Top-scoring 7th grades by school

Schools are ranked on the percentage of students scoring in the top category on the 7th 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.

7TH GRADE ENGLISH
2005 Rank	District, school name	% Advanced
1	Andover, Doherty	47
2	Lexington, Wm Diamond	46
3	Lincoln, Lincoln	44
4	Medfield, Thomas Blake	43
5	Lexington, Jonas Clarke	42
6	Brookline, William H Lincoln	38
6	Weston, Weston Middle	38
8	Brookline, John D Runkle	37
8	Nashoba Regional, Bolton, Hale	37
10	Annie Sullivan Middle, Franklin	34
10	Concord, Concord	34
10	Franklin, Remington	34
13	Belmont, Winthrop L Chenery	33
14	Brookline, Michael Driscoll	32
15	Norwell, Norwell Middle	31
15	Sandwich, Henry T Wing	31
15	Wellesley, Wellesley Middle	31
18	Bedford, John Glenn	30
19	Newton, Charles E Brown	29
20	Andover, Wood Hill	28
20	Sudbury, Ephraim Curtis	28
20	Walpole, Bird	28
20	Wayland, Wayland Middle	28
24	Harvard, Bromfield	27
24	Southborough, P Brent Trottier	27
24	Westford, Stony Brook School	27
27	Carlisle, Carlisle	26
27	Nashoba Regional, Bolton, Florence Sawyer	26
27	Sharon, Sharon Middle	26
30	Acton-Boxborough Regional, Raymond J Grey	25
30	Needham, Pollard	25
30	Reading, Arthur W Coolidge	25
33	Ashland, Ashland Middle	24
33	Boston, Boston Latin	24
33	Cambridge, Graham and Parks	24
33	Lynnfield, Lynnfield Middle	24
37	Berkshire Hills Regional, Stockbridge, Searles	23
37	Franklin, Horace Mann	23
37	Nauset Regional, Orleans, Nauset Middle	23
37	Waltham, John F Kennedy	23
37	Westwood, E W Thurston	23
37	Woburn, Daniel L Joyce	23
43	Mystic Valley Regional Charter, Malden	22
43	Quincy, Central	22
43	Richmond, Richmond Consolidated	22
43	Somerville, Winter Hill Community	22
47	Natick, Wilson	21
47	Southern Berkshire Regional, Sheffield, Mt Everett	21
47	Wachusett Regional, Jefferson, Mountview	21
47	Westborough, Sarah W Gibbons	21
51	Manchester Essex Regional, Manchester Essex	20
51	Newton, Bigelow	20
51	North Reading, North Reading Middle	20
51	Southwick-Tolland Regional, Powder Mill	20
51	Westford, Blanchard	20
51	Winchester, McCall	20
57	Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Williams	19
57	Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Miles River	19
57	Longmeadow, Glenbrook	19
57	Marblehead Veterans Middle	19
57	North Andover, North Andover Middle	19
57	Northborough, Robert E Melican Middle	19
57	Oak Middle School, Shrewsbury	19
57	Wachusett Regional, Jefferson, Paxton Center	19
65	Brookline, Edith C Baker	18
65	Cambridge, Amigos School	18
65	Duxbury, Duxbury Middle	18
65	Mansfield, Harold L Qualters	18
65	Newton, F A Day	18
70	Arlington, Ottoson	17
70	Chelmsford, McCarthy	17
70	Groton-Dunstable Regional, Groton Dunstable Middle	17
70	Hilltown Cooperative Charter, Haydenville	17
70	Masconomet Regional, Topsfield, Masconomet Middle	17
70	Millis, Millis Middle	17
70	Reading, Walter S Parker	17
70	Tyngsborough, Tyngsborough Middle	17
70	Waltham, John W McDevitt Middle	17
79	Brookline, Heath	16
79	Brookline, Pierce	16
79	Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, N H Wixon	16
79	Longmeadow, Williams	16
79	Murdoch Middle Public Charter, Chelmsford	16
79	Newton, Oak Hill	16
79	Sandwich, Forestdale	16
79	Shirley, Shirley Middle	16
