Top-scoring 8th grades by school

Here are the 200 schools that performed best on the 8th grade math and science portions 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 subjects. 100 is the highest possible score.

8TH GRADE MATH 2004 Rank District name Number tested Score 1 Boston Latin, Boston 378 94 2 Carlisle School, Carlisle 100 83 2 Florence Sawyer School, Nashoba Regional 76 83 2 Manchester Essex Regional Middle/High School 57 83 5 Blanchard Middle School, Westford 191 82 6 Raymond J. Grey Jr. High, Acton-Boxborough Regional 464 81 7 Wellesley Middle School, Wellesley 293 80 8 William H. Lincoln, Brookline 56 79 9 Wayland Middle School, Wayland 256 78 9 Charles E. Brown Middle School, Newton 225 78 9 Jonas Clarke Middle School, Lexington 280 78 12 Lincoln School, Lincoln 87 77 12 Concord Middle School, Concord 202 77 12 Miles River Middle School, Hamilton-Wenham Regional 163 77 12 Hopkins Academy, Hadley 44 77 16 Bromfield, Harvard 106 76 16 Doherty Middle School, Andover 190 76 16 Stony Brook School, Westford 199 76 16 Bigelow Middle School, Newton 168 76 20 Weston Middle School, Weston 196 75 20 Williams Middle School, Longmeadow 127 75 20 Dover-Sherborn Regional Jr. High School, Dover-Sherborn Regional 154 75 20 Lawrence, Brookline 36 75 20 Cohasset Jr. Sr. High School, Cohasset 100 75 25 William Diamond Middle School, Lexington 265 74 25 Glenbrook Middle School, Longmeadow 149 74 25 Chocksett Middle School, Wachusett Regional 125 74 28 Michael Driscoll, Brookline 43 73 28 McCall Middle School, Winchester 305 73 28 Thomas Blake Middle School, Medfield 242 73 28 Winthrop L. Chenery Middle School, Belmont 290 73 28 Hale, Nashoba Regional 102 73 28 Roxbury Preparatory Charter School 51 73 28 Oak Hill Middle School, Newton 188 73 35 Lancaster Middle School, Nashoba Regional 81 72 36 Martha's Vineyard Community Charter School 14 71 37 Ephraim Curtis Middle School, Sudbury 332 70 37 Arthur W. Coolidge Middle School, Reading 183 70 37 Medway Middle School, Medway 184 70 37 Tisbury Elementary, Tisbury 43 70 37 Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School 60 70 42 F. A. Day Middle School, Newton 274 69 43 Wood Hill Middle School, Andover 141 68 43 Henry E. Goldman School, Norwell 166 68 43 Pollard Middle School, Needham 369 68 43 Andover West Middle School, Andover 172 68 47 P. Brent Trottier, Southborough 156 67 47 E. W. Thurston Middle School, Westwood 214 67 47 Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School, Westborough 294 67 47 Walter S. Parker Middle School, Reading 177 67 51 Gates Intermediate School, Scituate 286 66 51 West Tisbury Elementary, West Tisbury Regional 50 66 51 Community Day Charter School 29 66 51 Richmond Consolidated, Richmond 29 66 51 Tyngsborough Middle, Tyngsborough 195 66 56 Sharon Middle School, Sharon 283 65 56 Edward Devotion, Brookline 72 65 56 Edith C. Baker, Brookline 76 65 56 Bird Middle School, Walpole 152 65 56 Pierce, Brookline 63 65 56 Henry T. Wing, Sandwich 105 65 56 Graham & Parks, Cambridge 43 65 63 Hilltown Cooperative Charter School 14 64 63 Ben Franklin Classical Charter School 25 64 63 Lynnfield Middle School, Lynnfield 176 64 63 Groton-Dunstable Regional Middle School 232 64 63 Flagg/Adams Middle School, Holliston 262 64 63 John Glenn Middle School, Bedford 159 64 