Top-scoring 4th grades by school

Here are the 200 schools that performed best on the 4th grade English and math portions 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 subjects. 100 is the highest possible score.

4TH GRADE ENGLISH 2004 Rank District name Number tested Score 1 Brackett School, Arlington 45 100 2 Linscott-Rumford, Woburn 52 98 2 William H. Lincoln, Brookline 40 98 4 Muraco, Winchester 39 97 5 Martha Jones, Westwood 61 95 5 Cornelius M. Callahan, Norwood 38 95 7 Bowen, Newton 53 94 7 Academy Avenue, Weymouth 59 94 9 Joseph E. Fiske, Wellesley 53 93 9 Ambrose Elementary, Winchester 58 93 9 West Parish, Gloucester 61 93 12 Vinson-Owen, Winchester 51 92 13 Mason-Rice, Newton 64 91 13 Merriam, Acton 62 91 13 Gates, Acton 68 91 13 Bennett-Hemenway, Natick 79 91 13 Goodyear, Woburn 34 91 13 Clyde Reeves, Woburn 57 91 19 Prescott Elementary, Groton-Dunstable Regional 48 90 19 Pine Hill, Sherborn 79 90 19 Lincoln, Winchester 74 90 19 Ernest F. Upham, Wellesley 49 90 19 Cyrus E. Dallin, Arlington 56 90 19 Fiske, Lexington 77 90 19 General John Nixon Elementary, Sudbury 76 90 19 Heath, Brookline 38 90 19 Otis Memorial, Bourne 20 90 28 Clarke, Swampscott 39 89 28 L. D. Batchelder, North Reading 74 89 28 Memorial, Natick 81 89 28 East Elementary, Sharon 71 89 28 Paul Hanlon, Westwood 38 89 28 Marston Mills East, Barnstable 62 89 28 J. F. Kennedy Memorial, Franklin 86 89 28 Gov Edward Winslow, Marshfield 74 89 36 Cushing Elementary, Scituate 57 88 36 Charles D. Harrington, Chelmsford 96 88 36 Mary Lee Burbank, Belmont 68 88 36 Zervas, Newton 41 88 36 Thoreau, Concord 55 88 36 Fannie E. Proctor, Northborough 42 88 42 Thomas V. Nash, Weymouth 47 87 42 Dr. John C. Page School, Pentucket Regional 74 87 42 Cabot, Newton 61 87 42 Schofield, Wellesley 59 87 42 Ivan G. Smith, Danvers 58 87 42 Harrington, Lexington 72 87 42 Winthrop School, Hamilton-Wenham Regional 76 87 42 Harvard Elementary, Harvard 97 87 42 J. Turner Hood, North Reading 79 87 42 John Ward, Newton 54 87 42 Marion E. Zeh, Northborough 52 87 53 Deerfield, Westwood 29 86 53 Peirce, Newton 40 86 53 A. E. Angier, Newton 60 86 53 South Elementary, Andover 107 86 53 Hardy, Arlington 49 86 53 Manchester Memorial Elementary, Manchester-Essex Regional 62 86 53 Martinson Elementary, Marshfield 86 86 53 Conway Grammar, Conway 21 86 53 Grace Farrar Cole, Norwell 78 86 53 John F. Kennedy, Canton 81 86 63 William Mitchell, Needham 69 85 63 Luther Conant, Acton 73 85 63 South River, Marshfield 93 85 63 Summer Street, Lynnfield 81 85 63 Kittredge, North Andover 41 85 63 Josiah Haynes, Sudbury 66 85 63 John D. Hardy, Wellesley 48 85 63 Glover, Milton 67 85 63 Byam School, Chelmsford 108 85 63 Winn Brook, Belmont 69 85 63 Spring Street, Shrewsbury 87 85 74 Margaret A. Neary, Southborough 162 84 74 Hunnewell, Wellesley 43 84 74 Jefferson Elementary, Franklin 80 84 74 Wampatuck Elementary, Scituate 65 84 78 Bridge, Lexington 87 83 78 McCarthy-Towne, Acton 84 83 78 Lilja Elementary, Natick 75 83 78 Claypit Hill School, Wayland 99 83 78 Thompson, Arlington 52 83 78 Happy Hollow School, Wayland 69 83 78 Daniel Webster, Marshfield 67 83 78 