Top-scoring schools on the 5th-grade MCAS

Schools are ranked on the percentage of students scoring "Advanced" or "Proficient" on the 5th grade MCAS exams, taken in the spring of 2006. 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, number of students with English as a second language, and other factors. Source: Boston.com calculations from Mass. Department of Education figures.

5TH GRADE ENGLISH 2006 Rank  District name Number tested Score 1 Acton, Merriam 89 98% 2 Winchester, Muraco 50 96% 2 Marshfield, Eames School 56 96% 3 Wellesley, Joseph E. Fiske 52 96% 5 Wellesley, Hunnewell 43 95% 6 Conway, Conway Grammar 20 95% 7 Lexington, Fiske 77 95% 8 Reading, Wood End Elementary School 38 95% 9 Sharon, Cottage Street 86 94% 10 Wellesley, Katharine Lee Bates 65 94% 11 Newton, A. E. Angier 63 94% 12 Needham, William Mitchell 76 93% 13 Westwood, Deerfield 43 93% 14 Topsfield, Proctor Elementary 95 93% 15 Truro, Truro Central 13 92% 16 Concord, Willard 64 92% 17 Newton, Cabot 50 92% 19 Newton, Mason-Rice 60 92% 20 Sudbury, General John Nixon Elementary 73 92% 20 North Reading, J. Turner Hood 83 92% 21 Brookline, Michael Driscoll 35 91% 21 North Reading, L. D. Batchelder 82 91% 23 Lexington, Bridge 100 91% 24 Ipswich, Paul F. Doyon Memorial 66 91% 25 Andover, South Elementary 98 91% 26 Needham, Hillside Elementary 64 91% 27 Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Winthrop School 63 90% 28 Arlington, Brackett School 62 90% 29 Acton, Gates 70 90% 30 Westford, John A. Crisafulli Elementary 168 90% 31 Scituate, Jenkins Elementary 97 90% 32 Westwood, William E. Sheehan 67 90% 33 Hilltown Cooperative Charter School 19 89% 34 Concord, Alcott 57 89% 35 Newton, Underwood 47 89% 35 Ben Franklin Classical Charter School 47 89% 37 Duxbury, Alden School 253 89% 38 Southborough, Margaret A. Neary 195 89% 39 Wellesley, Schofield 46 89% 40 Weston, Field Elementary School 181 89% 41 Concord, Thoreau 63 89% 41 Andover, High Plain Elementary 108 89% 41 Marshfield, Martinson Elementary 90 89% 44 Newton, John Ward 44 89% 45 Littleton, Russell St Elementary 105 89% 46 Swampscott, Clarke 35 89% 47 Brookline, Pierce 52 88% 48 Pembroke, North Pembroke Elementary 77 88% 49 Brookline, Heath 34 88% 50 Newton, Peirce 42 88% 50 Newton, C. C. Burr 42 88% 53 Acton, Douglas 74 88% 54 Needham, Broadmeadow 74 88% 55 Nashoba Regional, Center School 90 88% 56 Sharon, East Elementary 91 88% 56 Westford, Abbot Elementary 144 88% 57 Central Berkshire Regional, Becket Washington School 16 88% 57 Wellesley, Ernest F. Upham 40 88% 59 Brookline, Edward Devotion 71 87% 59 Swampscott, Stanley 55 87% 60 Winchester, Vinson-Owen 63 87% 60 Swampscott, Machon 31 87% 62 Arlington, M. Norcross Stratton 47 87% 64 North Reading, E. Ethel Little School 54 87% 65 Lincoln, Lincoln School 77 87% 66 North Andover, Franklin 69 87% 66 Wellfleet, Wellfleet Elementary 23 87% 68 Harvard, Harvard Elementary 107 87% 69 Lexington, Bowman 84 87% 70 Winchester, Ambrose Elementary 61 87% 71 Scituate, Wampatuck Elementary 53 87% 72 Medfield, Dale Street 257 87% 73 