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2013 MCAS rankings by district

  September 20, 2013

Top-ranked districts by grade

3d grade districts

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Rank District name Numbertested Score
1 Benjamin Franklin Charter, Franklin 50 92 
2 Conway Public Schools 23 91 
3 Carlisle Public Schools 74 88 
3 Nahant Public Schools 24 88 
3 Norfolk Public Schools 118 88 
3 Wellfleet Public Schools 26 88 
7 Boxford Public Schools 112 87 
7 Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter, Hadley 47 87 
7 Sherborn Public Schools 62 87 
7 Winchester Public Schools 345 87 
11 Edward Brooke Charter, Roslindale 59 86 
11 Southborough Public Schools 166 86 
13 Dover Public Schools 100 85 
13 Littleton Public Schools 99 85 
15 Lexington Public Schools 512 84 
15 Lynnfield Public Schools 178 84 
17 Community Day Charter - Prospect, Lawrence 24 83 
17 Hopkinton Public Schools 250 83 
19 Sharon Public Schools 278 82 
19 Williamstown Public Schools 49 82 
21 Arlington Public Schools 402 81 
21 Concord Public Schools 250 81 
21 Natick Public Schools 382 81 
21 Wellesley Public Schools 368 81 
25 Mattapoisett Public Schools 76 80 
25 Norwell Public Schools 172 80 
25 Shrewsbury Public Schools 475 80 
25 Sudbury Public Schools 332 80 
25 Westwood Public Schools 259 80 
30 Hull Public Schools 70 79 
30 Marblehead Public Schools 271 79 
30 Newton Public Schools 979 79 
30 Scituate Public Schools 268 79 
30 Tisbury Public Schools 34 79 
30 Topsfield Public Schools 94 79 
30 Westford Public Schools 360 79 
37 Boxborough Public Schools 55 78 
37 Boylston Public Schools 59 78 
37 Eastham Public Schools 37 78 
37 Medfield Public Schools 207 78 
37 Rockport Public Schools 67 78 
37 Westborough Public Schools 287 78 
37 Weston Public Schools 168 78 
44 Acton Public Schools 385 77 
44 Belmont Public Schools 340 77 
44 Hingham Public Schools 383 77 
44 Ipswich Public Schools 162 77 
44 Manchester Essex Regional 127 77 
44 Melrose Public Schools 254 77 
44 Nashoba Regional, Bolton 283 77 
44 North Reading Public Schools 184 77 
44 Northborough Public Schools 198 77 
44 Swampscott Public Schools 187 77 
54 Amesbury Public Schools 182 76 
54 Cohasset Public Schools 148 76 
54 Hamilton-Wenham Regional 136 76 
54 Needham Public Schools 450 76 
54 Reading Public Schools 320 76 
54 Westhampton Public Schools 21 76 
60 Chelmsford Public Schools 401 75 
60 Kingston Public Schools 175 75 
60 Petersham Public Schools 16 75 
60 Walpole Public Schools 317 75 
60 Wayland Public Schools 194 75 
65 Andover Public Schools 471 74 
65 Auburn Public Schools 182 74 
65 Foxborough Regional Charter 106 74 
65 Groton-Dunstable Regional 188 74 
65 Hatfield Public Schools 42 74 
65 Holliston Public Schools 224 74 
65 Longmeadow Public Schools 209 74 
65 Medway Public Schools 189 74 
65 Mendon-Upton Regional 201 74 
65 Monomoy Regional, Chatham 148 74
65 South Shore Charter, Hull 43 74 
65 West Bridgewater Public Schools 98 74 
65 Wrentham Public Schools 162 74 
78 Canton Public Schools 270 73 
78 Hanover Public Schools 208 73 
80 Braintree Public Schools 435 72 
80 Mansfield Public Schools 318 72 
80 Marshfield Public Schools 356 72 
80 Middleton Public Schools 94 72 
80 Norwood Public Schools 258 72 
80 Richmond Public Schools 18 72 
