1114	16.9	13.4:1	75	75	83	572	572	75.1	97.7	88.4	85.7	14.3	100
50	Swampscott High School	703	14.5	11.6:1	67	73	88	571	585	74.3	95.4	85.8	97.4	1.3	98.7
51	Watertown High School	677	13.4	9.5:1	63	65	76	548	561	84.6	90.6	86.2	86.2	12.8	99
52	Apponequet Regional High School	732	14.9	11.9:1	78	77	90	557	567	71.4	97.3	82	71.2	24.7	95.9
53	Medway High School	683	14.9	14.3:1	80	86	93	567	572	69.3	98.3	83.7	67.2	26.2	93.4
54	Triton High School	682	14.6	12.2:1	68	62	77	558	551	75.5	94.8	81.9	55.7	42.9	98.6
55	Milton High School	1,070	16.6	13.1:1	77	76	91	577	592	73.9	97.1	88.6	69.7	20.2	89.9
56	North Reading High School	740	18.6	10.8:1	79	76	90	565	567	67.5	98.4	89.6	97.6	2.4	100
57	Wakefield Memorial High School	983	14.4	12.3:1	71	69	84	565	566	71.7	97.8	81.1	87.5	11.5	99
58	Walpole High School	1,078	18	13.0:1	70	65	85	572	566	91.2	95.9	87.2	87.7	8.5	96.2
59	Scituate High School	934	19	15.5:1	76	75	93	586	575	66.6	97.6	89.4	84.6	14.1	98.7
60	Rockport High School	262	12	8.5:1	75	65	87	574	544	56.6	97.6	75
61	Hanover High School	769	16.6	12.8:1	72	73	89	559	547	62.4	97.3	90.2	89	11	100
62	Canton High School	974	17.7	14.2:1	79	76	89	572	578	73.5	97	86	92.4	5.4	97.8
63	Amesbury High School	529	15.4	12.4:1	81	71	86	569	571	79.9	93.8	83.6	96.4	0	96.4
64	Braintree High School	1,828	16.8	15.4:1	82	82	89	559	574	84.3	94	84.2	92.8	4.3	97.1
65	Marshfield High School	1,307	18.5	12.2:1	79	74	85	565	559	78.7	97.9	83	91.3	6.3	97.6
66	North Andover High School	1,377	19.4	16.1:1	76	72	91	572	568	86.3	97.5	86	92.7	5.5	98.2
67	Boston Latin Academy	1,773	24.9	19.4:1	87	93	96	578	601	59	97.7	90.4	71.9	27	98.9
68	Franklin High School	1,750	16.7	14.8:1	76	70	88	574	571	76.2	97.9	83.9	84.6	11.2	95.8
69	King Philip Regional High School	1,244	19.1	15.6:1	81	71	90	572	560	74.2	96.8	86.1	59.6	34.3	93.9
70	Stoneham High School	645	14.9	11.2:1	81	64	77	550	543	76.1	96	85.3	89.2	6.8	96
71	Wilmington High School	808	16.5	11.1:1	78	73	87	558	543	69.7	96.7	84.5	87	8.7	95.7
72	Burlington High School	1,046	14.2	12.3:1	66	66	85	571	563	78.2	97.2	86	92	0.9	92.9
73	Hull High School	274	9.3	10.0:1	72	60	79	560	549	73.9	94.5	65	71.1	23.7	94.8
74	Medford High School	1,315	13.9	10.2:1	63	58	66	541	545	80.6	91.1	80.4	73.1	23.7	96.8
75	Hudson High School	898	15.3	10.9:1	65	62	80	570	553	71.8	88.7	79.1	89.2	9.8	99
76	Silver Lake Regional High School	1,237	18.5	13.2:1	66	73	82	567	576	73.7	96.5	73.9	81.1	17	98.1
77	Melrose High School	986	17.6	14.2:1	77	69	89	567	549	67.2	97.7	87.8	79.1	13.2	92.3
78	Danvers High School	889	15.5	11.7:1	60	58	75	556	543	67.3	92	86.5	79.2	18.8	98
79	Norton High School	702	17.6	13.0:1	66	68	75	558	549	73.2	96.3	82.4	89.5	8.8	98.3
80	Billerica Memorial High School	1,769	17.6	13.9:1	68	66	90	551	561	70.7	92.4	77.5	73.6	24	97.6
81	North Quincy High School	1,264	16	14.0:1	68	70	78	548	584	70.9	95.5	83.7	89.1	5.5	94.6
82	Pembroke High School	816	15.7	13.4:1	74	66	86	557	557	68.1	97.4	83.8	83.8	8.1	91.9
83	Cambridge Rindge and Latin School	1,977	15.2	10.2:1	63	63	69	557	563	81	89.8	72.9	62.7	28.7	91.4
84	Carver Middle High School	763	14.8	10.8:1	62	62	77	568	568	52.2	92.1	87	90.1	3.7	93.8
