Top-scoring schools on the 6th-grade MCAS

Schools are ranked on the percentage of students scoring "Advanced" or "Proficient" on the 6th 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.

6TH GRADE ENGLISH 2006 Rank  District name Number tested Score 1 Acton, Merriam 69 99% 2 Wellesley, Wellesley Middle School 356 97% 3 Acton, Gates 71 96% 4 Acton, McCarthy-Towne 91 96% 5 Boxborough, Blanchard Memorial 91 95% 6 Boston, Mary Lyon 18 94% 6 Brookline, John D. Runkle 53 94% 8 Sudbury, Ephraim Curtis Middle School 350 94% 9 Marblehead Community Charter School 45 93% 10 Concord, Concord Middle School 186 93% 11 Acton, Luther Conant 70 93% 11 Brookline, William H. Lincoln 42 93% 13 Nahant, Johnson School 27 93% 14 Andover, Doherty Middle School 174 93% 15 Fall River, Osborn Street 13 92% 16 Sharon, Sharon Middle School 268 92% 17 Lexington, William Diamond Middle School 275 92% 18 Triton Regional, Pine Grove 94 91% 19 Longmeadow, Williams Middle School 127 91% 20 Westwood, E. W. Thurston Middle School 223 91% 21 Brookline, Lawrence 44 91% 22 Belmont, Winthrop L. Chenery Middle School 270 91% 23 Brookline, Michael Driscoll 43 91% 24 Berlin, Berlin Memorial 31 90% 25 Harvard, Bromfield 103 90% 26 Norfolk, Freeman-Centennial 153 90% 27 Northborough, Robert E. Melican Middle School 203 90% 28 Topsfield, Proctor Elementary 101 90% 30 Newton, Oak Hill Middle School 177 90% 31 Westford, Blanchard Middle School 183 90% 32 Manchester-Essex Regional, Manchester Memorial Elementary 60 90% 32 Wayland, Wayland Middle School 229 90% 33 Dover-Sherborn Regional, Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School 171 89% 34 Conway, Conway Grammar 19 89% 34 Brookline, Heath 38 89% 36 Needham, Pollard Middle School 369 89% 37 Advanced Math and Science Academy 141 89% 38 Nashoba Regional, Florence Sawyer School 84 89% 39 Scituate, Wampatuck Elementary 65 89% 40 Scituate, Hatherly Elementary 55 89% 41 Boylston, Boylston Elementary 55 89% 42 Westford, Stony Brook School 230 89% 43 Medfield, Thomas Blake Middle School 238 89% 44 Franklin, Horace Mann 175 89% 45 Winchester, McCall Middle School 262 89% 46 Brookline, Edward Devotion 61 89% 47 Pelham, Pelham Elementary 17 88% 47 Duxbury, Duxbury Middle School 264 88% 48 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Stony Hill School 68 88% 48 Acton, Douglas 68 88% 51 Lynnfield, Lynnfield Middle School 166 88% 52 Lexington, Jonas Clarke Middle School 245 88% 54 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Memorial Elementary 65 88% 55 Weston, Weston Middle School 177 88% 56 Scituate, Cushing Elementary 57 88% 56 River Valley Charter School 32 88% 57 Boxford, Spofford Pond 143 87% 58 Triton Regional, Newbury Elementary 79 87% 59 Longmeadow, Glenbrook Middle School 138 87% 60 Ben Franklin Classical Charter School 46 87% 61 Andover, Wood Hill Middle School 114 87% 62 North Reading, North Reading Middle School 201 87% 63 Scituate, Jenkins Elementary 74 86% 64 Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Miles River Middle School 177 86% 65 Wachusett Regional, Paxton Center School 73 86% 66 Ashland, David Mindess 188 86% 67 Southborough, P. Brent Trottier 159 86% 68 Carlisle, Carlisle School 107 86% 69 Franklin, Annie Sullivan Middle School 147 86% 70 Spencer-East Brookfield Regional, East Brookfield Elementary 28 86% 71 Andover, Andover West Middle School 167 86% 72 Easton, H. H. Richardson School 139 86% 73 