Schools are ranked on the percentage of students passing the 5th 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.
5th GRADE SCIENCE
2005 Rank
District, school name
% Passing
929
Boston, Joseph Lee
34
928
Lawrence, Arlington
36
924
Boston, Eliot
37
924
Boston, Orchard Gardens, Roxbury
37
924
Boston, William McKinley
37
924
Springfield, Springfield Academy
37
923
Boston, Maurice J Tobin
39
922
Boston, Thomas J Kenny
40
921
Worcester, Columbus Park
41
920
Boston, Henry L Higginson
42
919
Lawrence, Henry K Oliver
44
917
Boston, Young Achievers
45
917
Boston, Alexander Hamilton
45
916
Boston, William Monroe Trotter
46
915
Boston, Mission Hill
47
911
Lawrence Family Development Charter
48
911
Boston, Blackstone
48
911
Lawrence, Gerard A. Guilmette
48
911
Worcester, Accelerated Learning Lab
48
909
Boston, John Winthrop
49
909
Boston, Elihu Greenwood
49
907
Boston, John P Holland
50
907
Boston, Winship
50
903
Brockton, Huntington
52
903
Boston, Roger Clap
52
903
Cambridge, King
52
903
Springfield, Brightwood
52
902
Boston, Joseph J Hurley
53
900
Holyoke, Lawrence
54
900
Lawrence, Alexander B Bruce
54
895
Boston, Agassiz
55
895
Boston, William Ellery Channing
55
895
Springfield, William N Deberry
55
895
Worcester, Grafton Street
55
895
Lawrence, John R Rollins
55
894
Holyoke, Morgan
56
885
Boston, Joseph P Tynan
57
885
Boston, Charles H Taylor
57
885
Boston, Ellis Mendell
57
885
Boston, James W Hennigan
57
885
Boston, Quincy E Dickerman
57
885
Lawrence, South Lawrence East
57
885
Lowell, Henry J Robinson
57
885
Lynn, Washington
57
885
Worcester, Union Hill
57
882
Boston, James J Chittick
58
882
Uphams Corner Charter, South Boston
58
882
Worcester, Chandler
58
875
Boston, David A Ellis
59
875
Brockton, Ashfield
59
875
Lynn, Ingalls
59
875
Worcester, Chandler Magnet
59
875
Worcester, Lincoln Street
59
875
Worcester, Mill Swan
59
875
Cambridge, King Open
59
870
Boston, Pauline Agassiz Shaw
60
870
Springfield, Gerena
60
870
Brockton, Downey
60
870
Cambridge, Fletcher/Maynard Academy
60
870
Boston, Henry Grew
60
864
Boston, George H Conley
61
864
Boston, Harvard-Kent
61
864
Boston, Mather
61
864
Boston, Mattahunt
61
864
Lynn, Cobbet
61
864
Worcester, Elm Park
61
855
Boston, John F Kennedy
62
855
Boston, Joseph P Manning
62
855
Chicopee, Gen John J Stefanik
62
855
Greenfield, North Parish
62
855
Holyoke, Lt Clayre Sullivan
62
855
Lawrence, John K Tarbox
62
855
Lawrence, Robert Frost
62
855
Lowell, Bartlett
62
855
Holyoke, Kelly
62
853
Boston, William H Ohrenberger
63
853
Lowell, E N Rogers
63
849
Boston, Curtis Guild
64
849
Boston, Donald Mckay
64
849
Springfield, Homer Street
64
849
Fall River, John J Doran
64
842
Boston, James A Garfield
65
842
Boston, John D Philbrick
65
842
Boston, Mozart
65
842
Boston, Paul A Dever
65
842
Cambridge, Amigos School
65
842
Worcester, May Street
65
842
Worcester, Quinsigamond
65
838
Lowell, Dr An Wang
66
838
Springfield, Hiram L Dorman
66
838
Springfield, White Street
66
838
Boston, Warren-Prescott
66
827
Worcester, Canterbury
67
827
Amherst, Crocker Farm
67
827
Brockton, Gilmore
67
827
North Adams, Greylock
67
827
Somerville, Arthur D Healey
67
827
Somerville, Winter Hill Community
67
827
Springfield, Milton Bradley
67
827
Taunton, John F Parker
67
827
Worcester, Goddard
67
827
Benjamin Banneker Charter, Cambridge
67
827
Boston, Lucy Stone
67
819
Lynn, Hood
68
819
Lynn, Tracy
68
819
Boston, Farragut
68
819
Boston, James M Curley
68
819
Boston, John Marshall
68
819
Boston, William E Russell
68
819
Worcester, Gates Lane
68
819
Cambridge, John M Tobin
68
815
Chelsea, Clark Avenue
69
815