69 Boston Latin Academy, Boston 291 63 69 Swampscott Middle School, Swampscott 217 63 71 John D. Runkle, Brookline 50 62 71 Heath, Brookline 44 62 73 Grafton Middle School, Grafton 171 61 74 Northborough Middle School, Northborough 217 60 74 Hingham Middle School, Hingham 301 60 74 Furnace Brook Middle School, Marshfield 335 60 77 North Andover Middle School, North Andover 365 59 77 Charles S. Pierce Middle School, Milton 295 59 77 John F. Kennedy Middle School, Natick 172 59 77 Essex Elementary & Middle School, Manchester-Essex Regional 37 59 81 Mountview Middle School, Wachusett Regional 232 58 81 Frolio Jr. High School, Abington 212 58 81 Nauset Regional Middle School, Nauset Regional 239 58 81 McCarthy Middle School, Chelmsford 245 58 81 Ipswich Middle Sch., Ipswich 170 58 86 Oak Ridge, Sandwich 112 57 86 Shrewsbury Middle School, Shrewsbury 437 57 86 W. Bridgewater Jr-Sr High School, West Bridgewater 95 57 89 Hanover Middle School, Hanover 198 56 89 Masconomet Regional Middle School, Masconomet Regional 349 56 89 Hopkinton Middle School, Hopkinton 265 56 89 Old Rochester Regional Jr. High School, Old Rochester Regional 267 56 93 O'Bryant School Math/Science, Boston 160 55 93 Thornton Burgess, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional 86 55 93 North Reading Middle School, North Reading 193 55 93 Ottoson Middle School, Arlington 345 55 93 Lenox Memorial High School, Lenox 69 55 93 Sutton Middle School, Sutton 117 55 93 Amherst Regional Middle School, Amherst-Pelham Regional 328 55 100 Marblehead Community Charter School 42 54 100 Horace Mann, Franklin 269 54 100 Eleanor N. Johnson Middle School, Walpole 138 54 100 Turkey Hill Middle School, Lunenburg 152 54 100 Harold L. Qualters Middle School, Mansfield 373 54 100 Williams Middle School, Bridgewater-Raynham Regional 306 54 100 Memorial Middle School, Beverly 172 54 100 Wilbraham Middle School, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional 236 54 100 East Middle School, Braintree 217 54 100 Mystic Valley Regional Charter School 63 54 100 Gordon W. Mitchell, East Bridgewater 217 54 111 Duxbury Middle School, Duxbury 245 53 112 Marblehead Middle School, Marblehead 218 52 112 Powder Mill, Southwick-Tolland Regional 132 52 112 John J. Ahern, Foxborough 233 52 112 Wilson Middle School, Natick 171 52 112 Col. Moses Parker School, Chelmsford 219 52 112 Oak Bluffs Elementary, Oak Bluffs 52 52 112 Ashland Middle School, Ashland 183 52 119 Marshall Simonds Middle School, Burlington 298 51 119 Galvin Middle School, Wakefield 279 51 119 Frontier Regional, Frontier Regional 139 51 119 University Park Campus School, Worcester 33 51 123 South Middle School, Braintree 203 50 123 Nissitissit Middle School, North Middlesex Regional 182 50 123 Lyndon, Boston 30 50 123 River Valley Charter School 38 50 123 Shirley Middle School, Shirley 90 50 123 Chestnut Hill Community, Belchertown 202 50 123 Auburn Middle School, Auburn 184 50 123 Cyrus Peirce, Nantucket 98 50 123 Arthur D. Healey, Somerville 52 50 132 Dunn Middle School, Danvers 318 49 132 Rockport Middle School, Rockport 83 49 132 Hawthorne Brook, North Middlesex Regional 206 49 132 Watertown Middle School, Watertown 223 49 132 Lawrence, Falmouth 389 49 137 Thomas Prince, Wachusett Regional 54 48 137 Georgetown Middle/High