Reading, Walter S. Parker Middle School 180 86% 74 Newton, Bigelow Middle School 159 86% 75 Sandwich, Oak Ridge 110 85% 76 Hopkinton, Hopkinton Middle School 274 85% 77 Norwell, Norwell Middle School 150 85% 78 Newton, Charles E. Brown Middle School 203 85% 79 Lincoln, Lincoln School 67 85% 80 Mattapoisett, Old Hammondtown 87 85% 81 Arlington, Ottoson Middle School 332 85% 83 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Soule Road School 73 85% 83 Medway, Medway Middle School 232 85% 84 Worcester, Thorndyke Road 45 84% 85 Pentucket Regional, Helen R. Donaghue School 106 84% 86 Nashoba Regional, Hale Middle School 87 84% 87 Hanover, Hanover Middle School 217 84% 88 Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury Middle School 445 84% 89 Marblehead, Village School 207 84% 90 Grafton, Grafton Middle School 206 83% 91 Groton-Dunstable Regional, Groton-Dunstable Regional Middle School 236 83% 92 Franklin, Remington Middle School 145 83% 93 Westborough, Mill Pond School 235 83% 94 Chelmsford, McCarthy Middle School 247 83% 95 Wrentham, Charles E. Roderick 186 83% 95 Brookline, Edith C. Baker 54 83% 95 Hadley, Hadley Elementary 60 83% 95 Shutesbury, Shutesbury Elementary 24 83% 99 Chatham, Chatham Middle School 54 83% 100 Newton, F. A. Day Middle School 239 83% 101 Nauset Regional, Nauset Regional Middle School 179 83% 102 Newburyport, Rupert A. Nock Middle School 161 83% 103 Natick, Wilson Middle School 190 83% 104 Williamstown, Williamstown Elementary 77 83% 105 Amherst, Wildwood Elementary 65 83% 106 North Andover, North Andover Middle School 369 83% 107 Canton, William H. Galvin Middle School 260 83% 108 Sandwich, Forestdale 115 83% 109 Amherst, Marks Meadow Laboratory 23 83% 110 Pembroke, North Pembroke Elementary 74 82% 111 Quincy, Central Middle School 182 82% 112 Gill-Montague Regional, Gill Elementary 17 82% 113 Easton, F. L. Olmsted 184 82% 114 Oak Bluffs, Oak Bluffs Elementary 39 82% 114 Sutton, Sutton Middle School 117 82% 116 Wachusett Regional, Mountview Middle School 222 82% 117 North Attleborough, North Attleborough Middle School 360 82% 118 Martha's Vineyard Charter School 11 82% 119 Wilmington, Wilmington Middle School 329 82% 120 Ashburnham-Westminster Regional, Overlook Middle School 202 82% 121 Amherst, Fort River Elementary 75 81% 122 Sandwich, Henry T. Wing 90 81% 123 Pentucket Regional, Dr. John C. Page School 74 81% 124 Melrose, Melrose Middle School 263 81% 125 Community Day Charter School 21 81% 126 Wachusett Regional, Thomas Prince School 62 81% 127 Reading, Arthur W. Coolidge Middle School 129 81% 128 Marshfield, Furnace Brook Middle School 385 81% 129 Petersham, Petersham Center 20 80% 129 Methuen, Marsh Grammar School 146 80% 130 Chelmsford, Col. Moses Parker School 186 80% 131 Williamsburg, Anne T. Dunphy 25 80% 131 Walpole, Bird Middle School 140 80% 134 Harwich, Harwich Middle School 85 80% 135 Bedford, John Glenn Middle School 159 80% 136 Hingham, Hingham Middle School 287 80% 137 Milton, Charles S. Pierce Middle School 282 80% 138 Littleton, Littleton Middle School 128 80% 139 Manchester-Essex Regional, Essex Elementary School 44 80% 140 Ipswich, Ipswich Middle School 166 80% 141 Middleton, Howe-Manning 112 79% 142 Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School 68 79% 143 Nashoba Regional, Luther Burbank Middle School 82 79% 144 Acushnet, Albert F. Ford Middle School 128 79% 145 Cohasset, Cohasset