Somerville, Lincoln Park
69
815
Springfield, Alfred G Zanetti
69
815
Malden, Forestdale
69
808
Boston, Samuel W Mason
70
808
Eugene Wright, Chelsea
70
808
Billerica, Eugene C Vining
70
808
Framingham, Brophy
70
808
Lowell, James S Daley
70
808
Prospect Hill Academy Charter, Somerville
70
808
Springfield, Washington
70
804
Boston, Ralph Waldo Emerson
71
804
Holyoke, Maurice A Donahue
71
804
Springfield, Frederick Harris
71
804
Worcester, Francis J McGrath
71
798
Boston, Emily A Fifield
72
798
Boston, Jackson Mann
72
798
Boston, Michael J Perkins
72
798
Holyoke, Lt Elmer J McMahon
72
798
Lowell Community Charter
72
798
Lowell, McDonough City Magnet
72
784
Fall River, Harriet T Healy
73
784
Worcester, Norrback Avenue
73
784
Boston, Charles Sumner
73
784
Boston, Phineas Bates
73
784
Boston, Sarah Greenwood
73
784
Brockton, Louis F Angelo
73
784
Fall River, N B Borden
73
784
Lynn, E J Harrington
73
784
Salem, Bates
73
784
Springfield, Samuel Bowles
73
784
Webster, Anthony J Sitkowski
73
784
Worcester, City View
73
784
Brockton, Joseph F Plouffe
73
784
Chicopee, Selser
73
769
New Bedford, Thomas R Rodman
74
769
Somerville, E Somerville
74
769
Boston, Beethoven
74
769
Boston, James Otis
74
769
Brockton, Edgar B Davis
74
769
Brockton, Oscar F Raymond
74
769
New Bedford, Hayden/McFadden
74
769
New Bedford, Jireh Swift
74
769
Springfield, Daniel B Brunton
74
769
Springfield, Indian Orchard
74
769
Springfield, Mary O Pottenger
74
769
Taunton, James L Mulcahey
74
769
Worcester, Harlow Street
74
769
Worcester, Rice Square
74
769
Boston Renaissance Charter
74
760
Cambridge, Cambridgeport
75
760
Lynn, A Drewicz
75
760
Cambridge, Graham and Parks
75
760
Chelsea, George D Kelly
75
760
Fall River, Leontine Lincoln
75
760
Framingham, Woodrow Wilson
75
760
Lawrence, Emily G Wetherbee
75
760
Lynn, Sewell-Anderson
75
760
North Adams, Brayton
75
749
Cambridge, Kennedy-Longfellow
76
749
Springfield, Elias Brookings
76
749
Boston, Franklin D Roosevelt
76
749
Chicopee, Bowe
76
749
Lowell, B F Butler
76
749
New Bedford, Alfred J Gomes
76
749
Peabody, Captain Samuel Brown
76
749
Westfield, Southampton Road
76
749
Worcester, Vernon Hill
76
749
Fall River, William S Greene
76
749
Worcester, Belmont Street
76
742
Cambridge, Peabody
77
742
Methuen, Comprehensive Grammar
77
742
Boston, James Condon
77
742
Malden, Salemwood
77
742
Salem, Saltonstall
77
742
Springfield, Liberty
77
742
West Springfield, Memorial
77
730
Boston, Dennis C Haley
78
730
Revere, Garfield Magnet
78
730
Southbridge, West Street
78
730
Abby Kelley Foster Charter, Worcester
78
730
Brockton, John F Kennedy
78
730
Edward Brooke Charter, Brighton
78
730
Gill-Montague Regional, Sheffield
78
730
Holyoke, E N White
78
730
New Bedford, Phillips Avenue
78
730
Randolph, J F Kennedy
78
730
Fitchburg, B F Brown Arts Vision
78
730
Westfield, Moseley
78
711
Fall River, Laurel Lake
79
711
Lowell, James Sullivan
79
711
Methuen, Donald P Timony
79
711
Westfield, Franklin Ave
79
711
Boston, Horace Mann
79
711
Boston, O W Holmes
79
711
Brockton, Dr W Arnone
79
711
Erving, Erving
79
711
Fall River, Hector L Belisle
79
711
Joseph A. Browne, Chelsea
79
711
Lowell, Pyne Arts
79
711
North Adams, J S Sullivan
79
711
North End Elementary, Fall River
79
711
Springfield, Dryden Memorial
79
711
Winchendon, Toy Town
79
711
Worcester, Midland Street
79
711
Lawrence, Francis M Leahy
79
711
New Bedford, John Avery Parker
79
711
Worcester, West Tatnuck
79
702
Boston, Thomas Gardner
80
702
Springfield, Rebecca M Johnson
80
702
Cambridge, Maria L Baldwin
80
702
Fall River, Samuel Watson
80
702
Lawrence, Edward F. Parthum