School, Georgetown 99 48 137 King Philip Regional School North, King Philip Regional 414 48 137 Sabis Foxboro Regional Charter School 56 48 137 Wynn Middle School, Tewksbury 416 48 137 Walsh Middle School, Framingham 209 48 143 Remington Middle School, Franklin 203 47 143 Paxton Center, Wachusett Regional 69 47 143 Fowler Middle School, Maynard 118 47 143 John F. Kennedy Jr. High School, Northampton 233 47 143 Locke Middle School, Billerica 259 47 148 Francis W. Parker Charter School 65 46 148 Central Middle School, Quincy 206 46 148 Stoneham Middle School, Stoneham 234 46 148 Wilmington Middle School, Wilmington 331 46 148 Hopedale Jr.-Sr. High School, Hopedale 90 46 148 Tantasqua Regional Jr. High School, Tantasqua Regional 314 46 148 Rising Tide Charter School 46 46 148 Charlton Middle School, Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional 211 46 148 Amesbury Middle School, Amesbury 231 46 148 Albert F. Ford Middle School, Acushnet 143 46 148 Cambridgeport, Cambridge 31 46 148 Raynham Middle School, Bridgewater-Raynham Regional 182 46 148 North Brookfield High School, North Brookfield 69 46 148 Mary Lyon, Boston 13 46 162 William H. Galvin Middle School, Canton 237 45 162 Easton Jr. High School, Easton 287 45 162 Littleton Middle School, Littleton 109 45 162 Joseph Case Jr. High School, Swansea 184 45 162 Somerset Jr. High School, Somerset 239 45 162 Mt Greylock Regional High School, Mount Greylock Regional 131 45 162 Caleb Dustin Hunking, Haverhill 169 45 162 Blackstone-Millville Regional Middle School, Blackstone-Millville Regional 184 45 162 Madeleine Dugger Andrews, Medford 207 45 162 Triton Middle School, Triton Regional 269 45 162 N. H. Wixon Middle School, Dennis-Yarmouth Regional 149 45 162 Abbott Memorial, Florida 11 45 174 Rupert A. Nock Middle School, Newburyport 197 44 174 Chatham Middle School, Chatham 62 44 174 Nessacus Middle School, Central Berkshire Regional 226 44 174 Pentucket Regional Middle School, Pentucket Regional 300 44 174 Northbridge Middle School, Northbridge 209 44 174 Ayer Middle School, Ayer 84 44 180 Marsh, Methuen 153 43 180 Berkley Middle School, Berkley 91 43 180 Central Tree Middle School, Wachusett Regional 135 43 180 Overlook Middle School, Ashburnham-Westminster Regional 232 43 180 J. Henry Higgins Middle School, Peabody 504 43 180 Winthrop Middle School, Winthrop 156 43 180 Middle School/Hyannis, Barnstable 572 43 180 Quabbin Regional Middle/High School, Quabbin Regional 288 43 180 Mt Everett Regional, Southern Berkshire Regional 77 43 180 Agassiz, Cambridge 38 43 180 Academy Of Pacific Rim Charter School 59 43 191 Hanscom Middle School, Lincoln 54 42 191 North Attleborough Middle School, North Attleborough 415 42 191 George R. Austin Middle School, Freetown-Lakeville Regional 260 42 191 Dudley Middle School, Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional 156 42 191 Briscoe Middle School, Beverly 187 42 191 Lafayette School, Everett 107 42 197 Daniel L. Joyce Jr. High School, Woburn 197 41 197 Millis Middle School, Millis 95 41 197 West Boylston Jr-Sr High School, West Boylston 96 41 197 John F. Kennedy Middle School, Waltham 180 41 197 Pioneer Valley Regional, Pioneer Valley Regional 117 41 197 Carver Middle School, Carver 170 41 197 Leicester Middle School, Leicester 175 41 197 John M. Tobin, Cambridge 44 41 197 Marlborough High School, Marlborough 411 41

