Top-ranked 3rd grade districts

Here are the top 3rd grade school districts, ranked by Reading scores on the spring 2004 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.

READING
2004 Rank	District name	Number tested	Score
1	Western Mass. Hilltown Community School	18	94
2	Carlisle Public Schools	104	93
3	Swampscott Public Schools	172	91
4	Sherborn Public Schools	63	90
5	Topsfield Public Schools	96	89
5	Whately Public Schools	18	89
5	Benjamin Franklin Community School	44	89
8	Marblehead Public Schools	212	88
8	Southborough Public Schools	196	88
10	Winchester Public Schools	299	87
10	Medfield Public Schools	254	87
12	Wellesley Public Schools	354	86
12	Boxford Public Schools	125	86
14	Sharon Public Schools	301	85
14	Weston Public Schools	192	85
14	Acton Public Schools	363	85
14	Concord Public Schools	221	85
14	Lanesborough Public Schools	39	85
14	Middleton Public Schools	105	85
14	Petersham Public Schools	20	85
21	Lexington Public Schools	481	84
21	Westwood Public Schools	230	84
21	Westford Public Schools	437	84
24	Andover Public Schools	488	83
24	North Reading Public Schools	215	83
24	Hopkinton Public Schools	266	83
24	Arlington Public Schools	365	83
24	Hadley Public Schools	30	83
24	Natick Public Schools	382	83
24	North Attleborough Public Schools	386	83
24	Littleton Public Schools	117	83
24	Hopedale Public Schools	104	83
24	Berlin Public Schools	41	83
24	Dover Public Schools	115	83
35	Belmont Public Schools	274	82
35	Bedford Public Schools	181	82
35	Pentucket Regional Schools	257	82
35	Conway Public Schools	22	82
35	Pelham Public Schools	17	82
35	West Tisbury Regional Schools	44	82
41	Manchester-Essex Regional	99	81
41	Lynnfield Public Schools	163	81
41	Nashoba Regional Schools	231	81
41	Reading Public Schools	351	81
41	Longmeadow Public Schools	259	81
41	Hingham Public Schools	315	81
41	Marshfield Public Schools	354	81
41	Hanover Public Schools	241	81
41	Sutton Public Schools	146	81
41	Foxborough Public Schools	210	81
41	Boylston Public Schools	53	81
41	Nahant Public Schools	27	81
41	Sudbury Public Schools	354	81
54	Newton Public Schools	823	80
54	North Andover Public Schools	334	80
54	Chatham Public Schools	54	80
54	Wilmington Public Schools	310	80
54	Martha's Vineyard Community School	15	80
59	Harvard Public Schools	89	79
59	Wayland Public Schools	254	79
59	Westborough Public Schools	236	79
59	Scituate Public Schools	261	79
59	Chelmsford Public Schools	453	79
59	Spencer-East Brookfield Regional Schools	146	79
59	Brewster Public Schools	89	79
59	Lincoln Public Schools	146	79
59	Rochester Public Schools	76	79
59	Wellfleet Public Schools	24	79
69	Needham Public Schools	354	78
69	Hamilton-Wenham Regional Schools	166	78
69	Cohasset Public Schools	124	78
69	Duxbury Public Schools	256	78
69	Brookline Public Schools	399	78
69	Walpole Public Schools	294	78
69	Pioneer Valley Regional Schools	68	78
69	Boxborough Public Schools	89	78
69	Marion Public Schools	60	78
69	Norfolk Public Schools	152	78
69	Northborough Public Schools	213	78
69	Richmond Public Schools	18	78
69	Wrentham Public Schools	158	78
82	Hampden-Wilbraham Regional Schools	280	77
82	Woburn Public Schools	362	77
82	Ipswich Public Schools	148	77
82	Mendon-Upton Regional Schools	222	77
82	Melrose Public Schools	247	77
82	Falmouth Public Schools	334	77
82	Dartmouth Public Schools	301	77
82	Hull Public Schools	82	77
90	Groton-Dunstable Regional Schools	234	76
90	Burlington Public Schools	268	76
90	Grafton Public Schools	201	76
90	Georgetown Public Schools	107	76
90	North Middlesex Regional Schools	339	76
90	Weymouth Public Schools	532	76
90	Maynard Public Schools	99	76
90	Deerfield Public Schools	58	76
90	Granville Public Schools	17	76