87	Amesbury, Amesbury Middle	15
87	Brookline, Edward Devotion	15
87	Chelmsford, Col. Moses Parker	15
87	Community Day Charter, Lawrence	15
87	Danvers, Dunn	15
87	Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, Mattacheese	15
87	East Longmeadow, Birchland Park	15
87	Granville, Granville Village	15
87	Hadley, Hopkins Academy	15
87	Hopkinton, Hopkinton Middle	15
87	Malden, Linden	15
87	Natick, J F Kennedy	15
87	Neighborhood House Charter, Dorchester	15
87	Sandwich, Oak Ridge	15
87	Somerville, Cummings	15
87	Sutton, Sutton Middle	15
103	Benjamin Franklin Charter, Franklin	14
103	Boston, Sarah Greenwood	14
103	Canton, Wm H Galvin	14
103	East Bridgewater, Gordon W Mitchell	14
103	Foxborough, John J Ahern	14
103	Frontier Regional, Deerfield, Frontier	14
103	Ipswich, Ipswich Middle	14
103	Littleton, Littleton Middle	14
103	Mount Greylock Regional, Williamstown, Mt Greylock	14
103	Norton, Norton Middle	14
103	Norwood, Coakley Middle	14
103	Pentucket Regional, West Newbury, Pentucket Middle	14
103	Woburn, John F Kennedy	14
116	Amherst-Pelham Regional, Amherst Middle	13
116	Andover, Andover West	13
116	Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Raynham Middle	13
116	Clarksburg, Clarksburg	13
116	Marblehead Community Charter	13
116	Methuen, Marsh	13
116	Milford, Stacy	13
116	Milton, Charles S Pierce	13
116	Quincy, Broad Meadows	13
116	Tantasqua Regional, Fiskdale, Tantasqua Junior	13
116	Wachusett Regional, Jefferson, Central Tree	13
116	Walpole, Eleanor N Johnson	13
128	Brookline, Lawrence	12
128	Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter, Orleans	12
128	Grafton, Grafton Middle	12
128	Holliston, Robert H Adams Middle	12
128	Old Rochester Regional, Mattapoisett, Old Rochester Junior	12
128	Plymouth, Plymouth Community Intermediate	12
128	Seven Hills Charter, Worcester	12
128	Wachusett Regional, Jefferson, Chocksett	12
128	Wachusett Regional, Jefferson, Thomas Prince	12
137	Ayer, Ayer Middle	11
137	Belchertown, Chestnut Hill	11
137	Bellingham, Bellingham Middle	11
137	Beverly, Memorial	11
137	Braintree, East	11
137	Georgetown, Georgetown	11
137	Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Wilbraham	11
137	Hingham, Hingham Middle	11
137	Hopedale, Hopedale Jr	11
137	King Philip Regional, Wrentham, King Philip Middle	11
137	Marlborough, Marlborough Middle	11
137	Maynard, Fowler	11
137	Methuen, Comprehensive Grammar	11
137	Oak Bluffs, Oak Bluffs	11
137	River Valley Charter, Newburyport	11
137	Rockland, John W Rogers	11
137	Scituate, Gates	11
137	Triton Regional, Byfield, Triton Middle	11
137	Wakefield, Galvin	11
137	West Boylston, West Boylston	11
157	Berkley, Berkley Middle	10
157	Billerica, Marshall	10
157	Boston, Boston Latin Academy	10
157	Boston, Rafael Hernandez	10
157	Dighton-Rehoboth Regional, Dorothy L Beckwith	10
157	Lenox, Lenox Memorial	10
157	Medway, Medway Middle	10
157	Melrose, Melrose Middle	10
157	Peabody, J Henry Higgins	10
157	Somerville, John F Kennedy	10
157	Ware, Ware Middle	10
157	Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman, Hanson	10
157	Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman, Whitman	10
170	Agawam, Agawam Junior	9
170	Auburn, Auburn	9
170	Berlin-Boylston Regional, Tahanto Regional	9
