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Snapshot: AP scores in Mass.

Massachusetts school districts whose students scored at least 3 on Advanced Placement tests. Many colleges and universities grant credit and placement for scores of 3 (qualified), 4 (well qualified), or 5 (extremely well qualified).

March 27, 2015, 12:39 p.m.

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Statewide AP test scores
DISTRICT Tests Taken Score=3 Score=4 Score=5 # Score 3-5 % Score 3-5
Abington 103 42 11 2 55 53.4
Academy Of the Pacific Rim Charter Public (District) 58 10 3 2 15 25.9
Acton-Boxborough 1,007 88 284 607 979 97.2
Adams-Cheshire 136 33 14 2 49 36
Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter (District) 488 85 133 222 440 90.2
Agawam 471 132 95 30 257 54.6
Amesbury 126 44 40 25 109 86.5
Amherst-Pelham 184 34 90 53 177 96.2
Andover 837 233 235 182 650 77.7
Arlington 616 154 181 186 521 84.6
Ashburnham-Westminster 129 57 27 16 100 77.5
Ashland 327 69 109 104 282 86.2
Assabet Valley Regional Vocational Technical 62 15 3 2 20 32.3
Athol-Royalston 81 18 11 8 37 45.7
Attleboro 580 174 96 38 308 53.1
Auburn 380 111 76 35 222 58.4
Avon 20 8 1 0 9 45
Ayer Shirley School District 35 16 14 1 31 88.6
Barnstable 769 227 164 81 472 61.4
Bedford 230 46 76 97 219 95.2
Belchertown 116 38 30 22 90 77.6
Bellingham 242 59 35 8 102 42.1
Belmont 998 155 325 435 915 91.7
Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public (District) 37 8 6 2 16 43.2
Berkshire Hills 100 33 30 20 83 83
Berlin-Boylston 81 18 17 6 41 50.6
Beverly 274 65 67 29 161 58.8
Billerica 326 108 80 42 230 70.6
Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical 386 92 38 7 137 35.5
Blackstone-Millville 45 11 12 7 30 66.7
Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical 8 0
Boston 4,717 1,023 848 553 2424 51.4
Boston Collegiate Charter (District) 114 29 30 7 66 57.9
Boston Green Academy Horace Mann Charter School (District) 47 2 1 2 5 10.6
Boston Preparatory Charter Public (District) 70 3 2 2 7 10
Bourne 95 28 23 20 71 74.7
Braintree 608 140 200 220 560 92.1
Bridgewater-Raynham 331 109 62 46 217 65.6
Bristol-Plymouth Regional Vocational Technical 107 25 7 2 34 31.8
Brockton 287 79 33 21 133 46.3
Brookline 800 127 268 349 744 93
Burlington 364 123 105 60 288 79.1
Cambridge 511 114 152 161 427 83.6
Canton 375 103 101 76 280 74.7
Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical 40 7 1 0 8 20
Carver 122 25 29 24 78 63.9
Central Berkshire 98 34 22 7 63 64.3
Chelmsford 420 114 148 84 346 82.4
Chelsea 390 117 54 17 188 48.2
Chicopee 538 153 79 24 256 47.6
City On A Hill Charter Public (District) 48 7 0 0 7 14.6
Clinton 75 17 5 5 27 36
Codman Academy Charter Public (District) 15 0 0 0 0 0
Cohasset 213 61 59 65 185 86.9
Community Charter School of Cambridge (District) 49 8 4 5 17 34.7
Concord-Carlisle 314 38 103 164 305 97.1
Danvers 405 126 117 37 280 69.1
Dartmouth 489 141 139 63 343 70.1
Dedham 345 110 65 17 192 55.7
Dennis-Yarmouth 208 54 56 26 136 65.4
Dighton-Rehoboth 261 105 68 33 206 78.9
Douglas 196 64 48 30 142 72.4
Dover-Sherborn 451 59 149 221 429 95.1
Dracut 337 89 81 51 221 65.6
Dudley-Charlton Reg 386 119 95 34 248 64.2
Duxbury 537 124 182 128 434 80.8
East Bridgewater 281 73 53 24 150 53.4
East Longmeadow 219 50 62 64 176 80.4
Easthampton 182 45 29 23 97 53.3
Easton 627 219 139 49 407 64.9
Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (Horace Mann Charter School) 121 17 4 1 22 18.2
Essex Agricultural Technical 28 16 2 1 19 67.9
Everett 252 74 18 11 103 40.9
Fairhaven 206 69 54 12 135 65.5
Fall River 417 85 54 19 158 37.9
Falmouth 144 37 46 43 126 87.5
Fitchburg 323 54 31 3 88 27.2
Four Rivers Charter Public (District) 4 0
