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Top-ranked 3rd grade districts

Here are the school systems and charter schools that performed the best on the 3rd-grade MCAS exams given in the spring of 2007. Boston.com ranked them by adding the percentage of students who scored either "advanced" or "proficient" in English and Math. 100 is the highest possible score.

3rd GRADE ENGLISH
2007
Rank		  District name Number
tested		 Score
1 Martha's Vineyard Charter, West Tisbury 13 100
1 Pelham Public Schools 16 100
3 Conway Public Schools 25 96
4 Benjamin Franklin Charter, Franklin 47 94
5 Whately Public Schools 16 88
6 Tisbury Public Schools 31 87
7 Carlisle Public Schools 89 86
7 Wellesley Public Schools 391 86
7 Westford Public Schools 407 86
7 Winchester Public Schools 337 86
11 Concord Public Schools 230 84
11 Manchester Essex Regional 111 84
13 Harvard Public Schools 90 83
13 Lexington Public Schools 486 83
13 Weston Public Schools 204 83
16 Boxborough Public Schools 68 82
16 Westwood Public Schools 222 82
16 Williamsburg Public Schools 22 82
19 Bedford Public Schools 175 81
19 Cohasset Public Schools 118 81
19 Middleton Public Schools 127 81
19 Petersham Public Schools 21 81
19 Sherborn Public Schools 96 81
19 Sudbury Public Schools 389 81
25 Acton Public Schools 376 80
25 Dover Public Schools 103 80
25 Hamilton-Wenham Regional 139 80
25 Holliston Public Schools 219 80
25 Littleton Public Schools 121 80
25 Needham Public Schools 416 80
25 North Reading Public Schools 229 80
25 Norwell Public Schools 177 80
25 Topsfield Public Schools 100 80
34 Belmont Public Schools 295 79
34 Berlin Public Schools 38 79
34 Brookline Public Schools 419 79
34 Lenox Public Schools 57 79
34 Marston Mills East Horace Mann Charter 93 79
34 Norfolk Public Schools 170 79
34 Wayland Public Schools 235 79
41 Hopkinton Public Schools 296 78
41 Orleans Public Schools 40 78
41 Sharon Public Schools 285 78
44 Arlington Public Schools 388 77
44 Chelmsford Public Schools 463 77
44 Medfield Public Schools 248 77
44 Nantucket Public Schools 93 77
44 Truro Public Schools 13 77
49 Easton Public Schools 292 76
49 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional 262 76
49 Longmeadow Public Schools 258 76
49 Newton Public Schools 894 76
49 Northborough Public Schools 218 76
49 Reading Public Schools 333 76
49 Scituate Public Schools 261 76
49 Shrewsbury Public Schools 446 76
49 Southborough Public Schools 171 76
49 Wrentham Public Schools 174 76
59 Andover Public Schools 474 75
59 Florida Public Schools 12 75
59 Groton-Dunstable Regional 223 75
59 Leverett Public Schools 20 75
59 Milton Public Schools 285 75
59 Natick Public Schools 410 75
59 Up-Island Regional, Vineyard Haven 39 75
59 Westborough Public Schools 245 75
67 Boxford Public Schools 143 74
67 Hanover Public Schools 249 74
67 Hopedale Public Schools 92 74
67 Hull Public Schools 83 74
67 Marblehead Public Schools 252 74
67 Marion Public Schools 50 74
67 New Salem-Wendell Regional 23 74
67 Shirley Public Schools 66 74
67 Swampscott Public Schools 170 74
67 West Boylston Public Schools 62 74
77 Deerfield Public Schools 66 73
77 Falmouth Public Schools 273 73
77 Franklin Public Schools 487 73
77 Hilltown Cooperative Charter, Haydenville 18 73
77 North Attleborough Public Schools 381 73
77 North Middlesex Regional, Townsend 346 73
77 Shutesbury Public Schools 22 73
77 Williamstown Public Schools 73 73
85 Canton Public Schools 246 72
85 Chatham Public Schools 53 72
85 Georgetown Public Schools 132 72
85 Hingham Public Schools 302 72
85 Lynnfield Public Schools 183 72
85 River Valley Charter, Newburyport 33 72
85 Swansea Public Schools 143 72
92 Ayer Public Schools 96 71
92 Bellingham Public Schools 215 71
