Top-scoring schools on the 7th-grade MCAS

Schools are ranked on the percentage of students scoring "Advanced" or "Proficient" on the 7th 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.

7TH GRADE ENGLISH 2006 Rank  District name Number tested Score 1 Brockton, Gilmore Academy 68 99% 2 Boston, Boston Latin 389 98% 3 Norwell, Norwell Middle School 164 97% 4 Weston, Weston Middle School 180 96% 5 Medfield, Thomas Blake Middle School 241 95% 6 Brookline, Heath 40 95% 7 Andover, Doherty Middle School 182 95% 8 Lincoln, Lincoln School 70 94% 9 Chatham, Chatham Middle School 52 94% 10 Westford, Blanchard Middle School 193 94% 11 Lexington, William Diamond Middle School 269 94% 12 Carlisle, Carlisle School 90 93% 13 Longmeadow, Glenbrook Middle School 118 93% 14 Nashoba Regional, Florence Sawyer School 83 93% 15 Wayland, Wayland Middle School 242 93% 16 Wellesley, Wellesley Middle School 314 92% 17 Acton-Boxborough Regional, Raymond J. Grey Regional Jr. High 493 91% 18 Sharon, Sharon Middle School 267 91% 19 Concord, Concord Middle School 224 91% 19 River Valley Charter School 32 91% 21 Needham, Pollard Middle School 339 91% 22 Brookline, Edward Devotion 82 90% 23 Westborough, Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School 282 90% 24 Sutton, Sutton Middle School 138 90% 25 Cohasset, Cohasset Middle/High School 117 90% 26 Lexington, Jonas Clarke Middle School 227 89% 27 Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School 66 89% 28 Franklin, Annie Sullivan Middle School 167 89% 29 Tisbury, Tisbury Elementary 37 89% 30 Bedford, John Glenn Middle School 157 89% 31 Andover, Andover West Middle School 166 89% 32 Sandwich, Henry T. Wing 91 89% 33 Richmond, Richmond Consolidated 27 89% 34 Westford, Stony Brook School 224 89% 35 Reading, Walter S. Parker Middle School 169 89% 36 Reading, Arthur W. Coolidge Middle School 141 89% 37 Boston, Boston Latin Academy 340 89% 38 Scituate, Gates Intermediate School 233 88% 39 Wachusett Regional, Paxton Center School 60 88% 40 Harvard, Bromfield 111 88% 41 Littleton, Littleton Middle School 102 88% 42 Nauset Regional, Nauset Regional Middle School 186 88% 43 Chelmsford, Col. Moses Parker School 176 88% 44 Hopkinton, Hopkinton Middle School 267 88% 45 Belmont, Winthrop L. Chenery Middle School 291 88% 46 Brookline, Michael Driscoll 33 88% 47 Southborough, P. Brent Trottier 166 87% 48 Newton, Charles E. Brown Middle School 237 87% 49 Dover-Sherborn Regional, Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School 142 87% 50 Tyngsborough, Tyngsborough Middle 156 87% 51 Walpole, Eleanor N. Johnson Middle School 153 87% 52 Mansfield, Harold L. Qualters Middle School 390 87% 53 Sudbury, Ephraim Curtis Middle School 326 87% 54 North Reading, North Reading Middle School 219 87% 55 Marblehead Community Charter School 45 87% 55 Manchester-Essex Regional, Manchester Essex Regional Middle/High School 105 87% 57 Groton-Dunstable Regional, Groton-Dunstable Regional Middle School 249 86% 58 Lynnfield, Lynnfield Middle School 181 86% 59 Westwood, E. W. Thurston Middle School 225 86% 60 Lunenburg, Turkey Hill Middle School 133 86% 60 Wachusett Regional, Mountview Middle School 238 86% 62 Winchester, McCall Middle School 292 86% 63 Franklin, Horace Mann 180 86% 64 Duxbury, Duxbury Middle School 227 85% 65 Brookline, William H. Lincoln 41 85% 66 Ben Franklin Classical Charter School 34 85% 67 Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Miles River Middle School 156 85% 68 Masconomet Regional, Masconomet Regional Middle School 