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Top-ranked 3rd grade districts

Here are the school systems and charter schools which performed the best on the 3rd-grade MCAS exams given in the spring of 2006. Boston.com ranked them by adding the percentage of students who scored either "advanced" or "proficient" in Reading and Math. 100 is the highest possible score.

3rd GRADE READING
2006
Rank		  District name Number
tested		 Score
1 Petersham Public Schools 19 90
2 Pelham Public Schools 18 89
3 Martha's Vineyard Charter, West Tisbury 14 86
3 Weston Public Schools 183 86
5 Conway Public Schools 20 85
5 Chatham Public Schools 51 85
7 Orleans Public Schools 33 84
7 Winchester Public Schools 308 84
9 Sharon Public Schools 235 83
9 Hilltown Cooperative Charter, Haydenville 18 83
9 Eastham Public Schools 40 83
12 Sudbury Public Schools 346 82
12 Swampscott Public Schools 168 82
12 Cohasset Public Schools 113 82
12 Sherborn Public Schools 68 82
12 Andover Public Schools 459 82
12 Wellesley Public Schools 387 82
12 Hingham Public Schools 289 82
12 Up-Island Regional, Vineyard Haven 33 82
12 Westford Public Schools 413 82
12 Norwell Public Schools 180 82
12 Manchester Essex Regional 108 82
23 Acton Public Schools 379 81
23 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional 259 81
23 Boxford Public Schools 131 81
23 Scituate Public Schools 275 81
23 Brewster Public Schools 91 81
23 Arlington Public Schools 393 81
29 Southborough Public Schools 189 80
29 Belmont Public Schools 253 80
31 Boxborough Public Schools 76 79
31 Topsfield Public Schools 97 79
31 Westwood Public Schools 256 79
31 Hopkinton Public Schools 300 79
31 Granville Public Schools 19 79
36 Marblehead Public Schools 238 78
36 Truro Public Schools 14 78
36 Natick Public Schools 367 78
36 River Valley Charter, Newburyport 28 78
36 Shrewsbury Public Schools 501 78
36 Oak Bluffs Public Schools 41 78
36 Needham Public Schools 407 78
36 Newton Public Schools 860 78
36 Reading Public Schools 352 78
45 Concord Public Schools 228 77
45 Lexington Public Schools 443 77
45 Richmond Public Schools 17 77
45 Tisbury Public Schools 26 77
49 Medfield Public Schools 225 76
49 East Longmeadow Public Schools 202 76
49 Dover Public Schools 103 76
49 Brookline Public Schools 440 76
49 Ayer Public Schools 90 76
54 Whately Public Schools 12 75
54 Berlin Public Schools 36 75
54 Williamstown Public Schools 71 75
54 Hanover Public Schools 228 75
54 Hamilton-Wenham Regional 152 75
54 Longmeadow Public Schools 263 75
54 Benjamin Franklin Charter, Franklin 47 75
54 Canton Public Schools 253 75
62 Grafton Public Schools 222 74
62 Marshfield Public Schools 365 74
62 North Attleborough Public Schools 372 74
62 Northborough Public Schools 199 74
62 Chelmsford Public Schools 471 74
62 Carlisle Public Schools 75 74
68 Wayland Public Schools 217 73
68 Groton-Dunstable Regional 241 73
68 West Boylston Public Schools 77 73
68 Bedford Public Schools 184 73
72 Shutesbury Public Schools 21 72
72 Hopedale Public Schools 96 72
72 Mansfield Public Schools 380 72
72 Nashoba Regional, Bolton 244 72
72 Falmouth Public Schools 305 72
72 Franklin Public Schools 485 72
78 Littleton Public Schools 133 71
78 North Andover Public Schools 352 71
78 Walpole Public Schools 322 71
78 Stoughton Public Schools 283 71
78 Weymouth Public Schools 497 71
78 Wrentham Public Schools 170 71
78 Easton Public Schools 290 71
78 Duxbury Public Schools 280 71
78 Foxborough Public Schools 222 71
78 North Reading Public Schools 210 71
78 Dedham Public Schools 216 71
78 Holliston Public Schools 209 71
78 Westborough Public Schools 279 71
91 Braintree Public Schools 383 70
91 Norfolk Public Schools 132 70
91 Williamsburg Public Schools 26 70
91 Millis Public Schools 107 70
91 Medway Public Schools 213 70
91 Rockport Public Schools 83 70
91 Avon Public Schools 50 70
91 Milton Public Schools 263 70
91 Harvard Public Schools 91 70
91 Lunenburg Public Schools 115 70
91 Lynnfield Public Schools 182 70
102 Middleton Public Schools 106 69
102 Danvers Public Schools 317 69
102 Lincoln Public Schools 171 69
102 Hawlemont Regional, Shelburne Falls 13 69
102 Chesterfield-Goshen Regional 22 69
102 Plympton Public Schools 33 69
102 Mattapoisett Public Schools 65 69
102 Spencer-East Brookfield Regional 157 69
102 Bourne Public Schools 199 69
111 Lanesborough Public Schools 44 68
111 Newburyport Public Schools 165 68
111 Rochester Public Schools 86 68
111 Ashland Public Schools 189 68
111 Central Berkshire Regional, Dalton 152 68
111 Granby Public Schools 81 68
111 Melrose Public Schools 286 68
111 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional 466 68
119 Foxborough Regional Charter 107 67
119 Wachusett Regional, Jefferson 582 67
119 Berkshire Hills Regional, Stockbridge 70 67
119 Boylston Public Schools 51 67
119 Tyngsborough Public Schools 172 67
119 Maynard Public Schools 106 67
119 Woburn Public Schools 332 67
119 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman 330 67