92 Chesterfield-Goshen Regional 21 71
92 Granville Public Schools 34 71
92 Mattapoisett Public Schools 67 71
92 Orange Public Schools 100 71
92 Seekonk Public Schools 157 71
92 Wachusett Regional, Jefferson 620 71
92 Walpole Public Schools 315 71
101 Brewster Public Schools 88 70
101 Danvers Public Schools 271 70
101 Fairhaven Public Schools 162 70
101 Foxborough Public Schools 230 70
101 Grafton Public Schools 264 70
101 Lee Public Schools 53 70
101 Medway Public Schools 227 70
101 Millis Public Schools 107 70
109 Kingston Public Schools 169 69
109 Mansfield Public Schools 361 69
109 Marshfield Public Schools 366 69
109 Rockport Public Schools 82 69
109 Southern Berkshire Regional, Sheffield 68 69
109 Weymouth Public Schools 511 69
115 Braintree Public Schools 406 68
115 Duxbury Public Schools 280 68
115 Lincoln Public Schools 133 68
115 Mendon-Upton Regional 228 68
115 Nashoba Regional, Bolton 266 68
115 Newburyport Public Schools 168 68
115 Plymouth Public Schools 670 68
115 South Hadley Public Schools 172 68
115 Wakefield Public Schools 274 68
124 Auburn Public Schools 148 67
124 Barnstable Public Schools 363 67
124 Boston Renaissance Charter 139 67
124 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional 480 67
124 Central Berkshire Regional, Dalton 151 67
124 Erving Public Schools 27 67
124 Melrose Public Schools 263 67
124 Pentucket Regional, West Newbury 266 67
124 Sandwich Public Schools 267 67
124 Somerset Public Schools 194 67
124 Stoughton Public Schools 304 67
124 Uxbridge Public Schools 167 67
124 Winthrop Public Schools 168 67
137 Acushnet Public Schools 133 66
137 Amherst Public Schools 203 66
137 East Bridgewater Public Schools 176 66
137 Framingham Public Schools 632 66
137 Mohawk Trail Regional, Shelburne Falls 84 66
137 North Andover Public Schools 337 66
137 Plainville Public Schools 127 66
137 Spencer-East Brookfield Regional 163 66
137 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman 348 66
146 Boylston Public Schools 54 65
146 Dighton-Rehoboth Regional 251 65
146 East Longmeadow Public Schools 217 65
146 Ipswich Public Schools 145 65
146 Lunenburg Public Schools 124 65
146 Mashpee Public Schools 130 65
146 Mystic Valley Regional Charter, Malden 120 65
146 Sunderland Public Schools 31 65
154 Eastham Public Schools 37 64
154 Hadley Public Schools 54 64
154 Millbury Public Schools 132 64
154 Provincetown Public Schools 11 64
154 Sutton Public Schools 143 64
154 Triton Regional, Byfield 241 64
160 Norton Public Schools 254 63
160 Saugus Public Schools 235 63
160 Wilmington Public Schools 303 63
163 Billerica Public Schools 540 62
163 Blackstone-Millville Regional 155 62
163 Burlington Public Schools 298 62
163 Carver Public Schools 156 62
163 Dartmouth Public Schools 330 62
163 Nahant Public Schools 24 62
163 Oak Bluffs Public Schools 45 62
163 Oxford Public Schools 179 62
163 Pembroke Public Schools 276 62
163 Woburn Public Schools 364 62
173 Abington Public Schools 177 61
173 Belchertown Public Schools 196 61
173 Beverly Public Schools 332 61
173 Bourne Public Schools 202 61
173 Dedham Public Schools 222 61
173 Rochester Public Schools 95 61
173 Tewksbury Public Schools 379 61
173 Watertown Public Schools 197 61
181 Ashburnham-Westminster Regional 190 60
181 Avon Public Schools 50 60
181 Dracut Public Schools 336 60
181 Maynard Public Schools 95 60
181 Quabbin Regional, Barre 244 60
181 Westfield Public Schools 402 60
187 Agawam Public Schools 330 59
187 Attleboro Public Schools 449 59
187 Dudley-Charlton Regional 355 59
187 Harwich Public Schools 110 59
187 Ludlow Public Schools 192 59
187 Pittsfield Public Schools 435 59
187 Southampton Public Schools 75 59
194 Berkshire Hills Regional, Stockbridge 78 58
