Top-ranked 3rd grade districts

Here are the top 3rd grade school districts, ranked by the percenage of students who scored "Proficient" on the Reading MCAS exam given in the spring of 2005. 100 is the highest possible score. Source: Massachusetts Dept. of Education.

3RD GRADE READING
2005 Rank	District name	Number tested	Score
1	Conway Public Schools	19	95
2	Shutesbury Public Schools	21	90
2	Petersham Public Schools	21	90
4	Orleans Public Schools	36	89
5	Rockport Public Schools	69	87
5	Hingham Public Schools	288	87
7	Mattapoisett Public Schools	58	86
7	Erving Public Schools	21	86
7	Sunderland Public Schools	36	86
7	Winchester Public Schools	288	86
11	Medfield Public Schools	258	85
11	Nahant Public Schools	27	85
11	Sudbury Public Schools	368	85
11	Carlisle Public Schools	94	85
11	Westwood Public Schools	212	85
11	Weston Public Schools	203	85
17	Concord Public Schools	213	84
17	Acton Public Schools	381	84
17	Westford Public Schools	402	84
17	Lunenburg Public Schools	125	84
17	Sherborn Public Schools	80	84
17	Hopkinton Public Schools	298	84
17	Cohasset Public Schools	115	84
24	Granville Public Schools	23	83
24	Hilltown Cooperative Charter, Haydenville	18	83
24	Swampscott Public Schools	181	83
24	Arlington Public Schools	369	83
24	Norwell Public Schools	168	83
24	Southborough Public Schools	183	83
24	Ipswich Public Schools	162	83
24	Chesterfield-Goshen Regional	23	83
24	Whately Public Schools	18	83
33	Canton Public Schools	239	82
33	Belmont Public Schools	284	82
35	Lexington Public Schools	460	81
35	Boxford Public Schools	153	81
35	Manchester Essex Regional	101	81
35	Longmeadow Public Schools	237	81
35	Marblehead Public Schools	249	81
35	Wellesley Public Schools	371	81
35	Dover Public Schools	104	81
35	Pelham Public Schools	16	81
35	Chelmsford Public Schools	424	81
35	North Reading Public Schools	243	81
45	Newton Public Schools	827	80
45	Hampden-Wilbraham Regional	267	80
45	Boxborough Public Schools	99	80
45	Needham Public Schools	367	80
45	Scituate Public Schools	230	80
45	Andover Public Schools	452	80
45	Marshfield Public Schools	374	80
45	Ayer Public Schools	88	80
45	Nashoba Regional, Bolton	224	80
54	Harvard Public Schools	103	79
54	Wayland Public Schools	204	79
54	Reading Public Schools	349	79
54	Quabbin Regional, Barre	219	79
54	Deerfield Public Schools	61	79
54	Topsfield Public Schools	106	79
60	Berkshire Hills Regional, Stockbridge	74	78
60	Quaboag Regional, Warre	91	78
60	Southwick-Tolland Regional	139	78
60	Plympton Public Schools	36	78
60	Hamilton-Wenham Regional	176	78
60	Brookline Public Schools	413	78
60	Shrewsbury Public Schools	464	78
60	Kingston Public Schools	157	78
60	Mansfield Public Schools	414	78
60	Littleton Public Schools	129	78
60	North Andover Public Schools	345	78
60	Norfolk Public Schools	152	78
60	East Longmeadow Public Schools	196	78
60	Natick Public Schools	374	78
74	North Attleborough Public Schools	378	77
74	Marion Public Schools	60	77
74	Milton Public Schools	296	77
74	Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman	350	77
74	West Boylston Public Schools	73	77
74	Leicester Public Schools	130	77
74	Pentucket Regional, West Newbury	254	77
74	Foxborough Public Schools	204	77
74	Wilmington Public Schools	316	77
74	Groton-Dunstable Regional	246	77
74	Wrentham Public Schools	173	77
74	Grafton Public Schools	216	77
86	Oak Bluffs Public Schools	45	76
86	Dedham Public Schools	244	76
86	Danvers Public Schools	263	76
86	Benjamin Franklin Charter, Franklin	45	76
86	Chatham Public Schools	59	76
86	Central Berkshire Regional, Dalton	135	76
86	Hanover Public Schools	234	76
86	Carver Public Schools	147	76
86	Harwich Public Schools	119	76
86	Eastham Public Schools	34	76
86	Sharon Public Schools	279	76
86	Bedford Public Schools	165	76