99	Norwell Public Schools	175	75
99	Holliston Public Schools	244	75
99	Bridgewater-Raynham Regional Schools	502	75
99	Somerset Public Schools	202	75
99	Hatfield Public Schools	36	75
99	Dedham Public Schools	224	75
99	Winchendon Public Schools	135	75
99	Brimfield Public Schools	48	75
99	Mattapoisett Public Schools	76	75
99	Truro Public Schools	12	75
109	Wachusett Regional Schools	565	74
109	Easton Public Schools	315	74
109	Rockport Public Schools	70	74
109	East Longmeadow Public Schools	207	74
109	Central Berkshire Regional Schools	139	74
109	Watertown Public Schools	176	74
109	Plympton Public Schools	35	74
109	Tisbury Public Schools	39	74
117	Triton Regional Schools	244	73
117	Fairhaven Public Schools	165	73
117	Barnstable Public Schools	497	73
117	Community Day Care	22	73
117	Hawlemont Regional Schools	15	73
122	Franklin Public Schools	549	72
122	Shrewsbury Public Schools	483	72
122	Mansfield Public Schools	410	72
122	Danvers Public Schools	284	72
122	Stoughton Public Schools	269	72
122	Swansea Public Schools	166	72
122	Seekonk Public Schools	171	72
122	Avon Public Schools	47	72
122	Lee Public Schools	54	72
131	Tyngsborough Public Schools	164	71
131	Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional Schools	294	71
131	Southwick-Tolland Regional Schools	146	71
131	Agawam Public Schools	347	71
131	Plymouth Public Schools	692	71
131	Sunderland Public Schools	31	71
131	Farmington River Regional Schools	17	71
138	Milton Public Schools	274	70
138	Wakefield Public Schools	273	70
138	West Boylston Public Schools	84	70
138	Ashland Public Schools	209	70
138	Abington Public Schools	198	70
138	Sabis Foxboro Regional Community School	103	70
138	Bellingham Public Schools	188	70
138	Ludlow Public Schools	221	70
138	Amherst Public Schools	200	70
138	Kingston Public Schools	200	70
138	Lakeville Public Schools	126	70
138	Pembroke Public Schools	244	70
150	Braintree Public Schools	417	69
150	Millis Public Schools	100	69
150	Newburyport Public Schools	176	69
150	Norwood Public Schools	274	69
150	Ashburnham-Westminster Regional Schools	188	69
150	Billerica Public Schools	542	69
150	Dighton-Rehoboth Regional Schools	259	69
150	Dracut Public Schools	326	69
150	Quaboag Regional Schools	127	69
150	Erving Public Schools	16	69
160	Medway Public Schools	246	68
160	Canton Public Schools	250	68
160	Granby Public Schools	88	68
160	Whitman-Hanson Regional Schools	335	68
160	East Bridgewater Public Schools	187	68
160	Northbridge Public Schools	195	68
160	Marlborough Public Schools	389	68
160	Gloucester Public Schools	290	68
160	Acushnet Public Schools	107	68
160	Leverett Public Schools	28	68
160	Neighborhood House Community School	22	68
171	Lunenburg Public Schools	112	67
171	Ayer Public Schools	121	67
171	Carver Public Schools	167	67
171	Uxbridge Public Schools	177	67
171	Berkshire Hills Regional Schools	67	67
171	Oak Bluffs Public Schools	43	67
171	Orleans Public Schools	36	67
171	Shirley Public Schools	73	67
171	Williamsburg Public Schools	30	67
171	New Salem-Wendell Regional Schools	15	67
181	Tewksbury Public Schools	377	66
181	Quabbin Regional Schools	229	66
181	Southern Berkshire Regional Schools	62	66
181	Milford Public Schools	322	66
181	Peabody Public Schools	533	66
181	Dennis-Yarmouth Regional Schools	319	66
181	Saugus Public Schools	265	66
181	Quincy Public Schools	637	66
181	Middleborough Public Schools	317	66
181	Sturbridge Public Schools	111	66
181	Williamstown Public Schools	74	66
192	Sandwich Public Schools	339	65
192	West Bridgewater Public Schools	75	65
192	Beverly Public Schools	373	65
192	Plainville Public Schools	115	65
196	Bourne Public Schools	217	64