Foxborough 300 99 73 59 231 77
Foxborough Regional Charter (District) 113 31 18 7 56 49.6
Framingham 751 184 247 254 685 91.2
Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District) 8 0
Franklin 548 155 150 141 446 81.4
Freetown-Lakeville 295 103 83 24 210 71.2
Frontier 138 43 20 19 82 59.4
Gardner 184 50 35 20 105 57.1
Gateway 78 17 12 8 37 47.4
Georgetown 77 16 26 33 75 97.4
Gill-Montague 53 19 12 5 36 67.9
Global Learning Charter Public (District) 39 10 3 1 14 35.9
Gloucester 159 53 45 12 110 69.2
Grafton 100 39 21 13 73 73
Granby 46 16 16 0 32 69.6
Greater Fall River Regional Vocational Technical 18 3 0 0 3 16.7
Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical 32 2 1 0 3 9.4
Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical 55 21 6 2 29 52.7
Greenfield 152 26 20 5 51 33.6
Groton-Dunstable 316 62 94 110 266 84.2
Hadley 74 21 10 9 40 54.1
Hamilton-Wenham 443 105 139 54 298 67.3
Hampden Charter School of Science (District) 31 12 2 0 14 45.2
Hampden-Wilbraham 202 50 54 61 165 81.7
Hampshire 122 43 34 16 93 76.2
Hanover 279 87 53 36 176 63.1
Harvard 234 63 70 65 198 84.6
Hatfield 32 10 9 1 20 62.5
Haverhill 453 139 91 34 264 58.3
Hingham 455 76 168 196 440 96.7
Holbrook 51 8 3 3 14 27.5
Holliston 233 34 78 103 215 92.3
Holyoke 279 81 30 10 121 43.4
Hopedale 143 41 43 21 105 73.4
Hopkinton 912 204 268 265 737 80.8
Hudson 280 79 66 36 181 64.6
Hull 109 30 19 2 51 46.8
Ipswich 152 48 38 29 115 75.7
KIPP Academy Lynn Charter (District) 96 30 10 10 50 52.1
King Philip 497 145 128 117 390 78.5
Lawrence 364 68 41 26 135 37.1
Lee 118 30 15 6 51 43.2
Leicester 191 48 39 15 102 53.4
Lenox 123 41 21 19 81 65.9
Leominster 354 101 88 57 246 69.5
Lexington 1,452 241 458 641 1340 92.3
Lincoln-Sudbury 413 69 114 203 386 93.5
Littleton 141 44 50 37 131 92.9
Longmeadow 449 105 142 130 377 84
Lowell 512 130 123 80 333 65
Ludlow 279 74 37 26 137 49.1
Lunenburg 203 70 50 36 156 76.8
Lynn 485 102 32 25 159 32.8
Lynnfield 226 41 74 73 188 83.2
MATCH Charter Public School (District) 138 45 14 11 70 50.7
Ma Academy for Math and Science 24 2 10 11 23 95.8
Malden 801 199 136 61 396 49.4
Manchester Essex Regional 307 62 96 101 259 84.4
Mansfield 397 100 117 119 336 84.6
Marblehead 482 125 135 143 403 83.6
Marlborough 466 140 91 30 261 56
Marshfield 386 128 91 40 259 67.1
Marthas Vineyard 133 35 29 18 82 61.7
Masconomet 568 140 187 159 486 85.6
Mashpee 235 67 32 5 104 44.3
Massachusetts Virtual Academy at Greenfield Commonwealth Virtual School 1 0
Maynard 116 39 26 14 79 68.1
Medfield 551 125 202 147 474 86
Medford 236 88 76 28 192 81.4
Medway 571 186 170 73 429 75.1
Melrose 373 95 88 68 251 67.3
Mendon-Upton 373 101 88 66 255 68.4
Methuen 737 165 81 47 293 39.8
Middleborough 198 63 30 12 105 53
Milford 421 130 78 45 253 60.1
Millbury 109 32 31 12 75 68.8
Millis 127 34 43 30 107 84.3
Milton 488 172 125 67 364 74.6
Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical 14 5 4 0 9 64.3
Mohawk Trail 97 27 19 7 53 54.6
Monomoy Regional School District 109 37 31 12 80 73.4
Monson 79 14 9 3 26 32.9
Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical 62 21 10 4 35 56.5
Mount Greylock 242 66 55 55 176 72.7
Nantucket 116 34 29 21 84 72.4
Narragansett 136 34 22 2 58 42.6
Nashoba 537 135 185 163 483 89.9
Nashoba Valley Regional Vocational Technical 84 5 0 0 5 6
Natick 572 124 173 156 453 79.2
Nauset 574 146 158 141 445 77.5
Needham 670 112 223 282 617 92.1
New Bedford 317 72 39 13 124 39.1
Newburyport 234 55 68 89 212 90.6
Newton 1,578 244 462 788 1494 94.7
North Adams 226 49 19 7 75 33.2
North Andover 433 131 145 110 386 89.1
North Attleborough 317 79 107 90 276 87.1
North Brookfield 29 8 6 2 16 55.2