170	Beverly, Briscoe	9
170	Billerica, Locke	9
170	Cohasset, Cohasset	9
170	Dover-Sherborn Regional, Dover-Sherborn Junior	9
170	Everett, Lafayette	9
170	Four Rivers Charter School, Greenfield	9
170	Framingham, Walsh	9
170	Freetown-Lakeville Regional, Freetown-Lakeville Middle	9
170	Mendon-Upton Regional, Miscoe Hill	9
170	Millbury, Millbury	9
170	North Attleborough, North Attleborough Middle	9
170	Northampton, John F Kennedy	9
170	Prospect Hill Academy Charter, Somerville	9
170	Seekonk, Dr. Kevin M Hurley Middle	9
170	Silver Lake Regional, Kingston, Silver Lake Junior	9
170	Stoneham, Stoneham Middle	9
170	Swansea, Joseph Case Junior	9
170	Up-Island Regional, Vineyard Haven, West Tisbury	9
170	Uxbridge, Whitin Intermediate	9
170	Watertown, Watertown Middle	9
170	Wilmington, Wilmington Middle	9
194	Barnstable, Barnstable Middle	8
194	Boston, Maurice J Tobin	8
194	Burlington, Marshall Simonds	8
194	Easton, Easton	8
194	Leominster, Sky View Middle School	8
194	Lunenburg, Turkey Hill	8
194	Mashpee, Mashpee	8
194	Nashoba Regional, Bolton, Luther Burbank Middle	8
194	Newburyport, Rupert A Nock	8
194	North Middlesex Regional, Townsend, Hawthorne Brook	8
194	North Middlesex Regional, Townsend, Nissitissit	8
194	Quincy, Atlantic	8
194	Roxbury Preparatory Charter	8
194	Taunton, Joseph H Martin	8
194	Tewksbury, John W Wynn Middle	8
194	Westfield, South	8
194	Worcester, University Park Campus	8
211	Abby Kelley Foster Charter, Worcester	7
211	Abington, Frolio	7
211	Attleboro, Wamsutta	7
211	Boston, Lyndon	7
211	Braintree, South	7
211	Cambridge, Kennedy-Longfellow	7
211	Dedham, Dedham Middle	7
211	Dudley-Charlton Regional, Dudley Middle	7
211	Falmouth, Lawrence	7
211	Hudson, John F Kennedy	7
211	Lincoln, Hanscom	7
211	Medford, Madeleine Dugger	7
211	Middleborough, John T. Nichols	7
211	Mohawk Trail Regional, Shelburne Falls, Mohawk Trail	7
211	Pioneer Valley Regional, Northfield, Pioneer Valley Reg	7
211	Somerset, Somerset Middle	7
211	Taunton, Benjamin Friedman	7
211	West Springfield, West Springfield Middle	7
211	Westport, Westport Middle	7
211	Winchendon, Murdock Middle/High	7
211	Winthrop, Winthrop Middle	7
232	Cambridge, Cambridgeport	6
232	Carver, Carver Middle	6
232	Dighton-Rehoboth Regional, Dighton Middle	6
232	Douglas. Intermediate School	6
232	Dudley-Charlton Regional, Charlton	6
232	Granby, Granby Jr	6
232	Hull, Memorial	6
232	Lowell, Dr An Wang	6
232	Lynn, Pickering	6
232	Marshfield, Furnace Brook	6
232	Narragansett Regional, Baldwinville, Narragansett Middle	6
232	Northbridge, Northbridge Middle	6
232	Pembroke Community Middle	6
232	Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter, Hadley	6
232	Quaboag Regional, Warre, Quaboag	6
232	Quincy, Point Webster	6
232	Swampscott, Swampscott Middle	6
232	Tisbury, Tisbury	6
232	West Bridgewater, West Bridgewater	6
232	Weymouth, Abigail Adams	6
252	Adams-Cheshire Regional, Adams	5
252	Ashburnham-Westminster Regional, Overlook	5
252	Attleboro, Cyril K Brennan	5
252	Attleboro, Robert J Coelho	5
252	Boston Collegiate Charter	5
252	Boston, O'Bryant	5
252	Clinton, Clinton Middle	5
252	Everett, George Keverian School	5
252	Everett, Sumner G Whittier	5
252	Excel Academy Charter, East Boston	5