365 85% 69 Longmeadow, Williams Middle School 135 85% 70 Hudson, John F. Kennedy 214 85% 71 Marblehead, Marblehead Veterans Middle School 240 85% 72 Newton, Oak Hill Middle School 173 85% 73 Brookline, Edith C. Baker 72 85% 74 Community Day Charter School 26 85% 75 Ashland, Ashland Middle School 201 85% 76 Hanover, Hanover Middle School 213 85% 77 Canton, William H. Galvin Middle School 231 84% 78 North Middlesex Regional, Hawthorne Brook 179 84% 79 Natick, Wilson Middle School 183 84% 80 Andover, Wood Hill Middle School 132 84% 82 Brookline, Lawrence 37 84% 82 West Tisbury Regional, West Tisbury Elementary 31 84% 83 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Williams Middle School 303 83% 84 Sandwich, Oak Ridge 121 83% 85 Walpole, Bird Middle School 138 83% 85 Prospect Hill Academy Charter School 66 83% 85 Pioneer Valley Charter School 36 83% 88 Pentucket Regional, Pentucket Regional Middle School 272 83% 89 Lincoln, Hanscom Middle School 58 83% 89 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Wilbraham Middle School 203 83% 91 Nashoba Regional, Luther Burbank Middle School 69 83% 92 Holliston, Robert H. Adams Middle School 227 82% 93 Wachusett Regional, Chocksett Middle School 102 82% 94 Newburyport, Rupert A. Nock Middle School 180 82% 94 Berlin-Boylston Regional, Tahanto Regional High School 90 82% 96 Melrose, Melrose Middle School 244 82% 96 Wachusett Regional, Central Tree Middle School 122 82% 98 Millbury, Millbury Jr./Sr. High School 177 82% 99 Northborough, Robert E. Melican Middle School 221 82% 100 King Philip Regional, King Philip Regional Middle School 396 82% 101 Neighborhood House Charter School 22 82% 102 Brookline, John D. Runkle 43 81% 102 Wachusett Regional, Thomas Prince School 54 81% 103 Ware, Ware Middle School 86 81% 105 Boston Collegiate Charter School 64 81% 106 Quincy, Central Middle School 170 81% 107 Natick, John F. Kennedy Middle School 122 81% 108 Chelmsford, McCarthy Middle School 242 81% 109 Franklin, Remington Middle School 130 81% 109 Oak Bluffs, Oak Bluffs Elementary 52 81% 111 East Longmeadow, Birchland Park 228 81% 112 North Andover, North Andover Middle School 373 81% 113 Boston, O'Bryant School Math/Science 103 81% 114 Danvers, Holten Richmond Middle School 296 80% 115 Ipswich, Ipswich Middle School 158 80% 116 Shrewsbury, Oak Middle School 477 80% 117 Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School 65 80% 118 Foxborough, John J. Ahern 238 80% 119 Burlington, Marshall Simonds Middle School 287 80% 120 Newton, F. A. Day Middle School 242 80% 121 Boston Preparatory Charter School 49 80% 122 Waltham, John F. Kennedy Middle School 166 80% 123 Milton, Charles S. Pierce Middle School 277 79% 124 Woburn, Daniel L. Joyce Middle School 174 79% 125 Brookline, Pierce 53 79% 126 Swampscott, Swampscott Middle School 173 79% 127 Mystic Valley Regional Charter School 100 79% 128 Marshfield, Furnace Brook Middle School 341 79% 129 Southwick-Tolland Regional, Powder Mill School 137 79% 130 Advanced Math and Science Academy 132 79% 130 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Hanson Middle School 132 79% 132 Hingham, Hingham Middle School 259 79% 133 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, Mattacheese Middle School 207 79% 134 Nashoba Regional, Hale Middle School 84 79% 135 Somerset, Somerset Middle School 185 78% 136 Somerville, East Somerville Community School 59 78% 137 Norton, Norton Middle School 248 78% 138 Wilmington, Wilmington Middle School 331 78% 139 Medway, Medway Middle School 231 