Top-ranked 5th grade districts

Here are the top 5th grade school districts, ranked by science scores on the spring 2004 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.

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2004 Rank	District name	Number tested	Score
1	Pelham Public Schools	16	100
2	Truro Public Schools	15	94
2	Leverett Public Schools	16	94
4	Boxford Public Schools	139	91
5	Norwell Public Schools	164	89
5	Richmond Public Schools	27	89
5	Western Mass. Hilltown Community School	18	89
8	Sherborn Public Schools	68	88
9	Martha's Vineyard Community School	15	87
10	Harvard Public Schools	106	86
11	Acton Public Schools	371	85
11	Westford Public Schools	405	85
13	Wayland Public Schools	246	84
14	Lexington Public Schools	508	83
14	Manchester-Essex Regional	105	83
14	Andover Public Schools	503	83
14	Westborough Public Schools	300	83
18	Brewster Public Schools	99	82
18	Sudbury Public Schools	327	82
18	Chatham Public Schools	55	82
18	Nashoba Regional Schools	235	82
18	Wrentham Public Schools	172	82
23	Winchester Public Schools	287	81
23	North Reading Public Schools	232	81
23	Marshfield Public Schools	341	81
23	Orleans Public Schools	42	81
23	Arlington Public Schools	352	81
23	Westwood Public Schools	226	81
23	Benjamin Franklin Community School	48	81
23	Groton-Dunstable Regional Schools	252	81
23	West Boylston Public Schools	95	81
23	Hadley Public Schools	40	81
23	Deerfield Public Schools	58	81
23	Hatfield Public Schools	33	81
35	Lynnfield Public Schools	173	80
35	Medfield Public Schools	252	80
35	Carlisle Public Schools	87	80
35	Longmeadow Public Schools	257	80
39	Sharon Public Schools	277	79
39	Northborough Public Schools	216	79
39	Somerset Public Schools	178	79
39	Littleton Public Schools	124	79
43	Rochester Public Schools	80	78
43	North Attleborough Public Schools	381	78
45	Eastham Public Schools	47	77
45	Newton Public Schools	831	77
45	Wellfleet Public Schools	27	77
45	Sturbridge Public Schools	132	77
45	Medway Public Schools	248	77
45	Bellingham Public Schools	221	77
45	Millbury Public Schools	176	77
45	Marblehead Community School	44	77
53	Conway Public Schools	21	76
53	Southborough Public Schools	180	76
53	Scituate Public Schools	238	76
53	Hampden-Wilbraham Regional Schools	270	76
53	East Longmeadow Public Schools	221	76
53	Hanover Public Schools	233	76
59	Boxborough Public Schools	111	75
59	Topsfield Public Schools	116	75
59	Pentucket Regional Schools	270	75
59	Boylston Public Schools	56	75
59	Whately Public Schools	20	75
59	River Valley Charter School	32	75
65	Needham Public Schools	339	74
65	Hamilton-Wenham Regional Schools	157	74
65	Hopkinton Public Schools	296	74
65	Sandwich Public Schools	326	74
65	Burlington Public Schools	295	74
65	Lenox Public Schools	62	74
65	Granby Public Schools	101	74
65	Leicester Public Schools	148	74
65	Edgartown Public Schools	35	74
74	Concord Public Schools	239	73
74	Middleton Public Schools	101	73
74	Wachusett Regional Schools	593	73
74	Cohasset Public Schools	122	73
74	Norfolk Public Schools	161	73
74	North Andover Public Schools	352	73
74	Blackstone-Millville Regional Schools	179	73
74	West Tisbury Regional Schools	41	73
82	Sunderland Public Schools	32	72
82	Bedford Public Schools	175	72
82	Dover Public Schools	89	72
82	Walpole Public Schools	297	72
82	Melrose Public Schools	260	72
82	Pembroke Public Schools	281	72
82	Oak Bluffs Public Schools	50	72
89	Franklin Public Schools	483	71
89	Weston Public Schools	198	71
89	Hingham Public Schools	265	71
89	Erving Public Schools	14	71
89	Farmington River Regional Schools	35	71
89	North Brookfield Public Schools	65	71
95	Natick Public Schools	353	70
95	Swampscott Public Schools	144	70
95	Georgetown Public Schools	117	70
95	Marion Public Schools	78	70
95	Petersham Public Schools	13	70
95	Narragansett Regional Schools	117	70
