Schools are ranked on the percentage of students passing the 3rd grade MCAS exams, taken in the spring of 2005. Readers should keep several cautions in mind: A ranking can make too much of small differences; districts ranking far apart on the list may have only slightly different scores. Districts draw students from communities that vary widely in wealth, the education level of parents, and other factors. Also, the share of students in special education, or with English as a second language, vary greatly. Source: Boston Globe calculations from Mass. Department of Education figures.
3rd GRADE READING
2005 Rank
District, school name
% Passing
998
Boston, Thomas J Kenny
68
998
Worcester, Belmont Street
68
994
Boston, Paul A Dever
69
994
Holyoke, Lt Elmer J McMahon
69
994
Holyoke, Maurice A Donahue
69
994
Lawrence, Henry K Oliver
69
987
Boston, Henry L Higginson
70
987
Boston, Phineas Bates
70
987
Cambridge, Amigos School
70
987
Cambridge, King
70
987
Conservatory Lab Charter, Brighton
70
987
Lynn, E J Harrington
70
987
Worcester, Goddard
70
985
Boston, Maurice J Tobin
71
985
Worcester, Union Hill
71
979
Boston, Agassiz
72
979
Boston, Jackson Mann
72
979
Boston, John Marshall
72
979
Fall River, Samuel Watson
72
979
Lawrence, South Lawrence East
72
979
Worcester, Wawecus Road
72
975
Boston, John Winthrop
73
975
Boston, William H Ohrenberger
73
975
Holyoke, Morgan
73
975
Lawrence, Alexander B Bruce
73
969
Boston, Alexander Hamilton
74
969
Boston, Charles Sumner
74
969
Boston, Ellis Mendell
74
969
Brockton, Downey
74
969
Salem, Horace Mann Lab
74
969
Worcester, Mill Swan
74
964
Boston, Dennis C Haley
75
964
Everett, Lafayette
75
964
Lowell Community Charter
75
964
New Bedford, Phillips Avenue
75
964
Provincetown, Veterans Memorial
75
956
Boston, George H Conley
76
956
Boston, Roger Clap
76
956
Boston, Thomas Gardner
76
956
Holyoke, E N White
76
956
Lowell, Charles W Morey
76
956
Springfield, Gerena
76
956
Springfield, Hiram L Dorman
76
956
Worcester, Harlow Street
76
949
Boston, O W Holmes
77
949
Boston, Richard J Murphy
77
949
Brockton, Gilmore
77
949
Fall River, Harriet T Healy
77
949
Holyoke, Lt Clayre Sullivan
77
949
Lowell, Dr Gertrude Bailey
77
949
North End Elementary, Fall River
77
942
Boston, Samuel Adams
78
942
Chelsea, Frank M Sokolowski
78
942
Fall River, Charles V Carroll
78
942
Lawrence, Edward F. Parthum
78
942
Lowell, Greenhalge
78
942
Springfield, Glickman
78
942
Worcester, Accelerated Learning Lab
78
937
Boston, Farragut
79
937
Boston, Hugh Roe O'Donnell
79
937
Greenfield, North Parish
79
937
Lowell, Pawtucketville
79
937
Waltham, Northeast
79
929
Boston, Charles H Taylor
80
929
Boston, James J Chittick
80
929
Boston, Joseph J Hurley
80
929
Boston, Pauline Agassiz Shaw
80
929
Brockton, Dr W Arnone
80
929
Gill-Montague Regional, Montague Center
80
929
Lowell, Varnum Arts
80
929
Worcester, Vernon Hill
80
921
Boston, Patrick J Kennedy
81
921
Boston, William E Russell
81
921
Gateway Regional, Huntington, Russell
81
921
Lowell, Joseph McAvinnue
81
921
Somerville, Winter Hill Community
81
921
Springfield, Boland
81
921
Springfield, Liberty
81
921
Worcester, Multiple Intelligences
81
905
Amherst, Crocker Farm
82
905
Boston, Mozart
82
905
Boston, Rafael Hernandez
82
905
Brockton, Belmont Street
82
905
Brockton, Oscar F Raymond
82
905
Everett, Parlin
82
905
Fall River, N B Borden
82
905
Lawrence Family Development Charter
82
905
Lawrence, Francis M Leahy
82
905
New Bedford, Hayden/McFadden
82
905
Revere, Garfield Magnet
82
905
Springfield, Alice B Beal
82
905
Springfield, Lincoln
82
905
Springfield, Samuel Bowles
82
905
Taunton, Elizabeth Pole
82
905
Webster, Anthony J Sitkowski
82
890
Attleboro, Willett
83
890
Boston, Beethoven
83
890
Boston, John F Kennedy
83
890
Boston, William Ellery Channing
83
890
Brockton, Whitman
83
890
Framingham, Potter Road
83
890
Lawrence, Emily G Wetherbee
83
890
Lowell, John J Shaughnessy
83
890
Lynn, Tracy
83
890