Middle/High School 123 79% 146 Boston, Rafael Hernandez 33 79% 147 Sturbridge, Burgess Elementary 121 79% 148 Mendon-Upton Regional, Miscoe Hill Elementary 223 78% 149 Pentucket Regional, Elmer S. Bagnall School 83 78% 150 Granby, East Meadow 92 78% 150 Rising Tide Charter School 69 78% 152 Mansfield, Harold L. Qualters Middle School 404 78% 153 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Thornton Burgess School 73 78% 154 Rochester, Rochester Memorial 82 78% 155 Pembroke, Hobomock Elementary 82 78% 156 Sunderland, Sunderland Elementary 36 78% 156 Plympton, Dennett Elementary 36 78% 156 Cambridge, Amigos School 18 78% 156 New Salem-Wendell Regional, Swift River School 18 78% 160 Barnstable Horace Mann Charter School 463 78% 161 Marion, Sippican 67 78% 162 Natick, John F. Kennedy Middle School 116 78% 163 North Middlesex Regional, Hawthorne Brook 205 78% 164 Auburn, Auburn Middle School 196 78% 165 Abington, North 53 77% 166 Southern Berkshire Regional, Undermountain 88 77% 167 Braintree, South Middle School 145 77% 168 Somerset, Somerset Middle School 202 77% 169 Walpole, Eleanor N. Johnson Middle School 137 77% 170 Hilltown Cooperative Charter School 17 76% 171 Kingston, Kingston Intermediate 174 76% 172 Dighton-Rehoboth Regional, Dorothy L. Beckwith School 140 76% 173 Murdoch Middle Charter School 72 76% 174 Abington, Center 55 76% 175 Richmond, Richmond Consolidated 21 76% 176 Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional, Charlton Middle School 222 76% 177 Braintree, East Middle School 226 76% 178 Christa McAuliffe Regional Charter School 92 76% 179 Halifax, Halifax Elementary 100 76% 180 Waltham, John F. Kennedy Middle School 138 75% 181 Woburn, Daniel L. Joyce Middle School 154 75% 182 Lynn, Pickering Middle School 193 75% 183 Whately, Whately Elementary 20 75% 183 Quabbin Regional, Oakham Center 44 75% 183 Cambridge, Graham and Parks School 32 75% 183 Malden, Beebe 108 75% 183 South Shore Charter School 40 75% 183 West Boylston, West Boylston Jr.-Sr. High School 100 75% 189 Leominster, Samoset School 147 75% 190 Belchertown, Chestnut Hill Community School 198 75% 191 Watertown, Watertown Middle School 170 75% 192 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Hanson Middle School 166 75% 193 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Williams Middle School 221 75% 194 Southwick-Tolland Regional, Powder Mill School 138 75% 195 Wachusett Regional, Chocksett Middle School 98 74% 196 Quaboag Regional, West Brookfield Elementary 43 74% 197 Hull, Memorial Middle School 82 74% 198 Holliston, Robert H. Adams Middle School 249 74% 199 Amesbury, Amesbury Middle School 178 74% 200 Swampscott, Swampscott Middle School 166 74% 201 Lunenburg, Turkey Hill Middle School 145 74% 202 Bellingham, Bellingham Memorial Middle School 213 74% 203 Brookline, Pierce 53 74% 204 Lenox, Lenox Memorial High School 68 74% 205 Mashpee, Quashnet School 132 73% 206 Plainville, Beatrice H. Wood Elementary 105 73% 206 Ayer, Ayer Middle School 105 73% 208 Plymouth, Plymouth Community Intermediate School 382 73% 209 Brimfield, Brimfield Elementary 41 73% 210 Worcester, Flagg Street 52 73% 211 Leicester, Leicester Middle School 148 73% 212 Dracut, George H. Englesby Intermediate School 325 73% 213 Worcester, New Ludlow 33 73% 214 Freetown-Lakeville Regional, Freetown-Lakeville Middle School 241 73% 215 Cambridge, Maria L. Baldwin School 36 72% 216 