Here are the 200 schools that performed best on the 6th grade math 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.
| 6TH GRADE MATHEMATICS |
2004 Rank |
District name |
Number tested |
Score |
|
| 1 |
Pelham Elementary, Pelham |
19 |
95 |
| 2 |
Manchester Memorial Elementary, Manchester-Essex Regional |
52 |
90 |
| 2 |
Ben Franklin Classical Charter School |
38 |
90 |
| 4 |
Luther Conant, Acton |
74 |
88 |
| 4 |
McCarthy-Towne, Acton |
74 |
88 |
| 6 |
Marks Meadow Laboratory, Amherst |
21 |
86 |
| 7 |
Royalston Community School, Athol-Royalston Regional |
19 |
85 |
| 7 |
McCall Middle School, Winchester |
283 |
85 |
| 9 |
Dr. John C. Page School, Pentucket Regional |
77 |
84 |
| 9 |
Merriam, Acton |
50 |
84 |
| 11 |
Gates, Acton |
76 |
83 |
| 12 |
Cushing Elementary, Scituate |
49 |
82 |
| 12 |
Blanchard Memorial, Boxborough |
94 |
82 |
| 12 |
William H. Lincoln, Brookline |
51 |
82 |
| 12 |
William Diamond Middle School, Lexington |
237 |
82 |
| 16 |
North Pembroke Elementary, Pembroke |
84 |
80 |
| 16 |
Whately Elementary, Whately |
15 |
80 |
| 16 |
Sunderland Elementary, Sunderland |
45 |
80 |
| 16 |
Edith C. Baker, Brookline |
70 |
80 |
| 16 |
Thomas Blake Middle School, Medfield |
235 |
80 |
| 16 |
Arthur W. Coolidge Middle School, Reading |
172 |
80 |
| 16 |
Wellesley Middle School, Wellesley |
318 |
80 |
| 23 |
Douglas, Acton |
76 |
79 |
| 23 |
Conway Grammar, Conway |
24 |
79 |
| 23 |
Proctor Elementary, Topsfield |
109 |
79 |
| 23 |
Wildwood Elementary, Amherst |
62 |
79 |
| 23 |
Bromfield, Harvard |
87 |
79 |
| 23 |
Hale, Nashoba Regional |
97 |
79 |
| 29 |
Spofford Pond, Boxford |
171 |
78 |
| 30 |
Carlisle School, Carlisle |
96 |
77 |
| 30 |
Andover West Middle School, Andover |
161 |
77 |
| 30 |
F. A. Day Middle School, Newton |
258 |
77 |
| 30 |
Stony Brook School, Westford |
211 |
77 |
| 34 |
Oak Ridge, Sandwich |
116 |
76 |
| 34 |
Winthrop L. Chenery Middle School, Belmont |
287 |
76 |
| 34 |
Michael Driscoll, Brookline |
42 |
76 |
| 34 |
Westhampton Elementary School, Westhampton |
17 |
76 |
| 34 |
Pollard Middle School, Needham |
376 |
76 |
| 34 |
Wayland Middle School, Wayland |
232 |
76 |
| 40 |
Doherty Middle School, Andover |
191 |
75 |
| 40 |
Wood Hill Middle School, Andover |
129 |
75 |
| 40 |
Sharon Middle School, Sharon |
266 |
75 |
| 40 |
E. W. Thurston Middle School, Westwood |
220 |
75 |
| 44 |
Florence Sawyer School, Nashoba Regional |
57 |
74 |
| 44 |
Fort River Elementary, Amherst |
81 |
74 |
| 44 |
Jonas Clarke Middle School, Lexington |
230 |
74 |
| 47 |
Stony Hill School, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional |
68 |
73 |
| 47 |
Thomas Prince, Wachusett Regional |
49 |
73 |
| 47 |
Howe-Manning, Middleton |
106 |
73 |
| 50 |
Richmond Consolidated, Richmond |
29 |
72 |
| 50 |
Benjamin G. Brown, Somerville |
18 |
72 |
| 50 |
Horace Mann, Franklin |