8TH GRADE SCIENCE 2004 Rank District name Number tested Score 1 West Tisbury Elementary, West Tisbury Regional 50 84 2 Wayland Middle School, Wayland 256 78 2 Martha's Vineyard Community Charter School 14 78 4 Lincoln School, Lincoln 87 76 5 Essex Elementary & Middle School, Manchester-Essex Regional 37 75 6 Florence Sawyer School, Nashoba Regional 76 73 6 William H. Lincoln, Brookline 56 73 6 Stony Brook School, Westford 199 73 6 Winthrop L. Chenery Middle School, Belmont 290 73 10 Raymond J. Grey Regional Jr. High, Acton-Boxborough Regional 464 72 10 Concord Middle School, Concord 203 72 12 Carlisle School, Carlisle 100 71 12 Doherty Middle School, Andover 190 71 14 Williams Middle School, Longmeadow 127 70 14 Tisbury Elementary, Tisbury 43 70 16 William Diamond Middle School, Lexington 265 68 16 Glenbrook Middle School, Longmeadow 148 68 18 Jonas Clarke Middle School, Lexington 280 67 19 Pollard Middle School, Needham 369 66 20 Lancaster Middle School, Nashoba Regional 81 65 21 Bigelow Middle School, Newton 168 64 21 McCall Middle School, Winchester 305 64 21 Ephraim Curtis Middle School, Sudbury 332 64 21 Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School 60 64 21 E. W. Thurston Middle School, Westwood 214 64 21 Ben Franklin Classical Charter School 25 64 21 Remington Middle School, Franklin 203 64 28 Blanchard Middle School, Westford 191 63 28 Miles River Middle School, Hamilton-Wenham Regional 163 63 28 Cohasset Jr. Sr. High School, Cohasset 100 63 28 Tyngsborough Middle, Tyngsborough 195 63 32 Charles E. Brown Middle School, Newton 225 62 32 Bromfield, Harvard 105 62 34 Michael Driscoll, Brookline 43 61 34 Thomas Blake Middle School, Medfield 242 61 34 Henry T. Wing, Sandwich 105 61 34 Flagg/Adams Middle School, Holliston 262 61 34 Hawthorne Brook, North Middlesex Regional 206 61 39 Medway Middle School, Medway 184 60 39 Henry E. Goldman School, Norwell 166 60 39 Nauset Regional Middle School, Nauset Regional 239 60 42 Dover-Sherborn Regional Jr. High School, Dover-Sherborn Regional 154 59 42 Wood Hill Middle School, Andover 141 59 42 Sutton Middle School, Sutton 117 59 42 Horace Mann, Franklin 269 59 42 Auburn Middle School, Auburn 183 59 42 Rockport Middle School, Rockport 82 59 48 Manchester Essex Regional Middle/High School 57 58 48 Masconomet Regional Middle School, Masconomet Regional 348 58 48 Williams Middle School, Bridgewater-Raynham Regional 306 58 48 Agassiz, Cambridge 38 58 52 Wellesley Middle School, Wellesley 294 57 52 Chocksett Middle School, Wachusett Regional 125 57 52 Groton-Dunstable Regional Middle School 232 57 52 Thornton Burgess, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional 86 57 52 Marblehead Community Charter School 42 57 57 Lynnfield Middle School, Lynnfield 175 56 57 Swampscott Middle School, Swampscott 217 56 57 John D. Runkle, Brookline 50 56 57 Old Rochester Regional Jr. High School 267 56 57 Powder Mill, Southwick-Tolland Regional 132 56 57 Francis W. Parker Charter School 65 56 63 Boston Latin, Boston 378 55 63 Sharon Middle School, Sharon 283 55 63 Hingham Middle School, Hingham 301 55 63 Hanover Middle School, Hanover 198 55 67 Hopkins Academy, Hadley 44 54 67 F. A. Day Middle School, Newton 274 54 67 Graham & Parks, Cambridge 43 54 67 McCarthy Middle School, Chelmsford 245 54 67 Shrewsbury Middle School, Shrewsbury 437 54 67 Thomas Prince, Wachusett Regional 54 54 67 Pentucket Regional Middle School 300 54 67 North Attleborough Middle School, North Attleborough 415 54 75 Weston Middle School, Weston 196 53 75 John Glenn Middle School, Bedford 159 53 75 Northborough Middle School, Northborough 217 53 75 North Reading Middle School, North Reading 192 53 75 Col. Moses Parker School, Chelmsford 219 53 80 P. Brent Trottier, Southborough 156 52 80 Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School, Westborough 294 52 80 Bird Middle School, Walpole 152 52 80 Heath, Brookline 44 52 80 W. Bridgewater Jr-Sr High School, West Bridgewater 95 52 80 Hopedale Jr.-Sr. High School, Hopedale 89 52 86 Hale, Nashoba Regional 102 51 86 Walter S. Parker Middle School, Reading 177 51 86 Ottoson Middle School, Arlington 343 51 86 Memorial Middle School, Beverly 172 51 86 Duxbury Middle School, Duxbury 244 51 86 Birchland Park, East Longmeadow 216 51 92 Pierce, Brookline 63 49 92 Hopkinton Middle School, Hopkinton 265 49 92 Turkey Hill Middle School, Lunenburg 152 49 92 Wilbraham Middle School, Hampden-Wilbraham Regional 236 49 92 Quabbin Regional Middle/High School, Quabbin Regional 288 49 92 Bourne Middle School, Bourne 205 49 98 Arthur W. Coolidge Middle School, Reading 183 48 98 Andover West Middle School, Andover 172 48 98 Richmond Consolidated, Richmond 29 48 98 John F. Kennedy Middle School, Natick 172 48 98 Sabis Foxboro Regional Charter School 56 48 98 Rising Tide Charter School 46 48 98 Somerset Jr. High School, Somerset 239 48 98 Mt Greylock Regional High School, Mount Greylock Regional 131 48 98 Blackstone-Millville Regional Middle School 184 48 107 River Valley Charter School 38 47 107 Cyrus Peirce, Nantucket 98 47 107 Tantasqua Regional Jr. High School, Tantasqua Regional 314 47 107 Four Rivers Charter School 32 47 111 Charles S. Pierce Middle School, Milton 295 46 111 Eleanor N. Johnson Middle School, Walpole 138 46 111 Marblehead Middle School, Marblehead 218 46 111 Oak Bluffs Elementary, Oak Bluffs 52 46 111 Wynn Middle School, Tewksbury 416 46 111 Paxton Center, Wachusett Regional 69 46 111 Albert F. Ford Middle School, Acushnet 143 46 111 Triton Middle School, Triton Regional 268 46 111 Rupert A. Nock Middle School, Newburyport 197 46 111 Pioneer Valley Regional, Pioneer Valley Regional 116 46 121 Roxbury Preparatory Charter School 51 45 121 North Andover Middle School, North Andover 366 45 121 Mountview Middle School, Wachusett Regional 232 45 121 Lenox Memorial High School, Lenox 69 45 121 Galvin Middle School, Wakefield 278 45 121 Georgetown Middle/High School, Georgetown 99 45 121 Stoneham Middle School, Stoneham 234 45 121 Charlton Middle School, Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional 211 45 121 J. Henry Higgins Middle School, Peabody 504 45 130 Oak Hill Middle School, Newton 188 44 130 Gates Intermediate School, Scituate 286 44 130 Grafton Middle School, Grafton 171 44 130 Nissitissit Middle School, North Middlesex Regional 182 44 130 Easton Jr. High School, Easton 287 44 130 Overlook Middle School, Ashburnham-Westminster Regional 232 44 130 Milford Middle East, Milford 325 44 130 Reay E. Sterling Middle School, Quincy 111 