80
702
Lynn, William R Fallon
80
702
Quincy, Squantum
80
702
Salem, Horace Mann Lab
80
702
Malden, Ferryway
80
688
Boston, Richard J Murphy
81
688
Salem, Witchcraft Heights
81
688
Whately, Whately
81
688
Worcester, Burncoat Street
81
688
Boston, Samuel Adams
81
688
Northampton, Bridge Street
81
688
Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter, Springfield
81
688
Springfield, Margaret C Ells
81
688
Easthampton, White Brook
81
688
Nantucket, Nantucket Elementary
81
688
New Bedford, Ellen R Hathaway
81
688
Northampton, Jackson Street
81
688
Seven Hills Charter, Worcester
81
688
Waltham, Northeast
81
671
Quincy, Point Webster
82
671
Springfield, Lincoln
82
671
Worcester, Jacob Hiatt Magnet
82
671
Athol-Royalston Regional, Riverbend
82
671
Boston Collegiate Charter
82
671
Boston, Dante Alighieri
82
671
Boston, Patrick O'Hearn
82
671
Brockton, Whitman
82
671
Conservatory Lab Charter, Brighton
82
671
Everett, Sumner G Whittier
82
671
Gloucester, Milton L Fuller
82
671
Lynn, Lincoln-Thomson
82
671
Quincy, Snug Harbor Comm
82
671
Pittsfield, Silvio O Conte
82
671
Quincy, Atherton Hough
82
671
Salem, Nathaniel Bowditch
82
671
Springfield, Boland
82
663
Pittsfield, Morningside
83
663
Provincetown, Veterans Memorial
83
663
Everett, Lafayette
83
663
Fitchburg, Memorial Intermediate
83
663
Framingham, Barbieri
83
663
Somerville, John F Kennedy
83
663
Somerville, West Somerville Nbrhd
83
663
Worcester, Roosevelt
83
644
Springfield, Mary M Lynch
84
644
Attleboro, Wamsutta
84
644
Boston, Hugh Roe O'Donnell
84
644
Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Burnell Campus
84
644
Brockton, Belmont Street
84
644
Chicopee, Litwin
84
644
Danvers, Highlands
84
644
Danvers, Riverside
84
644
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, Marguerite E Small
84
644
Greenfield, Four Corners
84
644
Ludlow, East Street
84
644
Lynn, Wm P Connery
84
644
New Bedford, George H Dunbar
84
644
Pittsfield, Crosby
84
644
Stoneham, Central
84
644
Worcester, Wawecus Road
84
644
Boston, Edward Everett
84
644
Brookline, Heath
84
644
Methuen, Tenney
84
629
Boston, Patrick J Kennedy
85
629
Lynn, Brickett
85
629
Westfield, Abner Gibbs
85
629
Boston, Josiah Quincy
85
629
Chicopee, Barry
85
629
Greenfield, Newton
85
629
Haverhill, Golden Hill
85
629
New Bedford Global Charter
85
629
Pioneer Valley Regional, Northfield, Bernardston
85
629
Waltham, Douglas MacArthur
85
629
Westfield, Highland
85
629
Leominster, Southeast
85
629
Milton, Tucker
85
629
New Bedford, John B Devalles
85
629
Pittsfield, Williams
85
611
Beverly, Hannah
86
611
Fall River, Osborn Street
86
611
Lynn, Robert L Ford
86
611
Malden, Beebe
86
611
Amherst, Wildwood
86
611
Canton, Lt. Peter M Hansen
86
611
Dedham, Avery
86
611
Everett, Parlin
86
611
Gateway Regional, Huntington, Gateway Middle
86
611
Haverhill, Silver Hill
86
611
Ludlow, Veterans Park
86
611
Lynn, Julia F Callahan
86
611
Mystic Valley Regional Charter, Malden
86
611
Revere, Beachmont
86
611
West Springfield, Philip G Coburn
86
611
Worcester, Multiple Intelligences
86
611
Fall River, Susan H Wixon
86
611
Saugus, Veterans
86
585
Edgartown, Edgartown
87
585
Fall River, Slade
87
585
Lee, Lee Elementary
87
585
Mohawk Trail Regional, Shelburne Falls, Buckland-Shelburne
87
585
Mohawk Trail Regional, Shelburne Falls, Heath
87
585
Quaboag Regional, Warre, Warren
87
585
Springfield, Glickman
87
585
Swampscott, Machon
87
585
Tisbury, Tisbury
87
585
Adams-Cheshire Regional, Plunkett
87
585
Amesbury, Amesbury Middle
87
585
Boston, Rafael Hernandez
87
585
Dartmouth, Joseph Demello
87
585
Fall River, Ralph M Small
