Top-ranked 7th grade districts

Here are the top 7th grade school districts, ranked by English 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	Winchester Public Schools	277	96
1	Harvard Public Schools	111	96
3	Wayland Public Schools	246	95
3	Southborough Public Schools	170	95
3	Martha's Vineyard Community School	21	95
3	Neighborhood House Community School	22	95
7	Carlisle Public Schools	75	94
7	Sudbury Public Schools	346	94
7	Western Mass. Hilltown Community School	18	94
7	Marblehead Community School	44	94
11	Weston Public Schools	190	93
11	Concord Public Schools	237	93
11	Lincoln Public Schools	111	93
11	So. Boston Harbor Academy Charter School	44	93
15	Benjamin Franklin Community School	47	92
15	Medfield Public Schools	248	92
17	Wellesley Public Schools	328	91
17	Andover Public Schools	487	91
17	Westwood Public Schools	212	91
17	Norwell Public Schools	169	91
17	Westford Public Schools	400	91
17	Dover-Sherborn Regional Schools	170	91
17	Scituate Public Schools	252	91
17	Granville Public Schools	22	91
25	Lexington Public Schools	511	90
25	West Tisbury Regional Schools	50	90
25	Duxbury Public Schools	261	90
25	Northborough Public Schools	238	90
25	Acton-Boxborough Regional Schools	471	90
30	Reading Public Schools	333	89
30	Community Day Care	28	89
30	Groton-Dunstable Regional Schools	218	89
30	Lynnfield Public Schools	161	89
30	Medway Public Schools	245	89
30	Roxbury Prep Charter School	57	89
30	Burlington Public Schools	286	89
37	Belmont Public Schools	293	88
37	Needham Public Schools	336	88
37	Brookline Public Schools	451	88
37	Franklin Public Schools	423	88
37	Holliston Public Schools	281	88
37	Newton Public Schools	905	88
37	Hamilton-Wenham Regional Schools	166	88
37	Westborough Public Schools	285	88
37	Longmeadow Public Schools	258	88
37	North Andover Public Schools	353	88
37	Francis W. Parker Community School	66	88
37	Masconomet Regional Schools	374	88
49	Sharon Public Schools	266	87
49	Sandwich Public Schools	344	87
49	Marblehead Public Schools	216	87
49	Walpole Public Schools	317	87
49	Hanover Public Schools	214	87
54	Hingham Public Schools	286	86
54	Wachusett Regional Schools	594	86
54	Canton Public Schools	213	86
54	Georgetown Public Schools	113	86
54	Robert M. Hughes Charter School	21	86
59	Richmond Public Schools	21	85
59	Bedford Public Schools	190	85
59	Shrewsbury Public Schools	441	85
59	Hopkinton Public Schools	244	85
59	Lunenburg Public Schools	144	85
59	Abington Public Schools	202	85
59	Newburyport Public Schools	174	85
66	Manchester-Essex Regional	93	84
66	Nashoba Regional Schools	233	84
66	Nauset Regional Schools	227	84
66	Mansfield Public Schools	374	84
66	Milton Public Schools	287	84
66	Southwick-Tolland Regional Schools	149	84
66	South Shore Community School	38	84
73	North Reading Public Schools	217	83
73	Woburn Public Schools	358	83
73	Tyngsborough Public Schools	174	83
73	Provincetown Public Schools	30	83
77	Hampden-Wilbraham Regional Schools	341	82
77	Millis Public Schools	107	82
77	Danvers Public Schools	282	82
77	Rockport Public Schools	98	82
77	Quaboag Regional Schools	118	82
82	Cohasset Public Schools	115	81
82	Littleton Public Schools	120	81
82	Arlington Public Schools	338	81
82	Grafton Public Schools	207	81
82	Braintree Public Schools	421	81
82	North Middlesex Regional Schools	381	81
82	Easton Public Schools	312	81
82	Swampscott Public Schools	204	81
82	Lenox Public Schools	66	81
82	Melrose Public Schools	270	81
