Top-scoring 5th grades by school

Here are the 200 schools that performed best on the 5th grade science 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.

5TH GRADE SCIENCE
2004 Rank	District name	Number tested	Score
1	Pelham Elementary, Pelham	16	100
2	Ambrose Elementary, Winchester	54	98
2	Eames School, Marshfield	51	98
4	Truro Central, Truro	15	94
4	Peirce, Arlington	32	94
4	Leverett Elementary, Leverett	16	94
7	Hardy, Arlington	44	93
7	Mary Lyon, Boston	14	93
7	Falls, North Attleborough	45	93
10	Dr. John C. Page School, Pentucket Regional	63	92
10	Douglas, Acton	74	92
12	Chace Street, Somerset	46	91
12	Spofford Pond, Boxford	139	91
12	William G. Vinal, Norwell	80	91
12	Cottage Street, Sharon	79	91
16	Eddy Elementary, Brewster	47	90
16	Joseph Estabrook, Lexington	90	90
16	Pine Hill, Sherborn	67	90
16	Andrew B. Cushman, Dartmouth	49	90
16	Swallow/Union School, Groton-Dunstable Regional	68	90
21	Gates, Acton	75	89
21	E. Ethel Little School, North Reading	73	89
21	Grace Farrar Cole, Norwell	83	89
21	Stony Hill School, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional	57	89
21	Happy Hollow School, Wayland	73	89
21	Annie L. Sargent School, North Andover	124	89
21	Richmond Consolidated, Richmond	27	89
21	Hilltown Cooperative Charter School	18	89
29	Brackett School, Arlington	51	88
29	Harvard Elementary, Harvard	102	88
29	General John Nixon Elementary, Sudbury	76	88
29	Linscott-Rumford, Woburn	33	88
29	Thomas Prince, Wachusett Regional	57	88
29	High Plain Elementary, Andover	107	88
29	Essex Elementary & Middle School, Manchester-Essex Regional	52	88
29	Norman E. Day School, Westford	127	88
37	South Elementary, Andover	103	87
37	Center School, Nashoba Regional	86	87
37	Soule Road, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional	70	87
37	Joseph W. Martin Jr. Elementary, North Attleborough	123	87
37	Martha's Vineyard Community Charter School	15	87
42	L. D. Batchelder, North Reading	87	86
42	Deerfield, Westwood	41	86
42	Blueberry Hill, Longmeadow	73	86
42	Stanley, Swampscott	40	86
42	Cutler School, Hamilton-Wenham Regional	63	86
42	Greenlodge, Dedham	48	86
42	Memorial, Burlington	51	86
49	South River, Marshfield	85	85
49	Lincoln Street, Northborough	60	85
49	Claypit Hill School, Wayland	103	85
49	Thoreau, Concord	73	85
49	Bancroft Elementary, Andover	89	85
49	North Pembroke Elementary, Pembroke	96	85
49	Florence Sawyer School, Nashoba Regional	81	85
56	Merriam, Acton	72	84
56	Fiske, Lexington	89	84
56	John A. Crisafulli School, Westford	136	84
56	Henry C. Sanborn Elementary, Andover	67	84
60	Mason-Rice, Newton	56	83
60	Abbot Elementary, Westford	142	83
60	Peter Noyes, Sudbury	97	83
60	Williams, Newton	47	83
60	Charles E. Roderick, Wrentham	170	83
60	Mill Pond School, Westborough	298	83
60	Samuel Brown, Peabody	66	83
67	Muraco, Winchester	50	82
67	John Ward, Newton	39	82
67	Bowen, Newton	45	82
67	Bridge, Lexington	86	82
67	Broadmeadow, Needham	54	82
67	Downey, Westwood	43	82
67	Henry T. Wing, Sandwich	96	82
67	Wampatuck Elementary, Scituate	61	82
67	Chatham Middle School, Chatham	55	82
76	Luther Conant, Acton	76	81
76	Peirce, Newton	37	81
76	Cabot, Newton	68	81
76	Joseph E. Fiske, Wellesley	33	81
76	West Parish, Gloucester	81	81
76	McCarthy-Towne, Acton	71	81
76	Orleans Elementary, Orleans	42	81
76	Bowman, Lexington	88	81
76	Mountain View, East Longmeadow	107	81
76	Manchester Memorial Elementary, Manchester-Essex Regional	52	81
76	Ben Franklin Classical Charter School	48	81
76	Florence Roche School, Groton-Dunstable Regional	139	81
76	Major Edwards Elementary, West Boylston	95	81
76	Hadley Elementary, Hadley	40	81
76	Deerfield Elementary, Deerfield	58	81
76	Center, Longmeadow	114	81
76	Dorothy M. Breor Elementary, Hatfield	33	81
93	Vinson-Owen, Winchester	60	80
93	Jefferson Elementary, Franklin	76	80
93	Josiah Haynes, Sudbury	69	80
93	Newman Elementary, Needham	113	80
93	Countryside, Newton	74	80
93	Paul Hanlon, Westwood	31	80
93	Jenkins Elementary, Scituate	68	80
93	Hollis, Braintree	77	80
93	Dale Street, Medfield	251	80
93	Centerville Elementary, Beverly	40	80
93	Carlisle School, Carlisle	87	80
93	William Mckinley, Revere	55	80
93	Russell St Elementary, Littleton	123	80
93	Millville Elementary, Blackstone-Millville Regional	49	80