44 138 Mystic Valley Regional Charter School 63 43 138 Wilson Middle School, Natick 171 43 138 Ashland Middle School, Ashland 183 43 138 Joseph Case Jr. High School, Swansea 184 43 138 Dudley Middle School, Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional 156 43 138 Daniel L. Joyce Jr. High School, Woburn 197 43 138 Dorothy L. Beckwith, Dighton-Rehoboth Regional 188 43 138 Amigos School, Cambridge 21 43 138 Mashpee High School, Mashpee 186 43 147 Edith C. Baker, Brookline 76 42 147 Boston Latin Academy, Boston 291 42 147 Amherst Regional Middle School, Amherst-Pelham Regional 328 42 147 Littleton Middle School, Littleton 109 42 147 Leicester Middle School, Leicester 175 42 147 James S. Daley Middle School, Lowell 209 42 153 Edward Devotion, Brookline 72 41 153 Frontier Regional, Frontier Regional 139 41 153 John F. Kennedy Jr. High School, Northampton 233 41 153 North Brookfield High School, North Brookfield 69 41 153 Madeleine Dugger Andrews, Medford 207 41 153 Ayer Middle School, Ayer 84 41 153 Central Tree Middle School, Wachusett Regional 135 41 153 Searles Middle School, Berkshire Hills Regional 111 41 161 Marshall Simonds Middle School, Burlington 297 40 161 Berkley Middle School, Berkley 91 40 161 West Boylston Jr-Sr High School, West Boylston 96 40 161 Melrose Middle School, Melrose 273 40 165 Cambridgeport, Cambridge 31 39 165 William H. Galvin Middle School, Canton 237 39 165 John F. Kennedy Jr. High School, Woburn 210 39 165 Weymouth High/Pleasant St., Weymouth 565 39 165 Agawam Jr. High School, Agawam 369 39 165 North Middle School, Westfield 296 39 165 Oxford Middle School, Oxford 171 39 172 Frolio Jr. High School, Abington 212 38 172 Gordon W. Mitchell, East Bridgewater 217 38 172 South Middle School, Braintree 204 38 172 Lawrence, Falmouth 389 38 172 Central Middle School, Quincy 206 38 172 Amesbury Middle School, Amesbury 231 38 172 Middle School/Hyannis, Barnstable 572 38 172 Norwood Jr. High South, Norwood 315 38 172 Palmer High School, Palmer 175 38 172 Bellingham Memorial Middle School, Bellingham 217 38 182 East Middle School, Braintree 217 37 182 Dunn Middle School, Danvers 318 37 182 King Philip Regional School North 413 37 182 Locke Middle School, Billerica 258 37 182 Chatham Middle School, Chatham 62 37 182 Mt. Everett Regional, Southern Berkshire Regional 77 37 182 Lincoln Park Community, Somerville 38 37 182 Dighton Middle School, Dighton-Rehoboth Regional 105 37 182 Joseph H. Martin, Taunton 210 37 191 Oak Ridge, Sandwich 112 36 191 Harold L. Qualters Middle School, Mansfield 373 36 191 George R. Austin Middle School, Freetown-Lakeville Regional 260 36 191 Forestdale, Sandwich 121 36 191 Granite Valley Middle School, Monson 133 36 191 West Springfield Middle School, West Springfield 339 36 191 Plymouth Commun Intermed, Plymouth 446 36 191 Knox Trail Jr. High School, Spencer-East Brookfield Regional 187 36 191 Abby Kelley Foster Regional Charter School 42 36 200 Hilltown Cooperative Charter School 14 35 200 Chestnut Hill Community, Belchertown 202 35 200 Walsh Middle School, Framingham 209 35 200 Nessacus Middle School, Central Berkshire Regional 225 35 200 Granby Jr.-Sr. High School, Granby 96 35 200 Mohawk Trail Regional High School, Mohawk Trail Regional 155 35 200 Rockland Senior High School, Rockland 235 35