77% 140 Old Rochester Regional, Old Rochester Regional Jr. High School 222 77% 141 North Middlesex Regional, Nissitissit Middle School 164 77% 142 Roxbury Preparatory Charter School 62 77% 143 Martha's Vineyard Charter School 22 77% 144 Malden, Linden 70 77% 145 Boston, Sarah Greenwood 26 77% 146 Frontier Regional, Frontier Regional 120 77% 147 Waltham, John W. McDevitt Middle School 186 76% 148 Arlington, Ottoson Middle School 338 76% 149 Boston, Donald Mckay 38 76% 150 Granville, Granville Village 21 76% 151 Lenox, Lenox Memorial High School 62 76% 152 Taunton, Joseph H. Martin 193 76% 153 Amherst-Pelham Regional, Amherst Regional Middle School 276 75% 154 Braintree, East Middle School 218 75% 155 Methuen, Marsh Grammar School 156 75% 155 Douglas, Douglas Intermediate School 132 75% 157 Belchertown, Jabish Middle School 227 75% 158 Dighton-Rehoboth Regional, Dorothy L. Beckwith School 151 75% 159 Nantucket, Cyrus Peirce School 79 75% 160 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Thornton Burgess School 75 75% 161 Avon, Avon Middle High School 59 75% 162 East Bridgewater, Gordon W. Mitchell 176 74% 163 Easton, Easton Jr. High School 305 74% 164 Christa McAuliffe Regional Charter School 86 74% 165 Pembroke, Pembroke Community Middle School 265 74% 166 Four Rivers Charter School 35 74% 167 Stoneham, Stoneham Middle School 206 74% 168 Acushnet, Albert F. Ford Middle School 127 74% 169 Weymouth, Maria Weston Chapman Middle School 300 74% 170 Silver Lake Regional, Silver Lake Regional Middle School 295 74% 171 Swansea, Joseph Case Jr. High School 176 74% 172 Newton, Bigelow Middle School 156 74% 173 West Boylston, West Boylston Jr.-Sr. High School 95 74% 174 Plymouth, Plymouth Community Intermediate School 442 73% 175 Freetown-Lakeville Regional, Freetown-Lakeville Middle School 250 73% 176 Winthrop, Winthrop Middle School 164 73% 176 Worcester, University Park Campus School 41 73% 178 Wakefield, Galvin Middle School 264 73% 179 Seekonk, Dr. Kevin M. Hurley Middle School 167 73% 180 Georgetown, Georgetown Middle/High School 115 73% 181 Grafton, Grafton Middle School 215 73% 182 North Attleborough, North Attleborough Middle School 389 73% 183 Mendon-Upton Regional, Miscoe Hill Elementary 228 73% 184 Edgartown, Edgartown Elementary 33 73% 184 Hopedale, Hopedale Jr.-Sr. High School 88 73% 186 Watertown, Watertown Middle School 172 73% 187 Rockland, John W. Rogers Middle School 219 73% 188 Hadley, Hopkins Academy 40 73% 189 Hatfield, Smith Academy 29 72% 190 Norwood, Dr. Philip O. Coakley Middle School 261 72% 191 West Bridgewater, W. Bridgewater Jr.-Sr. High School 105 72% 192 South Hadley, Michael E. Smith Middle School 177 72% 193 Milford, Stacy Middle School 310 72% 194 Cambridge, Amigos School 18 72% 195 Millis, Millis Middle School 111 72% 196 Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter School 68 72% 197 Oxford, Oxford Middle School 181 72% 198 Woburn, John F. Kennedy Middle School 166 72% 199 Excel Academy Charter School 77 71% 200 Somerville, Lincoln Park Community School (Thurston St.) 28 71% 201 Leominster, Sky View Middle School 150 71% 202 Uxbridge, Whitin Intermediate 153 71% 203 Mashpee, Mashpee High School 163 71% 204 Taunton, Benjamin Friedman Middle School 234 71% 205 Bellingham, Bellingham Memorial Middle School 203 70% 206 Boston, Rafael Hernandez 27 70% 207 Central Berkshire Regional, Nessacus Regional Middle School 182 70% 208 Hampshire Regional, Hampshire Regional High School 164 70% 209 Dighton-Rehoboth Regional, Dighton Middle School 107 70% 210 Blackstone-Millville Regional, Blackstone-Millville Regional Middle School 167 70% 211 Maynard, Fowler Middle School 110 70% 212 Northampton, John F. Kennedy Middle School 239 70% 213 Dedham, Dedham Middle School 222 70% 214 Granby, Granby Jr.