93	Wilbur, Somerset	20	80
93	Lynnfield Middle School, Lynnfield	172	80
109	Martha Jones, Westwood	61	79
109	Gov Edward Winslow, Marshfield	79	79
109	A. E. Angier, Newton	76	79
109	Clyde Reeves, Woburn	65	79
109	Schofield, Wellesley	38	79
109	Horace Mann, Melrose	47	79
109	Loker School, Wayland	68	79
109	Fox Hill, Burlington	89	79
109	East Gloucester Elementary, Gloucester	33	79
109	Fisher, Walpole	143	79
109	Marguerite E. Peaslee, Northborough	48	79
109	Bellingham Memorial Middle School, Bellingham	218	79
121	Lincoln, Winchester	69	78
121	Clarke, Swampscott	32	78
121	Memorial Spaulding, Newton	76	78
121	Maria Hastings, Lexington	84	78
121	Thompson, Arlington	50	78
121	Kittredge, North Andover	45	78
121	Helen Keller, Franklin	103	78
121	Hemenway, Framingham	92	78
121	Rochester Memorial, Rochester	80	78
121	Marks Meadow Laboratory, Amherst	40	78
121	William E. Sheehan, Westwood	50	78
121	Pine Grove, Triton Regional	92	78
121	Memorial Elementary, Medway	244	78
121	Hanover Middle School, Hanover	227	78
121	Chocksett Middle School, Wachusett Regional	105	78
136	J. F. Kennedy Memorial, Franklin	87	77
136	Eastham Elementary, Eastham	47	77
136	Katharine Lee Bates, Wellesley	57	77
136	John D. Runkle, Brookline	43	77
136	C. C. Burr, Newton	52	77
136	Alice M. Barrows, Reading	64	77
136	Wellfleet Elementary, Wellfleet	27	77
136	Daniel Webster, Marshfield	67	77
136	Israel Loring School, Sudbury	82	77
136	Cushing Elementary, Scituate	58	77
136	Harrington, Lexington	71	77
136	Highlands, Braintree	69	77
136	Burgess Elementary, Sturbridge	132	77
136	M. Norcross Stratton, Arlington	44	77
136	Mary D. Altavesta, Woburn	30	77
136	Shaw Memorial Elementary, Millbury	176	77
136	Briggs Elementary, Ashburnham-Westminster Regional	87	77
136	South Memorial, Peabody	75	77
136	West Brookfield Elementary, Quaboag Regional	42	77
136	Marblehead Community Charter School	44	77
156	Conway Grammar, Conway	21	76
156	East Elementary, Sharon	81	76
156	Zervas, Newton	50	76
156	Margaret A. Neary, Southborough	179	76
156	Blanchard Memorial, Boxborough	109	76
156	Robin Hood, Stoneham	53	76
156	Marion E. Zeh, Northborough	58	76
156	Lincoln-Eliot, Newton	40	76
156	Paul F. Doyon Memorial, Ipswich	63	76
156	West Elementary, Andover	133	76
156	William L. Foster Elementary, Hingham	91	76
156	John A. Bishop, Arlington	60	76
156	West Elementary, Plymouth	79	76
169	Stony Brook Elementary, Brewster	52	75
169	Davis Hill Elementary School, Wachusett Regional	95	75
169	Proctor Elementary, Topsfield	116	75
169	Howe-Manning, Middleton	98	75
169	Ashby Elementary, North Middlesex Regional	43	75
169	Boylston Elementary, Boylston	56	75
169	Oak Ridge, Sandwich	128	75
169	Memorial Elementary, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional	72	75
169	Whately Elementary, Whately	20	75
169	North Elementary, Somerset	80	75
169	South, Stoneham	55	75
169	River Valley Charter School	32	75
169	West Tisbury Elementary, West Tisbury Regional	35	75
169	Heath Elementary, Mohawk Trail Regional	12	75
169	West Tatnuck, Worcester	40	75
184	J. Warren Killam, Reading	90	74
184	Hopkins Elementary School, Hopkinton	292	74
184	Deer Hill, Cohasset	119	74
184	South Elementary, Hingham	80	74
184	F. L. Olmsted, Easton	183	74
184	Memorial School Complex, Nashoba Regional	65	74
184	Winthrop, Melrose	51	74
184	James Tansey, Fall River	51	74
184	Mapleshade, East Longmeadow	109	74
184	Morris, Lenox	62	74
184	Parker, Billerica	60	74
184	East Meadow, Granby	101	74
184	Leicester Memorial Elementary, Leicester	148	74
184	Edgartown Elementary, Edgartown	35	74
184	Manomet Elementary, Plymouth	90	74
184	Cove Elementary, Beverly	77	74
200	Heights Elementary, Sharon	113	73
200	Hardwick Elementary, Quabbin Regional	45	73
200	Lt. Job Lane School, Bedford	174	73
200	Chickering, Dover	86	73
200	Coughlin, Fall River	26	73
200	Spring Street, Shrewsbury	103	73
200	Paxton Center, Wachusett Regional	58	73
200	Helen R. Donaghue School, Pentucket Regional	103	73
200	Walter J. Paton, Shrewsbury	96	73
200	Amvet Boulevard, North Attleborough	66	73
200	Fort River Elementary, Amherst	63	73
200	Freeman-Centennial, Norfolk	160	73
200	Sanderson Academy, Mohawk Trail Regional	23	73
200	Wilson Middle School, Natick	203	73