101	Wellesley Public Schools	331	69
101	Reading Public Schools	313	69
101	Duxbury Public Schools	231	69
101	Grafton Public Schools	219	69
105	Woburn Public Schools	364	68
105	Millis Public Schools	119	68
105	Shrewsbury Public Schools	502	68
105	Plymouth Public Schools	699	68
105	Triton Regional Schools	282	68
105	Carver Public Schools	170	68
105	Kingston Public Schools	168	68
105	Granville Public Schools	22	68
113	Chelmsford Public Schools	433	67
113	Belmont Public Schools	297	67
113	Plympton Public Schools	42	67
113	Ipswich Public Schools	148	67
113	Easton Public Schools	315	67
113	Stoneham Public Schools	220	67
113	Mansfield Public Schools	410	67
113	Amherst Public Schools	219	67
113	Berlin Public Schools	36	67
113	Middleborough Public Schools	90	67
123	Braintree Public Schools	397	66
123	Wakefield Public Schools	259	66
123	Tyngsborough Public Schools	155	66
123	Dartmouth Public Schools	314	66
123	Lincoln Public Schools	155	66
123	Belchertown Public Schools	222	66
123	Sabis Foxboro Regional Community School	82	66
123	Ayer Public Schools	92	66
123	Seekonk Public Schools	174	66
123	Barnstable Horace Mann Charter School	439	66
133	Billerica Public Schools	492	65
133	Quabbin Regional Schools	257	65
135	Harwich Public Schools	126	64
135	North Middlesex Regional Schools	356	64
135	Mattapoisett Public Schools	83	64
135	Southwick-Tolland Regional Schools	133	64
135	Norton Public Schools	266	64
135	Monson Public Schools	138	64
135	Nantucket Public Schools	88	64
142	Williamstown Public Schools	66	63
142	Agawam Public Schools	352	63
142	Holliston Public Schools	238	63
142	Dracut Public Schools	366	63
142	Peabody Public Schools	548	63
142	Rising Tide Charter School	43	63
148	Foxborough Public Schools	224	62
148	Norwood Public Schools	273	62
148	Dedham Public Schools	246	62
148	Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional Schools	347	62
148	Mashpee Public Schools	178	62
148	Southern Berkshire Regional Schools	79	62
148	Lanesborough Public Schools	39	62
148	Quaboag Regional Schools	123	62
148	Uxbridge Public Schools	160	62
148	Avon Public Schools	53	62
158	Milton Public Schools	304	61
158	Mendon-Upton Regional Schools	228	61
158	New Salem-Wendell Regional Schools	18	61
158	Acushnet Public Schools	120	61
158	Ashland Public Schools	204	61
158	Ashburnham-Westminster Regional Schools	183	61
158	Hopedale Public Schools	92	61
158	Mohawk Trail Regional Schools	91	61
166	Brookline Public Schools	435	60
166	Lunenburg Public Schools	143	60
166	Wilmington Public Schools	334	60
166	Tewksbury Public Schools	418	60
166	Milford Public Schools	328	60
166	Attleboro Public Schools	499	60
166	Abington Public Schools	194	60
166	Clarksburg Public Schools	20	60
166	Freetown-Lakeville Regional Schools	250	60
175	Marblehead Public Schools	225	59
175	Newburyport Public Schools	189	59
175	East Bridgewater Public Schools	171	59
175	Clinton Public Schools	165	59
175	Neighborhood House Community School	22	59
175	Shirley Public Schools	73	59
175	South Hadley Public Schools	188	59
175	Maynard Public Schools	115	59
183	Weymouth Public Schools	532	58
183	West Bridgewater Public Schools	88	58
183	Community Day Care	24	58
183	Auburn Public Schools	189	58
183	Florida Public Schools	12	58
188	Nahant Public Schools	35	57
188	Framingham Public Schools	656	57
188	Westport Community Public Schools	174	57
188	Hudson Public Schools	220	57
188	Northampton Public Schools	242	57
188	Holland Public Schools	35	57
188	Sabis International Community School	166	57
195	Danvers Public Schools	299	56
195	Sutton Public Schools	152	56
195	Stoughton Public Schools	317	56
195	Spencer-East Brookfield Regional Schools	162	56
195	Gardner Public Schools	270	56
195	Brookfield Public Schools	43	56
201	Whitman-Hanson Regional Schools	332	55
