Top-scoring 3rd grades by school

Here are the 200 schools that performed best on the 3rd grade reading portion of the spring 2004 MCAS exam. Boston.com determined the rankings by adding the percentage of students who received either "Advanced" or "Proficient" in the subject. 100 is the highest possible score.

3RD GRADE READING
2004 Rank	District name	Number tested	Score
1	Gill Elementary, Gill-Montague Regional	14	100
2	L. H. Coffin, Marblehead	66	98
2	Arthur T. Talmadge, Springfield	50	98
4	Clarke, Swampscott	34	97
4	Franklin Ave, Westfield	36	97
6	Machon, Swampscott	27	96
6	Thomas V. Nash, Weymouth	53	96
8	Roger E. Wellington, Belmont	83	94
8	Brown, Natick	82	94
8	Hilltown Cooperative Charter School	18	94
8	Muraco, Winchester	53	94
12	Carlisle School, Carlisle	104	93
12	Joseph E. Fiske, Wellesley	55	93
12	Deerfield, Westwood	40	93
15	Greenlodge, Dedham	59	92
15	Dr. John C. Page School, Pentucket Regional	59	92
15	Vinson-Owen, Winchester	62	92
18	Brackett School, Arlington	67	91
18	Prescott Elementary, Groton-Dunstable Regional	45	91
18	Maria Hastings, Lexington	89	91
18	Chapin Elementary, Ludlow	64	91
18	Cabot, Newton	47	91
18	Peirce, Newton	44	91
18	Merrymount, Quincy	64	91
18	Peter Noyes, Sudbury	109	91
18	Stanley, Swampscott	58	91
27	Alcott, Concord	62	90
27	Bessie Buker, Hamilton-Wenham Regional	41	90
27	Bowen, Newton	60	90
27	Mason-Rice, Newton	58	90
27	Cushing Elementary, Scituate	50	90
27	Pine Hill, Sherborn	63	90
27	James Russell Lowell, Watertown	49	90
27	Schofield, Wellesley	48	90
27	Downey, Westwood	42	90
36	Merriam, Acton	89	89
36	Ben Franklin Classical Charter School	44	89
36	South Elementary, Hingham	90	89
36	Robert L. Ford, Lynn	66	89
36	William Mitchell, Needham	74	89
36	A. E. Angier, Newton	62	89
36	Falls, North Attleborough	54	89
36	Margaret A. Neary, Southborough	194	89
36	Steward Elementary, Topsfield	96	89
36	Whately Elementary, Whately	18	89
46	Luther Conant, Acton	66	88
46	South Elementary, Andover	98	88
46	Stony Brook Elementary, Brewster	48	88
46	Memorial, Burlington	32	88
46	Oxford, Fairhaven	33	88
46	Soule Road, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional	65	88
46	South River, Marshfield	76	88
46	Joseph W. Martin Jr. Elementary, North Attleborough	112	88
46	J. Warren Killam, Reading	104	88
46	Wilbur, Somerset	32	88
46	Abbot Elementary, Westford	142	88
46	John A. Crisafulli School, Westford	163	88
46	Country, Weston	105	88
46	Lincoln, Winchester	66	88
60	Gates, Acton	69	87
60	Bancroft Elementary, Andover	79	87
60	Beeman Memorial, Gloucester	54	87
60	Summer Street, Lynnfield	91	87
60	Ralph Wheelock School, Medfield	253	87
60	Atkinson, North Andover	47	87
60	Kittredge, North Andover	46	87
60	L. D. Batchelder, North Reading	78	87
60	Mildred Aitken School, Seekonk	45	87
60	Cottage Street, Sharon	78	87
60	Benjamin G. Brown, Somerville	23	87
60	Old Post Road, Walpole	91	87
60	Katharine Lee Bates, Wellesley	70	87
60	Annie E. Fales, Westborough	68	87
60	William E. Sheehan, Westwood	67	87
60	Mary D. Altavesta, Woburn	31	87
76	Hardy, Arlington	43	86
76	Spofford Pond, Boxford	125	86
76	La Liberte Elementary, Bridgewater-Raynham Regional	153	86
76	Willard, Concord	76	86
76	Cedar Elementary, Hanover	107	86
76	Lincoln School, Lincoln	90	86
76	Manchester Memorial Elementary, Manchester-Essex Regional	58	86
76	Fuller Meadow, Middleton	104	86
76	Franklin, North Andover	69	86
76	Hadley, Swampscott	51	86
76	Ernest F. Upham, Wellesley	37	86
76	Ambrose Elementary, Winchester	57	86
88	Pierce, Brookline	52	85
88	Ivan G. Smith, Danvers	62	85
88	East Fairhaven, Fairhaven	46	85
88	Stony Hill School, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional	78	85
88	Lanesborough Elementary, Lanesborough	39	85
88	Bridge, Lexington	93	85
88	Malcolm L. Bell, Marblehead	59	85
88	Martinson Elementary, Marshfield	93	85
88	Memorial, Natick	86	85
88	Underwood, Newton	54	85
88	Samuel Brown, Peabody	53	85
88	Petersham Center, Petersham	20	85
88	Manomet Elementary, Plymouth	59	85
88	Josiah Haynes, Sudbury	60	85
88	Woburn Street, Wilmington	159	85
103	Charles D. Harrington, Chelmsford	89	84
103	North Falmouth Elementary, Falmouth	100	84
103	Mabelle M. Burrell, Foxborough	58	84
