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Top-ranked 3rd grade districts

Here are the top 3rd grade school districts, ranked by Reading scores on the Spring 2003 MCAS exam. Boston.com determined the rankings by adding the percentage of students who scored either "Advanced" or "Proficient" in the subject. 100 is the highest possible score.

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2003 Rank	District name	Number tested	Score
1	Sherborn Public Schools	77	92
2	North Reading Public Schools	214	91
2	Winchester Public Schools	267	91
4	Dover Public Schools	108	89
4	Southborough Public Schools	158	89
4	Swampscott Public Schools	168	89
7	Nahant Public Schools	24	88
8	Boxborough Public Schools	82	87
8	Boylston Public Schools	55	87
8	Hampden-Wilbraham Regional	260	87
11	Boxford Public Schools	136	86
11	Conway Public Schools	21	86
11	Hanover Public Schools	211	86
11	Harvard Public Schools	93	86
15	Chelmsford Public Schools	456	85
15	Hamilton-Wenham Regional	182	85
15	Leverett Public Schools	13	85
15	Manchester Essex Regional	106	85
15	Weston Public Schools	172	85
20	Acton Public Schools	351	84
20	Arlington Public Schools	365	84
20	Norwell Public Schools	133	84
20	Reading Public Schools	311	84
20	Sharon Public Schools	255	84
20	Westford Public Schools	419	84
26	Bedford Public Schools	156	83
26	Belmont Public Schools	263	83
26	Carlisle Public Schools	111	83
26	Chesterfield-Goshen Regional	23	83
26	Concord Public Schools	213	83
26	Foxborough Public Schools	199	83
26	Hilltown Cooperative Charter, Haydenville	18	83
26	Marshfield Public Schools	386	83
26	Newton Public Schools	823	83
26	Northborough Public Schools	198	83
26	Sudbury Public Schools	351	83
26	Topsfield Public Schools	100	83
26	Wellesley Public Schools	351	83
39	Longmeadow Public Schools	260	82
39	Marblehead Public Schools	234	82
39	Natick Public Schools	374	82
39	Westwood Public Schools	223	82
43	Clarksburg Public Schools	27	81
43	Cohasset Public Schools	124	81
43	Easton Public Schools	324	81
43	Lexington Public Schools	510	81
43	Medfield Public Schools	242	81
43	Millis Public Schools	104	81
43	North Attleborough Public Schools	347	81
43	Scituate Public Schools	261	81
43	Shutesbury Public Schools	26	81
43	Sunderland Public Schools	31	81
43	Williamsburg Public Schools	26	81
43	Wrentham Public Schools	184	81
55	Andover Public Schools	447	80
55	Georgetown Public Schools	135	80
55	Mattapoisett Public Schools	87	80
55	Nashoba Regional, Bolton	245	80
55	North Andover Public Schools	360	80
55	Rochester Public Schools	74	80
55	Wayland Public Schools	228	80
62	Acushnet Public Schools	112	79
62	Ashland Public Schools	198	79
62	Chatham Public Schools	52	79
62	Mendon-Upton Regional	207	79
62	Middleton Public Schools	91	79
62	Norfolk Public Schools	163	79
62	Sabis Foxborough Regional Charter	81	79
62	Shrewsbury Public Schools	450	79
62	Sutton Public Schools	117	79
62	Truro Public Schools	14	79
62	Walpole Public Schools	272	79
73	Benjamin Franklin Charter, Franklin	46	78
73	Hopkinton Public Schools	271	78
73	Lanesborough Public Schools	37	78
73	Littleton Public Schools	153	78
73	Mansfield Public Schools	421	78
73	Richmond Public Schools	18	78
73	Woburn Public Schools	336	78
80	Medway Public Schools	235	77
80	Orleans Public Schools	43	77
80	South Shore Charter, Hull	35	77
80	Triton Regional, Byfield	288	77
80	Westborough Public Schools	228	77
80	Wilmington Public Schools	331	77
86	Burlington Public Schools	274	76
86	Duxbury Public Schools	253	76
86	Hingham Public Schools	277	76
86	Lunenburg Public Schools	134	76
86	Melrose Public Schools	284	76
86	Milton Public Schools	283	76
86	North Middlesex Regional, Townsend	383	76
86	Spencer-East Brookfield Regional	157	76
86	Up-Island Regional, Vineyard Haven	41	76
