Top-scoring 7th grades by school

Here are the 200 schools that performed best on the 7th grade English 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.

7TH GRADE ENGLISH
2004 Rank	District name	Number tested	Score
1	Boston Latin, Boston	379	100
2	Michael Driscoll, Brookline	40	98
3	Lincoln School, Lincoln	71	97
4	McCall Middle School, Winchester	276	96
4	Bromfield, Harvard	111	96
4	Doherty Middle School, Andover	180	96
7	Carlisle School, Carlisle	74	95
7	Wayland Middle School, Wayland	246	95
7	Ephraim Curtis Middle School, Sudbury	340	95
7	Concord Middle School, Concord	231	95
7	P. Brent Trottier, Southborough	168	95
7	Martha's Vineyard Community Charter School	21	95
7	Neighborhood House Charter School	22	95
7	Boston Latin Academy, Boston	300	95
15	Oak Ridge, Sandwich	115	94
15	Hilltown Cooperative Charter School	18	94
15	Marblehead Community Charter School	44	94
18	William H. Lincoln, Brookline	47	93
18	Thomas Blake Middle School, Medfield	245	93
18	Weston Middle School, Weston	190	93
18	S. Boston Harbor Academy Charter School	44	93
18	O'Bryant School Math/Science, Boston	159	93
18	Gates Intermediate School, Scituate	245	93
24	Ben Franklin Classical Charter School	47	92
24	Wellesley Middle School, Wellesley	326	92
24	Williams Middle School, Longmeadow	120	92
24	Duxbury Middle School, Duxbury	258	92
28	William Diamond Middle School, Lexington	265	91
28	Arthur W. Coolidge Middle School, Reading	155	91
28	Stony Brook School, Westford	205	91
28	Wood Hill Middle School, Andover	135	91
28	Sharon Middle School, Sharon	256	91
28	E. W. Thurston Middle School, Westwood	211	91
28	Florence Sawyer School, Nashoba Regional	72	91
28	Thomas Prince, Wachusett Regional	45	91
28	Horace Mann, Franklin	247	91
28	Henry E. Goldman School, Norwell	168	91
28	John D. Runkle, Brookline	47	91
28	Dover-Sherborn Regional Jr. High School, Dover-Sherborn Regional	170	91
28	Charles E. Brown Middle School, Newton	275	91
28	Lawrence, Brookline	49	91
28	Lynnfield Middle School, Lynnfield	157	91
28	Granville Village, Granville	22	91
28	Raymond J. Grey Regional Jr. High, Acton-Boxborough Regional	465	91
45	Winthrop L. Chenery Middle School, Belmont	286	90
45	Groton/Dun Reg'l Middle School, Groton-Dunstable Regional	215	90
45	West Tisbury Elementary, West Tisbury Regional	50	90
45	Blanchard Middle School, Westford	195	90
45	Cummings, Somerville	21	90
45	Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School, Westborough	280	90
51	Hale, Nashoba Regional	75	89
51	Jonas Clarke Middle School, Lexington	243	89
51	Walter S. Parker Middle School, Reading	173	89
51	Edward Devotion, Brookline	90	89
51	Flagg/Adams Middle School, Holliston	275	89
51	Community Day Charter School	28	89
51	Miles River Middle School, Hamilton-Wenham Regional	164	89
51	Mountview Middle School, Wachusett Regional	248	89
51	Eleanor N. Johnson Middle School, Walpole	163	89
51	Medway Middle School, Medway	241	89
51	Northborough Middle School, Northborough	237	89
51	Roxbury Preparatory Charter School	57	89
51	Marshall Simonds Middle School, Burlington	284	89
51	Hanover Middle School, Hanover	212	89
65	F. A. Day Middle School, Newton	243	88
65	Pollard Middle School, Needham	334	88
65	North Andover Middle School, North Andover	350	88
65	Hanscom Middle School, Lincoln	40	88
65	Francis W. Parker Charter School	66	88
65	Manchester Essex Regional Middle/High School, Manchester-Essex Regional	61	88
65	Masconomet Regional Middle School, Masconomet Regional	374	88
72	Andover West Middle School, Andover	167	87
72	Remington Middle School, Franklin	170	87
72	Hingham Middle School, Hingham	285	87
72	Oak Hill Middle School, Newton	194	87
72	Marblehead Middle School, Marblehead	216	87
72	Shrewsbury Middle School, Shrewsbury	437	87
72	Daniel L. Joyce Jr. High School, Woburn	167	87
72	Paxton Center, Wachusett Regional	62	87
72	William H. Galvin Middle School, Canton	209	87
72	Frolio Jr. High School, Abington	200	87
82	Edith C. Baker, Brookline	62	86
82	John Glenn Middle School, Bedford	186	86
82	Hopkinton Middle School, Hopkinton	241	86
82	Turkey Hill Middle School, Lunenburg	143	86
82	Forestdale, Sandwich	112	86
82	Bird Middle School, Walpole	152	86
82	Glenbrook Middle School, Longmeadow	136	86
82	Thornton Burgess, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional	98	86
82	Georgetown Middle/High School, Georgetown	113	86
82	Robert M. Hughes Charter School	21	86
92	Richmond Consolidated, Richmond	21	85
92	Nauset Regional Middle School, Nauset Regional	225	85
92	Harold L. Qualters Middle School, Mansfield	372	85
92	Charles S. Pierce Middle School, Milton	282	85
92	Chocksett Middle School, Wachusett Regional	109	85
92	Rupert A. Nock Middle School, Newburyport	173	85
98	North Reading Middle School, North Reading	215	84
98	Pierce, Brookline	61	84
98	Williams Middle School, Bridgewater-Raynham Regional	324	84
98	South Middle School, Braintree	186	84
