Top-ranked 5th grade districts

Here are the top 5th grade school districts, ranked by Science and Technology scores on the spring 2005 MCAS exam. Boston.com determined the rankings by adding the percentage of students who scored either "Advanced" or "Proficient" in the subject. 100 is the highest possible score. Source: Massachusetts Dept. of Education.

5th GRADE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2005 Rank	District name	Number tested	Score
1	Truro Public Schools	12	91
2	Harvard Public Schools	102	90
3	Sherborn Public Schools	82	89
4	Pelham Public Schools	15	87
4	Sunderland Public Schools	38	87
6	Leverett Public Schools	14	86
6	Orleans Public Schools	48	86
8	Winchester Public Schools	262	84
8	Wellfleet Public Schools	25	84
10	Groton-Dunstable Regional	240	83
10	Norwell Public Schools	150	83
10	Hilltown Cooperative Charter, Haydenville	17	83
13	Arlington Public Schools	359	82
13	Nahant Public Schools	27	82
13	Wrentham Public Schools	193	82
16	Richmond Public Schools	21	81
16	Brewster Public Schools	108	81
16	Lynnfield Public Schools	167	81
19	Acton Public Schools	370	80
19	Sharon Public Schools	266	80
21	Boxford Public Schools	144	79
21	Lexington Public Schools	514	79
21	Marshfield Public Schools	390	79
21	Sturbridge Public Schools	122	79
21	Topsfield Public Schools	103	79
26	River Valley Charter, Newburyport	32	78
26	Andover Public Schools	469	78
28	Westwood Public Schools	196	77
28	Westford Public Schools	416	77
28	North Reading Public Schools	212	77
28	Northborough Public Schools	207	77
28	Norfolk Public Schools	154	77
28	Carlisle Public Schools	110	77
28	Boxborough Public Schools	91	77
28	Boylston Public Schools	54	77
36	Medway Public Schools	235	76
36	Granby Public Schools	97	76
36	Carver Public Schools	147	76
36	West Boylston Public Schools	98	76
40	Bedford Public Schools	162	75
40	North Attleborough Public Schools	360	75
40	Nashoba Regional, Bolton	247	75
43	Hamilton-Wenham Regional	190	74
43	Concord Public Schools	201	74
43	Longmeadow Public Schools	270	74
43	Scituate Public Schools	257	74
43	Wayland Public Schools	231	74
48	Conway Public Schools	22	73
48	Franklin Public Schools	473	73
50	Brimfield Public Schools	36	72
50	Hingham Public Schools	295	72
50	Medfield Public Schools	247	72
50	Newton Public Schools	812	72
50	Rising Tide Charter, Plymouth	61	72
50	Hampden-Wilbraham Regional	275	72
56	Burlington Public Schools	276	71
56	Manchester Essex Regional	107	71
56	Walpole Public Schools	279	71
56	Dover Public Schools	110	71
56	Shrewsbury Public Schools	469	71
56	Marblehead Public Schools	211	71
62	Marblehead Community Charter	43	70
62	Bellingham Public Schools	220	70
62	East Longmeadow Public Schools	204	70
62	Hadley Public Schools	62	70
62	Westborough Public Schools	234	70
67	Wellesley Public Schools	358	69
67	Sudbury Public Schools	357	69
67	Natick Public Schools	351	69
67	Granville Public Schools	23	69
67	Leicester Public Schools	151	69
72	Oak Bluffs Public Schools	44	68
72	Wachusett Regional, Jefferson	563	68
72	Narragansett Regional, Baldwinville	137	68
72	Southborough Public Schools	164	68
72	Lenox Public Schools	62	68
72	Hopkinton Public Schools	280	68
72	Belmont Public Schools	272	68
72	Woburn Public Schools	326	68
80	Marion Public Schools	67	67
80	Millbury Public Schools	136	67
80	Pembroke Public Schools	239	67
80	Sandwich Public Schools	327	67
80	Martha's Vineyard Public Charter, West Tisbury	12	67
80	Southern Berkshire Regional, Sheffield	89	67
86	Tewksbury Public Schools	409	66
86	Barnstable Charter	461	66
86	Stoneham Public Schools	224	66
86	Needham Public Schools	366	66
86	Duxbury Public Schools	264	66
86	Deerfield Public Schools	62	66
86	Berlin Public Schools	32	66
86	Brookfield Public Schools	52	66
86	Quabbin Regional, Barre	259	66
86	Eastham Public Schools	36	66
96	Melrose Public Schools	276	65
96	Blackstone-Millville Regional	171	65