82	Wilmington Public Schools	307	81
82	Stoneham Public Schools	234	81
82	Edgartown Public Schools	55	81
82	King Philip Regional Schools	391	81
96	Mendon-Upton Regional Schools	200	80
96	Foxborough Public Schools	258	80
96	Sutton Public Schools	147	80
96	West Boylston Public Schools	103	80
96	Natick Public Schools	309	80
96	Marshfield Public Schools	338	80
96	River Valley Charter School	20	80
96	Hadley Public Schools	50	80
96	Dedham Public Schools	208	80
96	Berkley Public Schools	124	80
96	Douglas Public Schools	135	80
107	Norwood Public Schools	294	79
107	Wakefield Public Schools	289	79
107	North Attleborough Public Schools	412	79
107	Pioneer Valley Regional Schools	98	79
107	Dighton-Rehoboth Regional Schools	282	79
107	Maynard Public Schools	107	79
107	Swansea Public Schools	168	79
107	Central Berkshire Regional Schools	182	79
115	Pentucket Regional Schools	278	78
115	Chatham Public Schools	59	78
115	Hopedale Public Schools	94	78
115	Bridgewater-Raynham Regional Schools	516	78
115	Ashburnham-Westminster Regional Schools	209	78
115	Millbury Public Schools	181	78
115	Billerica Public Schools	511	78
115	Berlin-Boylston Regional Schools	91	78
115	Frontier Regional Schools	131	78
124	Ipswich Public Schools	186	77
124	Cape Cod Lighthouse Community School	60	77
124	Chelmsford Public Schools	445	77
124	Tisbury Public Schools	30	77
124	East Longmeadow Public Schools	223	77
124	Sabis Foxboro Regional Community School	81	77
124	Oak Bluffs Public Schools	51	77
124	Saugus Public Schools	293	77
124	Plymouth Public Schools	696	77
124	West Bridgewater Public Schools	98	77
124	Northampton Public Schools	266	77
124	Hudson Public Schools	221	77
124	Old Rochester Regional Schools	231	77
124	Silver Lake Regional Schools	524	77
138	Ashland Public Schools	187	76
138	Shirley Public Schools	69	76
138	Somerset Public Schools	237	76
138	Rockland Public Schools	237	76
138	Milford Public Schools	345	76
138	Norton Public Schools	274	76
144	Whitman-Hanson Regional Schools	370	75
144	Dennis-Yarmouth Regional Schools	346	75
144	Peabody Public Schools	524	75
144	Winthrop Public Schools	183	75
144	Mystic Valley Regional Community School	74	75
144	Freetown-Lakeville Regional Schools	258	75
144	Mount Greylock Regional Schools	125	75
144	Tantasqua Regional Schools	287	75
152	Beverly Public Schools	366	74
152	Waltham Public Schools	355	74
154	Hull Public Schools	109	73
154	Middleborough Public Schools	324	73
154	Carver Public Schools	169	73
154	Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools	322	73
158	Rising Tide Charter School	57	72
158	Blackstone-Millville Regional Schools	222	72
158	Granby Public Schools	110	72
158	Uxbridge Public Schools	187	72
158	Northbridge Public Schools	191	72
158	Clinton Public Schools	183	72
158	Leicester Public Schools	152	72
158	Framingham Community Charter School	97	72
158	Barnstable Public Schools	484	72
158	Four Rivers Charter School	32	72
158	Hampshire Regional Schools	186	72
169	Weymouth Public Schools	543	71
169	Watertown Public Schools	156	71
169	Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional Schools	375	71
169	Amesbury Public Schools	203	71
169	Quincy Public Schools	678	71
169	Sabis International Community School	111	71
169	Seekonk Public Schools	183	71
176	Triton Regional Schools	275	70
176	Stoughton Public Schools	364	70
176	Tewksbury Public Schools	405	70
176	Belchertown Public Schools	204	70
176	Ludlow Public Schools	288	70