127 Mendon-Upton Regional 259 66
127 Kingston Public Schools 150 66
127 North Middlesex Regional, Townsend 352 66
130 Beverly Public Schools 344 65
130 Holland Public Schools 32 65
130 Hadley Public Schools 54 65
130 Hudson Public Schools 204 65
130 Brimfield Public Schools 48 65
130 Georgetown Public Schools 115 65
130 Northbridge Public Schools 214 65
130 Marston Mills East Horace Mann Charter 80 65
130 Wakefield Public Schools 298 65
130 Swansea Public Schools 162 65
130 Wilmington Public Schools 327 65
130 Sutton Public Schools 150 65
130 New Salem-Wendell Regional 14 65
143 Southwick-Tolland Regional 137 64
143 Acushnet Public Schools 102 64
143 Marion Public Schools 76 64
143 Shirley Public Schools 56 64
143 Deerfield Public Schools 62 64
143 Sturbridge Public Schools 104 64
143 Plymouth Public Schools 632 64
143 Tewksbury Public Schools 386 64
143 Southern Berkshire Regional, Sheffield 72 64
143 Dartmouth Public Schools 320 64
143 Barnstable Public Schools 367 64
143 Pentucket Regional, West Newbury 282 64
155 Northampton Public Schools 203 63
155 Norton Public Schools 245 63
155 Burlington Public Schools 286 63
155 Ipswich Public Schools 153 63
155 Seekonk Public Schools 171 63
155 Berkley Public Schools 107 63
155 Watertown Public Schools 178 63
155 Wales Public Schools 19 63
155 Peabody Public Schools 467 63
164 Marlborough Public Schools 370 62
164 Uxbridge Public Schools 155 62
164 Ludlow Public Schools 198 62
164 Lakeville Public Schools 154 62
164 Halifax Public Schools 102 62
164 Greenfield Public Schools 142 62
164 Wellfleet Public Schools 21 62
164 Sandwich Public Schools 326 62
164 Somerset Public Schools 184 62
164 Monson Public Schools 101 62
174 Quabbin Regional, Barre 210 61
174 Hull Public Schools 87 61
174 Saugus Public Schools 257 61
174 Mashpee Public Schools 152 61
174 Auburn Public Schools 166 61
174 Agawam Public Schools 338 61
174 Southampton Public Schools 59 61
181 Belchertown Public Schools 197 60
181 Mystic Valley Regional Charter, Malden 134 60
181 Amherst Public Schools 197 60
181 Oxford Public Schools 162 60
181 Carver Public Schools 162 60
181 Stoneham Public Schools 207 60
181 Amesbury Public Schools 173 60
181 Fairhaven Public Schools 149 60
181 South Shore Charter, Hull 37 60
190 Triton Regional, Byfield 260 59
190 Gloucester Public Schools 271 59
190 Blackstone-Millville Regional 137 59
190 Taunton Public Schools 652 59
194 South Hadley Public Schools 163 58
194 Mohawk Trail Regional, Shelburne Falls 71 58
194 Millbury Public Schools 151 58
194 Harwich Public Schools 91 58
194 East Bridgewater Public Schools 193 58
194 West Bridgewater Public Schools 86 58
194 Dracut Public Schools 325 58
194 Gardner Public Schools 201 58
194 Winthrop Public Schools 148 58
203 Pittsfield Public Schools 464 57
203 Framingham Public Schools 641 57
203 Middleborough Public Schools 308 57
203 Norwood Public Schools 263 57
203 Nantucket Public Schools 86 57
203 Billerica Public Schools 570 57
203 Medford Public Schools 318 57
210 Plainville Public Schools 106 56
210 Westport Community Public Schools 134 56
210 Holbrook Public Schools 128 56
210 Dudley-Charlton Regional 308 56
210 Dighton-Rehoboth Regional 255 56
210 Revere Public Schools 429 56
216 Bellingham Public Schools 220 55
216 Clarksburg Public Schools 20 55
216 Salem Public Schools 367 55
216 Methuen Public Schools 589 55
220 Milford Public Schools 293 54
220 Quincy Public Schools 596 54
220 Winchendon Public Schools 138 54
220 Neighborhood House Charter, Dorchester 22 54
220 Fitchburg Public Schools 424 54
220 Sabis International Charter, Springfield 108 54
220 Pembroke Public Schools 287 54
220 Westfield Public Schools 437 54
220 West Springfield Public Schools 274 54
220 Brookfield Public Schools 37 54
230 Leverett Public Schools 19 53
230 Abington Public Schools 208 53
230 Cambridge Public Schools 421 53
230 North Brookfield Public Schools 55 53
234 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional 294 52
234 Easthampton Public Schools 115 52
234 Ashburnham-Westminster Regional 177 52
234 Somerville Public Schools 343 52
234 Douglas Public Schools 142 52
234 Lenox Public Schools 56 52
234 Nahant Public Schools 31 52
234 Haverhill Public Schools 566 52
234 Conservatory Lab Charter, Brighton 21 52
234 Palmer Public Schools 144 52
244 North Adams Public Schools 125 51
244 Wareham Public Schools 253 51
244 Leicester Public Schools 140 51
247 Attleboro Public Schools 452 50
247 Edgartown Public Schools 46 50
247 Quaboag Regional, Warre 115 50
247 Gill-Montague Regional 80 50
251 Pioneer Valley Regional, Northfield 77 49
251 Rockland Public Schools 200 49
251 Freetown Public Schools 124 49
251 Orange Public Schools 105 49
255 Malden Public Schools 483 48
255 Waltham Public Schools 317 48
255 Lee Public Schools 58 48
258 Leominster Public Schools 465 47
258 Narragansett Regional, Baldwinville 133 47
258 Hill View Montessori Charter, Haverhill 30 47
258 Hatfield Public Schools 43 47
258 Randolph Public Schools 278 47