98	Swampscott Middle School, Swampscott	198	84
98	Powder Mill, Southwick-Tolland Regional	148	84
98	Marsh, Methuen	170	84
98	South Shore Charter School	38	84
106	Bigelow Middle School, Newton	188	83
106	Heath, Brookline	49	83
106	Tyngsborough Middle, Tyngsborough	170	83
106	Central Middle School, Quincy	209	83
106	Millis Middle School, Millis	105	83
106	John F. Kennedy Middle School, Natick	121	83
106	Mattacheese Middle School, Dennis-Yarmouth Regional	206	83
106	Winter Hill Community, Somerville	51	83
106	Provincetown High School, Provincetown	30	83
106	Quaboag Regional High School, Quaboag Regional	116	83
116	Henry T. Wing, Sandwich	113	82
116	Ottoson Middle School, Arlington	334	82
116	Grafton Middle School, Grafton	205	82
116	Nissitissit Middle School, North Middlesex Regional	180	82
116	Dunn Middle School, Danvers	279	82
116	Rockport Middle School, Rockport	98	82
116	Furnace Brook Middle School, Marshfield	334	82
116	Dighton Middle School, Dighton-Rehoboth Regional	111	82
116	Lenox Memorial High School, Lenox	65	82
116	Lyndon, Boston	45	82
116	Melrose Middle School, Melrose	266	82
116	Stoneham Middle School, Stoneham	230	82
116	Memorial Middle School, Beverly	165	82
116	Sarah Greenwood, Boston	23	82
116	Plymouth South Middle School, Plymouth	226	82
116	Easton Jr. High School, Easton	308	82
116	Wilbraham Middle School, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional	236	82
116	King Philip Regional School North, King Philip Regional	383	82
134	Littleton Middle School, Littleton	119	81
134	John F. Kennedy Jr. High School, Woburn	186	81
134	East Middle School, Braintree	231	81
134	Wilmington Middle School, Wilmington	306	81
134	Fowler Middle School, Maynard	104	81
134	Donald Mckay, Boston	43	81
134	Edgartown Elementary, Edgartown	55	81
134	Cohasset Jr. Sr. High School, Cohasset	115	81
134	Hopedale Jr.-Sr. High School, Hopedale	92	81
143	John J. Ahern, Foxborough	258	80
143	Sutton Middle School, Sutton	147	80
143	Hawthorne Brook, North Middlesex Regional	201	80
143	Wilson Middle School, Natick	186	80
143	Norwood Jr. High South, Norwood	290	80
143	West Boylston Jr-Sr High School, West Boylston	101	80
143	River Valley Charter School	20	80
143	Birchland Park, East Longmeadow	215	80
143	John F. Kennedy Middle School, Waltham	148	80
143	Dedham Middle School, Dedham	203	80
143	Berkley Middle School, Berkley	123	80
143	Douglas Intermediate School, Douglas	135	80
143	Hopkins Academy, Hadley	50	80
143	Nipmuc Regional Middle/High School, Mendon-Upton Regional	198	80
157	Chatham Middle School, Chatham	58	79
157	Galvin Middle School, Wakefield	289	79
157	North Attleborough Middle School, North Attleborough	408	79
157	Tisbury Elementary, Tisbury	29	79
157	McCarthy Middle School, Chelmsford	252	79
157	Joseph Case Jr. High School, Swansea	167	79
157	Central Tree Middle School, Wachusett Regional	127	79
157	Marshall Middle School, Billerica	304	79
157	Nessacus Middle School, Central Berkshire Regional	182	79
157	Frontier Regional, Frontier Regional	130	79
157	Millbury Jr./Sr. High School, Millbury	179	79
157	Pentucket Regional Middle School, Pentucket Regional	275	79
157	Pioneer Valley Regional, Pioneer Valley Regional	98	79
157	W. Bridgewater Jr-Sr High School, West Bridgewater	96	79
171	Overlook Middle School, Ashburnham-Westminster Regional	209	78
171	Shirley Middle School, Shirley	65	78
171	John W. Rogers Middle School, Rockland	232	78
171	Belmonte Saugus Middle School, Saugus	289	78
171	Centre, Everett	55	78
171	John F. Kennedy Jr. High School, Northampton	261	78
171	Norton Middle School, Norton	267	78
171	Tahanto Regional High School, Berlin-Boylston Regional	91	78
179	Essex Elementary & Middle School, Manchester-Essex Regional	31	77
179	Ipswich Middle Sch., Ipswich	186	77
179	Beebe, Malden	104	77
179	Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School	60	77
179	Col. Moses Parker School, Chelmsford	184	77
179	Dorothy L. Beckwith, Dighton-Rehoboth Regional	169	77
179	Sabis Foxboro Regional Charter School	81	77
179	Oak Bluffs Elementary, Oak Bluffs	51	77
179	Locke Middle School, Billerica	202	77
179	John F. Kennedy, Hudson	216	77
179	Ashland Middle School, Ashland	184	77
179	Old Rochester Regional Jr. High School, Old Rochester Regional	231	77
179	Silver Lake Regional Jr. High School, Silver Lake Regional	524	77
192	Somerset Jr. High School, Somerset	237	76
192	Stacy Middle School, Milford	341	76
194	J. Henry Higgins Middle School, Peabody	521	75
194	Winthrop Middle School, Winthrop	183	75
194	Plymouth Commun Intermed, Plymouth	465	75
194	Mystic Valley Regional Charter School	74	75
194	George R. Austin Middle School, Freetown-Lakeville Regional	258	75
194	E. Somerville Community, Somerville	72	75
194	Maurice J. Tobin, Boston	28	75
194	Mt Greylock Regional High School, Mount Greylock Regional	125	75
194	Tantasqua Regional Jr. High School, Tantasqua Regional	286	75