Glenwood, Springfield 64 83 78 Walton, Wakefield 36 83 87 Stony Brook Elementary, Brewster 62 82 87 Joseph W. Martin Jr. Elementary, North Attleborough 101 82 87 J. Warren Killam, Reading 78 82 87 Douglas, Acton 66 82 87 Chatham Elementary, Chatham 56 82 87 Center School, Nashoba Regional 84 82 87 Joshua Eaton, Reading 75 82 87 Willis E. Thorpe, Danvers 61 82 87 Thornton Burgess, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional 64 82 96 Katharine Lee Bates, Wellesley 48 81 96 Heights Elementary, Sharon 106 81 96 Shamrock, Woburn 32 81 96 West Barnstable Elementary, Barnstable 58 81 96 Lt. Job Lane School, Bedford 163 81 96 Andrew B. Cushman, Dartmouth 47 81 96 Helen Keller, Franklin 93 81 96 Joseph Estabrook, Lexington 94 81 96 Johnson, Nahant 27 81 96 James Tansey, Fall River 52 81 96 Cunningham School, Milton 88 81 107 Ben Franklin Classical Charter School 46 80 107 Soule Road, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional 65 80 107 John A. Crisafulli School, Westford 143 80 107 E. Ethel Little School, North Reading 59 80 107 Alice M. Barrows, Reading 67 80 107 Coughlin, Fall River 25 80 107 Bowman, Lexington 86 80 107 Plymouth River, Hingham 93 80 107 Hollis, Braintree 75 80 107 Boyden, Walpole 70 80 107 Kittredge, Central Berkshire Regional 35 80 107 Donald Ross, Braintree 59 80 107 Greenmont Avenue, Dracut 56 80 107 Charles J. Prescott, Norwood 50 80 107 Thomas Prince, Wachusett Regional 64 80 107 Colonial Park, Stoneham 41 80 107 Dale Street, Medfield 244 80 124 Peter Noyes, Sudbury 99 79 124 Alcott, Concord 76 79 124 Downey, Westwood 42 79 124 Abbot Elementary, Westford 153 79 124 Beeman Memorial, Gloucester 47 79 124 Lincoln Street, Northborough 52 79 124 Malcolm White, Woburn 33 79 124 Alden School, Duxbury 258 79 124 Horace Mann, Melrose 51 79 124 Huckleberry Hill, Lynnfield 75 79 124 Mountain View, East Longmeadow 89 79 124 William G. Vinal, Norwell 66 79 124 Chace Street, Somerset 44 79 124 Liberty, Braintree 63 79 124 John Eliot, Needham 47 79 124 Hopkins Elementary School, Hopkinton 275 79 140 L. H. Coffin, Marblehead 75 78 140 Willard, Concord 59 78 140 Amvet Boulevard, North Attleborough 60 78 140 Memorial Spaulding, Newton 83 78 140 William Mckinley, Revere 55 78 140 Green River, Greenfield 27 78 140 Broadmeadow, Needham 72 78 140 Newbury Elementary, Triton Regional 85 78 140 Wellfleet Elementary, Wellfleet 23 78 140 Michael Driscoll, Brookline 45 78 140 Freeman-Centennial, Norfolk 157 78 140 Hatherly Elementary, Scituate 60 78 140 Charles Taylor Elementary, Foxborough 67 78 140 Roosevelt Avenue, North Attleborough 42 78 140 Hyannis West Elementary, Barnstable 68 78 140 Newman Elementary, Needham 113 78 140 Cold Spring, Plymouth 32 78 140 Dean S. Luce, Canton 91 78 140 Franklin, Newton 75 78 140 Howe-Manning, Middleton 96 78 140 Proctor Elementary, Topsfield 102 78 161 Arthur T. Talmadge, Springfield 53 77 161 Maria Hastings, Lexington 96 77 161 Mildred Aitken School, Seekonk 57 77 161 Hadley, Swampscott 51 77 161 Underwood, Newton 43 77 161 Chickering, Dover 110 77 161 Eames School, Marshfield 70 77 161 South Row, Chelmsford 94 77 161 Christopher