86 Bedford Public Schools 205 71 
86 Dedham Public Schools 209 71 
86 East Longmeadow Public Schools 211 71 
86 Falmouth Public Schools 283 71 
86 Grafton Public Schools 268 71 
86 Marion Public Schools 72 71 
86 Milton Public Schools 348 71 
86 Orleans Public Schools 38 71 
86 Swansea Public Schools 160 71 
95 Brookline Public Schools 612 70 
95 North Brookfield Public Schools 53 70 
95 Rochester Public Schools 69 70 
95 Shutesbury Public Schools 20 70 
99 Brewster Public Schools 61 69 
99 Fairhaven Public Schools 145 69 
99 Millbury Public Schools 144 69 
99 North Attleborough Public Schools 348 69 
99 Wachusett Regional, Jefferson 558 69 
104 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional 403 68 
104 Danvers Public Schools 262 68 
104 Dudley-Charlton Regional 308 68 
104 Foxborough Public Schools 199 68 
104 Franklin Public Schools 464 68 
104 Maynard Public Schools 129 68 
104 North Andover Public Schools 368 68 
104 Uxbridge Public Schools 124 68 
112 Easton Public Schools 283 67 
112 Lincoln Public Schools 125 67 
112 Newburyport Public Schools 155 67 
112 Up-Island Regional, Vineyard Haven 36 67 
116 Barnstable Public Schools 326 66 
116 Duxbury Public Schools 228 66 
116 Freetown-Lakeville Regional 208 66 
116 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional 240 66 
116 Triton Regional, Byfield 217 66 
121 Amherst Public Schools 165 65 
121 Ashland Public Schools 207 65 
121 Atlantis Charter, Fall River 72 65 
121 Avon Public Schools 55 65 
121 Harvard Public Schools 84 65 
121 Hopedale Public Schools 96 65 
121 Lenox Public Schools 62 65 
121 Tewksbury Public Schools 316 65 
121 Tyngsborough Public Schools 146 65 
121 Weymouth Public Schools 524 65 
121 Wilmington Public Schools 314 65 
132 Lunenburg Public Schools 125 64 
132 Monson Public Schools 108 64 
132 Plainville Public Schools 109 64 
132 Plympton Public Schools 39 64 
132 Seekonk Public Schools 149 64 
132 Southampton Public Schools 81 64 
132 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman 342 64 
139 Ashburnham-Westminster Regional 149 63 
139 Granby Public Schools 75 63 
139 Mystic Valley Regional Charter, Malden 120 63 
139 North Middlesex Regional, Townsend 270 63 
139 Norton Public Schools 197 63 
139 River Valley Charter, Newburyport 32 63 
139 Somerset Public Schools 198 63 
139 Stoneham Public Schools 166 63 
139 Sturbridge Public Schools 142 63 
148 Agawam Public Schools 259 62 
148 Attleboro Public Schools 461 62 
148 Bellingham Public Schools 189 62 
148 Burlington Public Schools 286 62 
148 East Bridgewater Public Schools 188 62 
148 Leverett Public Schools 13 62 
148 Saugus Public Schools 241 62 
148 Wakefield Public Schools 266 62 
148 Wales Public Schools 21 62 
157 Acushnet Public Schools 76 61 
157 Belchertown Public Schools 177 61 
157 Pembroke Public Schools 255 61 
157 Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional 124 61 
157 Williamsburg Public Schools 18 61 
162 Abby Kelley Foster Charter, Worcester 121 60 
162 Brimfield Public Schools 35 60 
162 Erving Public Schools 30 60 
162 Halifax Public Schools 75 60 
162 Hilltown Cooperative Charter, Haydenville 20 60 
162 Mohawk Trail Regional, Shelburne Falls 67 60 
162 Pentucket Regional, West Newbury 228 60 
162 Plymouth Public Schools 599 60 