96	Norwood Public Schools	254	65
96	Mashpee Public Schools	143	65
96	Mansfield Public Schools	402	65
96	Easton Public Schools	327	65
96	Cohasset Public Schools	128	65
96	Plymouth Public Schools	593	65
104	Acushnet Public Schools	129	64
104	Clinton Public Schools	143	64
104	Harwich Public Schools	97	64
104	Littleton Public Schools	138	64
104	Somerset Public Schools	201	64
109	Whately Public Schools	16	63
109	Farmington River Regional, Otis	33	63
109	Freetown-Lakeville Regional	230	63
109	Weston Public Schools	171	63
109	Reading Public Schools	308	63
109	Grafton Public Schools	211	63
109	Pentucket Regional, West Newbury	272	63
116	Hanover Public Schools	222	62
116	Ipswich Public Schools	162	62
116	Milton Public Schools	290	62
116	North Andover Public Schools	365	62
116	Rochester Public Schools	79	62
116	Mohawk Trail Regional, Shelburne Falls	100	62
122	Canton Public Schools	263	61
122	Up-Island Regional, Vineyard Haven	36	61
122	Southwick-Tolland Regional	140	61
122	Tyngsborough Public Schools	165	61
122	Shutesbury Public Schools	28	61
122	Mattapoisett Public Schools	87	61
122	Foxborough Public Schools	219	61
122	Holliston Public Schools	267	61
130	Dracut Public Schools	320	60
130	Westport Public Schools	156	60
130	Williamstown Public Schools	79	60
130	Swampscott Public Schools	172	60
130	Brookline Public Schools	398	60
130	Kingston Public Schools	172	60
130	Holland Public Schools	42	60
137	Middleton Public Schools	109	59
137	Foxborough Regional Charter	83	59
137	Dartmouth Public Schools	318	59
137	Clarksburg Public Schools	27	59
137	Braintree Public Schools	392	59
137	Ashland Public Schools	204	59
137	Agawam Public Schools	336	59
144	North Middlesex Regional, Townsend	379	58
144	Auburn Public Schools	198	58
144	Ayer Public Schools	115	58
144	Douglas Public Schools	143	58
144	Middleborough Public Schools	281	58
144	Millis Public Schools	103	58
144	Murdoch Middle Public Charter, Chelmsford	69	58
144	Amherst Public Schools	211	58
152	Dedham Public Schools	256	57
152	Wilmington Public Schools	336	57
152	Spencer-East Brookfield Regional	155	57
152	Plympton Public Schools	33	57
156	Georgetown Public Schools	136	56
156	Lunenburg Public Schools	143	56
156	Revere Public Schools	443	56
159	Chatham Public Schools	55	55
159	South Shore Charter, Hull	42	55
159	Benjamin Franklin Charter, Franklin	44	55
159	Neighborhood House Charter, Dorchester	20	55
159	Swansea Public Schools	178	55
159	East Bridgewater Public Schools	212	55
159	Avon Public Schools	58	55
159	Medford Public Schools	353	55
167	Williamsburg Public Schools	33	54
167	Hull Public Schools	93	54
167	Ashburnham-Westminster Regional	199	54
167	Bourne Public Schools	164	54
167	Wakefield Public Schools	293	54
167	Chelmsford Public Schools	438	54
167	Seekonk Public Schools	179	54
174	Mendon-Upton Regional	223	53
174	Triton Regional, Byfield	278	53
174	Weymouth Public Schools	497	53
174	Waltham Public Schools	334	53
174	Hudson Public Schools	203	53
174	Erving Public Schools	19	53
180	Westfield Public Schools	481	52
180	Winthrop Public Schools	160	52
180	Dudley-Charlton Regional	385	52
180	Hawlemont Regional, Shelburne Falls	23	52
180	Pioneer Valley Regional, Northfield	38	52
180	Quaboag Regional, Warre	113	52
180	Hatfield Public Schools	43	52
187	Belchertown Public Schools	190	51
187	Sabis International Charter, Springfield	148	51
187	Billerica Public Schools	548	51
187	Peabody Public Schools	484	51
191	Amesbury Public Schools	188	50
191	Framingham Public Schools	645	50
191	Milford Public Schools	301	50
191	Plainville Public Schools	107	50
191	New Salem-Wendell Regional	18	50
196	Central Berkshire Regional, Dalton	159	49
196	Halifax Public Schools	104	49
196	Newburyport Public Schools	166	49
199	Dennis-Yarmouth Regional	330	48
199	Bridgewater-Raynham Regional	467	48
199	Berkshire Hills Regional, Stockbridge	81	48
