Student achievement The Boston Globe
Here are the mean scores on the 2006 SAT exams for students at high schools in the western suburbs. Each section is worth 800 points.

High school Critical
reading
Math Writing Total
Wellesley 615 634 621 1,870
Weston 604 626 609 1,839
Wayland 596 624 599 1,819
Dover-Sherborn Regional 605 619 594 1,818
Newton South 593 617 598 1,808
Newton North 579 598 585 1,762
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional 579 601 576 1,756
Needham 582 588 578 1,748
Medfield 582 574 578 1,734
Holliston 556 591 561 1,708
Westborough 559 588 556 1,703
Nashoba Regional 559 562 552 1,673
Algonquin Regional 543 563 551 1,657
King Philip Regional 543 548 545 1,636
Hopkinton 542 551 536 1,629
Franklin 532 540 540 1,612
Tahanto Regional 538 536 522 1,596
Natick 530 537 526 1,593
Shrewsbury 521 537 518 1,576
Ashland 521 536 511 1,568
Medway 515 532 514 1,561
Marlborough 518 534 509 1,561
Framingham 509 541 507 1,557
Hudson 507 535 513 1,555
Nipmuc Regional-Middle 519 517 512 1,548
Millis 505 502 506 1,513
Watertown 492 521 496 1,509
Milford 496 515 497 1,508
Maynard 500 491 475 1,466
Bellingham 484 482 470 1,436
Minuteman Regional 483 490 452 1,425
Tri-County Regional Vocational 471 485 461 1,417
Norfolk County Agricultural 471 469 446 1,386
Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational 452 451 431 1,334
Assabet Valley Regional 441 452 417 1,310
J.P. Keefe Technical 443 409 397 1,249
National average 503 518 497 1,524
State average 513 524 510 1,547

SOURCE: College Board