-Sr. High School 105 70% 215 Braintree, South Middle School 187 70% 216 Holbrook, Holbrook Jr. Sr. High School 131 69% 217 Falmouth, Lawrence 307 69% 218 Methuen, Comprehensive Grammar School 127 69% 219 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Raynham Middle School 159 69% 220 Barnstable, Barnstable Middle School 399 69% 221 Beverly, Briscoe Middle School 308 69% 222 Amesbury, Amesbury Middle School 188 69% 223 Abington, Frolio Jr. High School 191 69% 224 Framingham, Walsh Middle School 242 69% 225 Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional, Dudley Middle School 151 69% 226 Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter School 16 69% 226 Mount Greylock Regional, Mt. Greylock Regional High School 96 69% 228 Leicester, Leicester Middle School 147 69% 229 Southern Berkshire Regional, Mt Everett Regional 73 68% 230 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, N. H. Wixon Middle School 111 68% 231 Hilltown Cooperative Charter School 19 68% 231 Provincetown, Provincetown High School 19 68% 233 Quabbin Regional, Quabbin Regional Middle School 271 68% 234 Sandwich, Forestdale 91 68% 235 Dartmouth, Dartmouth Middle School 323 68% 236 Quincy, Atlantic Middle School 161 68% 237 Foxboro Regional Charter School 64 67% 238 Quincy, Broad Meadows Middle School 112 67% 239 Hull, Memorial Middle School 105 67% 239 Clarksburg, Clarksburg Elementary 18 67% 239 Narragansett Regional, Narragansett Middle School 138 67% 242 Cambridge, Maria L. Baldwin School 33 67% 243 Billerica, Locke Middle School 212 67% 244 Attleboro, Cyril K. Brennan Middle School 140 66% 245 Ashburnham-Westminster Regional, Overlook Middle School 190 66% 246 Attleboro, Robert J. Coelho Middle School 166 66% 247 Attleboro, Wamsutta Middle School 154 66% 248 Winchendon, Murdock Middle/High School 151 66% 249 Marlborough, Marlborough Middle School 349 66% 250 West Springfield, West Springfield Middle School 313 66% 251 Rising Tide Charter School 59 66% 252 Quincy, Reay E. Sterling Middle School 109 66% 253 Carver, Carver Middle School 156 66% 254 Bourne, Bourne Middle School 188 66% 255 Framingham, Cameron Middle School 135 66% 256 Billerica, Marshall Middle School 269 66% 257 Cambridge, Graham and Parks School 35 66% 258 Auburn, Auburn Middle School 183 66% 259 Tewksbury, John W. Wynn Middle School 420 65% 260 Mohawk Trail Regional, Mohawk Trail Regional High School 101 65% 261 Peabody, J. Henry Higgins Middle School 528 65% 262 Edward Brooke Charter School 60 65% 263 Weymouth, Abigail Adams Middle School 185 65% 264 Agawam, Agawam Jr. High School 324 65% 265 Boston, Young Achievers 17 65% 266 Westfield, South Middle School 248 65% 267 Palmer, Converse Middle School 152 64% 268 Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional, Charlton Middle School 205 64% 269 Northbridge, Northbridge Middle School 205 64% 270 Springfield, Alfred G. Zanetti 14 64% 271 Ludlow, Paul R. Baird Middle School 226 64% 272 Middleborough, John T. Nichols Middle School 276 64% 273 Triton Regional, Triton Regional Middle School 253 64% 274 Leominster, Samoset School 125 64% 275 Medford, Madeleine Dugger Andrews 180 64% 276 Boston, Mary Lyon 11 64% 277 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman Middle School 200 64% 278 