Lincoln, Hanscom Middle School 43 72% 217 Burlington, Marshall Simonds Middle School 272 72% 218 East Longmeadow, Birchland Park 209 72% 219 Worcester, Jacob Hiatt Magnet School 67 72% 220 Woburn, John F. Kennedy Middle School 162 72% 221 Carver, Carver Middle School 151 72% 222 Wakefield, Galvin Middle School 294 71% 222 Pioneer Valley Regional, Bernardston Elementary 28 71% 222 Cambridge, Haggerty School 14 71% 225 Everett, George Keverian School 77 71% 226 Foxborough, John J. Ahern 218 71% 227 Waltham, John W. McDevitt Middle School 186 71% 228 Seekonk, Dr. Kevin M. Hurley Middle School 185 71% 229 Danvers, Holten Richmond Middle School 267 71% 230 Taunton, Joseph H. Martin 164 71% 231 Falmouth, Morse Pond School 324 71% 232 Fall River, Fowler Elementary 17 71% 232 Westhampton, Westhampton Elementary School 17 71% 234 Somerville, Benjamin G. Brown 27 70% 234 Norton, Norton Middle School 291 70% 236 Boston, Lyndon 74 70% 237 Quabbin Regional, Hubbardston Center 67 70% 238 Hatfield, Dorothy M. Breor Elementary 40 70% 238 Westport, Westport Middle School 160 70% 240 Boston, Richard J. Murphy 150 70% 241 Beverly, Briscoe Middle School 323 70% 242 Georgetown, Georgetown Middle/High School 136 70% 243 Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional, Dudley Middle School 159 70% 244 Norwood, Dr. Philip O. Coakley Middle School 241 70% 245 Mohawk Trail Regional, Buckland-Shelburne Regional Elementary 33 70% 247 Hawlemont Regional, Hawlemont Regional 23 70% 247 West Tisbury Regional, West Tisbury Elementary 33 70% 248 Tewksbury, John F. Ryan 398 69% 249 Worcester, Heard Street 26 69% 250 Brockton, Gilmore Academy 155 69% 251 Mohawk Trail Regional, Sanderson Academy Elementary 29 69% 252 East Bridgewater, Gordon W. Mitchell 206 69% 253 Deerfield, Deerfield Elementary 61 69% 254 Spencer-East Brookfield Regional, Wire Village School 124 69% 255 Ludlow, Paul R. Baird Middle School 232 69% 256 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Burnell Elementary School 57 68% 257 Tisbury, Tisbury Elementary 44 68% 258 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Raynham Middle School 179 68% 259 Uxbridge, Whitin Intermediate 157 68% 259 Bourne, Bourne Middle School 157 68% 261 Weymouth, Maria Weston Chapman Middle School 300 68% 262 South Hadley, Michael E. Smith Middle School 178 68% 263 Southampton, William E. Norris 78 68% 264 Quabbin Regional, Ruggles Lane 90 68% 265 Stoneham, Stoneham Middle School 201 68% 266 Wachusett Regional, Central Tree Middle School 102 68% 267 Foxboro Regional Charter School 80 68% 268 Quabbin Regional, Hardwick Elementary 40 68% 269 Worcester, Worcester Arts Magnet School 43 67% 270 Douglas, Douglas Intermediate School 144 67% 271 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, Mattacheese Middle School 196 67% 272 Millis, Millis Middle School 104 67% 273 Revere, William Mckinley 52 67% 274 Methuen, Comprehensive Grammar School 116 67% 275 Cambridge, Kennedy-Longfellow School 61 67% 276 Dedham, Dedham Middle School 237 67% 277 Northbridge, Northbridge Middle School 191 67% 278 Maynard, Fowler Middle School 97 67% 278 Hudson, John F. Kennedy 194 67% 280 Attleboro, Cyril K. Brennan Middle School 139 67% 281 Millbury, Raymond E. Shaw Elementary 132 67% 281 Leverett, Leverett Elementary 15 67% 283 Shirley, Shirley Middle School 81 67% 283 Attleboro, Robert J. Coelho Middle School 138 67% 283 Quincy, Atlantic Middle School 