284 |
72 |
| 50 |
Williams Middle School, Longmeadow |
127 |
72 |
| 50 |
Lancaster Middle School, Nashoba Regional |
91 |
72 |
| 50 |
Walter S. Parker Middle School, Reading |
177 |
72 |
| 56 |
Deer Hill, Cohasset |
133 |
71 |
| 56 |
Sippican, Marion |
80 |
71 |
| 56 |
Edward Devotion, Brookline |
68 |
71 |
| 56 |
Bigelow Middle School, Newton |
164 |
71 |
| 56 |
Henry E. Goldman School, Norwell |
179 |
71 |
| 61 |
Leverett Elementary, Leverett |
17 |
70 |
| 61 |
Essex Elementary & Middle School, Manchester-Essex Regional |
37 |
70 |
| 61 |
Chatham Middle School, Chatham |
43 |
70 |
| 61 |
John D. Runkle, Brookline |
46 |
70 |
| 61 |
Heath, Brookline |
37 |
70 |
| 61 |
Flagg/Adams Middle School, Holliston |
229 |
70 |
| 61 |
Ephraim Curtis Middle School, Sudbury |
333 |
70 |
| 61 |
Weston Middle School, Weston |
177 |
70 |
| 69 |
Henry T. Wing, Sandwich |
96 |
69 |
| 69 |
Newbury Elementary, Triton Regional |
109 |
69 |
| 69 |
John Glenn Middle School, Bedford |
157 |
69 |
| 72 |
Helen R. Donaghue School, Pentucket Regional |
97 |
68 |
| 72 |
Hobomock Elementary, Pembroke |
75 |
68 |
| 72 |
Hubbardston Center, Quabbin Regional |
66 |
68 |
| 72 |
Community Day Charter School |
44 |
68 |
| 72 |
Miles River Middle School, Hamilton-Wenham Regional |
182 |
68 |
| 72 |
North Reading Middle School, North Reading |
216 |
68 |
| 72 |
Mountview Middle School, Wachusett Regional |
218 |
68 |
| 79 |
Burgess Elementary, Sturbridge |
126 |
67 |
| 79 |
Memorial, Hopedale |
94 |
67 |
| 79 |
Dover-Sherborn Regional Jr. High School, Dover-Sherborn Regional |
181 |
67 |
| 79 |
Remington Middle School, Franklin |
190 |
67 |
| 79 |
Hingham Middle School, Hingham |
268 |
67 |
| 79 |
Oak Hill Middle School, Newton |
208 |
67 |
| 85 |
Lincoln School, Lincoln |
65 |
66 |
| 85 |
Dennett Elementary, Plympton |
50 |
66 |
| 85 |
Marblehead Middle School, Marblehead |
204 |
66 |
| 85 |
Concord Middle School, Concord |
235 |
66 |
| 85 |
Groton/Dun Reg'l Middle School, Groton-Dunstable Regional |
227 |
66 |
| 85 |
Nauset Regional Middle School, Nauset Regional |
214 |
66 |
| 85 |
Shrewsbury Middle School, Shrewsbury |
431 |
66 |
| 92 |
Mary Lyon, Boston |
17 |
65 |
| 92 |
Undermountain, Southern Berkshire Regional |
79 |
65 |
| 92 |
Charles E. Brown Middle School, Newton |
260 |
65 |
| 95 |
Hilltown Cooperative Charter School |
17 |
64 |
| 95 |
Soule Road, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional |
75 |
64 |
| 95 |
Mill Pond School, Westborough |
308 |
64 |
| 95 |
West Tisbury Elementary, West Tisbury Regional |
48 |
64 |
| 95 |
Miscoe Hill Elementary, Mendon-Upton Regional |
201 |
64 |
| 95 |
Pierce, Brookline |
66 |
64 |
| 95 |
Federal Street, Salem |
58 |
64 |
| 95 |
Duxbury Middle School, Duxbury |
270 |
64 |
| 95 |
Hopkinton Middle School, Hopkinton |
273 |
64 |
| 104 |
Pine Grove, Triton Regional |