196	Palmer Public Schools	160	64
196	Eastham Public Schools	28	64
196	Orange Public Schools	98	64
196	River Valley Charter School	33	64
201	Mystic Valley Regional Community School	118	63
201	Provincetown Public Schools	19	63
201	Oxford Public Schools	173	63
201	Southampton Public Schools	71	63
205	Blackstone-Millville Regional Schools	186	62
205	Belchertown Public Schools	201	62
205	Northampton Public Schools	225	62
205	North Brookfield Public Schools	61	62
205	Norton Public Schools	274	62
205	Mohawk Trail Regional Schools	94	62
205	Winthrop Public Schools	163	62
205	Holbrook Public Schools	92	62
205	Medford Public Schools	283	62
205	Gardner Public Schools	235	62
205	Berkley Public Schools	105	62
205	Halifax Public Schools	109	62
205	Shutesbury Public Schools	21	62
205	Atlantis Charter School	68	62
205	Chesterfield-Goshen Regional Schools	26	62
220	Stoneham Public Schools	216	61
220	Amesbury Public Schools	178	61
220	Millbury Public Schools	144	61
220	Rockland Public Schools	183	61
220	Douglas Public Schools	99	61
220	Wareham Public Schools	256	61
220	Pittsfield Public Schools	496	61
227	Leicester Public Schools	151	60
227	Framingham Public Schools	728	60
227	Monson Public Schools	131	60
227	Westport Community Public Schools	144	60
227	Attleboro Public Schools	482	60
227	Haverhill Public Schools	610	60
227	Southbridge Public Schools	202	60
227	Robert M. Hughes Charter School	20	60
235	Nantucket Public Schools	73	59
235	Methuen Public Schools	574	59
235	Revere Public Schools	394	59
235	Greenfield Public Schools	142	59
235	Webster Public Schools	128	59
235	Wales Public Schools	27	59
241	Harwich Public Schools	115	58
241	Salem Public Schools	406	58
243	South Hadley Public Schools	161	57
243	Waltham Public Schools	323	57
243	Mashpee Public Schools	157	57
243	Adams-Cheshire Regional Schools	141	57
243	Westfield Public Schools	456	57
243	Abby Kelly Foster Community School	92	57
243	Randolph Public Schools	291	57
243	Freetown Public Schools	95	57
251	Hudson Public Schools	211	56
251	Clinton Public Schools	158	56
251	Narragansett Regional Schools	123	56
251	Easthampton Public Schools	126	56
251	Somerville Public Schools	381	56
251	Westhampton Public Schools	16	56
257	West Springfield Public Schools	281	55
257	Gateway Regional Schools	100	55
257	Brookfield Public Schools	44	55
260	Lenox Public Schools	61	54
260	Taunton Public Schools	684	54
260	Athol-Royalston Regional Schools	171	54
260	Cambridge Public Schools	466	54
264	Ware Public Schools	93	53
264	Leominster Public Schools	486	53
264	Everett Public Schools	361	53
267	Gill-Montague Regional Schools	91	52
267	Malden Public Schools	471	52
267	Chicopee Public Schools	539	52
270	Auburn Public Schools	206	51
270	North Adams Public Schools	144	51
270	Fitchburg Public Schools	495	51
270	Lynn Public Schools	1,076	51
270	Edgartown Public Schools	39	51
275	Clarksburg Public Schools	30	50
275	Holland Public Schools	20	50
277	Chelsea Public Schools	440	49
278	Sabis International Community School	114	48
278	Fall River Public Schools	971	48
278	New Bedford Public Schools	1,186	48
281	Brockton Public Schools	1,272	44
281	Seven Hills Charter School	78	44
283	South Shore Community School	23	43
284	Springfield Public Schools	2,084	40
285	Lowell Public Schools	1,146	39
285	Worcester Public Schools	1,859	39
285	Lawrence Family Development Community School	57	39
288	Renaissance Charter School	187	37
289	Lowell Community Charter School	95	36
290	Somerville Charter School	65	35
290	Boston Public Schools	4,438	35
292	Lawrence Public Schools	1,044	25
292	Benjamin Banneker Community School	36	25
294	Holyoke Public Schools	525	24
295	Conservatory Lab Charter School	21	19