Hingham, Plymouth River 113 87% 74 Sharon, Heights Elementary 135 87% 75 Wellesley, John D. Hardy 45 87% 76 Scituate, Cushing Elementary 52 87% 77 Lexington, Harrington 59 86% 78 Nashoba Regional, Florence Sawyer School 81 86% 79 Westwood, Downey 44 86% 79 Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Bessie Buker Elementary 44 86% 79 Melrose, Winthrop 44 86% 82 Boxborough, Blanchard Memorial 87 86% 83 Lexington, Maria Hastings 87 86% 84 Acton, Luther Conant 65 86% 84 Pentucket Regional, Dr. John C. Page School 65 86% 86 Reading, Joshua Eaton 101 86% 87 Winchester, Lincoln 72 86% 88 Andover, Henry C. Sanborn Elementary 57 86% 89 Sherborn, Pine Hill 69 86% 90 Andover, Bancroft Elementary 82 85% 90 Danvers, Ivan G. Smith 62 85% 91 Pelham, Pelham Elementary 20 85% 91 Needham, Newman Elementary 96 85% 92 Belmont, Winthrop L. Chenery Middle School 267 85% 94 Arlington, Hardy 27 85% 94 Arlington, John A. Bishop 54 85% 96 Hingham, South Elementary 87 85% 97 Rochester, Rochester Memorial 80 85% 98 Plymouth, Manomet Elementary 60 85% 100 Longmeadow, Blueberry Hill 93 85% 101 Carlisle, Carlisle School 106 85% 102 Bedford, Lt. Job Lane School 192 85% 103 Marblehead Community Charter School 46 85% 104 Hawlemont Regional, Hawlemont Regional 13 85% 105 Brookline, Edith C. Baker 71 85% 106 Wellesley, Sprague Elementary 45 84% 107 Franklin, Helen Keller 108 84% 108 Franklin, J. F. Kennedy Memorial 95 84% 108 Shutesbury, Shutesbury Elementary 19 84% 110 Longmeadow, Wolf Swamp Road 82 84% 111 Sudbury, Peter Noyes 113 84% 112 Walpole, Old Post Road 75 84% 113 Andover, West Elementary 143 84% 114 Boxford, Spofford Pond 118 84% 115 Franklin, Jefferson Elementary 99 84% 116 Acton, McCarthy-Towne 74 84% 117 Chatham, Chatham Middle School 55 84% 118 Wayland, Claypit Hill School 116 84% 119 Reading, Birch Meadow 48 83% 120 Marshfield, Gov. Edward Winslow 72 83% 120 Wachusett Regional, Paxton Center School 48 83% 120 Arlington, Peirce 30 83% 120 Westborough, Mill Pond School 240 83% 120 Gill-Montague Regional, Gill Elementary 18 83% 125 Wrentham, Charles E. Roderick 148 83% 126 Milton, Glover 64 83% 126 Nashoba Regional, Mary Rowlandson Elementary 64 83% 128 Burlington, Fox Hill 80 83% 129 Westwood, Paul Hanlon 17 82% 129 Hopkinton, Hopkins Elementary School 261 82% 130 Sudbury, Josiah Haynes 68 82% 131 Lexington, Joseph Estabrook 85 82% 133 Norwell, Grace Farrar Cole 96 82% 134 Hopedale, Memorial 100 82% 134 Quincy, Charles A. Bernazzani Elementary 50 82% 136 Gloucester, East Gloucester Elementary 44 82% 137 Wayland, Happy Hollow School 66 82% 137 Dartmouth, Andrew B. Cushman 44 82% 137 Framingham, Potter Road 55 82% 137 Melrose, Herbert Clark Hoover 44 82% 141 Westford, Norman E. Day Elementary 126 82% 142 Arlington, Thompson 49 82% 143 Nahant, Johnson School 27 81% 144 Braintree, Mary E. Flaherty School 59 81% 145 Marblehead, Village School 177 81% 146 North Attleborough, Joseph W. Martin Jr. Elementary 123 81% 147 Milton, Collicot 64 81% 147 Greenfield, Green River 16 81% 149 Somerset, Chace Street 53 81% 150 Seekonk, George R. Martin 