Plymouth, Plymouth South Middle School 205 63% 279 Malden, Ferryway 90 63% 280 Berkley, Berkley Middle School 109 63% 281 Methuen, Donald P. Timony Grammar 155 63% 282 Somerville, Cummings 19 63% 283 Stoughton, O'Donnell Middle School 314 63% 284 Murdoch Middle Charter School 70 63% 285 Everett, Sumner G. Whittier School 43 63% 286 Berkshire Hills Regional, Monument Valley Regional Middle School 114 62% 287 Seven Hills Charter School 74 62% 288 Malden, Beebe 103 62% 289 Tantasqua Regional, Tantasqua Regional Jr. High School 307 62% 290 South Shore Charter School 34 62% 291 Gill-Montague Regional, Great Falls Middle School 81 62% 292 Rockport, Rockport Middle School 78 62% 293 Fall River, Morton Middle School 233 61% 294 Harwich, Harwich Middle School 111 61% 295 Dracut, Lakeview Junior High 356 61% 296 Quaboag Regional, Quaboag Regional High School 116 61% 297 Ayer, Ayer Middle School 77 61% 298 Clinton, Clinton Middle School 158 61% 299 Salem Academy Charter School 56 61% 300 North Brookfield, North Brookfield High School 61 61% 301 Cambridge, Kennedy-Longfellow School 66 61% 302 Westfield, North Middle School 238 61% 303 Westport, Westport Middle School 172 60% 304 Haverhill, Caleb Dustin Hunking 141 60% 305 Spencer-East Brookfield Regional, Knox Trail Jr. High School 158 60% 306 Gloucester, Ralph B. O'Maley Middle School 301 60% 307 Abby Kelley Foster Charter School 67 60% 308 Smith Leadership Academy 66 59% 309 Salem, Federal Street 56 59% 310 Lynn, Robert L. Ford 107 59% 311 Sabis International Charter School 172 59% 312 Somerville, Arthur D. Healey 46 59% 313 Methuen, Tenney Grammar School 145 59% 314 Boston, Richard J. Murphy 58 59% 315 New Bedford Global Learning Charter School 79 58% 316 Greenfield, Greenfield Middle School 117 58% 317 Somerville, West Somerville Neighborhood School 50 58% 318 Atlantis Charter School 57 58% 319 Lowell, James Sullivan Middle School 147 58% 320 Framingham, Fuller Middle School 208 58% 321 Easthampton, White Brook Middle School 122 57% 322 Fitchburg, Memorial Intermediate 161 57% 322 Monson, Granite Valley Middle School 140 57% 324 Fitchburg, B. F. Brown Arts Vision School 149 57% 325 Salem, Collins Middle School 263 57% 326 Lawrence, Edward F. Parthum 123 57% 327 Athol-Royalston Regional, Athol-Royalston Middle School 169 57% 328 Cambridge, Cambridgeport School 37 57% 329 Ralph Mahar Regional, Ralph C. Mahar Regional High School 141 57% 330 Everett, Madeline English School 46 57% 331 Everett, George Keverian School 66 56% 332 Lynn, Pickering Middle School 188 56% 333 Brockton, West Jr. High School 292 55% 334 Quincy, Point Webster Middle School 69 55% 335 Gardner, Gardner Middle School 238 55% 336 Boston, Lyndon 42 55% 337 Saugus, Belmonte Saugus Middle School 265 55% 338 Adams-Cheshire Regional, Adams Middle School 130 55% 339 Lowell, Dr. An Wang School 146 54% 340 Revere, Garfield Middle School 207 54% 341 Taunton, John F. Parker Middle School 103 53% 342 New Bedford, Keith Middle School 286 53% 343 Wareham, Wareham Middle School 241 53% 344 Haverhill, Consentino 198 53% 345 Somerville, John F. Kennedy 78 53% 346 Cambridge, King Open School 40 53% 347 Cambridge, Peabody School 25 52% 348 Fairhaven, Hastings Middle School 179 52% 349 Leominster, Southeast Middle School 128 52% 350 Lowell, Joseph G. Pyne 45 51% 351 Shirley, Shirley Middle School 53 51% 352 New Bedford, Roosevelt Middle School 243 51% 353 Medford, John J. McGlynn Middle School 166 51% 354 Haverhill, Dr. Paul Nettle 115 50% 355 Pittsfield, Theodore Herberg Middle School