177 67% 286 Marlborough, Marlborough Middle School 327 66% 287 Taunton, Benjamin Friedman Middle School 242 66% 288 Stoughton, O'Donnell Middle School 298 66% 289 Worcester, Tatnuck 59 66% 290 Hopedale, Memorial 94 66% 291 Berkshire Hills Regional, Monument Valley Regional Middle School 88 66% 292 North Middlesex Regional, Nissitissit Middle School 167 66% 293 Billerica, Locke Middle School 236 66% 294 Quincy, Reay E. Sterling Middle School 87 66% 295 Billerica, Marshall Middle School 287 66% 296 Mystic Valley Regional Charter School 113 65% 297 Northampton, John F. Kennedy Middle School 194 65% 298 Tyngsborough, Tyngsborough Middle 159 65% 299 Brookfield, Brookfield Elementary 52 65% 300 Swansea, Joseph Case Jr. High School 179 65% 301 Atlantis Charter School 72 65% 302 Boston Collegiate Charter School 66 65% 303 Plymouth, Plymouth South Middle School 189 65% 304 Wales, Wales Elementary 20 65% 305 Agawam, Agawam Middle School 327 65% 306 Westfield, North Middle School 233 65% 307 Milford, Stacy Middle School 295 65% 308 Mohawk Trail Regional, Colrain Central Elementary 17 65% 309 Worcester, West Tatnuck 31 65% 310 Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter School 76 64% 311 Dartmouth, Dartmouth Middle School 354 64% 312 Granville, Granville Village 28 64% 312 Brockton, Franklin 42 64% 314 Oxford, Oxford Middle School 173 64% 315 Gloucester, Ralph B. O'Maley Middle School 250 64% 316 Weymouth, Abigail Adams Middle School 174 64% 317 Holbrook, South 118 64% 318 Monson, Granite Valley Middle School 123 63% 319 Palmer, Converse Middle School 191 63% 320 New Bedford, Betsey B. Winslow 27 63% 321 Middleborough, John T. Nichols Middle School 278 63% 322 Pioneer Valley Regional, Northfield Elementary 35 63% 322 Worcester, Midland Street 35 63% 324 Everett, Madeline English School 59 63% 325 Boston, Sarah Greenwood 24 63% 326 Framingham, Cameron Middle School 157 62% 327 Central Berkshire Regional, Nessacus Regional Middle School 170 62% 328 Malden, Linden 77 62% 329 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman Middle School 167 62% 330 Triton Regional, Salisbury Elementary 95 62% 331 Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter School 21 62% 332 Fall River, Hector L. Belisle 13 62% 332 Edgartown, Edgartown Elementary 39 62% 332 Athol-Royalston Regional, Royalston Community School 13 62% 335 Ware, Ware Middle School 96 61% 336 Brockton, Hancock 93 61% 337 Peabody, J. Henry Higgins Middle School 465 61% 338 Erving, Erving Elementary 18 61% 339 Holyoke, Lt. Clayre Sullivan Elementary 77 61% 340 Rockport, Rockport Middle School 69 61% 340 Salem Academy Charter School 46 61% 342 Cambridge, Cambridgeport School 28 61% 343 Leominster, Sky View Middle School 185 61% 344 Worcester, Norrback Avenue 76 61% 345 Lanesborough, Lanesborough Elementary 48 60% 346 Revere, Paul Revere 53 60% 347 West Springfield, West Springfield Middle School 279 60% 348 Worcester, Nelson Place 50 60% 348 Clarksburg, Clarksburg Elementary 25 60% 348 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, N. H. Wixon Middle School 110 60% 348 Randolph, Margaret L. Donovan 70 60% 352 Berkley, Berkley Middle School 94 60% 353 Pembroke, Bryantville Elementary 79 59% 354 Quaboag Regional, Warren Elementary 74 59% 355 Lowell, James Sullivan Middle School 143 59% 356 Leominster, Southeast Middle School 133 59% 357 Abington, Woodsdale 96 59% 358 Lee, Lee Elementary 61 59%