58 81% 151 Newton, Zervas 42 81% 153 Plymouth, Federal Furnace School 68 81% 155 Amherst, Fort River Elementary 88 81% 156 Wayland, Loker School 67 81% 156 West Tisbury Regional, West Tisbury Elementary 42 81% 157 Seekonk, Mildred Aitken School 52 81% 158 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Soule Road School 67 81% 158 Triton Regional, Newbury Elementary 72 81% 159 Dedham, Riverdale 41 80% 160 North Andover, Kittredge 46 80% 160 Wachusett Regional, Leroy E. Mayo School 92 80% 162 Northborough, Marion E. Zeh 51 80% 163 East Longmeadow, Mountain View 107 80% 164 Triton Regional, Pine Grove 71 80% 165 Newton, Countryside 86 80% 166 Mansfield, Jordan/Jackson Elementary 396 80% 167 Reading, J. Warren Killam 90 80% 167 Gloucester, West Parish 65 80% 167 Whately, Whately Elementary 20 80% 167 Middleton, Howe-Manning 110 80% 167 Northborough, Lincoln Street 55 80% 167 Oak Bluffs, Oak Bluffs Elementary 45 80% 167 Pentucket Regional, Elmer S. Bagnall School 100 80% 174 Hingham, William L. Foster Elementary 104 80% 176 North Attleborough, Roosevelt Avenue 44 80% 176 Longmeadow, Center 88 80% 177 Newton, Bowen 59 80% 178 Sandwich, Henry T. Wing 78 79% 178 Quincy, Squantum 39 79% 180 Quincy, Merrymount 63 79% 181 River Valley Charter School 29 79% 181 Woburn, Wyman 29 79% 183 Dover, Chickering School 110 79% 184 Melrose, Roosevelt 43 79% 185 Franklin, Oak Street Elementary 95 79% 185 Woburn, Goodyear 38 79% 187 Westfield, Munger Hill 71 79% 188 North Andover, Annie L. Sargent School 123 79% 189 East Longmeadow, Mapleshade 103 79% 190 Canton, Lt. Peter M. Hansen School 84 79% 191 Woburn, Clyde Reeves 70 79% 192 Dedham, Greenlodge 56 79% 193 Stoughton, Joseph R. Dawe Jr. Elementary 65 78% 194 Abington, North 51 78% 195 Milton, Cunningham School 88 78% 196 Rockport, Rockport Elementary 69 78% 197 Braintree, Hollis 78 78% 198 Sutton, Sutton Elementary 146 78% 199 West Boylston, Major Edwards Elementary 82 78% 199 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Louise A. Conley 82 78% 201 Chelmsford, Col. Moses Parker School 172 78% 202 Brewster, Eddy Elementary 86 78% 203 Natick, Wilson Middle School 208 78% 204 Wilmington, North Intermediate 158 78% 205 Groton-Dunstable Regional, Groton-Dunstable Regional Middle School 238 78% 206 Norfolk, Freeman-Centennial 148 78% 207 Wachusett Regional, Dawson School 67 78% 208 North Attleborough, Amvet Boulevard 67 78% 209 Scituate, Hatherly Elementary 58 78% 209 Amherst, Wildwood Elementary 58 78% 211 Swampscott, Hadley 49 78% 211 Dartmouth, James M. Quinn School 98 78% 213 Wachusett Regional, Chocksett Middle School 111 77% 214 Reading, Alice M. Barrows 71 77% 215 Dedham, Oakdale 75 77% 216 Hanover, Hanover Middle School 228 77% 217 Hadley, Hadley Elementary 35 77% 218 Lynnfield, Lynnfield Middle School 179 77% 219 Westwood, Martha Jones 61 77% 219 Lenox, Morris 61 77% 221 Framingham, Hemenway 86 77% 222 Walpole, Elm Street 77 77% 223 Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Cutler School 63 76% 223 Mohawk Trail Regional, Colrain Central Elementary 21 76% 