86 |
63 |
| 104 |
North Brookfield Elementary, North Brookfield |
65 |
63 |
| 104 |
Elmer S. Bagnall, Pentucket Regional |
93 |
63 |
| 104 |
George H. Englesby Intermediate, Dracut |
372 |
63 |
| 104 |
John J. Ahern, Foxborough |
230 |
63 |
| 104 |
Lawrence, Brookline |
40 |
63 |
| 104 |
Ipswich Middle Sch., Ipswich |
166 |
63 |
| 104 |
Littleton Middle School, Littleton |
123 |
63 |
| 104 |
Harold L. Qualters Middle School, Mansfield |
400 |
63 |
| 104 |
Eleanor N. Johnson Middle School, Walpole |
159 |
63 |
| 104 |
Blanchard Middle School, Westford |
210 |
63 |
| 104 |
Daniel L. Joyce Jr. High School, Woburn |
160 |
63 |
| 116 |
Lynnfield Middle School, Lynnfield |
169 |
62 |
| 116 |
Turkey Hill Middle School, Lunenburg |
142 |
62 |
| 116 |
Medway Middle School, Medway |
245 |
62 |
| 116 |
Northborough Middle School, Northborough |
233 |
62 |
| 116 |
P. Brent Trottier, Southborough |
172 |
62 |
| 121 |
N. H. Wixon Middle School, Dennis-Yarmouth Regional |
107 |
61 |
| 121 |
Lincoln-Thomson, Lynn |
28 |
61 |
| 121 |
Brimfield Elementary, Brimfield |
46 |
61 |
| 121 |
George Keverian School, Everett |
90 |
61 |
| 121 |
May Street, Worcester |
39 |
61 |
| 121 |
Sutton Middle School, Sutton |
148 |
61 |
| 127 |
Charles E. Roderick, Wrentham |
177 |
60 |
| 127 |
Rochester Memorial, Rochester |
69 |
60 |
| 127 |
West Brookfield Elementary, Quaboag Regional |
37 |
60 |
| 127 |
Forestdale, Sandwich |
113 |
60 |
| 127 |
Beebe, Malden |
92 |
60 |
| 127 |
Hector L. Belisle, Fall River |
22 |
60 |
| 133 |
Martha's Vineyard Community Charter School |
12 |
59 |
| 133 |
Paxton Center, Wachusett Regional |
69 |
59 |
| 133 |
Freeman-Centennial, Norfolk |
157 |
59 |
| 133 |
Colrain Central, Mohawk Trail Regional |
22 |
59 |
| 133 |
Bernardston Elementary, Pioneer Valley Regional |
27 |
59 |
| 133 |
Neighborhood House Charter School |
22 |
59 |
| 133 |
Abigail Adams Intermed, Weymouth |
544 |
59 |
| 133 |
Morse Pond School, Falmouth |
365 |
59 |
| 133 |
Ottoson Middle School, Arlington |
289 |
59 |
| 133 |
Bird Middle School, Walpole |
152 |
59 |
| 133 |
John F. Kennedy Jr. High School, Woburn |
186 |
59 |
| 144 |
Heath Elementary, Mohawk Trail Regional |
14 |
58 |
| 144 |
West Tatnuck, Worcester |
29 |
58 |
| 144 |
Harwich Middle School, Harwich |
109 |
58 |
| 144 |
Rising Tide Charter School |
81 |
58 |
| 144 |
Gill Elementary, Gill-Montague Regional |
17 |
58 |
| 144 |
Thorndyke Road, Worcester |
59 |
58 |
| 144 |
East Middle School, Braintree |
222 |
58 |
| 144 |
William H. Galvin Middle School, Canton |
236 |
58 |
| 144 |
Tyngsborough Middle, Tyngsborough |
163 |
58 |
| 153 |
Marblehead Community Charter School |
45 |
57 |
| 153 |
Kingston Intermediate, Kingston |
186 |
57 |
| 153 |
H. H. Richardson School, Easton |
146 |
57 |
| 153 |
Williams Middle School, Bridgewater-Raynham Regional |
259 |
57 |
