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Top-ranked 5th grade districts

Here are the top 5th grade school districts, ranked by science scores on the Spring 2003 MCAS exam. Boston.com determined the ranking by adding the percentage of students who scored either "Advanced" or "Proficient" in the subject. 100 is the highest possible score.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2003 Rank	District name	Number tested	Score
1	Pelham Public Schools	19	95
2	Truro Public Schools	19	90
3	Arlington Public Schools	305	89
4	Harvard Public Schools	83	88
5	Acton Public Schools	349	87
5	Benjamin Franklin Charter, Franklin	46	87
7	North Reading Public Schools	226	86
7	Plympton Public Schools	49	86
7	Sherborn Public Schools	90	86
10	Boxford Public Schools	176	85
10	Martha's Vineyard Public Charter, West Tisbury	14	85
10	Sunderland Public Schools	47	85
13	Groton-Dunstable Regional	222	84
14	Carlisle Public Schools	95	83
14	Orleans Public Schools	40	83
14	Westford Public Schools	413	83
14	Westhampton Public Schools	18	83
14	Winchester Public Schools	280	83
19	Hamilton-Wenham Regional	184	82
19	Hilltown Cooperative Charter, Haydenville	17	82
19	Littleton Public Schools	127	82
19	Marblehead Community Charter	44	82
19	Sharon Public Schools	263	82
19	West Boylston Public Schools	117	82
25	Andover Public Schools	479	81
25	Belmont Public Schools	280	81
27	Rising Tide Charter, Plymouth	60	80
28	Boxborough Public Schools	94	79
28	Hopkinton Public Schools	273	79
28	Marshfield Public Schools	367	79
28	Nashoba Regional, Bolton	236	79
28	Southborough Public Schools	176	79
28	Up-Island Regional, Vineyard Haven	48	79
34	Brewster Public Schools	131	78
34	Manchester Essex Regional	94	78
34	Middleton Public Schools	109	78
34	Wrentham Public Schools	176	78
38	Concord Public Schools	246	77
38	Northborough Public Schools	238	77
38	Sabis Foxborough Regional Charter	75	77
38	Sudbury Public Schools	334	77
42	Burlington Public Schools	288	76
42	Medfield Public Schools	232	76
42	Medway Public Schools	240	76
42	Norfolk Public Schools	157	76
42	Norwell Public Schools	180	76
47	Bedford Public Schools	164	75
47	Dover Public Schools	93	75
47	Leverett Public Schools	16	75
47	Lexington Public Schools	461	75
47	Longmeadow Public Schools	249	75
47	North Brookfield Public Schools	64	75
47	Petersham Public Schools	12	75
47	Southern Berkshire Regional, Sheffield	75	75
47	Wayland Public Schools	237	75
47	Westborough Public Schools	316	75
47	Weston Public Schools	188	75
58	Millis Public Schools	106	74
58	Reading Public Schools	359	74
58	Scituate Public Schools	265	74
58	Southwick-Tolland Regional	136	74
62	Cohasset Public Schools	135	73
62	Franklin Public Schools	472	73
62	Granville Public Schools	40	73
62	Mohawk Trail Regional, Shelburne Falls	104	73
62	North Attleborough Public Schools	365	73
62	Pembroke Public Schools	257	73
62	Westwood Public Schools	216	73
69	East Longmeadow Public Schools	205	72
69	Hingham Public Schools	276	72
69	Melrose Public Schools	294	72
69	Needham Public Schools	372	72
69	Newton Public Schools	910	72
69	Pentucket Regional, West Newbury	266	72
69	Richmond Public Schools	25	72
69	Shrewsbury Public Schools	435	72
77	Acushnet Public Schools	119	71
77	Foxborough Public Schools	213	71
77	Hadley Public Schools	53	71
77	Hanover Public Schools	214	71
77	Holliston Public Schools	231	71
77	Mattapoisett Public Schools	76	71
77	Wellfleet Public Schools	14	71
84	Amherst Public Schools	196	70
84	Barnstable Charter	523	70
84	Boylston Public Schools	71	70
84	Easton Public Schools	308	70
84	Hampden-Wilbraham Regional	280	70
84	Oak Bluffs Public Schools	44	70
84	Wales Public Schools	20	70
91	Hatfield Public Schools	46	69
91	Narragansett Regional, Baldwinville	107	69
91	Rockport Public Schools	106	69
91	Sandwich Public Schools	323	69