95	Avon Public Schools	51	75
95	Brewster Public Schools	108	75
95	Canton Public Schools	257	75
95	Community Day Charter, Lawrence	24	75
95	Danvers Public Schools	272	75
95	Franklin Public Schools	468	75
95	Grafton Public Schools	198	75
95	Pentucket Regional, West Newbury	277	75
95	River Valley Charter, Newburyport	32	75
95	Sandwich Public Schools	312	75
105	Falmouth Public Schools	323	74
105	Groton-Dunstable Regional	233	74
105	Lynnfield Public Schools	152	74
105	Norwood Public Schools	229	74
105	Plympton Public Schools	31	74
105	Tewksbury Public Schools	411	74
105	West Boylston Public Schools	99	74
112	Agawam Public Schools	320	73
112	Amesbury Public Schools	194	73
112	Ayer Public Schools	128	73
112	Bellingham Public Schools	217	73
112	Braintree Public Schools	388	73
112	Bridgewater-Raynham Regional	462	73
112	Brookline Public Schools	421	73
112	Central Berkshire Regional, Dalton	160	73
112	Dedham Public Schools	259	73
112	Granville Public Schools	22	73
112	Holliston Public Schools	264	73
112	Needham Public Schools	357	73
112	Oxford Public Schools	169	73
112	Provincetown Public Schools	11	73
112	Wellfleet Public Schools	22	73
112	Westhampton Public Schools	15	73
128	East Longmeadow Public Schools	188	72
128	Gill-Montague Regional	90	72
128	Gloucester Public Schools	277	72
128	Hadley Public Schools	54	72
128	Marion Public Schools	68	72
128	Plymouth Public Schools	648	72
128	Quabbin Regional, Barre	228	72
128	Southwick-Tolland Regional	137	72
128	Wachusett Regional, Jefferson	558	72
128	Weymouth Public Schools	497	72
138	Barnstable Public Schools	517	71
138	Brimfield Public Schools	34	71
138	Lincoln Public Schools	152	71
138	Newburyport Public Schools	161	71
138	Pembroke Public Schools	238	71
138	Somerset Public Schools	191	71
138	Tyngsborough Public Schools	160	71
145	Dudley-Charlton Regional	359	70
145	Halifax Public Schools	100	70
145	Saugus Public Schools	287	70
145	Seekonk Public Schools	182	70
145	Stoneham Public Schools	218	70
145	Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman	347	70
145	Williamstown Public Schools	76	70
152	Dartmouth Public Schools	311	69
152	Lenox Public Schools	55	69
152	Middleborough Public Schools	290	69
152	Mystic Valley Regional Charter, Malden	120	69
152	Northbridge Public Schools	192	69
152	Pelham Public Schools	16	69
152	Swansea Public Schools	173	69
159	Bourne Public Schools	182	68
159	Carver Public Schools	160	68
159	Ipswich Public Schools	165	68
159	Leicester Public Schools	148	68
159	Whately Public Schools	19	68
164	Abington Public Schools	197	67
164	Ashburnham-Westminster Regional	191	67
164	Edgartown Public Schools	36	67
164	Hudson Public Schools	202	67
164	Norton Public Schools	293	67
164	Sturbridge Public Schools	115	67
164	Wakefield Public Schools	278	67
171	Amherst Public Schools	200	66
171	Granby Public Schools	86	66
171	Hopedale Public Schools	92	66
171	Marlborough Public Schools	385	66
171	Randolph Public Schools	295	66
171	Rockport Public Schools	56	66
171	Stoughton Public Schools	318	66
171	Watertown Public Schools	178	66
179	Auburn Public Schools	204	65
179	Belchertown Public Schools	184	65
179	Beverly Public Schools	355	65
179	Holbrook Public Schools	127	65
179	Kingston Public Schools	173	65
179	Maynard Public Schools	108	65
179	Winthrop Public Schools	168	65
186	Attleboro Public Schools	467	64
186	Dracut Public Schools	322	64
186	Millbury Public Schools	132	64
186	Southampton Public Schools	75	64
186	Uxbridge Public Schools	174	64
191	Clinton Public Schools	137	63
191	Dighton-Rehoboth Regional	249	63
191	Fairhaven Public Schools	165	63
191	Hull Public Schools	94	63
191	Pioneer Valley Regional, Northfield	68	63
191	Quaboag Regional, Warre	105	63