| 153 |
West Somerville Nbrhd School, Somerville |
37 |
57 |
| 153 |
Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School |
60 |
57 |
| 153 |
Grafton Middle School, Grafton |
186 |
57 |
| 153 |
Charles S. Pierce Middle School, Milton |
319 |
57 |
| 153 |
Roxbury Preparatory Charter School |
72 |
57 |
| 162 |
Old Hammondtown, Mattapoisett |
75 |
56 |
| 162 |
David Mindess, Ashland |
199 |
56 |
| 162 |
Beachmont, Revere |
68 |
56 |
| 162 |
Marshall Simonds Middle School, Burlington |
279 |
56 |
| 162 |
Glenbrook Middle School, Longmeadow |
134 |
56 |
| 162 |
Hawthorne Brook, North Middlesex Regional |
202 |
56 |
| 162 |
Nissitissit Middle School, North Middlesex Regional |
216 |
56 |
| 162 |
Central Middle School, Quincy |
188 |
56 |
| 170 |
Dorothy M. Breor Elementary, Hatfield |
44 |
55 |
| 170 |
Wilson Middle School, Natick |
202 |
55 |
| 170 |
Millis Middle School, Millis |
114 |
55 |
| 170 |
Center, Abington |
56 |
55 |
| 170 |
Thornton Burgess, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional |
70 |
55 |
| 170 |
Quincy Upper School, Boston |
145 |
55 |
| 170 |
Norwood Jr. High South, Norwood |
307 |
55 |
| 177 |
Deerfield Elementary, Deerfield |
58 |
54 |
| 177 |
F. L. Olmsted, Easton |
173 |
54 |
| 177 |
Col. Moses Parker School, Chelmsford |
212 |
54 |
| 177 |
John F. Kennedy Middle School, Natick |
135 |
54 |
| 177 |
Galvin Middle School, Wakefield |
258 |
54 |
| 177 |
Swift River, New Salem-Wendell Regional |
22 |
54 |
| 177 |
Richard J. Murphy, Boston |
117 |
54 |
| 177 |
Worcester Arts Magnet School, Worcester |
46 |
54 |
| 177 |
Blackstone-Millville Regional Middle School, Blackstone-Millville Regional |
202 |
54 |
| 177 |
South Middle School, Braintree |
169 |
54 |
| 177 |
Dunn Middle School, Danvers |
320 |
54 |
| 177 |
Georgetown Middle/High School, Georgetown |
127 |
54 |
| 177 |
West Boylston Jr-Sr High School, West Boylston |
113 |
54 |
| 190 |
East Meadow, Granby |
102 |
53 |
| 190 |
Whitin Intermediate, Uxbridge |
195 |
53 |
| 190 |
Abraham Lincoln, Revere |
81 |
53 |
| 193 |
Hatherly Elementary, Scituate |
64 |
52 |
| 193 |
Agawam Middle School, Agawam |
340 |
52 |
| 193 |
Oakham Center, Quabbin Regional |
39 |
52 |
| 193 |
Auburn Middle School, Auburn |
210 |
52 |
| 193 |
North Andover Middle School, North Andover |
382 |
52 |
| 193 |
Rockport Middle School, Rockport |
99 |
52 |
| 199 |
Chocksett Middle School, Wachusett Regional |
126 |
51 |
| 199 |
Boylston Elementary, Boylston |
66 |
51 |
| 199 |
Burnell Campus School, Bridgewater-Raynham Regional |
53 |
51 |
| 199 |
Midland Street, Worcester |
31 |
51 |
| 199 |
Graham & Parks, Cambridge |
35 |
51 |
| 199 |
Overlook Middle School, Ashburnham-Westminster Regional |
206 |
51 |
| 199 |
Furnace Brook Middle School, Marshfield |
361 |
51 |
| 199 |
North Attleborough Middle School, North Attleborough |
371 |
51 |