91	Sturbridge Public Schools	122	69
91	Topsfield Public Schools	108	69
97	Ipswich Public Schools	160	68
97	Stoneham Public Schools	225	68
97	Walpole Public Schools	296	68
100	Lincoln Public Schools	115	67
100	Marblehead Public Schools	197	67
100	Marion Public Schools	78	67
100	Mashpee Public Schools	186	67
100	Murdoch Middle Public Charter, Chelmsford	58	67
100	Plymouth Public Schools	691	67
100	Wachusett Regional, Jefferson	574	67
107	Eastham Public Schools	59	66
107	Edgartown Public Schools	40	66
107	Grafton Public Schools	193	66
107	Leicester Public Schools	155	66
107	North Middlesex Regional, Townsend	403	66
107	Rochester Public Schools	65	66
107	Tewksbury Public Schools	389	66
107	Wakefield Public Schools	252	66
107	Wellesley Public Schools	324	66
116	Belchertown Public Schools	200	65
116	Bellingham Public Schools	224	65
116	Mansfield Public Schools	402	65
116	Milton Public Schools	346	65
116	North Andover Public Schools	373	65
116	Sutton Public Schools	143	65
116	Uxbridge Public Schools	190	65
116	Woburn Public Schools	351	65
124	Chelmsford Public Schools	447	64
124	Holland Public Schools	37	64
124	Kingston Public Schools	183	64
124	Natick Public Schools	343	64
124	Plainville Public Schools	109	64
124	Tyngsborough Public Schools	157	64
124	Wilmington Public Schools	324	64
131	Brimfield Public Schools	46	63
131	Canton Public Schools	238	63
131	Dudley-Charlton Regional	350	63
131	Lenox Public Schools	79	63
131	Swampscott Public Schools	188	63
131	Whately Public Schools	16	63
137	Granby Public Schools	97	62
137	Lunenburg Public Schools	145	62
137	Mendon-Upton Regional	197	62
137	Somerset Public Schools	185	62
137	Weymouth Public Schools	546	62
142	Agawam Public Schools	342	61
142	Auburn Public Schools	209	61
142	Lanesborough Public Schools	49	61
142	Lynnfield Public Schools	171	61
142	Nahant Public Schools	36	61
142	Williamstown Public Schools	79	61
148	Berlin Public Schools	30	60
148	Georgetown Public Schools	132	60
150	Ayer Public Schools	100	59
150	Berkshire Hills Regional, Stockbridge	108	59
150	Braintree Public Schools	391	59
150	Harwich Public Schools	111	59
150	Marlborough Public Schools	398	59
150	Quabbin Regional, Barre	260	59
150	Shirley Public Schools	71	59
150	Triton Regional, Byfield	310	59
158	Duxbury Public Schools	267	58
158	Millbury Public Schools	160	58
158	Newburyport Public Schools	163	58
158	Northbridge Public Schools	187	58
158	Norwood Public Schools	314	58
158	Watertown Public Schools	203	58
158	West Bridgewater Public Schools	62	58
165	Bridgewater-Raynham Regional	499	57
165	Conway Public Schools	23	57
165	Dedham Public Schools	258	57
165	Deerfield Public Schools	59	57
165	Maynard Public Schools	131	57
165	Norton Public Schools	273	57
165	Shutesbury Public Schools	28	57
165	Spencer-East Brookfield Regional	189	57
165	Ware Public Schools	114	57
165	Williamsburg Public Schools	21	57
175	Ashburnham-Westminster Regional	199	56
175	Billerica Public Schools	547	56
175	Monson Public Schools	107	56
175	South Shore Charter, Hull	23	56
179	Ashland Public Schools	197	55
179	Blackstone-Millville Regional	196	55
179	Clinton Public Schools	153	55
179	Farmington River Regional, Otis	20	55
179	Gloucester Public Schools	292	55
179	River Valley Charter, Newburyport	36	55
179	Rockland Public Schools	211	55
179	Swansea Public Schools	180	55
179	Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman	385	55
188	Central Berkshire Regional, Dalton	162	54
188	Danvers Public Schools	311	54
188	Framingham Public Schools	714	54
188	Hopedale Public Schools	92	54
188	Milford Public Schools	318	54
188	Peabody Public Schools	507	54
188	Provincetown Public Schools	11	54
188	Westfield Public Schools	497	54
196	Amesbury Public Schools	207	53
196	Beverly Public Schools	380	53
196	Chatham Public Schools	42	53
196	Greenfield Public Schools	184	53