162 Sandwich Public Schools 235 60 
162 Truro Public Schools 15 60 
172 Berlin Public Schools 34 59 
172 Blackstone-Millville Regional 148 59 
172 Bourne Public Schools 165 59 
172 Chesterfield-Goshen Regional 22 59 
172 Deerfield Public Schools 64 59 
172 Georgetown Public Schools 117 59 
172 Northampton Public Schools 199 59 
172 Woburn Public Schools 383 59 
180 Ayer Shirley Regional 129 58 
180 Beverly Public Schools 359 58 
180 Cambridge Public Schools 458 58 
180 Clarksburg Public Schools 19 58 
180 Gloucester Public Schools 251 58 
180 Lawrence Family Development Charter 59 58 
180 Quincy Public Schools 704 58 
180 Sutton Public Schools 126 58 
180 West Springfield Public Schools 262 58 
180 Whately Public Schools 19 58 
190 Berkley Public Schools 97 57 
190 Billerica Public Schools 416 57 
190 Carver Public Schools 118 57 
190 Central Berkshire Regional, Dalton 131 57 
190 Dartmouth Public Schools 291 57 
190 Quabbin Regional, Barre 182 57 
190 Silver Hill Horace Mann Charter, Haverhill 98 57 
190 Sunderland Public Schools 21 57 
198 Douglas Public Schools 128 56 
198 Hadley Public Schools 43 56 
198 Lanesborough Public Schools 32 56 
198 Mashpee Public Schools 135 56 
198 Pelham Public Schools 18 56 
198 Winthrop Public Schools 142 56 
204 Dighton-Rehoboth Regional 209 55 
204 Dracut Public Schools 328 55 
204 Greenfield Public Schools 181 55 
204 Millis Public Schools 115 55 
204 Peabody Public Schools 442 55 
204 Southern Berkshire Regional, Sheffield 56 55 
204 Spencer-East Brookfield Regional 130 55 
204 Westport Community Public Schools 130 55 
212 Barnstable Community Horace Mann Charter 54 54 
212 Holbrook Public Schools 114 54 
212 Hudson Public Schools 208 54 
212 Lee Public Schools 52 54 
212 South Hadley Public Schools 138 54 
212 Stoughton Public Schools 261 54 
218 Benjamin Banneker Charter, Cambridge 45 53 
218 MATCH Community Day Charter, Jamaica Plain 49 53
218 Palmer Public Schools 125 53 
218 Watertown Public Schools 179 53 
218 West Boylston Public Schools 80 53 
223 Holland Public Schools 23 52 
223 Ludlow Public Schools 207 52 
223 Middleborough Public Schools 277 52 
223 Narragansett Regional, Baldwinville 94 52 
223 North Adams Public Schools 100 52 
223 Waltham Public Schools 383 52 
229 Abington Public Schools 158 51 
229 Brookfield Public Schools 41 51 
229 Edgartown Public Schools 39 51 
229 Leominster Public Schools 471 51 
229 Northbridge Public Schools 228 51 
229 Taunton Public Schools 698 51 
235 Adams-Cheshire Regional 117 50 
235 Chicopee Public Schools 520 50 
235 Clinton Public Schools 128 50 
235 Hawlemont Regional, Shelburne Falls 10 50 
235 Lowell Community Charter 88 50 
235 Nantucket Public Schools 102 50 
235 Quaboag Regional, Warre 102 50 
235 Westfield Public Schools 426 50 
243 Alma del Mar Charter, New Bedford 39 49
243 Berkshire Hills Regional, Stockbridge 93 49 
243 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional 257 49 
243 Gateway Regional, Huntington 68 49 
243 Leicester Public Schools 157 49 
243 Methuen Public Schools 579 49 
243 Revere Public Schools 515 49 
243 Sabis International Charter, Springfield 123 49 
251 Marlborough Public Schools 364 48 
251 Oxford Public Schools 148 48 
251 Wareham Public Schools 239 48 
254 Farmington River Regional, Otis 15 47 