199	Saugus Public Schools	284	48
199	Northampton Public Schools	189	48
199	Haverhill Public Schools	601	48
199	Lanesborough Public Schools	42	48
206	Southampton Public Schools	76	47
206	Stoughton Public Schools	307	47
206	South Hadley Public Schools	184	47
206	Greenfield Public Schools	181	47
206	Oxford Public Schools	173	47
206	Lincoln Public Schools	128	47
206	Northbridge Public Schools	200	47
213	Falmouth Public Schools	335	46
213	Holbrook Public Schools	87	46
213	Hopedale Public Schools	93	46
213	Leominster Public Schools	484	46
213	Marlborough Public Schools	380	46
213	Orange Public Schools	115	46
213	Taunton Public Schools	682	46
213	Community Day Charter, Lawrence	24	46
221	Petersham Public Schools	20	45
221	Wales Public Schools	20	45
221	Shirley Public Schools	83	45
221	Quincy Public Schools	645	45
221	Gardner Public Schools	241	45
221	Beverly Public Schools	361	45
221	Attleboro Public Schools	449	45
221	Kipp Academy Lynn Charter, Lynn	73	45
221	Maynard Public Schools	105	45
230	Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman	342	44
230	Abington Public Schools	203	44
230	Fairhaven Public Schools	166	44
230	Gloucester Public Schools	292	44
230	Tisbury Public Schools	41	44
230	Dighton-Rehoboth Regional	263	44
236	Atlantis Charter, Fall River	72	43
236	West Springfield Public Schools	278	43
236	Lee Public Schools	56	43
236	Sutton Public Schools	120	43
240	Danvers Public Schools	269	42
240	Monson Public Schools	125	42
240	Provincetown Public Schools	12	42
240	Rockland Public Schools	201	42
244	Uxbridge Public Schools	164	41
244	Gill-Montague Regional	87	41
244	Wareham Public Schools	287	41
244	Methuen Public Schools	576	41
244	Norton Public Schools	294	41
244	Rockport Public Schools	57	41
250	Watertown Public Schools	175	40
250	West Bridgewater Public Schools	86	40
250	Gateway Regional, Huntington	101	40
253	North Brookfield Public Schools	69	39
253	Randolph Public Schools	305	39
253	Everett Public Schools	374	39
253	Westhampton Public Schools	18	39
257	Palmer Public Schools	192	38
257	Pittsfield Public Schools	501	38
257	Adams-Cheshire Regional	136	38
260	Chicopee Public Schools	599	36
260	Salem Public Schools	314	36
262	New Bedford Public Schools	1116	35
262	Ware Public Schools	106	35
262	Conservatory Lab Charter, Brighton	17	35
262	Berkley Public Schools	102	35
266	Cambridge Public Schools	425	34
266	Edgartown Public Schools	39	34
266	Ludlow Public Schools	218	34
266	Boston Collegiate Charter	65	34
270	Mystic Valley Regional Charter, Malden	117	33
270	Fitchburg Public Schools	441	33
270	Winchendon Public Schools	124	33
273	Nantucket Public Schools	93	32
273	Malden Public Schools	486	32
273	Easthampton Public Schools	131	32
273	Fall River Public Schools	900	32
277	New Bedford Global Charter	39	31
277	Seven Hills Charter, Worcester	73	31
279	Springfield Public Schools	2,052	30
279	Abby Kelley Foster Charter, Worcester	131	30
281	Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter, Springfield	21	29
281	Chesterfield-Goshen Regional	21	29
281	Lynn Public Schools	1,017	29
281	Somerville Public Schools	369	29
285	Edward Brooke Charter, Brighton	86	28
285	North Adams Public Schools	148	28
287	Southbridge Public Schools	203	26
287	Worcester Public Schools	1,737	26
289	Webster Public Schools	148	25
290	Athol-Royalston Regional	172	24
291	Chelsea Public Schools	351	23
292	Brockton Public Schools	1,227	22
292	Prospect Hill Academy Charter, Somerville	69	22
292	Lowell Public Schools	1,078	22
292	Boston Renaissance Charter	164	22
296	Holyoke Public Schools	540	20
297	Lowell Community Charter	43	19
298	Boston Public Schools	4,095	17
299	Florida Public Schools Public Schools	12	16
299	Benjamin Banneker Charter, Cambridge	30	16
301	Lawrence Public Schools	1,000	14
302	Uphams Corner Charter, South Boston	43	5
303	Lawrence Family Development Charter	56	4