196	Wareham Public Schools	287	53
201	Brookline Public Schools	449	52
201	Dracut Public Schools	370	52
201	Erving Public Schools	19	52
201	Stoughton Public Schools	337	52
201	Tisbury Public Schools	31	52
206	Northampton Public Schools	220	51
206	Seekonk Public Schools	177	51
206	South Hadley Public Schools	189	51
206	Westport Public Schools	158	51
210	Chesterfield-Goshen Regional	26	50
210	Gardner Public Schools	269	50
210	Hudson Public Schools	213	50
210	Saugus Public Schools	277	50
214	Abington Public Schools	204	49
214	Berkley Public Schools	119	49
214	Falmouth Public Schools	363	49
214	Lee Public Schools	59	49
214	Nantucket Public Schools	92	49
214	Quaboag Regional, Warre	109	49
214	Waltham Public Schools	347	49
221	Dartmouth Public Schools	315	48
221	Dennis-Yarmouth Regional	345	48
221	Halifax Public Schools	99	48
221	Haverhill Public Schools	672	48
221	Middleborough Public Schools	305	48
221	Mystic Valley Regional Charter, Malden	89	48
221	Palmer Public Schools	209	48
221	Revere Public Schools	486	48
221	Southampton Public Schools	90	48
230	Avon Public Schools	57	47
230	Pittsfield Public Schools	496	47
230	Quincy Public Schools	658	47
233	Fairhaven Public Schools	187	46
233	Ludlow Public Schools	201	46
233	Pioneer Valley Regional, Northfield	75	46
236	Athol-Royalston Regional	169	45
236	Douglas Public Schools	115	45
236	Orange Public Schools	100	45
236	West Springfield Public Schools	331	45
240	Attleboro Public Schools	500	44
240	Bourne Public Schools	235	44
240	Carver Public Schools	197	44
240	East Bridgewater Public Schools	195	44
240	Winchendon Public Schools	161	44
245	Adams-Cheshire Regional	143	43
245	Community Day Charter, Lawrence	44	43
245	Freetown-Lakeville Regional	265	43
245	Gateway Regional, Huntington	108	43
245	Holbrook Public Schools	108	43
245	Leominster Public Schools	489	43
251	Dighton-Rehoboth Regional	277	42
251	Taunton Public Schools	715	42
253	Brookfield Public Schools	56	41
253	Easthampton Public Schools	138	41
253	Medford Public Schools	385	41
253	Oxford Public Schools	172	41
253	Randolph Public Schools	317	41
253	Salem Public Schools	422	41
253	Winthrop Public Schools	186	41
260	Hawlemont Regional, Shelburne Falls	18	39
260	Methuen Public Schools	561	39
260	Sabis International Charter, Springfield	119	39
263	Chicopee Public Schools	570	38
263	South Boston Harbor Academy Charter	66	38
265	Everett Public Schools	461	37
265	Gill-Montague Regional	101	37
267	Clarksburg Public Schools	23	35
267	Webster Public Schools	157	35
269	Fall River Public Schools	974	34
269	New Bedford Public Schools	1242	34
269	Southbridge Public Schools	214	34
272	Cambridge Public Schools	513	33
272	Edward Brooke Charter, Brighton	84	33
272	Malden Public Schools	428	33
275	Atlantis Charter, Fall River	68	32
276	Fitchburg Public Schools	520	31
276	Worcester Public Schools	1989	31
278	Prospect Hill Academy Charter, Somerville	61	30
279	Somerville Public Schools	396	29
280	Abby Kelley Foster Charter, Worcester	93	28
280	Hull Public Schools	100	28
280	North Adams Public Schools	180	28
283	Springfield Public Schools	2199	27
284	Lynn Public Schools	1156	26
285	Chelsea Public Schools	441	25
285	New Salem-Wendell Regional	24	25
287	Seven Hills Charter, Worcester	54	24
288	Brockton Public Schools	1381	23
289	Lowell Public Schools	1272	22
290	Neighborhood House Charter, Dorchester	20	20
291	Holyoke Public Schools	594	19
292	Boston Public Schools	4573	17
293	Boston Renaissance Charter	148	16
294	Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter, Springfield	20	10
295	Lawrence Family Development Charter	59	8
295	Lawrence Public Schools	1115	8
297	Conservatory Lab Charter, Brighton	18	6
298	Lowell Community Charter	45	2
299	Uphams Corner Charter, South Boston	72	1
300	Benjamin Banneker Charter, Cambridge	35	0