225 Stoughton, Helen Hansen Elementary 46 76% 226 Walpole, Boyden 58 76% 227 Danvers, Willis E. Thorpe 58 76% 228 Foxborough, John J. Ahern 219 76% 229 Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury Middle School 495 76% 230 Boston, Joyce Kilmer 37 76% 231 Holliston, Miller School 234 76% 232 Newton, Williams 41 76% 232 Tisbury, Tisbury Elementary 41 76% 234 Stoughton, West Elementary 40 75% 234 Wachusett Regional, Thomas Prince School 53 75% 234 Manchester-Essex Regional, Manchester Memorial Elementary 60 75% 234 North Middlesex Regional, Ashby Elementary 53 75% 236 Boylston, Boylston Elementary 61 75% 237 Wachusett Regional, Davis Hill Elementary School 93 75% 238 Canton, John F. Kennedy School 72 75% 238 Plymouth, Nathaniel Morton Elementary 96 75% 238 Norwell, William G. Vinal 84 75% 238 Martha's Vineyard Charter School 16 75% 238 Waltham, James Fitzgerald Elementary 40 75% 238 Lynn, Lynn Woods 28 75% 246 Walpole, Fisher 83 75% 247 Natick, John F. Kennedy Middle School 157 75% 248 Newton, Lincoln-Eliot 51 75% 249 Saugus, Douglas Waybright 43 74% 249 North Andover, Atkinson 43 74% 251 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, Station Avenue Elementary 70 74% 252 Grafton, Grafton Intermediate 206 74% 253 Berlin, Berlin Memorial 31 74% 253 Deerfield, Deerfield Elementary 62 74% 255 North Attleborough, Falls 50 74% 255 Franklin, Davis Thayer 50 74% 255 Maynard, Fowler Middle School 100 74% 258 Cohasset, Deer Hill 123 74% 259 Ludlow, Chapin Elementary 69 74% 260 Braintree, Donald Ross 42 74% 261 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Williams Middle School 278 74% 262 Marshfield, South River 76 74% 262 Northborough, Marguerite E. Peaslee 57 74% 264 Norwood, F. A. Cleveland 72 74% 265 Needham, John Eliot 53 74% 266 Spencer-East Brookfield Regional, East Brookfield Elementary 34 74% 267 Winchester, Lynch Elementary 60 73% 267 Sunderland, Sunderland Elementary 30 73% 269 Boston, Hugh Roe O'Donnell 30 73% 270 Peabody, West Memorial 52 73% 271 Medway, Medway Middle School 243 73% 272 Sudbury, Israel Loring School 92 73% 273 Plymouth, West Elementary 66 73% 273 Cambridge, Cambridgeport School 33 73% 273 Rising Tide Charter School 66 73% 276 Sturbridge, Burgess Elementary 124 73% 277 Fairhaven, Rogers 51 73% 278 Ashburnham-Westminster Regional, Briggs Elementary 80 73% 279 Springfield, Arthur T. Talmadge 54 72% 279 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Stony Hill School 76 72% 280 Ashland, David Mindess 199 72% 281 Easton, F. L. Olmsted 155 72% 282 Braintree, Liberty 90 72% 282 Richmond, Richmond Consolidated 18 72% 282 Farmington River Regional, Farmington River Elementary 18 72% 286 Sandwich, Oak Ridge 111 72% 287 Newton, Memorial Spaulding 68 72% 288 Mattapoisett, Old Hammondtown 75 72% 289 Newton, Horace Mann 50 72% 289 Chesterfield-Goshen Regional Schools, New Hingham Regional Elementary 25 72% 291 Wilmington, West Intermediate 149 72% 292 Brookline, Lawrence 39 72% 292 Watertown, Cunniff 39 72% 294 Kingston, Kingston Intermediate 202 72% 295 Northborough, Fannie