Quincy, Squantum
83
890
Randolph, J F Kennedy
83
890
Springfield, Daniel B Brunton
83
890
Taunton, Edward F Leddy
83
890
Wellfleet, Wellfleet
83
890
Worcester, Norrback Avenue
83
878
Boston, Joseph Lee
84
878
Boston, Joseph P Tynan
84
878
Cambridge, Haggerty
84
878
Chelsea, George D Kelly
84
878
Fall River, John J Doran
84
878
Fitchburg, Reingold
84
878
Fitchburg, South Street
84
878
Lynn, Wm P Connery
84
878
Methuen, Donald P Timony
84
878
Prospect Hill Academy Charter, Somerville
84
878
Worcester, Canterbury
84
878
Worcester, City View
84
862
Boston, Elihu Greenwood
85
862
Boston, James Condon
85
862
Boston, James W Hennigan
85
862
Boston, Mather
85
862
Boston, Michael J Perkins
85
862
Fitchburg, McKay Campus
85
862
Framingham, Brophy
85
862
Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter, Springfield
85
862
Springfield, Indian Orchard
85
862
Springfield, Margaret C Ells
85
862
Taunton, Edmund Hatch Bennett
85
862
Waltham, William F Stanley
85
862
Worcester, Elm Park
85
862
Worcester, Grafton Street
85
862
Worcester, Quinsigamond
85
862
Worcester, Roosevelt
85
844
Attleboro, Peter Thacher
86
844
Boston, Curtis Guild
86
844
Boston, David A Ellis
86
844
Boston, Joseph P Manning
86
844
Boston, Patrick O'Hearn
86
844
Cambridge, John M Tobin
86
844
Everett, Sumner G Whittier
86
844
Lawrence, Robert Frost
86
844
Lowell, McDonough City Magnet
86
844
Lowell, Peter W Reilly
86
844
Lynn, Edward A Sisson
86
844
Lynn, Ingalls
86
844
Malden, Forestdale
86
844
Malden, Salemwood
86
844
Somerville, John F Kennedy
86
844
Springfield, Frederick Harris
86
844
Springfield, Homer Street
86
844
Taunton, Joseph C Chamberlain
86
830
Brockton, Huntington
87
830
Cambridge, Graham and Parks
87
830
Everett, George Keverian School
87
830
Quincy, Francis W Parker
87
830
Rockland, Jefferson
87
830
Salem, Saltonstall
87
830
Seven Hills Charter, Worcester
87
830
Somerville, E Somerville
87
830
Springfield, Brightwood
87
830
Springfield, Milton Bradley
87
830
Springfield, White Street
87
830
Springfield, William N Deberry
87
830
Stoughton, Joseph R Dawe Jr
87
830
Worcester, New Ludlow
87
814
Attleboro, Studley
88
814
Billerica, Hajjar
88
814
Boston, Harvard-Kent
88
814
Boston, Sarah Greenwood
88
814
Boston, Young Achievers
88
814
Brookline, William H Lincoln
88
814
Cambridge, Fletcher/Maynard Academy
88
814
Fall River, Ralph M Small
88
814
Framingham, Woodrow Wilson
88
814
Lowell, Abraham Lincoln
88
814
Nashoba Regional, Bolton, Mary Rowlandson Elem
88
814
New Bedford, Elizabeth Carter Brooks
88
814
Quincy, Wollaston
88
814
Springfield, Mary M Lynch
88
814
Springfield, Rebecca M Johnson
88
814
Westfield, Highland
88
794
Abby Kelley Foster Charter, Worcester
89
794
Berkley, Berkley Community
89
794
Chelsea, Edgar A Hooks
89
794
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, John Simpkins
89
794
Fall River, Davol
89
794
Fall River, Slade
89
794
Framingham, Barbieri
89
794
Haverhill, Pentucket Lake
89
794
Leominster, Northwest
89
794
Malden, Ferryway
89
794
New Bedford, Abraham Lincoln
89
794
New Bedford, John Avery Parker
89
794
New Bedford, Sgt Wm H Carney
89
794
North Attleborough, Amvet Boulevard
89
794
Quincy, Atherton Hough
89
794
Springfield, Washington
89
794
Taunton, H H Galligan
89
794
Taunton, Lowell M Maxham
89
794
West Springfield, John R Fausey
89
794
Worcester, Columbus Park
89
772
Athol-Royalston Regional, Riverbend
90
772
Boston, Manassah E Bradley
90
772
Boston, Winship
90
772
Braintree, Mary E Flaherty
90
772
Brockton, Louis F Angelo
90
772
Chicopee, Bowe
90
772
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, Station Avenue
90
772
Gateway Regional, Huntington, Chester
90
772
Gill-Montague Regional, Sheffield
90
772
Lowell, Washington
90
772
Lynn, Washington
90
772
Medford, Brooks
90
772
Medford, Milton Fuller Roberts
90
772
New Bedford, Ellen R Hathaway
90
772
North Adams, Brayton
90
772
Northampton, Bridge Street
90
772
Peabody, William A Welch Sr.