254 Milford Public Schools 314 47 
254 Orange Public Schools 93 47 
257 Boston Renaissance Charter 155 46 
257 Rockland Public Schools 181 46 
259 Medford Public Schools 344 44 
259 Pittsfield Public Schools 455 44 
259 Somerville Public Schools 369 44 
262 Athol-Royalston Regional 120 43 
262 Martha's Vineyard Charter, West Tisbury 14 43 
262 New Salem-Wendell Regional 14 43 
262 Oak Bluffs Public Schools 28 43 
262 Salem Public Schools 354 43 
262 Winchendon Public Schools 92 43 
268 Framingham Public Schools 673 42 
269 Hill View Montessori Charter, Haverhill 34 41 
269 Pioneer Valley Regional, Northfield 56 41 
271 Gill-Montague Regional 78 40 
271 Haverhill Public Schools 482 40 
271 Ware Public Schools 95 40 
274 Gardner Public Schools 198 38 
274 Neighborhood House Charter, Dorchester 42 38 
274 Randolph Public Schools 222 38 
277 Easthampton Public Schools 153 37 
277 Lowell Public Schools 1,088 37 
277 Lynn Public Schools 1,158 37 
277 Malden Public Schools 494 37 
281 Fitchburg Public Schools 388 36 
281 Webster Public Schools 151 36 
283 Everett Public Schools 446 35 
283 New Bedford Public Schools 1,115 35 
283 Springfield Public Schools 1,913 35 
286 Fall River Public Schools 864 34 
286 Worcester Public Schools 1,787 34 
288 Boston Public Schools 4,123 32 
289 Seven Hills Charter, Worcester 84 31 
290 Conservatory Lab Charter, Brighton 23 30 
290 Prospect Hill Academy Charter, Somerville 90 30 
290 Southbridge Public Schools 177 30 
293 Holyoke Community Charter 62 29 
293 Lawrence Public Schools 1,056 29 
295 Chelsea Public Schools 501 28 
296 Brockton Public Schools 1,264 27 
297 Martin Luther King Charter, Springfield 60 20 
298 Holyoke Public Schools 397 13 
Math Click on a category to sort the table.
Rank District name Numbertested Score
1 Community Day Charter - Prospect, Lawrence 24 100 
1 Conway Public Schools 23 100 
3 Edward Brooke Charter, Roslindale 59 98 
4 Conservatory Lab Charter, Brighton 23 96 
5 Lynnfield Public Schools 177 94 
5 Tisbury Public Schools 34 94 
7 Benjamin Franklin Charter, Franklin 50 92 
7 Carlisle Public Schools 74 92 
7 Middleton Public Schools 93 92 
7 Nahant Public Schools 24 92 
7 Southborough Public Schools 167 92 
7 Wellfleet Public Schools 26 92 
13 West Bridgewater Public Schools 98 91 
14 MATCH Community Day Charter, Jamaica Plain 49 90
14 Swampscott Public Schools 187 90 
16 Bedford Public Schools 204 89 
16 Brimfield Public Schools 35 89 
16 Concord Public Schools 251 89 
16 Marion Public Schools 72 89 
16 North Reading Public Schools 184 89 
16 Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter, Hadley 47 89 
16 Up-Island Regional, Vineyard Haven 36 89 
16 Westford Public Schools 360 89 
16 Winchester Public Schools 345 89 
25 Boxford Public Schools 113 88 
25 Shrewsbury Public Schools 475 88 
27 Cohasset Public Schools 149 87 
27 Hopkinton Public Schools 247 87 
27 Manchester Essex Regional 127 87 
27 Sherborn Public Schools 62 87 
31 Dover Public Schools 101 86 
31 Harvard Public Schools 84 86 
31 Natick Public Schools 381 86 
31 Westhampton Public Schools 21 86 
35 Hamilton-Wenham Regional 136 85 
35 Ipswich Public Schools 162 85 
35 Kingston Public Schools 176 85 
35 Newton Public Schools 981 85 
35 Sharon Public Schools 278 85 
40 Hull Public Schools 70 84 