North Central Charter Essential (District) 2 0
North Middlesex 172 58 39 15 112 65.1
North Reading 399 99 101 47 247 61.9
North Shore Regional Vocational Technical 3 0
Northampton 626 141 180 172 493 78.8
Northboro-Southboro 576 122 194 190 506 87.8
Northbridge 236 55 39 18 112 47.5
Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical 20 6 1 0 7 35
Norton 257 74 56 20 150 58.4
Norwell 326 91 91 67 249 76.4
Norwood 172 67 45 21 133 77.3
Old Rochester 196 68 49 47 164 83.7
Oxford 55 16 10 3 29 52.7
Palmer 112 32 15 10 57 50.9
Peabody 742 234 169 105 508 68.5
Pembroke 460 159 92 35 286 62.2
Pentucket 299 87 75 52 214 71.6
Phoenix Charter Academy (District) 25 0 0 0 0 0
Pioneer Charter School of Science (District) 94 26 13 11 50 53.2
Pioneer Valley 46 17 5 1 23 50
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District) 13 3 1 2 6 46.2
Pittsfield 557 161 103 41 305 54.8
Plymouth 533 154 131 79 364 68.3
Prospect Hill Academy Charter (District) 147 41 21 11 73 49.7
Quabbin 148 45 19 12 76 51.4
Quaboag Regional 167 47 31 14 92 55.1
Quincy 566 160 155 115 430 76
Ralph C Mahar 37 14 4 0 18 48.6
Randolph 216 64 32 20 116 53.7
Reading 332 88 101 74 263 79.2
Revere 419 86 74 63 223 53.2
Rockland 136 34 15 6 55 40.4
Rockport 103 27 26 11 64 62.1
Sabis International Charter (District) 119 37 12 11 60 50.4
Salem 510 124 63 32 219 42.9
Salem Academy Charter (District) 75 14 17 7 38 50.7
Sandwich 244 58 50 31 139 57
Saugus 154 35 42 28 105 68.2
Scituate 503 145 133 75 353 70.2
Seekonk 110 35 33 13 81 73.6
Sharon 544 82 162 279 523 96.1
Shrewsbury 558 95 204 226 525 94.1
Silver Lake 394 136 86 47 269 68.3
Somerset Berkley Regional School District 264 87 72 41 200 75.8
Somerville 215 75 41 38 154 71.6
South Hadley 320 88 59 18 165 51.6
South Shore Charter Public (District) 38 16 13 0 29 76.3
Southbridge 54 11 3 0 14 25.9
Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical 71 7 3 0 10 14.1
Southern Berkshire 43 14 9 4 27 62.8
Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational Technical 27 6 2 2 10 37
Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District 79 21 15 8 44 55.7
Spencer-E Brookfield 49 13 12 4 29 59.2
Springfield 933 172 60 21 253 27.1
Stoneham 256 76 69 28 173 67.6
Stoughton 211 75 37 23 135 64
Sturgis Charter Public (District) 2 0
Sutton 78 19 28 12 59 75.6
Swampscott 282 81 93 57 231 81.9
Swansea 98 20 15 5 40 40.8
Tantasqua 381 112 98 47 257 67.5
Taunton 341 103 61 34 198 58.1
Tewksbury 195 64 40 31 135 69.2
Tri County Regional Vocational Technical 66 26 6 1 33 50
Triton 221 71 65 27 163 73.8
Tyngsborough 151 49 25 8 82 54.3
Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical 15 5 1 2 8 53.3
Uxbridge 100 32 21 10 63 63
Wachusett 654 196 218 154 568 86.9
Wakefield 232 78 51 39 168 72.4
Walpole 309 92 107 50 249 80.6
Waltham 324 92 90 43 225 69.4
Ware 31 15 4 0 19 61.3
Wareham 146 34 18 1 53 36.3
Watertown 200 65 52 27 144 72
Wayland 348 48 122 143 313 89.9
Webster 155 30 11 2 43 27.7
Wellesley 568 80 204 253 537 94.5
West Boylston 69 31 17 6 54 78.3
West Bridgewater 129 40 23 8 71 55
West Springfield 332 70 43 17 130 39.2
Westborough 354 49 115 175 339 95.8
Westfield 347 119 76 28 223 64.3
Westford 638 122 191 279 592 92.8
Weston 517 130 158 140 428 82.8
Westport 121 28 22 18 68 56.2
Westwood 436 99 143 141 383 87.8
Weymouth 282 85 86 43 214 75.9
Whitman-Hanson 489 147 129 48 324 66.3
Wilmington 158 52 32 19 103 65.2
Winchendon 47 20 9 2 31 66
Winchester 515 110 144 144 398 77.3
Winthrop 293 77 29 8 114 38.9
Woburn 241 98 47 37 182 75.5
Worcester 2,069 382 230 107 719 34.8
DATA: Mass. Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education (2013-14 report)
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