E. Proctor 46 72% 296 Tyngsborough, Tyngsborough Elementary 159 72% 297 Chelmsford, McCarthy Middle School 226 72% 298 Marshfield, Daniel Webster 67 72% 299 Pentucket Regional, Helen R. Donaghue School 98 71% 299 Eastham, Eastham Elementary 28 71% 299 Burlington, Memorial 35 71% 299 Gardner, Elm Street School 210 71% 299 Marion, Sippican 63 71% 299 Leverett, Leverett Elementary 35 71% 299 Athol-Royalston Regional, Silver Lake 21 71% 306 Canton, Dean S. Luce School 87 71% 307 Beverly, Cove Elementary 76 71% 307 Hatfield, Dorothy M. Breor Elementary 38 71% 309 Peabody, John E. Burke 62 71% 310 North Attleborough, Community 96 71% 311 Lynn, Edward A. Sisson 65 71% 311 North Andover, Thomson 65 71% 313 Brookline, William H. Lincoln 44 70% 314 Boston, Manassah E. Bradley 47 70% 314 Beverly, North Beverly Elementary 47 70% 316 Norwood, Cornelius M. Callahan 50 70% 316 Lanesborough, Lanesborough Elementary 40 70% 318 Whitman-Hanson Regional, John H. Duval 90 70% 318 Beverly, Centerville Elementary 50 70% 320 Millis, Millis Middle School 93 70% 321 Arlington, Cyrus E. Dallin 76 70% 322 Mendon-Upton Regional, Miscoe Hill Elementary 241 70% 323 Plympton, Dennett Elementary 33 70% 324 Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional, Charlton Middle School 168 70% 325 West Springfield, Mittineague 23 70% 325 Salem, Carlton 23 70% 325 Holland, Holland Elementary 23 70% 325 Uxbridge, Whitin Intermediate 161 70% 329 Easton, H. H. Richardson School 151 70% 330 Brookline, John D. Runkle 39 69% 330 Auburn, Pakachoag 108 69% 330 Cambridge, Graham and Parks School 36 69% 332 Somerset, North Elementary 85 69% 333 Falmouth, Morse Pond School 322 69% 334 Cambridge, Amigos School 26 69% 334 Foxboro Regional Charter School 91 69% 334 Stoughton, Joseph H. Gibbons 65 69% 334 Granville, Granville Village 26 69% 334 Boston, Dante Alighieri 13 69% 340 Peabody, John E. McCarthy 42 69% 341 Greenfield, Federal 29 69% 342 Quabbin Regional, Oakham Center 29 69% 343 Danvers, Highlands 61 69% 344 Stoughton, South Elementary 48 69% 345 Harwich, Harwich Elementary 115 69% 346 Braintree, Highlands 83 69% 347 West Springfield, Tatham 51 69% 348 Woburn, Linscott-Rumford 35 69% 348 North Middlesex Regional, Squannacook 140 69% 350 Medford, Milton Fuller Roberts 73 68% 351 Hull, Lillian M. Jacobs 92 68% 352 Abington, Woodsdale 92 68% 353 Georgetown, Penn Brook 111 68% 354 Northbridge, Northbridge Middle School 196 68% 355 Weymouth, Maria Weston Chapman Middle School 287 68% 356 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Raynham Middle School 145 68% 357 Dartmouth, George H. Potter 66 68% 358 Northampton, Leeds 44 68% 359 Burlington, Pine Glen Elementary 69 68% 360 Danvers, Riverside 50 68% 361 Norwood, John P. Oldham 53 68% 361 Stoneham, Robin Hood 53 68% 363 Spencer-East Brookfield Regional, Wire Village School 112 68% 363 Lynn, Brickett Elementary 28 68% 363 Wachusett Regional, Central Tree Middle School 112 68% 366 Saugus, Oaklandvale 40 68% 367 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, Marguerite E. Small Elementary 43