87
585
Gloucester, Veterans Memorial
87
585
Hawlemont Regional, Shelburne Falls, Hawlemont
87
585
Melrose, Lincoln
87
585
Randolph, Charles G Devine
87
585
Randolph, Martin E Young
87
585
Rockland, John W Rogers
87
585
Watertown, Hosmer
87
585
West Bridgewater, Howard
87
585
Woburn, Mary D Altavesta
87
585
Granville, Granville Village
87
585
Malden, Linden
87
585
Ware, Ware Middle
87
567
Berkley, Berkley Middle
88
567
New Bedford, John Hannigan
88
567
Northampton, R K Finn Ryan Road
88
567
Northbridge, Northbridge Middle
88
567
Athol-Royalston Regional, Royalston Community
88
567
Braintree, Archie T Morrison
88
567
Brockton, Brookfield
88
567
Fall River, A S LeTourneau
88
567
Hull, Lillian M Jacobs
88
567
North Attleborough, Falls
88
567
Peabody, Thomas Carroll
88
567
Shirley, Shirley Middle
88
567
Waltham, William F Stanley
88
567
Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman, Louise A Conley
88
567
Marlborough, Intermediate
88
567
New Bedford, Casmir Pulaski
88
567
West Springfield, John R Fausey
88
567
Worcester, Worcester Arts Magnet
88
542
Beverly, Ayers/Ryal
89
542
Brockton, Hancock
89
542
Haverhill, Pentucket Lake
89
542
Randolph, Margaret L Donovan
89
542
Shutesbury, Shutesbury Elementary
89
542
Westfield, Juniper Park
89
542
Arthur T. Cummings Elementary, Winthrop
89
542
Clarksburg, Clarksburg
89
542
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, John Simpkins
89
542
Fairhaven, Rogers
89
542
Gill-Montague Regional, Gill
89
542
Holbrook, South
89
542
Lynn, Lynn Woods
89
542
Palmer, Converse
89
542
Plymouth, West
89
542
Quincy, Lincoln-Hancock Comm
89
542
Randolph, Elizabeth G Lyons
89
542
Salem, Carlton
89
542
Uxbridge, Whitin Intermediate
89
542
Westwood, Deerfield
89
542
Worcester, Tatnuck
89
542
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, N H Wixon
89
542
Fall River, Charles V Carroll
89
542
Framingham, Hemenway
89
542
Mohawk Trail Regional, Shelburne Falls, Colrain Central
89
509
Beverly, McKeown
90
509
Boston, Oliver Hazard Perry
90
509
Brookfield, Brookfield
90
509
Dighton-Rehoboth Regional, Dighton Middle
90
509
Dighton-Rehoboth Regional, Dorothy L Beckwith
90
509
Everett, George Keverian School
90
509
Lenox, Morris
90
509
Maynard, Fowler
90
509
Needham, Hillside
90
509
New Bedford, Sarah D Ottiwell
90
509
Plymouth, Hedge
90
509
Richmond, Richmond Consolidated
90
509
Somerville, Cummings
90
509
Westfield, Paper Mill
90
509
Cambridge, Haggerty
90
509
Cambridge, Morse
90
509
Chesterfield-Goshen Regional, New Hingham
90
509
Fall River, Spencer Borden
90
509
Falmouth, Morse Pond
90
509
Leominster, Sky View Middle School
90
509
New Bedford, Abraham Lincoln
90
509
New Bedford, Elwyn G Campbell
90
509
New Bedford, William H Taylor
90
509
North Andover, Thomson
90
509
Northampton, Leeds
90
509
Springfield, Sumner Avenue
90
509
Stoneham, South
90
509
Stoughton, Joseph H Gibbons
90
509
Hudson, C A Farley
90
509
Medford, John J McGlynn
90
509
Pittsfield, Allendale
90
509
Triton Regional, Byfield, Salisbury
90
509
Watertown, Cunniff
90
482
Abington, Center
91
482
Revere, Paul Revere
91
482
Wellesley, John D Hardy
91
482
Attleboro, Cyril K Brennan
91
482
Beverly, North Beverly
91
482
Billerica, Hajjar
91
482
Brookline, Edward Devotion
91
482
Brookline, Pierce
91
482
Central Berkshire Regional, Dalton, Craneville
91
482
Chatham, Chatham Middle
91
482
Conway, Conway
91
482
Greenfield, Federal
91
482
Milford, Stacy
91
482
Monson, Granite Valley
91
482
Murdoch Middle Public Charter, Chelmsford
91
482
New Bedford, Mt Pleasant
91
482
Norwood, Balch
91
482
Peabody, William A Welch Sr.