Columbus, Medford 69 77 161 Countryside, Newton 65 77 161 Birch Meadow, Reading 92 77 161 Blanchard Memorial, Boxborough 85 77 161 Sprague, Wellesley 55 77 161 Collicot, Milton 61 77 161 Annie L. Sargent School, North Andover 136 77 161 Union Street, Weymouth 84 77 161 Henry T. Wing, Sandwich 95 77 161 Ralph Talbot, Weymouth 52 77 161 Kelley, Newburyport 13 77 161 Fowler Elementary, Fall River 26 77 161 Field Elementary School, Weston 174 77 182 Falls, North Attleborough 46 76 182 Cottage Street, Sharon 81 76 182 North Falmouth Elementary, Falmouth 92 76 182 Mabelle M. Burrell, Foxborough 66 76 182 James Fitzgerald Elementary, Waltham 46 76 182 Center Elementary School, Chelmsford 82 76 182 Grafton Intermediate, Grafton 206 76 182 Hemenway, Framingham 72 76 182 John D. Runkle, Brookline 59 76 182 Sunderland Elementary, Sunderland 33 76 182 Highlands, Braintree 58 76 182 Robin Hood, Stoneham 57 76 194 Bancroft Elementary, Andover 73 75 194 William E. Sheehan, Westwood 54 75 194 Stony Hill School, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional 68 75 194 Florence Sawyer School, Nashoba Regional 86 75 194 Loker School, Wayland 58 75 194 Fisher, Walpole 122 75 194 Lawrence W. Pingree, Weymouth 52 75 194 Nathaniel Morton Elementary, Plymouth 114 75 194 Mary E. Flaherty School, Braintree 60 75 194 Israel Loring School, Sudbury 116 75 194 Oak Bluffs Elementary, Oak Bluffs 47 75 194 Riverside, Danvers 40 75 194 Horace Mann, Newton 59 75 194 Harwich Elementary, Harwich 102 75 194 Oliver Hazard Perry, Boston 32 75 194 Deer Hill, Cohasset 131 75 194 Charles E. Roderick, Wrentham 182 75

4TH GRADE MATH 2004 Rank District name Number tested Score 1 Vinson-Owen, Winchester 51 95 2 Muraco, Winchester 39 93 3 Brackett School, Arlington 45 92 4 Merriam, Acton 62 90 5 John Ward, Newton 54 89 6 Thomas V. Nash, Weymouth 49 88 7 Bowen, Newton 52 87 8 Ambrose Elementary, Winchester 58 86 8 Hardy, Arlington 50 86 8 Conway Grammar, Conway 21 86 11 Academy Avenue, Weymouth 59 85 11 Lincoln, Winchester 74 85 13 Ernest F. Upham, Wellesley 49 84 13 Luther Conant, Acton 73 84 15 Peirce, Newton 40 83 16 Cornelius M. Callahan, Norwood 38 82 16 Gates, Acton 68 82 16 Bridge, Lexington 87 82 16 Greenmont Avenue, Dracut 56 82 20 Mason-Rice, Newton 64 81 20 L. D. Batchelder, North Reading 74 81 20 Cabot, Newton 61 81 20 Heights Elementary, Sharon 106 81 24 Joseph E. Fiske, Wellesley 53 80 24 East Elementary, Sharon 71 80 24 Zervas, Newton 41 80 24 Dr. John C. Page School, Pentucket Regional 74 80 24 Harvard Elementary, Harvard 97 80 24 South River, Marshfield 93 80 30 West Parish, Gloucester 61 79 30 Bennett-Hemenway, Natick 79 79 30 General John Nixon Elementary, Sudbury 76 79 30 Deerfield, Westwood 29 79 30 Margaret A. Neary, Southborough 162 79 30 Stony Brook Elementary, Brewster 62 79 30 Blanchard Memorial, Boxborough 86 79 37 Jefferson Elementary, Franklin 80 78 37 Eddy Elementary, Brewster 46 78 39 Clarke, Swampscott 39 77 39 Martinson Elementary, Marshfield 86 77 39 Josiah Haynes, Sudbury 66 77 39 Arthur T. Talmadge, Springfield 53 77 39 Ralph Talbot, Weymouth 52 77 44 Goodyear, Woburn 34 76 44 E. Ethel