Top-ranked 6th grade districts

Here are the top 6th grade school districts, ranked by Mathematics 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.

6TH GRADE MATHEMATICS
2005 Rank	District name	Number tested	Score
1	Pelham Public Schools	18	100
2	Community Day Charter, Lawrence	27	96
3	Whately Public Schools	20	95
4	Boxford Public Schools	143	88
5	Conway Public Schools	21	86
6	Acton Public Schools	387	84
6	Carlisle Public Schools	88	84
8	Winchester Public Schools	288	83
8	Topsfield Public Schools	111	83
8	Littleton Public Schools	76	83
11	Leverett Public Schools	17	82
11	Lexington Public Schools	508	82
11	Nashoba Regional, Bolton	241	82
14	Andover Public Schools	487	81
15	Wellesley Public Schools	325	80
16	Norwell Public Schools	161	78
16	Boxborough Public Schools	104	78
16	Dover-Sherborn Regional	152	78
19	Sharon Public Schools	270	77
19	Westwood Public Schools	236	77
19	Medfield Public Schools	252	77
19	Needham Public Schools	355	77
19	Reading Public Schools	316	77
19	Benjamin Franklin Charter, Franklin	43	77
19	Sutton Public Schools	145	77
26	Brookline Public Schools	438	76
26	Lunenburg Public Schools	140	76
28	Groton-Dunstable Regional	256	75
28	Wayland Public Schools	243	75
28	Newton Public Schools	828	75
28	Weston Public Schools	197	75
32	Westford Public Schools	421	74
32	Manchester Essex Regional	104	74
34	Westborough Public Schools	290	73
34	Sudbury Public Schools	324	73
34	Pentucket Regional, West Newbury	276	73
37	Hilltown Cooperative Charter, Haydenville	18	72
37	Rochester Public Schools	80	72
39	Sandwich Public Schools	324	71
39	Cohasset Public Schools	124	71
39	Holliston Public Schools	227	71
39	Roxbury Preparatory Charter	72	71
43	Chatham Public Schools	53	70
43	Triton Regional, Byfield	272	70
45	Harvard Public Schools	115	69
45	Sturbridge Public Schools	138	69
45	North Reading Public Schools	228	69
45	Marblehead Community Charter	45	69
45	Wachusett Regional, Jefferson	594	69
45	Mansfield Public Schools	402	69
45	Hatfield Public Schools	33	69
45	Nauset Regional, Orleans	185	69
53	Granby Public Schools	107	68
53	Natick Public Schools	327	68
55	West Boylston Public Schools	95	67
55	Franklin Public Schools	484	67
55	Hingham Public Schools	257	67
55	Shrewsbury Public Schools	495	67
55	Hopkinton Public Schools	276	67
55	Martha's Vineyard Public Charter, West Tisbury	15	67
55	Easton Public Schools	316	67
55	Boston Collegiate Charter	85	67
63	Medway Public Schools	242	66
63	Scituate Public Schools	236	66
63	Lenox Public Schools	62	66
63	Marion Public Schools	76	66
63	Dracut Public Schools	365	66
68	Lynnfield Public Schools	180	65
68	Longmeadow Public Schools	257	65
68	Belmont Public Schools	301	65
68	Foxborough Regional Charter	73	65
68	West Bridgewater Public Schools	95	65
73	Sunderland Public Schools	31	64
73	Hamilton-Wenham Regional	155	64
73	Southborough Public Schools	174	64
73	Mattapoisett Public Schools	81	64
73	Middleton Public Schools	107	64
73	Lincoln Public Schools	141	64
79	Concord Public Schools	234	63
79	Berlin Public Schools	33	63
79	Amherst Public Schools	223	63
79	Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter, Orleans	60	63
83	Wrentham Public Schools	168	62
83	Norfolk Public Schools	157	62
83	Marblehead Public Schools	234	62
83	Deerfield Public Schools	55	62
83	North Middlesex Regional, Townsend	366	62
83	Mystic Valley Regional Charter, Malden	107	62
89	Hampden-Wilbraham Regional	278	61
89	Pembroke Public Schools	281	61
89	Kingston Public Schools	162	61
92	Brimfield Public Schools	50	60
92	Hadley Public Schools	40	60
92	Provincetown Public Schools	20	60
95	North Andover Public Schools	365	59
95	Braintree Public Schools	418	59
95	Plympton Public Schools	43	59
95	Hopedale Public Schools	93	59
99	Melrose Public Schools	251	58
99	Blackstone-Millville Regional	184	58
99	Somerset Public Schools	185	58
99	Southwick-Tolland Regional	136	58