191	Quincy Public Schools	631	63
198	Douglas Public Schools	123	62
198	Harwich Public Schools	110	62
198	Hatfield Public Schools	39	62
198	Haverhill Public Schools	598	62
198	Milford Public Schools	308	62
198	North Brookfield Public Schools	76	62
198	Oak Bluffs Public Schools	42	62
198	Pittsfield Public Schools	518	62
198	South Hadley Public Schools	180	62
198	Ware Public Schools	99	62
198	Westport Public Schools	148	62
209	Billerica Public Schools	570	61
209	Medford Public Schools	324	61
209	Mohawk Trail Regional, Shelburne Falls	106	61
209	Northampton Public Schools	187	61
209	Peabody Public Schools	494	61
209	Rockland Public Schools	213	61
209	Taunton Public Schools	694	61
209	Westfield Public Schools	464	61
217	Blackstone-Millville Regional	174	60
217	Deerfield Public Schools	62	60
217	East Bridgewater Public Schools	196	60
217	Eastham Public Schools	35	60
217	Farmington River Regional, Otis	30	60
217	Hawlemont Regional, Shelburne Falls	20	60
217	Ludlow Public Schools	212	60
217	Methuen Public Schools	540	60
217	Plainville Public Schools	111	60
217	Southbridge Public Schools	201	60
227	Dennis-Yarmouth Regional	346	59
227	Erving Public Schools	22	59
227	Framingham Public Schools	673	59
227	Gardner Public Schools	231	59
227	Orange Public Schools	116	59
227	Shirley Public Schools	85	59
233	Berkshire Hills Regional, Stockbridge	81	58
233	Berlin Public Schools	36	58
233	Mashpee Public Schools	156	58
233	Southern Berkshire Regional, Sheffield	85	58
237	Leominster Public Schools	495	57
237	Monson Public Schools	112	57
237	Palmer Public Schools	182	57
237	Waltham Public Schools	335	57
241	Easthampton Public Schools	134	56
241	Freetown Public Schools	95	56
241	Holland Public Schools	34	56
241	Lakeville Public Schools	128	56
241	Narragansett Regional, Baldwinville	123	56
241	Tisbury Public Schools	39	56
247	West Springfield Public Schools	273	55
247	Winchendon Public Schools	140	55
249	Atlantis Charter, Fall River	70	54
249	Malden Public Schools	441	54
249	Sabis International Charter, Springfield	153	54
252	Berkley Public Schools	95	53
252	Fitchburg Public Schools	479	53
252	Nantucket Public Schools	90	53
252	Petersham Public Schools	17	53
256	Athol-Royalston Regional	168	52
256	Wareham Public Schools	289	52
256	West Bridgewater Public Schools	81	52
259	Adams-Cheshire Regional	138	51
259	Everett Public Schools	364	51
259	Seven Hills Charter, Worcester	73	51
262	Cambridge Public Schools	488	50
262	Florida Public Schools	12	50
262	Neighborhood House Charter, Dorchester	20	50
262	New Salem-Wendell Regional	18	50
262	Somerville Public Schools	428	50
262	Webster Public Schools	150	50
268	Greenfield Public Schools	177	49
268	Revere Public Schools	447	49
268	Worcester Public Schools	1,965	49
271	Brookfield Public Schools	48	48
271	Chicopee Public Schools	582	48
271	Conservatory Lab Charter, Brighton	21	48
271	Lee Public Schools	61	48
271	Salem Public Schools	338	48
276	Boston Renaissance Charter	167	47
276	Fall River Public Schools	906	47
276	Gateway Regional, Huntington	106	47
276	Lynn Public Schools	1,135	47
276	North Adams Public Schools	159	47
276	Wales Public Schools	19	47
282	New Bedford Public Schools	1,266	46
283	Abby Kelley Foster Charter, Worcester	98	42
283	Brockton Public Schools	1,336	42
283	Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter, Springfield	24	42
283	Springfield Public Schools	2,174	42
287	Chelsea Public Schools	375	41
288	Lawrence Family Development Charter	60	40
289	Prospect Hill Academy Charter, Somerville	71	39
290	Lowell Public Schools	1,136	38
291	Benjamin Banneker Charter, Cambridge	40	33
292	Boston Public Schools	4,732	32
293	Holyoke Public Schools	559	26
294	Lawrence Public Schools	1,081	25
295	Lowell Community Charter	41	7