91
482
Salem, Bentley
91
482
Saugus, Oaklandvale
91
482
Somerset, Wilbur
91
482
Springfield, Thomas M Balliet
91
482
Waltham, Henry Whittemore
91
482
Adams-Cheshire Regional, Cheshire
91
482
Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Williams
91
482
Pittsfield, Egremont
91
482
Springfield, Kensington Avenue
91
454
Dracut, George H Englesby Intermediate
92
454
Fairhaven, Oxford
92
454
Pittsfield, Stearns
92
454
Seekonk, George R Martin
92
454
Woburn, George I Clapp
92
454
Athol-Royalston Regional, Pleasant St
92
454
Atlantis Charter, Fall River
92
454
Boston, Joyce Kilmer
92
454
Central Berkshire Regional, Dalton, Kittredge
92
454
Ipswich, Winthrop
92
454
Martha's Vineyard Public Charter, West Tisbury
92
454
Methuen, Marsh
92
454
Nashoba Regional, Bolton, Florence Sawyer
92
454
New Bedford, James B Congdon
92
454
North Middlesex Regional, Townsend, Varnum Brook
92
454
Quincy, Francis W Parker
92
454
Saugus, Lynnhurst
92
454
Seekonk, North
92
454
Springfield, Arthur T Talmadge
92
454
Springfield, Mary M Walsh
92
454
Wachusett Regional, Jefferson, Central Tree
92
454
Waltham, Jonathan Bright
92
454
Waltham, Thomas R Plympton
92
454
Wareham, Minot Forest
92
454
Framingham, Mary E Stapleton
92
454
Haverhill, Bradford
92
454
Lincoln, Hanscom
92
454
Middleton, Howe-Manning
92
415
Ashburnham-Westminster Regional, Westminster
93
415
Billerica, Parker
93
415
Avon, Ralph D Butler
93
415
Central Berkshire Regional, Dalton, Berkshire Trail
93
415
Chelmsford, Col. Moses Parker
93
415
Chelmsford, McCarthy
93
415
Chicopee, Bowie
93
415
Chicopee, Lambert-Lavoie
93
415
Deerfield, Deerfield
93
415
Easton, H H Richardson
93
415
Kingston, Kingston Intermediate
93
415
Kipp Academy Lynn Charter, Lynn
93
415
Lanesborough, Lanesborough
93
415
Leominster, Samoset
93
415
Littleton, Russell St
93
415
Lynn, Aborn
93
415
Lynn, Edward A Sisson
93
415
Marblehead Community Charter
93
415
Newton, Horace Mann
93
415
North Middlesex Regional, Townsend, Squannacook
93
415
Norton, Henri A. Yelle
93
415
Pembroke, Hobomock
93
415
Quincy, Montclair
93
415
Rockport, Rockport Elementary
93
415
Seekonk, Mildred Aitken
93
415
Southampton, William E Norris
93
415
Stoughton, South
93
415
Taunton, Benjamin Friedman
93
415
Up-Island Regional, Vineyard Haven, West Tisbury
93
415
Wachusett Regional, Jefferson, Dawson
93
415
Watertown, James Russell Lowell
93
415
Weymouth, Abigail Adams
93
415
Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman, John H Duval
93
415
Worcester, Flagg Street
93
415
Worcester, Nelson Place
93
415
Berkshire Hills Regional, Stockbridge, Searles
93
415
Billerica, Thomas Ditson
93
415
Medford, Brooks
93
415
Pembroke, Bryantville
93
361
Attleboro, Robert J Coelho
94
361
Central Berkshire Regional, Dalton, Becket Washington