176	South Hadley Public Schools	202	70
176	Bourne Public Schools	209	70
183	Southern Berkshire Regional Schools	81	69
183	Harwich Public Schools	130	69
183	Agawam Public Schools	379	69
183	Holbrook Public Schools	137	69
183	East Bridgewater Public Schools	208	69
183	Attleboro Public Schools	469	69
183	Palmer Public Schools	176	69
183	Abby Kelly Foster Community School	56	69
183	Acushnet Public Schools	153	69
183	Clarksburg Public Schools	32	69
193	Quabbin Regional Schools	281	68
193	Malden Public Schools	503	68
193	Narragansett Regional Schools	131	68
193	Greenfield Public Schools	175	68
197	Ware Public Schools	91	67
197	Methuen Public Schools	640	67
197	Spencer-East Brookfield Regional Schools	216	67
197	Avon Public Schools	60	67
197	Seven Hills Charter School	73	67
202	Falmouth Public Schools	365	66
202	Dartmouth Public Schools	381	66
202	West Springfield Public Schools	309	66
202	Medford Public Schools	405	66
202	Ralph Mahar Regional Schools	124	66
207	North Brookfield Public Schools	67	65
207	Framingham Public Schools	595	65
207	Gloucester Public Schools	314	65
210	Auburn Public Schools	184	64
210	Mashpee Public Schools	186	64
210	Mohawk Trail Regional Schools	132	64
210	Somerville Public Schools	408	64
214	Marlborough Public Schools	418	63
214	Bellingham Public Schools	207	63
214	Taunton Public Schools	711	63
214	Somerville Charter School	69	63
214	Westfield Public Schools	515	63
214	Oxford Public Schools	177	63
214	Nantucket Public Schools	88	63
221	Dracut Public Schools	380	62
221	Everett Public Schools	427	62
221	Murdoch Middle Public Charter School	71	62
221	Gill-Montague Regional Schools	119	62
221	Florida Public Schools	13	62
226	Athol-Royalston Regional Schools	162	60
226	Winchendon Public Schools	167	60
226	Berkshire Hills Regional Schools	110	60
226	Leominster Public Schools	495	60
226	Lee Public Schools	58	60
231	Adams-Cheshire Regional Schools	174	59
231	Westport Community Public Schools	175	59
231	Haverhill Public Schools	737	59
234	Ayer Public Schools	95	58
234	Cambridge Public Schools	467	58
236	Wareham Public Schools	275	57
237	Monson Public Schools	124	56
237	Fairhaven Public Schools	211	56
239	Academy Of Pacific Rim	65	55
239	New Bedford Global Charter School	75	55
241	Gateway Regional Schools	114	54
241	Salem Public Schools	401	54
241	Gardner Public Schools	280	54
244	Hatfield Public Schools	42	52
244	Pittsfield Public Schools	514	52
244	North Central Charter Essential School	84	52
247	Lynn Public Schools	1,098	51
248	Webster Public Schools	145	50
249	Chicopee Public Schools	609	49
250	Revere Public Schools	450	47
250	Randolph Public Schools	337	47
250	Fitchburg Public Schools	458	47
250	Boston Public Schools	4,719	47
250	North Adams Public Schools	162	47
255	Easthampton Public Schools	154	45
256	Southbridge Public Schools	216	44
256	Lowell Public Schools	1,306	44
258	Chelsea Public Schools	449	42
258	Fall River Public Schools	996	42
258	Frederick Douglass Charter School	73	42
261	Atlantis Charter School	66	41
261	Brockton Public Schools	1,370	41
263	Worcester Public Schools	1,846	39
263	New Bedford Public Schools	1,093	39
265	Lawrence Public Schools	1,113	37
266	Renaissance Charter School	85	35
266	Springfield Public Schools	2,099	35
268	Benjamin Banneker Community School	33	33
269	Lawrence Family Development Community School	50	32
270	Holyoke Public Schools	519	27
271	New Leadership Charter School	80	16