99	Swampscott Public Schools	147	58
99	Ashland Public Schools	213	58
99	Auburn Public Schools	186	58
99	Williamsburg Public Schools	19	58
99	Mendon-Upton Regional	232	58
99	Uxbridge Public Schools	161	58
109	Bedford Public Schools	168	57
109	Milton Public Schools	295	57
109	Tyngsborough Public Schools	157	57
109	Falmouth Public Schools	343	57
109	Holbrook Public Schools	130	57
109	Christa McAuliffe Regional Charter, Framingham	94	57
115	Arlington Public Schools	349	56
115	Canton Public Schools	240	56
115	Williamstown Public Schools	64	56
115	Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter, Springfield	18	56
115	Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter, Hyde Park	72	56
115	Boston Preparatory Charter, Hyde Park	96	56
121	Marshfield Public Schools	348	55
121	North Attleborough Public Schools	401	55
121	Duxbury Public Schools	229	55
121	Foxborough Public Schools	245	55
121	Wakefield Public Schools	267	55
121	Halifax Public Schools	98	55
121	Dennis-Yarmouth Regional	327	55
128	Shutesbury Public Schools	13	54
128	Bourne Public Schools	198	54
128	Ashburnham-Westminster Regional	187	54
128	Quaboag Regional, Warre	121	54
128	Tisbury Public Schools	39	54
128	Rockport Public Schools	88	54
128	Ware Public Schools	94	54
128	Florida Public Schools Public Schools	11	54
136	Northborough Public Schools	224	53
136	East Longmeadow Public Schools	234	53
136	Millbury Public Schools	175	53
136	Barnstable Charter	418	53
136	Mashpee Public Schools	173	53
136	Ipswich Public Schools	149	53
136	Georgetown Public Schools	114	53
136	Hawlemont Regional, Shelburne Falls	15	53
136	Lanesborough Public Schools	39	53
136	Berkshire Hills Regional, Stockbridge	88	53
136	Petersham Public Schools	15	53
136	Nantucket Public Schools	86	53
148	Grafton Public Schools	218	52
148	Dudley-Charlton Regional	361	52
148	Oxford Public Schools	192	52
151	Burlington Public Schools	290	51
151	Woburn Public Schools	363	51
151	Quabbin Regional, Barre	267	51
151	Farmington River Regional, Otis	31	51
151	Agawam Public Schools	352	51
151	Wilmington Public Schools	336	51
151	Maynard Public Schools	115	51
151	Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman	338	51
159	Up-Island Regional, Vineyard Haven	38	50
159	Hull Public Schools	108	50
159	Marlborough Public Schools	386	50
159	Beverly Public Schools	345	50
159	Watertown Public Schools	181	50
164	Hanover Public Schools	223	49
164	Middleborough Public Schools	275	49
164	Spencer-East Brookfield Regional	166	49
164	Weymouth Public Schools	525	49
164	South Hadley Public Schools	192	49
164	Edward Brooke Charter, Brighton	84	49
164	Athol-Royalston Regional	188	49
164	Prospect Hill Academy Charter, Somerville	61	49
172	Nahant Public Schools	35	48
172	Rising Tide Charter, Plymouth	56	48
172	Norwood Public Schools	273	48
175	Sabis International Charter, Springfield	174	47
175	Abington Public Schools	194	47
177	Walpole Public Schools	301	46
177	Harwich Public Schools	119	46
177	Billerica Public Schools	490	46
177	Northbridge Public Schools	208	46
177	Dighton-Rehoboth Regional	252	46
177	Danvers Public Schools	304	46
177	Methuen Public Schools	605	46
184	Richmond Public Schools	27	45
184	Leicester Public Schools	146	45
184	Stoneham Public Schools	219	45
184	Westport Public Schools	175	45
184	Clarksburg Public Schools	20	45
184	Dedham Public Schools	244	45
184	Revere Public Schools	423	45
184	Northampton Public Schools	246	45
184	Bridgewater-Raynham Regional	492	45
184	Shirley Public Schools	67	45
184	North Brookfield Public Schools	71	45
195	Tewksbury Public Schools	427	44
195	Millis Public Schools	120	44
195	Amesbury Public Schools	208	44
195	Fairhaven Public Schools	191	44
199	Holland Public Schools	37	43
199	Dartmouth Public Schools	339	43
199	Peabody Public Schools	541	43
199	Taunton Public Schools	694	43
199	Quincy Public Schools	628	43
199	Gateway Regional, Huntington	113	43