40 Lexington Public Schools 512 84 
40 Longmeadow Public Schools 209 84 
40 Milton Public Schools 349 84 
40 Topsfield Public Schools 94 84 
40 Tyngsborough Public Schools 146 84 
40 Wayland Public Schools 194 84 
40 Westborough Public Schools 287 84 
40 Westwood Public Schools 260 84 
49 Arlington Public Schools 402 83 
49 Belmont Public Schools 343 83 
49 Lawrence Family Development Charter 59 83 
49 Lincoln Public Schools 126 83 
49 Mansfield Public Schools 318 83 
49 Marshfield Public Schools 358 83 
49 Melrose Public Schools 254 83 
49 Richmond Public Schools 18 83 
49 Walpole Public Schools 317 83 
49 Wellesley Public Schools 369 83 
59 Avon Public Schools 55 82 
59 Boylston Public Schools 60 82 
59 Medfield Public Schools 207 82 
59 Medway Public Schools 189 82 
59 Needham Public Schools 450 82 
59 Plympton Public Schools 39 82 
59 Sudbury Public Schools 332 82 
66 Acton Public Schools 389 81 
66 Auburn Public Schools 183 81 
66 Berlin Public Schools 32 81 
66 Franklin Public Schools 466 81 
66 Halifax Public Schools 75 81 
66 Littleton Public Schools 99 81 
66 Mendon-Upton Regional 201 81 
66 Norfolk Public Schools 118 81 
66 Rockport Public Schools 67 81 
66 Scituate Public Schools 269 81 
76 Abby Kelley Foster Charter, Worcester 121 80 
76 Braintree Public Schools 436 80 
76 Hingham Public Schools 383 80 
76 Lunenburg Public Schools 125 80 
76 Nashoba Regional, Bolton 283 80 
76 Wrentham Public Schools 162 80 
82 Acushnet Public Schools 76 79 
82 Alma del Mar Charter, New Bedford 39 79
82 Amesbury Public Schools 181 79 
82 Canton Public Schools 270 79 
82 Clarksburg Public Schools 19 79 
82 Foxborough Public Schools 199 79 
82 Holliston Public Schools 224 79 
82 Northborough Public Schools 200 79 
82 Orleans Public Schools 38 79 
82 Southampton Public Schools 80 79 
92 Andover Public Schools 471 78 
92 Boxborough Public Schools 55 78 
92 Dedham Public Schools 209 78 
92 Mystic Valley Regional Charter, Malden 120 78 
92 Pelham Public Schools 18 78 
92 Weston Public Schools 168 78 
92 Williamstown Public Schools 49 78 
99 Agawam Public Schools 259 77 
99 Attleboro Public Schools 461 77 
99 Chelmsford Public Schools 399 77 
99 Chesterfield-Goshen Regional 22 77 
99 Danvers Public Schools 262 77 
99 Easton Public Schools 284 77 
99 Hanover Public Schools 209 77 
99 Leverett Public Schools 13 77 
99 North Andover Public Schools 368 77 
99 Triton Regional, Byfield 217 77 
109 Fairhaven Public Schools 146 76 
109 Grafton Public Schools 268 76 
109 Groton-Dunstable Regional 189 76 
109 Norwell Public Schools 172 76 
109 Norwood Public Schools 256 76 
109 Reading Public Schools 320 76 
109 West Springfield Public Schools 263 76 
116 Brewster Public Schools 61 75 
116 Brookline Public Schools 613 75 
116 Dudley-Charlton Regional 308 75 
116 Marblehead Public Schools 272 75 
116 Mattapoisett Public Schools 76 75 
116 Sturbridge Public Schools 142 75 
116 Wachusett Regional, Jefferson 556 75 
123 Lowell Community Charter 88 74 
123 Monomoy Regional, Chatham 148 74
123 Pentucket Regional, West Newbury 228 74 
123 Sandwich Public Schools 237 74 
123 Swansea Public Schools 160 74 
123 Whately Public Schools 19 74 
123 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman 342 74 
130 Barnstable Public Schools 327 73 