252	Foxborough Regional Charter	5
252	Hanover, Hanover Middle	5
252	Haverhill, Consentino	5
252	Leominster, Samoset	5
252	Ludlow, Paul R Baird	5
252	Malden, Ferryway	5
252	Medford, John J. McGlynn Middle	5
252	Nantucket, Cyrus Peirce	5
252	Quincy, Reay E Sterling	5
252	Salem Academy Charter	5
252	Saugus, Belmonte Saugus	5
252	Smith Leadership Academy Charter, Boston	5
252	Somerville, Arthur D Healey	5
252	Somerville, E Somerville	5
252	Springfield, Chestnut Street	5
252	Stoughton, O'Donnell	5
252	Westfield, North	5
279	Acushnet, Albert F Ford	4
279	Cambridge, King Open	4
279	Cambridge, Maria L Baldwin	4
279	Dartmouth, Dartmouth Middle	4
279	Dracut, Lakeview Junior	4
279	Everett, Madeline English School	4
279	Framingham, Fuller	4
279	Gloucester, Ralph B O'Maley	4
279	Greenfield, Greenfield Middle	4
279	Haverhill, Caleb Dustin Hunking	4
279	Haverhill, Dr Paul Nettle	4
279	Holyoke, John J Lynch	4
279	Lawrence, Edward F. Parthum	4
279	Lowell, B F Butler	4
279	Maria Weston Chapman Middle, Weymouth	4
279	Monson, Granite Valley	4
279	Quabbin Regional, Barre, Quabbin	4
279	Rockport, Rockport Middle	4
279	Somerville, Lincoln Park	4
279	Southbridge, Mary E Wells	4
279	Springfield, Forest Park	4
279	Wareham, Wareham Middle	4
279	Worcester, Sullivan	4
302	Athol-Royalston Regional, Athol-Royalston Middle	3
302	Atlantis Charter, Fall River	3
302	Blackstone-Millville Regional, Frederick W Hartnett Middle	3
302	Boston, Wm B Rogers	3
302	Brockton, West	3
302	Cambridge, Morse	3
302	Central Berkshire Regional, Dalton, Nessacus	3
302	Chicopee, Fairview	3
302	Christa McAuliffe Regional Charter, Framingham	3
302	Edgartown, Edgartown	3
302	Fall River, Morton	3
302	Framingham, Cameron	3
302	Gardner, Gardner Middle	3
302	Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Thornton Burgess	3
302	Hampshire Regional, Westhampton, Hampshire	3
302	Holyoke, Lt Clayre Sullivan	3
302	Lee, Lee Middle/High	3
302	Leicester, Leicester Middle	3
302	Lowell, James Sullivan	3
302	Lynn, Robert L Ford	3
302	Malden, Beebe	3
302	Methuen, Donald P Timony	3
302	Methuen, Tenney	3
302	New Bedford, Roosevelt	3
302	North Brookfield, North Brookfield High	3
302	Plymouth, Plymouth South Middle	3
302	Revere, Beachmont	3
302	Rising Tide Charter, Plymouth	3
302	South Hadley, Michael E Smith Middle	3
302	South Shore Charter, Hull	3
302	Uphams Corner Charter, South Boston	3
302	Worcester, Forest Grove	3
334	Avon, Avon	2
334	Boston, John W McCormack	2
334	Boston, Thomas A Edison	2
334	Brockton, East	2
334	Cambridge, John M Tobin	2
334	Cambridge, Peabody	2
334	Chatham, Chatham Middle	2
334	Easthampton, White Brook	2
334	Edward Brooke Charter, Brighton	2
334	Fitchburg, B F Brown Arts Vision	2
334	Gateway Regional, Huntington, Gateway Middle	2
334	Hatfield, Smith Academy	2
334	Haverhill, John G Whittier	2
334	Holyoke, E N White	2
334	Lawrence, Arlington	2
334	Leominster, Southeast	2
334	Lowell, McDonough City Magnet	2
334	Malden, Forestdale	2
334	New Bedford, Keith	2
334	Oxford, Oxford Middle	2
334	Revere, Garfield Magnet	2
334	Salem, Collins	2
334	Salem, Nathaniel Bowditch	2
334	Spencer-East Brookfield Regional, Knox Trail	2
334	Taunton, James L Mulcahey	2
334	Taunton, John F Parker	2
334	Worcester, Accelerated Learning Lab	2