85	Dedham High School	722	15.9	11.6:1	58	73	81	552	571	57.1	91.5	76.6	95.1	4.9	100
86	Woburn Memorial High School	1,249	14.8	12.4:1	65	55	75	549	551	61.8	92.8	75.3	75.8	23.4	99.2
87	Tewksbury Memorial High School	857	20.3	13.8:1	70	74	87	555	560	74.3	95.2	78.7	87.7	8.6	96.3
88	Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School	1,419	17.5	16.9:1	72	72	86	559	563	65	97	78.1	91.4	7.6	99
89	Norwood High School	993	15.4	14.1:1	66	66	78	552	559	68.9	95	80.4	92.3	3.3	95.6
90	John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science	1,589	24.9	17.3:1	79	89	93	538	575	40	98.5	86.3	61.1	35.8	96.9
91	Maynard High School	337	15	14.3:1	67	60	58	574	546	57.2	89.8	83.1	76.3	21.1	97.4
92	Beverly High School	1,312	20.1	13.3:1	61	62	83	566	554	76.9	92.8	73.5	91.2	7.1	98.3
93	Avon Middle High School	309	11.2	9.4:1	45	34	65	506	490	56.4	92	91.7	92.7	4.9	97.6
94	Framingham High School	2,311	17	15.5:1	62	67	82	547	574	88.2	84.1	69.8	80.4	14.5	94.9
95	West Bridgewater Middle-Senior High	631	17.3	13.1:1	72	64	86	552	536	37.2	98	78.3	91.4	6.9	98.3
96	Middleborough High School	808	16.1	12.0:1	55	57	79	534	531	60.8	89.5	71.1	82.8	15.6	98.4
97	Plymouth South High School	1,048	14	10.4:1	62	51	76	507	495	52.1	95.3	65.4	65.6	32.1	97.7
98	Weymouth High School	1,830	15.6	13.2:1	65	52	75	536	531	68.3	87	67.4	87.7	11	98.7
99	Somerville High School	1,228	15	10.4:1	58	52	72	514	512	61.7	89.9	67.6	68.5	27.4	95.9
100	Quincy High School	1,543	15.4	12.4:1	61	53	74	533	532	67.7	91.1	67.2	97.2	0.7	97.9
101	Stoughton High School	1,022	16.5	10.8:1	60	55	76	531	526	49.3	88.8	79.2	84.2	10.5	94.7
102	Peabody Veterans Memorial High School	1,455	15.3	11.4:1	53	49	69	533	534	61.1	88.2	71.1	95.2	4.1	99.3
103	New Mission High School	447	16.6	12.7:1	69	76	62	476	509	10.5	96.5	86.7	78.6	21.4	100
104	Gloucester High School	768	14.6	10.6:1	46	47	68	543	544	61.1	86	60.1	77.1	19.8	96.9
105	Whitman-Hanson Regional High School	1,158	19.7	17.0:1	64	57	78	541	526	55.7	94.2	77.6	89.2	8.6	97.8
106	Abington High School	593	16.5	14.4:1	64	58	72	528	525	53.3	91.3	70.2	88.2	9.8	98
107	East Bridgewater Jr./Sr. High School	1,009	20.6	14.5:1	65	63	80	539	517	46.1	95.7	74.2	92.3	6.4	98.7
108	Plymouth North High School	1,252	15.2	11.8:1	71	54	75	523	508	50.8	93.1	67.8	86.1	8.2	94.3
109	Winthrop High School	586	18.1	14.6:1	68	62	67	539	525	41.2	88.7	79	90.6	7.5	98.1
110	Waltham High School	1,654	15.4	11.0:1	47	45	63	525	526	66.8	84.1	71.8	84.3	10.7	95
111	Rockland High School	656	15.1	13.5:1	48	46	74	524	531	50.6	89	73.7
112	Milford High School	1,266	17.9	12.7:1	59	49	68	548	543	52.8	86.6	72.2	79.8	11	90.8
113	Marlborough High School	1,050	13.1	10.8:1	49	42	68	526	528	45.7	82.6	67.8	85.5	8.9	94.4
114	Randolph High School	655	16.2	10.8:1	41	45	61	504	522	51.9	75.1	73	77.5	21.1	98.6
115	Bellingham High School	746	18.5	13.0:1	59	55	75	533	526	50.3	97.8	59.8
116	Methuen High School	1,964	18.1	14.2:1	47	49	68	511	513	70.1	90.6	70.7	90.5	3.6	94.1
117	Saugus High School	689	15.6	13.2:1	51	42	73	513	499	32.9	85.5	78.2	95.5	3	98.5
118	Lowell High School	3,011	21.1	15.2:1	49	45	61	511	523	51.8	82.5	73.4	70.2	29.4	99.6