90
772
Salem, Witchcraft Heights
90
772
South Hadley, Mosier
90
772
Springfield, Elias Brookings
90
772
Taunton, Hopewell
90
772
Walpole, Fisher
90
730
Amesbury, Charles C Cashman
91
730
Barnstable, Hyannis Elementary
91
730
Boston Renaissance Charter
91
730
Boston, Nathan Hale
91
730
Braintree, Archie T Morrison
91
730
Brockton, Hancock
91
730
Brockton, John F Kennedy
91
730
Brockton, Joseph F Plouffe
91
730
Cambridge, Cambridgeport
91
730
Chicopee, Litwin
91
730
Georgetown, Penn Brook
91
730
Hill View Montessori Charter, Haverhill
91
730
Hudson, Forest Avenue
91
730
Lynn, A Drewicz
91
730
Lynn, Cobbet
91
730
Lynn, Julia F Callahan
91
730
Marlborough, Francis J Kane
91
730
Marlborough, Richer
91
730
Methuen, Tenney
91
730
Mohawk Trail Regional, Shelburne Falls, Sanderson Academy
91
730
Natick, Bennett-Hemenway
91
730
Neighborhood House Charter, Dorchester
91
730
New Bedford, John Hannigan
91
730
North Adams, Greylock
91
730
Northampton, Leeds
91
730
Northampton, R K Finn Ryan Road
91
730
Pittsfield, Stearns
91
730
Plymouth, Hedge
91
730
Quincy, Lincoln-Hancock Comm
91
730
Quincy, Montclair
91
730
Somerville, Arthur D Healey
91
730
Somerville, Benjamin G Brown
91
730
Somerville, Lincoln Park
91
730
Springfield, Kensington Avenue
91
730
Springfield, Sumner Avenue
91
730
Taunton, Walker
91
730
Watertown, Hosmer
91
730
Westborough, J Harding Armstrong
91
730
Worcester, Francis J McGrath
91
730
Worcester, Gates Lane
91
730
Worcester, Thorndyke Road
91
730
Worcester, West Tatnuck
91
685
Abington, Center
92
685
Billerica, Thomas Ditson
92
685
Boston, Emily A Fifield
92
685
Boston, Henry Grew
92
685
Boston, Josiah Quincy
92
685
Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Burnell Campus
92
685
Brookline, John D Runkle
92
685
Brookline, Lawrence
92
685
Chicopee, Gen John J Stefanik
92
685
Chicopee, Streiber
92
685
Easthampton, Neil A Pepin
92
685
Fall River, William S Greene
92
685
Florida, Abbott Memorial
92
685
Franklin, Oak Street
92
685
Gateway Regional, Huntington, Littleville
92
685
Gloucester, Milton L Fuller
92
685
Hadley, Hadley
92
685
Holbrook, John F Kennedy
92
685
Leominster, Johnny Appleseed
92
685
Lowell, Moody
92
685
Lowell, S Christa McAuliffe
92
685
Lynn, Capt William G Shoemaker
92
685
Lynn, Hood
92
685
Lynn, Sewell-Anderson
92
685
Monson, Quarry Hill Comm
92
685
Narragansett Regional, Baldwinville, Baldwinville
92
685
New Bedford, Casmir Pulaski
92
685
New Bedford, Thomas R Rodman
92
685
Pembroke, Bryantville
92
685
Pittsfield, Crosby
92
685
Quincy, Snug Harbor Comm
92
685
Salem, Bates
92
685
Savoy, Savoy
92
685
South Shore Charter, Hull
92
685
Southampton, William E Norris
92
685
Springfield, Mary O Pottenger
92
685
Taunton, East Taunton
92
685
Wachusett Regional, Jefferson, Houghton
92
685
Wareham, John William Decas
92
685
Watertown, Cunniff
92
685
West Springfield, Philip G Coburn
92
685
Woburn, George I Clapp
92
685
Worcester, Clark St
92
685
Worcester, May Street
92
685
Worcester, Tatnuck
92
649
Amherst, Wildwood
93
649
Barnstable, Centerville
93
649
Blandford Elementary, Gateway
93
649
Boston, Oliver Hazard Perry
93
649
Boston, Warren-Prescott
93
649
Brookfield, Brookfield
93
649
Cambridge, Maria L Baldwin
93
649
Cambridge, Morse
93
649
Central Berkshire Regional, Dalton, Berkshire Trail
93
649
Chatham, Chatham Elementary
93
649
Chicopee, Barry
93
649
Chicopee, Selser
93
649
Dighton-Rehoboth Regional, Dighton Elementary
93
649
Douglas, Douglas Elemtary
93
649
Fall River, Leontine Lincoln
93
649
Falmouth, Mullen-Hall
93
649
Hawlemont Regional, Shelburne Falls, Hawlemont
93
649
Lee, Lee Elementary
93
649
Lenox, Morris
93
649
Leominster, Fall Brook
93
649
Mohawk Trail Regional, Shelburne Falls, Buckland-Shelburne