334	Worcester, Burncoat Middle	2
362	Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter, Hyde Park	1
362	Boston Renaissance Charter	1
362	Boston, Grover Cleveland	1
362	Boston, Harbor	1
362	Boston, James P Timilty	1
362	Boston, Martin Luther King Jr	1
362	Boston, Mildred Avenue Middle	1
362	Boston, Orchard Gardens, Roxbury	1
362	Boston, Solomon Lewenberg	1
362	Boston, Umana/Barnes	1
362	Bourne, Bourne Middle	1
362	Brockton, North	1
362	Brockton, South	1
362	Chelsea, Clark Avenue	1
362	Chicopee, Bellamy	1
362	Eugene Wright, Chelsea	1
362	Fairhaven, Hastings	1
362	Fall River, Edmond P Talbot	1
362	Fall River, Henry Lord	1
362	Fitchburg, Academy	1
362	Holyoke, Dr Wm R Peck	1
362	Joseph A. Browne, Chelsea	1
362	Lawrence, Alexander B Bruce	1
362	Lawrence, Emily G Wetherbee	1
362	Lawrence, Robert Frost	1
362	Lowell, Bartlett	1
362	Lowell, E N Rogers	1
362	Lowell, Henry J Robinson	1
362	Lynn, Breed	1
362	Lynn, Thurgood Marshall	1
362	Malden, Salemwood	1
362	New Bedford Global Charter	1
362	New Bedford, Normandin	1
362	New Leadership Academy Charter, Springfield	1
362	North Adams, Silvio O Conte	1
362	North Central Charter, Fitchburg	1
362	Pittsfield, John T Reid	1
362	Ralph Mahar Regional, Orange, Ralph C Mahar	1
362	Randolph, Randolph Middle	1
362	Springfield, John F Kennedy	1
362	Springfield, Van Sickle	1
362	Webster, Bartlett Jr	1
362	Worcester, Worcester East	1
405	Benjamin Banneker Charter, Cambridge	0
405	Boston, Boston Middle School Academy	0
405	Boston, Clarence R Edwards	0
405	Boston, Dearborn	0
405	Boston, Donald Mckay	0
405	Boston, Horace Mann	0
405	Boston, Lewis	0
405	Boston, Mary E Curley	0
405	Boston, Mary Lyon	0
405	Boston, Mission Hill	0
405	Boston, New Boston Pilot Middle School, Dorchester	0
405	Boston, Patrick F Gavin	0
405	Boston, Quincy Upper	0
405	Boston, Richard J Murphy	0
405	Boston, Washington Irving	0
405	Boston, William McKinley	0
405	Boston, Woodrow Wilson	0
405	Boston, Young Achievers	0
405	Brockton, B B Russell	0
405	Cambridge, Fletcher/Maynard Academy	0
405	Cambridge, King	0
405	Everett, Parlin	0
405	Fall River, Fall River Alt	0
405	Fall River, Matthew J Kuss	0
405	Frederick Douglass Charter, Hyde Park	0
405	Gill-Montague Regional, Great Falls	0
405	Holyoke, Holyoke Alternative Program	0
405	Holyoke, Kelly	0
405	Holyoke, Maurice A Donahue	0
405	Lawrence Family Development Charter	0
405	Lawrence, Gerard A. Guilmette	0
405	Lawrence, Henry K Oliver	0
405	Lawrence, James F Leonard	0
405	Lawrence, John R Rollins	0
405	Lawrence, South Lawrence East	0
405	Lowell Community Charter	0
405	Lowell, James S Daley	0
405	Lowell, Pyne Arts	0
405	Lynn, Cobbet	0
405	Lynn, Welcoming Middle	0
405	Martha's Vineyard Public Charter, West Tisbury	0
405	New Bedford, West Side	0
405	Pittsfield, Theodore Herberg	0
405	Provincetown, Provincetown	0
405	Revere, Seacoast	0
405	Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter, Springfield	0
405	Sabis International Charter, Springfield	0
405	Somerville, West Somerville Nbrhd	0
405	Springfield, Alfred G Zanetti	0
405	Springfield, Elias Brookings	0
405	Springfield, John J Duggan	0
405	Springfield, M Marcus Kiley	0
405	Springfield, Mass Career Dev Institute	0
405	Springfield, Springfield Academy	0