130 East Longmeadow Public Schools 209 73 
130 Eastham Public Schools 37 73 
130 Foxborough Regional Charter 108 73 
130 Lee Public Schools 52 73 
130 Millbury Public Schools 142 73 
130 North Adams Public Schools 100 73 
130 North Middlesex Regional, Townsend 272 73 
130 Quincy Public Schools 705 73 
130 Tewksbury Public Schools 316 73 
130 Wakefield Public Schools 266 73 
130 Westport Community Public Schools 130 73 
142 Amherst Public Schools 164 72 
142 Saugus Public Schools 240 72 
142 South Shore Charter, Hull 43 72 
142 Weymouth Public Schools 523 72 
146 Ashland Public Schools 207 71 
146 Ayer Shirley Regional 129 71 
146 Pembroke Public Schools 255 71 
146 South Hadley Public Schools 137 71 
150 Bellingham Public Schools 189 70 
150 Dartmouth Public Schools 291 70 
150 Hadley Public Schools 43 70 
150 Hatfield Public Schools 44 70 
150 Mashpee Public Schools 138 70 
150 Monson Public Schools 108 70 
150 North Attleborough Public Schools 351 70 
150 Plymouth Public Schools 601 70 
150 Stoneham Public Schools 165 70 
159 Blackstone-Millville Regional 147 69 
159 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional 403 69 
159 Duxbury Public Schools 232 69 
159 Lanesborough Public Schools 32 69 
159 Leominster Public Schools 470 69 
159 Mohawk Trail Regional, Shelburne Falls 68 69 
159 Plainville Public Schools 108 69 
159 Seekonk Public Schools 150 69 
159 Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional 124 69 
168 Beverly Public Schools 358 68 
168 Bourne Public Schools 165 68 
168 Douglas Public Schools 128 68 
168 Freetown-Lakeville Regional 208 68 
168 Lenox Public Schools 62 68 
168 Oak Bluffs Public Schools 28 68 
168 Oxford Public Schools 148 68 
175 Billerica Public Schools 415 67 
175 Cambridge Public Schools 455 67 
175 Central Berkshire Regional, Dalton 131 67 
175 Chicopee Public Schools 519 67 
175 Falmouth Public Schools 283 67 
175 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional 243 67 
175 Hopedale Public Schools 96 67 
175 Truro Public Schools 15 67 
175 Uxbridge Public Schools 124 67 
175 Westfield Public Schools 427 67 
185 Millis Public Schools 115 66 
185 Quaboag Regional, Warre 102 66 
187 Benjamin Banneker Charter, Cambridge 46 65 
187 Berkley Public Schools 97 65 
187 Boston Renaissance Charter 155 65 
187 Dighton-Rehoboth Regional 210 65 
187 East Bridgewater Public Schools 188 65 
187 Georgetown Public Schools 117 65 
187 Holland Public Schools 23 65 
187 Hudson Public Schools 208 65 
187 Middleborough Public Schools 278 65 
187 Palmer Public Schools 126 65 
187 Stoughton Public Schools 260 65 
187 Sutton Public Schools 126 65 
199 Atlantis Charter, Fall River 72 64 
199 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional 258 64 
199 Maynard Public Schools 129 64 
199 New Salem-Wendell Regional 14 64 
199 Rochester Public Schools 72 64 
199 Somerset Public Schools 199 64 
205 Adams-Cheshire Regional 118 63 
205 Ashburnham-Westminster Regional 149 63 
205 Belchertown Public Schools 177 63 
205 Gloucester Public Schools 251 63 
205 Granby Public Schools 75 63 
205 Milford Public Schools 314 63 
205 Norton Public Schools 197 63 
205 Silver Hill Horace Mann Charter, Haverhill 98 63 
205 Taunton Public Schools 699 63 
205 West Boylston Public Schools 80 63 
205 Wilmington Public Schools 314 63 