86	Lincoln Public Schools	136	76
86	Westborough Public Schools	268	76
100	Duxbury Public Schools	230	75
100	Brewster Public Schools	76	75
100	Ashland Public Schools	218	75
100	Farmington River Regional, Otis	20	75
100	Hatfield Public Schools	32	75
100	Lynnfield Public Schools	167	75
100	Walpole Public Schools	270	75
100	Middleton Public Schools	119	75
100	Newburyport Public Schools	156	75
100	Easton Public Schools	315	75
110	Holliston Public Schools	219	74
110	Richmond Public Schools	19	74
110	River Valley Charter, Newburyport	39	74
110	Medway Public Schools	226	74
110	Rochester Public Schools	74	74
110	Franklin Public Schools	497	74
116	Hull Public Schools	90	73
116	Martha's Vineyard Public Charter, West Tisbury	11	73
116	Northborough Public Schools	217	73
116	Somerset Public Schools	195	73
116	Gardner Public Schools	206	73
116	Lanesborough Public Schools	48	73
116	Lenox Public Schools	56	73
116	Wachusett Regional, Jefferson	574	73
116	Bellingham Public Schools	198	73
125	Northbridge Public Schools	190	72
125	Amherst Public Schools	192	72
125	Sutton Public Schools	135	72
125	West Bridgewater Public Schools	95	72
125	Weymouth Public Schools	481	72
130	Winchendon Public Schools	126	71
130	Wellfleet Public Schools	24	71
130	Hadley Public Schools	51	71
130	Barnstable Public Schools	414	71
130	Plymouth Public Schools	633	71
130	Boylston Public Schools	52	71
130	Mendon-Upton Regional	221	71
130	Leverett Public Schools	17	71
130	Williamsburg Public Schools	31	71
130	Williamstown Public Schools	63	71
140	Braintree Public Schools	410	70
140	Brimfield Public Schools	40	70
140	Avon Public Schools	57	70
140	North Middlesex Regional, Townsend	349	70
140	Triton Regional, Byfield	241	70
140	Tyngsborough Public Schools	172	70
140	Melrose Public Schools	274	70
140	Pembroke Public Schools	273	70
148	Georgetown Public Schools	129	69
148	Bridgewater-Raynham Regional	486	69
148	Dartmouth Public Schools	345	69
148	Sandwich Public Schools	310	69
148	Amesbury Public Schools	185	69
148	Foxborough Regional Charter	108	69
148	Up-Island Regional, Vineyard Haven	42	69
155	Berlin Public Schools	28	68
155	Maynard Public Schools	118	68
155	Woburn Public Schools	326	68
155	Marston Mill East Horace Mann Charter	81	68
155	Wakefield Public Schools	233	68
155	Dudley-Charlton Regional	303	68
155	Oxford Public Schools	154	68
155	Swansea Public Schools	158	68
155	Auburn Public Schools	190	68
155	Shirley Public Schools	81	68
165	Edgartown Public Schools	30	67
165	Freetown Public Schools	100	67
165	Granby Public Schools	86	67
165	Savoy Public Schools	12	67
165	Middleborough Public Schools	276	67
165	Southern Berkshire Regional, Sheffield	84	67
165	Hawlemont Regional, Shelburne Falls	15	67
165	Stoughton Public Schools	261	67
173	Stoneham Public Schools	224	66
173	Marlborough Public Schools	360	66
173	Burlington Public Schools	285	66
173	Palmer Public Schools	161	66
173	Ludlow Public Schools	227	66
173	Fairhaven Public Schools	158	66
173	Acushnet Public Schools	113	66
173	Millis Public Schools	125	66
181	Peabody Public Schools	507	65
181	Falmouth Public Schools	288	65
181	Spencer-East Brookfield Regional	164	65
181	Bourne Public Schools	194	65
181	Ashburnham-Westminster Regional	150	65
181	Pittsfield Public Schools	513	65
181	Plainville Public Schools	108	65
181	Mystic Valley Regional Charter, Malden	120	65
181	Dracut Public Schools	351	65
190	Watertown Public Schools	186	64
190	Hopedale Public Schools	100	64
190	Agawam Public Schools	338	64
190	Sturbridge Public Schools	118	64
190	Belchertown Public Schools	213	64
190	Norton Public Schools	244	64
196	Saugus Public Schools	254	63
196	Seekonk Public Schools	184	63
196	Westport Public Schools	141	63
196	Tewksbury Public Schools	382	63
196	Mohawk Trail Regional, Shelburne Falls	78	63