205	Berkley Public Schools	108	42
205	Edgartown Public Schools	33	42
207	Bellingham Public Schools	224	41
207	Oak Bluffs Public Schools	51	41
207	Plymouth Public Schools	673	41
207	Ayer Public Schools	93	41
207	Swansea Public Schools	170	41
207	Chelmsford Public Schools	432	41
207	Milford Public Schools	326	41
214	Avon Public Schools	57	40
214	East Bridgewater Public Schools	174	40
214	Gill-Montague Regional	75	40
214	Westhampton Public Schools	25	40
214	Ludlow Public Schools	233	40
219	Southern Berkshire Regional, Sheffield	77	39
219	Belchertown Public Schools	230	39
219	Plainville Public Schools	108	39
219	Atlantis Charter, Fall River	69	39
223	Carver Public Schools	167	38
223	Waltham Public Schools	327	38
223	Attleboro Public Schools	483	38
223	Rockland Public Schools	224	38
223	Adams-Cheshire Regional	141	38
228	Brookfield Public Schools	43	37
228	Mohawk Trail Regional, Shelburne Falls	93	37
228	Medford Public Schools	360	37
228	Newburyport Public Schools	185	37
228	Haverhill Public Schools	628	37
228	Worcester Public Schools	1904	37
234	River Valley Charter, Newburyport	33	36
234	Boylston Public Schools	58	36
234	New Salem-Wendell Regional	11	36
234	Stoughton Public Schools	316	36
234	Monson Public Schools	138	36
239	Hudson Public Schools	220	35
239	Saugus Public Schools	283	35
239	Salem Public Schools	344	35
239	Abby Kelley Foster Charter, Worcester	80	35
239	Somerville Public Schools	368	35
244	Framingham Public Schools	603	34
244	Greenfield Public Schools	142	34
244	Everett Public Schools	367	34
244	Cambridge Public Schools	432	34
244	Brockton Public Schools	1283	34
244	Salem Academy Charter, Salem	45	34
250	Narragansett Regional, Baldwinville	136	33
250	Westfield Public Schools	495	33
250	Winthrop Public Schools	161	33
250	Central Berkshire Regional, Dalton	187	33
250	Leominster Public Schools	439	33
250	Orange Public Schools	112	33
250	West Springfield Public Schools	327	33
250	Easthampton Public Schools	144	33
258	Acushnet Public Schools	126	32
258	Gloucester Public Schools	312	32
258	Benjamin Banneker Charter, Cambridge	32	32
261	Murdoch Middle Public Charter, Chelmsford	69	31
261	Palmer Public Schools	170	31
261	Pittsfield Public Schools	471	31
264	Freetown-Lakeville Regional	253	30
264	Randolph Public Schools	304	30
264	Winchendon Public Schools	141	30
264	Lynn Public Schools	1051	30
268	Clinton Public Schools	172	29
268	Southampton Public Schools	85	29
268	New Bedford Public Schools	1037	29
268	Fitchburg Public Schools	468	29
268	Malden Public Schools	469	29
273	South Shore Charter, Hull	36	28
273	Pioneer Valley Regional, Northfield	72	28
273	Gardner Public Schools	274	28
273	Wales Public Schools	25	28
273	Webster Public Schools	135	28
278	Norton Public Schools	262	27
278	New Bedford Global Charter	62	27
278	Southbridge Public Schools	224	27
281	Granville Public Schools	23	26
281	Chicopee Public Schools	583	26
283	Seekonk Public Schools	178	25
283	Wareham Public Schools	259	25
283	North Adams Public Schools	140	25
283	Excel Academy Charter School, East Boston	81	25
287	Douglas Public Schools	130	24
287	Seven Hills Charter, Worcester	75	24
287	Chesterfield-Goshen Regional	21	24
287	Lowell Public Schools	1169	24
291	Boston Public Schools	3958	23
292	Lee Public Schools	68	22
293	Neighborhood House Charter, Dorchester	23	21
294	Fall River Public Schools	875	20
294	Chelsea Public Schools	393	20
296	Lawrence Family Development Charter	59	18
297	Boston Renaissance Charter	171	16
297	Lawrence Public Schools	1027	16
299	Holyoke Public Schools	547	15
299	Smith Leadership Academy Charter, Boston	86	15
301	Lowell Community Charter	38	14
302	Springfield Public Schools	1978	12
303	Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter, Adams	34	9
304	New Leadership Academy Charter, Springfield	77	6
305	Uphams Corner Charter, South Boston	42	2
306	Frederick Douglass Charter, Hyde Park	67	1