Little School, North Reading 59 76 44 Memorial Spaulding, Newton 83 76 44 Charles Taylor Elementary, Foxborough 67 76 44 Hardwick Elementary, Quabbin Regional 41 76 49 Linscott-Rumford, Woburn 52 75 49 Winn Brook, Belmont 69 75 49 Joseph Estabrook, Lexington 94 75 49 Lincoln Street, Northborough 52 75 53 Martha Jones, Westwood 61 74 53 Cyrus E. Dallin, Arlington 56 74 53 J. F. Kennedy Memorial, Franklin 85 74 53 Charles D. Harrington, Chelmsford 97 74 53 South Elementary, Andover 107 74 53 William Mitchell, Needham 69 74 53 Hunnewell, Wellesley 43 74 53 McCarthy-Towne, Acton 84 74 53 Claypit Hill School, Wayland 99 74 53 Glenwood, Springfield 65 74 53 Douglas, Acton 66 74 53 Thomas Prince, Wachusett Regional 64 74 53 Broadmeadow, Needham 72 74 53 Eames School, Marshfield 70 74 53 Eastham Elementary, Eastham 34 74 68 William H. Lincoln, Brookline 40 73 68 Memorial, Natick 81 73 68 Gov Edward Winslow, Marshfield 74 73 68 Mary Lee Burbank, Belmont 68 73 68 Thoreau, Concord 55 73 68 Grace Farrar Cole, Norwell 78 73 68 Colonial Park, Stoneham 41 73 68 Alcott, Concord 76 73 68 Chace Street, Somerset 44 73 68 Maria Hastings, Lexington 96 73 68 South Row, Chelmsford 94 73 68 Sunderland Elementary, Sunderland 33 73 68 Orleans Elementary, Orleans 47 73 81 John D. Hardy, Wellesley 49 72 81 Thompson, Arlington 53 72 83 A. E. Angier, Newton 60 71 83 Kittredge, North Andover 41 71 83 Katharine Lee Bates, Wellesley 48 71 83 Huckleberry Hill, Lynnfield 75 71 83 John D. Runkle, Brookline 59 71 83 C. C. Burr, Newton 45 71 89 Clyde Reeves, Woburn 57 70 89 Fiske, Lexington 77 70 89 Winthrop School, Hamilton-Wenham Regional 77 70 89 Center School, Nashoba Regional 85 70 89 Lt. Job Lane School, Bedford 163 70 89 Alice M. Barrows, Reading 67 70 89 Bowman, Lexington 86 70 89 Mountain View, East Longmeadow 89 70 89 Wellfleet Elementary, Wellfleet 23 70 89 Underwood, Newton 43 70 99 Pine Hill, Sherborn 79 69 99 Fannie E. Proctor, Northborough 42 69 99 J. Turner Hood, North Reading 79 69 99 Shamrock, Woburn 33 69 99 John A. Crisafulli School, Westford 143 69 99 Willard, Concord 59 69 99 Newbury Elementary, Triton Regional 85 69 99 Stony Hill School, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional 68 69 107 Prescott Elementary, Groton-Dunstable Regional 48 68 107 Manchester Memorial Elementary, Manchester-Essex Regional 62 68 107 Daniel Webster, Marshfield 67 68 107 Chatham Elementary, Chatham 56 68 107 Andrew B. Cushman, Dartmouth 47 68 107 Newman Elementary, Needham 113 68 107 Countryside, Newton 65 68 107 Israel Loring School, Sudbury 116 68 107 Naquag Elementary, Wachusett Regional 108 68 107 Brown, Natick 80 68 107 Lynch Elementary, Winchester 44 68 107 Hillside Elementary, Needham 59 68 119 Byam School, Chelmsford 108 67 119 Helen Keller, Franklin 93 67 119 Hemenway, Framingham 72 67 119 Bancroft Elementary, Andover 73 67 119 James Russell Lowell, Watertown 60 67 124 Paul Hanlon, Westwood 38 66 124 Glover, Milton 68 66 124 Ben Franklin Classical Charter School 46 66 124 Kittredge, Central Berkshire Regional 35 66 124 Abbot Elementary, Westford 153 66 124 Collicot, Milton 61 66 124 Center Elementary