196	Uxbridge Public Schools	157	63
196	Westhampton Public Schools	19	63
196	Norwood Public Schools	298	63
196	New Salem-Wendell Regional	16	63
196	Milford Public Schools	347	63
196	Southampton Public Schools	72	63
196	Beverly Public Schools	362	63
208	Holbrook Public Schools	127	62
208	Narragansett Regional, Baldwinville	138	62
208	Billerica Public Schools	531	62
208	Medford Public Schools	350	62
208	East Bridgewater Public Schools	221	62
208	Northampton Public Schools	208	62
208	Ware Public Schools	93	62
208	Lakeville Public Schools	175	62
208	Dighton-Rehoboth Regional	240	62
217	Orange Public Schools	104	61
217	Dennis-Yarmouth Regional	324	61
217	Hill View Montessori Charter, Haverhill	23	61
217	Brookfield Public Schools	28	61
217	Halifax Public Schools	110	61
217	Clinton Public Schools	128	61
217	Gloucester Public Schools	305	61
224	Berkley Public Schools	89	60
224	Blackstone-Millville Regional	180	60
224	South Shore Charter, Hull	40	60
224	West Springfield Public Schools	247	60
224	Abington Public Schools	198	60
224	South Hadley Public Schools	169	60
224	Tisbury Public Schools	25	60
224	Millbury Public Schools	132	60
224	Methuen Public Schools	572	60
224	Westfield Public Schools	486	60
224	Haverhill Public Schools	578	60
224	North Brookfield Public Schools	60	60
236	Clarksburg Public Schools	17	59
236	Revere Public Schools	443	59
236	Truro Public Schools	17	59
236	Mashpee Public Schools	133	59
236	Framingham Public Schools	650	59
236	Nantucket Public Schools	86	59
236	Lee Public Schools	46	59
236	North Adams Public Schools	140	59
244	Florida Public Schools Public Schools	12	58
245	Hudson Public Schools	208	57
245	Holland Public Schools	23	57
247	Quincy Public Schools	604	56
247	Athol-Royalston Regional	149	56
247	Wareham Public Schools	261	56
247	Leominster Public Schools	436	56
251	Douglas Public Schools	152	55
251	Prospect Hill Academy Charter, Somerville	56	55
251	Rockland Public Schools	211	55
251	Neighborhood House Charter, Dorchester	22	55
251	Adams-Cheshire Regional	139	55
251	Winthrop Public Schools	161	55
251	Chicopee Public Schools	497	55
251	Easthampton Public Schools	122	55
259	Taunton Public Schools	677	54
259	Community Day Charter, Lawrence	48	54
261	Waltham Public Schools	321	53
261	Attleboro Public Schools	468	53
261	Pioneer Valley Regional, Northfield	62	53
261	Greenfield Public Schools	139	53
265	Gill-Montague Regional	73	52
265	Monson Public Schools	119	52
265	Abby Kelley Foster Charter, Worcester	141	52
268	Malden Public Schools	476	51
268	Atlantis Charter, Fall River	91	51
268	Randolph Public Schools	281	51
271	Southbridge Public Schools	200	50
271	Sabis International Charter, Springfield	113	50
271	Salem Public Schools	321	50
274	Cambridge Public Schools	422	49
274	Lynn Public Schools	1,037	49
276	Fall River Public Schools	843	48
276	Gateway Regional, Huntington	105	48
276	Fitchburg Public Schools	435	48
279	Webster Public Schools	148	47
280	New Bedford Public Schools	1,111	44
280	Somerville Public Schools	362	44
280	Boston Renaissance Charter	138	44
283	Brockton Public Schools	1,235	43
284	Benjamin Banneker Charter, Cambridge	33	42
284	Provincetown Public Schools	12	42
286	Springfield Public Schools	1,934	41
287	Seven Hills Charter, Worcester	78	40
288	Worcester Public Schools	1,729	39
289	Everett Public Schools	343	38
290	Lowell Public Schools	1,102	36
291	Chelsea Public Schools	402	34
292	Lowell Community Charter	87	32
293	Boston Public Schools	4,066	31
293	Lawrence Family Development Charter	61	31
295	Conservatory Lab Charter, Brighton	23	30
296	Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter, Springfield	20	25
297	Wales Public Schools	17	24
298	Lawrence Public Schools	990	23
299	Holyoke Public Schools	533	21