205 Winthrop Public Schools 142 63 
205 Woburn Public Schools 384 63 
218 Clinton Public Schools 129 62 
218 Deerfield Public Schools 65 62 
218 Greenfield Public Schools 180 62 
218 Ludlow Public Schools 207 62 
218 Newburyport Public Schools 155 62 
218 Revere Public Schools 515 62 
218 Shutesbury Public Schools 21 62 
218 Sunderland Public Schools 21 62 
218 Wales Public Schools 21 62 
218 Waltham Public Schools 383 62 
218 Watertown Public Schools 180 62 
229 Barnstable Community Horace Mann Charter 54 61 
229 Burlington Public Schools 287 61 
229 Edgartown Public Schools 41 61 
229 Methuen Public Schools 578 61 
229 Neighborhood House Charter, Dorchester 41 61 
229 Orange Public Schools 93 61 
229 Peabody Public Schools 443 61 
229 Sabis International Charter, Springfield 124 61 
237 Marlborough Public Schools 364 60 
238 Gateway Regional, Huntington 68 59 
238 Salem Public Schools 354 59 
240 Carver Public Schools 118 58 
240 Chelsea Public Schools 501 58 
240 Lowell Public Schools 1,091 58 
240 Lynn Public Schools 1,157 58 
240 Quabbin Regional, Barre 181 58 
240 Spencer-East Brookfield Regional 130 58 
240 Wareham Public Schools 240 58 
247 Dracut Public Schools 327 57 
247 Narragansett Regional, Baldwinville 95 57 
247 Pioneer Valley Regional, Northfield 56 57 
247 Southern Berkshire Regional, Sheffield 56 57 
251 Abington Public Schools 158 56 
251 Haverhill Public Schools 480 56 
251 Lawrence Public Schools 1,067 56 
251 Northampton Public Schools 199 56 
251 Pittsfield Public Schools 453 56 
251 Rockland Public Schools 181 56 
257 Framingham Public Schools 679 55 
257 Hilltown Cooperative Charter, Haydenville 20 55 
257 North Brookfield Public Schools 53 55 
260 Medford Public Schools 344 54 
261 Farmington River Regional, Otis 15 53 
261 River Valley Charter, Newburyport 32 53 
263 Malden Public Schools 493 52 
263 Seven Hills Charter, Worcester 84 52 
263 Springfield Public Schools 1,912 52 
266 Randolph Public Schools 222 51 
266 Winchendon Public Schools 92 51 
268 Erving Public Schools 30 50 
268 Hawlemont Regional, Shelburne Falls 10 50 
268 Leicester Public Schools 157 50 
268 Nantucket Public Schools 104 50 
268 Petersham Public Schools 16 50 
273 Everett Public Schools 449 49 
273 Gardner Public Schools 197 49 
273 Somerville Public Schools 368 49 
276 Easthampton Public Schools 153 48 
276 Fitchburg Public Schools 391 48 
276 Martin Luther King Charter, Springfield 61 48 
276 New Bedford Public Schools 1,119 48 
276 Northbridge Public Schools 229 48 
281 Boston Public Schools 4,131 47 
281 Holyoke Community Charter 62 47 
283 Berkshire Hills Regional, Stockbridge 93 46 
283 Brookfield Public Schools 41 46 
283 Martha's Vineyard Charter, West Tisbury 13 46 
283 Webster Public Schools 151 46 
287 Holbrook Public Schools 114 45 
287 Southbridge Public Schools 176 45 
289 Brockton Public Schools 1,267 44 
289 Fall River Public Schools 859 44 
289 Williamsburg Public Schools 18 44 
292 Prospect Hill Academy Charter, Somerville 91 43 
292 Worcester Public Schools 1,788 43 
294 Ware Public Schools 95 42 
295 Athol-Royalston Regional 120 41 
295 Gill-Montague Regional 78 41 
295 Hill View Montessori Charter, Haverhill 34 41 
298 Holyoke Public Schools 400 28 

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