School, Chelmsford 82 66 124 Robin Hood, Stoneham 59 66 124 Davis Hill Elementary School, Wachusett Regional 72 66 133 Otis Memorial, Bourne 20 65 133 Cushing Elementary, Scituate 57 65 133 Summer Street, Lynnfield 81 65 133 Boyden, Walpole 70 65 133 Peter Noyes, Sudbury 99 65 133 L. H. Coffin, Marblehead 75 65 133 Proctor Elementary, Topsfield 102 65 133 Chickering, Dover 110 65 133 Sprague, Wellesley 55 65 133 Beechwood Knoll Elementary, Quincy 55 65 133 Becket Consolidated, Central Berkshire Regional 20 65 133 Spofford Pond, Boxford 146 65 133 Jenkins Elementary, Scituate 81 65 133 Wollaston School, Quincy 57 65 133 Indian Brook, Plymouth 134 65 133 West Memorial, Peabody 51 65 149 Harrington, Lexington 72 64 149 Marion E. Zeh, Northborough 52 64 149 Walton, Wakefield 36 64 149 Coughlin, Fall River 25 64 149 Union Street, Weymouth 84 64 149 North Falmouth Elementary, Falmouth 92 64 149 Mullen-Hall, Falmouth 92 64 149 Bessie Buker Elementary, Hamilton-Wenham Regional 44 64 149 Federal Furnace School, Plymouth 77 64 149 George W. Brown, Newburyport 44 64 149 Louise A. Conley, Whitman-Hanson Regional 71 64 160 Lilja Elementary, Natick 75 63 160 Johnson, Nahant 27 63 160 Plymouth River, Hingham 93 63 160 Hollis, Braintree 76 63 160 William G. Vinal, Norwell 67 63 160 Franklin, Newton 75 63 160 High Plain Elementary, Andover 89 63 160 Oak Street Elementary, Franklin 81 63 160 Woodrow Wilson, Framingham 81 63 169 Schofield, Wellesley 60 62 169 Spring Street, Shrewsbury 87 62 169 J. Warren Killam, Reading 78 62 169 Willis E. Thorpe, Danvers 61 62 169 Soule Road, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional 65 62 169 Charles J. Prescott, Norwood 50 62 169 Dale Street, Medfield 244 62 169 Horace Mann, Melrose 51 62 169 Dean S. Luce, Canton 91 62 169 Oliver Hazard Perry, Boston 32 62 169 Tatham, West Springfield 48 62 169 James Clark School, Agawam 84 62 169 Frederick J. Dutile, Billerica 81 62 169 Edith C. Baker, Brookline 57 62 169 Truro Central, Truro 13 62 169 George H. Conley, Boston 31 62 185 John F. Kennedy, Canton 82 61 185 Loker School, Wayland 58 61 185 Horace Mann, Newton 59 61 185 Elizabeth Carter Brooks, New Bedford 40 61 185 North Pembroke Elementary, Pembroke 71 61 185 Edward Devotion, Brookline 59 61 185 Roger E. Wellington, Belmont 80 61 185 Paxton Center, Wachusett Regional 73 61 185 Pierce, Brookline 56 61 194 Downey, Westwood 42 60 194 Michael Driscoll, Brookline 45 60 194 Howe-Manning, Middleton 97 60 194 Field Elementary School, Weston 174 60 194 Highlands, Braintree 58 60 194 Lincoln School, Lincoln 73 60 194 Henry C. Sanborn Elementary, Andover 76 60 194 Williams, Newton 35 60 194 Malcolm L. Bell, Marblehead 70 60 194 Clyde F. Brown, Millis 101 60 194 Williamstown Elementary, Williamstown 82 60 194 Floral Street School, Shrewsbury 200 60 194 Lt. Peter M. Hansen, Canton 91 60 194 Essex Elementary & Middle School, Manchester-Essex Regional 43 60 194 Davis Thayer, Franklin 51 60 194 Ashby Elementary, North Middlesex Regional 53 60 194 Dennett Elementary, Plympton 33 60 194 Burgess Elementary, Sturbridge 114 60 194 Joseph A. Campbell Elementary, Dracut 103 60