194 Easthampton Public Schools 110 58
194 Hudson Public Schools 231 58
194 Northbridge Public Schools 194 58
194 Norwood Public Schools 240 58
194 Revere Public Schools 417 58
194 Winchendon Public Schools 143 58
201 Amesbury Public Schools 172 57
201 Ashland Public Schools 239 57
201 Brookfield Public Schools 32 57
201 Cambridge Public Schools 407 57
201 Foxborough Regional Charter 110 57
201 Hill View Montessori Charter, Haverhill 35 57
201 Holland Public Schools 35 57
201 Lanesborough Public Schools 32 57
201 Medford Public Schools 357 57
201 Middleborough Public Schools 309 57
201 Milford Public Schools 330 57
201 Palmer Public Schools 151 57
201 Peabody Public Schools 482 57
201 Taunton Public Schools 627 57
201 West Springfield Public Schools 264 57
216 Lakeville Public Schools 168 56
216 Northampton Public Schools 213 56
216 South Shore Charter, Hull 37 56
216 Ware Public Schools 104 56
220 Gloucester Public Schools 274 55
220 Methuen Public Schools 573 55
220 Stoneham Public Schools 214 55
220 Sturbridge Public Schools 119 55
224 Brimfield Public Schools 52 54
224 Holbrook Public Schools 132 54
224 Marlborough Public Schools 348 54
224 North Adams Public Schools 131 54
224 Southwick-Tolland Regional 163 54
224 Tyngsborough Public Schools 187 54
224 Westport Community Public Schools 128 54
231 Berkley Public Schools 110 53
231 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional 286 53
231 Freetown Public Schools 101 53
231 Quincy Public Schools 598 53
231 Richmond Public Schools 15 53
231 Sabis International Charter, Springfield 112 53
237 Adams-Cheshire Regional 127 52
237 Granby Public Schools 89 52
237 Monson Public Schools 131 52
237 Narragansett Regional, Baldwinville 126 52
237 Pioneer Valley Regional, Northfield 76 52
237 Plympton Public Schools 37 52
237 Wellfleet Public Schools 23 52
244 Gill-Montague Regional 72 51
244 Halifax Public Schools 102 51
244 Haverhill Public Schools 610 51
244 Leicester Public Schools 127 51
244 Leominster Public Schools 451 51
249 Clarksburg Public Schools 16 50
249 Hatfield Public Schools 30 50
249 Randolph Public Schools 253 50
249 Wales Public Schools 20 50
253 Edgartown Public Schools 39 49
253 Rockland Public Schools 202 49
253 Salem Public Schools 350 49
253 Wareham Public Schools 251 49
257 Chicopee Public Schools 528 48
257 Clinton Public Schools 151 48
257 Douglas Public Schools 128 48
257 Fitchburg Public Schools 473 48
257 Quaboag Regional, Warre 99 48
257 Waltham Public Schools 343 48
263 Malden Public Schools 466 47
263 North Brookfield Public Schools 56 47
265 Neighborhood House Charter, Dorchester 40 46
266 Abby Kelley Foster Charter, Worcester 129 45
266 Atlantis Charter, Fall River 92 45
266 Conservatory Lab Charter, Brighton 22 45
266 Fall River Public Schools 819 45
266 Somerville Public Schools 324 45
271 Farmington River Regional, Otis 16 44
271 Southbridge Public Schools 183 44
273 Gateway Regional, Huntington 82 43
274 Athol-Royalston Regional 167 42
274 Gardner Public Schools 207 42
274 Greenfield Public Schools 136 42
274 Lowell Community Charter 96 42
274 West Bridgewater Public Schools 89 42
279 Hawlemont Regional, Shelburne Falls 17 41
279 Lynn Public Schools 1053 41
281 Springfield Public Schools 1918 40
282 Brockton Public Schools 1132 39
282 New Bedford Public Schools 1103 39
284 Lawrence Family Development Charter 58 38
284 Prospect Hill Academy Charter, Somerville 72 38
286 Everett Public Schools 365 37
287 Benjamin Banneker Charter, Cambridge 43 35
288 Lowell Public Schools 1002 34
289 Chelsea Public Schools 406 33
289 Community Day Charter, Lawrence 24 33
289 Worcester Public Schools 1677 33
292 Boston Public Schools 3936 32