201	Northbridge Public Schools	201	55
201	Hull Public Schools	98	55
201	Halifax Public Schools	101	55
201	Gloucester Public Schools	332	55
201	Southampton Public Schools	85	55
201	Beverly Public Schools	342	55
201	Oxford Public Schools	180	55
201	Wales Public Schools	24	55
201	Douglas Public Schools	129	55
201	West Springfield Public Schools	303	55
212	Falmouth Public Schools	341	54
212	Bridgewater-Raynham Regional Schools	499	54
212	Central Berkshire Regional Schools	170	54
212	Revere Public Schools	420	54
212	Saugus Public Schools	281	54
212	Plainville Public Schools	105	54
212	Greenfield Public Schools	157	54
219	Rockport Public Schools	78	53
219	Amesbury Public Schools	208	53
219	Waltham Public Schools	351	53
219	Fairhaven Public Schools	191	53
223	Canton Public Schools	247	52
223	Provincetown Public Schools	19	52
223	Dighton-Rehoboth Regional Schools	241	52
223	South Shore Community School	27	52
223	Winthrop Public Schools	168	52
223	Marlborough Public Schools	399	52
223	Winchendon Public Schools	141	52
230	Brimfield Public Schools	51	51
230	Tisbury Public Schools	39	51
230	Taunton Public Schools	672	51
230	Dennis-Yarmouth Regional Schools	332	51
230	Rockland Public Schools	231	51
230	Westfield Public Schools	482	51
230	Bourne Public Schools	201	51
230	Murdoch Middle Public Charter School	62	51
238	Ware Public Schools	94	50
238	Quincy Public Schools	628	50
238	Palmer Public Schools	163	50
238	Pittsfield Public Schools	489	50
238	Shutesbury Public Schools	14	50
243	Orange Public Schools	104	49
243	Pioneer Valley Regional Schools	62	49
243	Wareham Public Schools	267	49
246	Haverhill Public Schools	648	48
246	Westhampton Public Schools	23	48
246	Athol-Royalston Regional Schools	179	48
249	Watertown Public Schools	172	47
249	Chesterfield-Goshen Regional Schools	19	47
249	Ludlow Public Schools	222	47
249	Abby Kelly Foster Community School	102	47
253	Medford Public Schools	352	46
253	Adams-Cheshire Regional Schools	141	46
253	Berkshire Hills Regional Schools	81	46
253	Lee Public Schools	60	46
257	Swansea Public Schools	163	45
257	Salem Public Schools	404	45
257	Gateway Regional Schools	103	45
257	Berkley Public Schools	109	45
261	Gill-Montague Regional Schools	80	44
262	Leominster Public Schools	449	42
262	Robert M. Hughes Charter School	19	42
264	Holbrook Public Schools	123	41
264	Mystic Valley Regional Community School	115	41
264	Chicopee Public Schools	568	41
264	Malden Public Schools	457	41
264	So. Boston Harbor Academy Charter School	87	41
269	Everett Public Schools	366	39
270	Methuen Public Schools	588	37
270	Easthampton Public Schools	135	37
270	Fitchburg Public Schools	478	37
270	Fall River Public Schools	932	37
274	Randolph Public Schools	305	36
274	New Bedford Public Schools	1,126	36
276	Southbridge Public Schools	225	35
277	Webster Public Schools	131	32
277	Somerville Public Schools	414	32
279	North Adams Public Schools	159	30
279	Seven Hills Charter School	70	30
281	Lynn Public Schools	1,031	29
281	Worcester Public Schools	1,917	29
283	Williamsburg Public Schools	18	28
283	Brockton Public Schools	1,303	28
283	Atlantis Charter School	72	28
286	Lowell Public Schools	1,170	27
287	Cambridge Public Schools	464	26
287	Springfield Public Schools	2,022	26
287	Somerville Charter School	61	26
290	Chelsea Public Schools	429	22
290	Boston Public Schools	4,457	22
292	Hawlemont Regional Schools	14	21
293	New Bedford Global Charter School	30	20
294	Conservatory Lab Charter School	16	19
295	Benjamin Banneker Community School	37	17
296	Holyoke Public Schools	520	16
297	Lawrence Public Schools	1,050	15
297	Lowell Community Charter School	39	15
297	Edward Brooke Charter School	83	15
300	Renaissance Charter School	174	13
301	Lawrence Family Development Community School	57	11
302	Uphams Corner Charter School	12	0