103	Paul F. Doyon Memorial, Ipswich	70	84
103	Harrington, Lexington	61	84
103	Wolf Swamp Road, Longmeadow	76	84
103	Amvet Boulevard, North Attleborough	68	84
103	E. Ethel Little School, North Reading	56	84
103	Northfield Elementary, Pioneer Valley Regional	37	84
103	East Elementary, Sharon	87	84
103	Heights Elementary, Sharon	134	84
103	East Brookfield Elementary, Spencer-East Brookfield Regional	31	84
103	John D. Hardy, Wellesley	50	84
103	Hunnewell, Wellesley	45	84
103	West Tisbury Elementary, West Tisbury Regional	38	84
103	Shamrock, Woburn	38	84
119	McCarthy-Towne, Acton	70	83
119	Henry C. Sanborn Elementary, Andover	59	83
119	Cyrus E. Dallin, Arlington	64	83
119	West Barnstable Elementary, Barnstable	63	83
119	Lt. Job Lane School, Bedford	179	83
119	Mary Lee Burbank, Belmont	60	83
119	Berlin Memorial, Berlin	41	83
119	Mary Lyon, Boston	12	83
119	Andrew B. Cushman, Dartmouth	40	83
119	Chickering, Dover	114	83
119	Hadley Elementary, Hadley	30	83
119	Winthrop School, Hamilton-Wenham Regional	63	83
119	Memorial, Hopedale	104	83
119	Elmwood, Hopkinton	266	83
119	Russell St Elementary, Littleton	117	83
119	Glover, Marblehead	87	83
119	Eames School, Marshfield	52	83
119	Glover, Milton	59	83
119	Florence Sawyer School, Nashoba Regional	83	83
119	Bennett-Hemenway, Natick	101	83
119	Memorial Spaulding, Newton	72	83
119	Zervas, Newton	41	83
119	Alice M. Barrows, Reading	72	83
119	William Mckinley, Revere	52	83
119	James Fitzgerald Elementary, Waltham	36	83
119	Cunniff, Watertown	42	83
119	Mittineague, West Springfield	24	83
119	Paul Hanlon, Westwood	18	83
147	Douglas, Acton	67	82
147	Marston Mills East, Barnstable	68	82
147	Lyndon, Boston	55	82
147	Edith C. Baker, Brookline	65	82
147	Byam School, Chelmsford	113	82
147	Thoreau, Concord	77	82
147	Conway Grammar, Conway	22	82
147	George H. Potter, Dartmouth	71	82
147	Vincent M. Igo Elementary, Foxborough	74	82
147	West Parish, Gloucester	66	82
147	Green River, Greenfield	22	82
147	Placentino Elementary, Holliston	44	82
147	Fiske, Lexington	79	82
147	Winthrop, Melrose	45	82
147	Memorial School, Mendon-Upton Regional	109	82
147	Fannie E. Proctor, Northborough	51	82
147	Pelham Elementary, Pelham	17	82
147	North Pembroke Elementary, Pembroke	82	82
147	West Brookfield Elementary, Quaboag Regional	55	82
147	Helen Hansen Elementary, Stoughton	44	82
147	General John Nixon Elementary, Sudbury	84	82
147	Woodland, Weston	85	82
147	Wyman, Woburn	28	82
170	High Plain Elementary, Andover	112	81
170	Boylston Elementary, Boylston	53	81
170	Fox Hill, Burlington	80	81
170	Chatham Elementary, Chatham	53	81
170	Coughlin, Fall River	27	81
170	Helen Keller, Franklin	105	81
170	Bowman, Lexington	72	81
170	Joseph Estabrook, Lexington	86	81
170	Blueberry Hill, Longmeadow	93	81
170	Johnson, Nahant	27	81
170	Center School, Nashoba Regional	86	81
170	Lilja Elementary, Natick	70	81
170	Broadmeadow, Needham	63	81
170	Hillside Elementary, Needham	75	81
170	C. C. Burr, Newton	42	81
170	Allen Avenue, North Attleborough	42	81
170	Lincoln Street, Northborough	53	81
170	John P. Oldham, Norwood	62	81
170	John E. Burke, Peabody	53	81
170	Helen R. Donaghue School, Pentucket Regional	98	81
170	Sutton Elementary, Sutton	146	81
170	Newbury Elementary, Triton Regional	73	81
170	Davis Hill Elementary School, Wachusett Regional	80	81
170	Claypit Hill School, Wayland	123	81
170	Frederick C. Murphy, Weymouth	67	81
170	Wessagusset, Weymouth	79	81
170	Goodyear, Woburn	58	81
197	Benjamin J. Phelps, Agawam	90	80
197	John A. Bishop, Arlington	59	80
197	Peirce, Arlington	30	80
197	Thompson, Arlington	51	80
197	Osterville Bay Elementary, Barnstable	86	80
197	South Row, Chelmsford	81	80
197	Jefferson Elementary, Franklin	98	80
197	Harvard Elementary, Harvard	88	80
197	Plymouth River, Hingham	112	80
197	Center, Longmeadow	88	80
197	Lynn Woods, Lynn	25	80
197	Sippican, Marion	59	80
197	Martha's Vineyard Community Charter School	15	80
197	Christopher Columbus, Medford	51	80
197	Countryside, Newton	89	80
197	Oakham Center, Quabbin Regional	25	80
197	Charles A. Bernazzani Elementary, Quincy	49	80
197	Birch Meadow, Reading	82	80
197	Dawson, Wachusett Regional	70	80
197	Malcolm White, Woburn	35	80