119	Fenway High School	396	21.6	11.8:1	25	24	55	451	467	92.3	91	75.7	87.5	8.3	95.8
120	Wareham High School	613	13	10.2:1	39	35	43	528	539	28.4	84	58.8	61.5	32.3	93.8
121	Holbrook Middle-High School	630	16.3	13.8:1	60	58	75	493	501	51	77.4	67.2	92.6	1.9	94.5
122	Malden High School	1,773	20	16.1:1	49	56	63	509	543	44	80.8	69.5	82.4	14.7	97.1
123	Boston Arts Academy	477	14.5	10.4:1	42	38	62	474	468	25	83.2	64.4	53.8	43.6	97.4
124	Josiah Quincy Upper School	533	22.1	11.9:1	39	28	55	475	474		75	84.2	83	17	100
125	Haverhill High School	1,832	17.4	14.1:1	48	44	58	541	534	59.5	83.6	70.2	76.8	1.3	78.1
126	Taunton High School	2,669	20.5	16.7:1	45	41	62	506	490	40.2	94.3	74.7	93.5	4.5	98
127	Salem High School	886	13.8	9.9:1	51	47	60	485	477	40	86.6	59.3	88	5.3	93.3
128	Revere High School	2,019	20.3	14.8:1	50	49	68	496	506	60.8	84.4	69.7	86.3	5.2	91.5
129	Mary Lyon Pilot High School	133	13.4	6.1:1	33	7	20	476	460	22.2	71.4	82.8	80	15	95
130	TechBoston Academy	891	14.4	10.7:1	36	16	38	419	417	28.6	85.2	66.7	54	44.8	98.8
131	Everett High School	1,997	18.8	14.0:1	44	37	63	494	492	37.8	76.7	61.4	90.9	7.4	98.3
132	Lynn Classical High School	1,783	19.3	16.9:1	37	36	53	508	517	50.1	82.5	62	93.9	2.6	96.5
133	Lawrence High School	3,321	17.7	12.6:1	32	33	51	474	486	48.2	73.9	73.9	72	16	88
134	Brockton High School	4,077	18.4	17.2:1	37	28	50	498	494	36.1	85.8	68.8	82	9.4	91.4
135	Another Course To College	232	15	11.2:1	26	14	38	435	436	23	78.3	75.4	60	33.3	93.3
136	Boston Community Leadership Academy	506	17.4	11.0:1	21	21	29	442	451	24	72.2	74.2	76.5	23.5	100
137	Dearborn STEM Academy	518	19.3	11.2:1	15	17	44	414	423		90.9	61.5	81.6	18.4	100
138	Charlestown High School	856	12.7	10.9:1	16	28	32	424	481	42.6	58.8	64	85	12.5	97.5
139	Snowden International School at Copley	474	18.2	11.7:1	41	26	31	464	472		77.2	73	73	13.5	86.5
140	East Boston High School	1,084	15.9	12.3:1	30	33	53	462	467	13.9	74.6	51.3	89.2	9	98.2
141	Lynn English High School	1,996	20	16.1:1	39	38	50	493	486	33.3	70	53.6	96.2	0	96.2
142	Chelsea High School	1,402	18.3	11.5:1	30	28	40	477	464	50.7	72.1	59	80.6	0	80.6
143	Excel High School	488	14.8	11.3:1	29	33	27	436	463	5.4	72.5	60.8	95.3	2.3	97.6
144	Boston International High School	429	13.2	7.3:1	0	18	39	400	442	20	44.6	58.9	93.8	6.3	100.1
145	The English High School	566	16.5	10.9:1	10	10	38	424	434	0	76.9	51.6	69.1	30.9	100
146	Brighton High School	535	17.5	12.0:1	14	12	31	425	444	10	56.4	54.2	54.4	42.1	96.5
147	Jeremiah E. Burke High School	417	16.3	11.7:1	29	47	47	414	435	0	78.6	42.9	67.7	19.4	87.1
148	Community Academy of Science and Health	360	15.2	9.6:1	7	7	22	417	418	1.2	69.2	65.8	86.8	5.3	92.1
149	Madison Park Technical Vocational High School	1,021	12.6	9.1:1	8	15	28	411	414	0	68.5	43	70.9	16.4	87.3

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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. In some cases where no data was available, a value equal to the weighted average of the school’s other categories was used. 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.

Note: After publication, we noticed an inaccuracy in the data and have since updated the chart.