Top-scoring schools on the 3rd-grade MCAS

Schools are ranked on the percentage of students scoring "Advanced" or "Proficient" on the 3rd grade MCAS exams, taken in the spring of 2007. 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.

3rd GRADE READING 2007 Rank  School name Number tested Score 1 Martha's Vineyard Charter School 13 100 1 Pelham, Pelham Elementary 16 100 1 Winchester, Muraco 58 100 4 Wellesley, Ernest F. Upham 45 97 5 Conway, Conway Grammar 25 96 5 Groton-Dunstable Regional, Prescott Elementary 43 96 5 Sudbury, Josiah Haynes Elementary 56 96 8 Springfield, Washington 42 95 8 Westwood, Paul Hanlon 22 95 10 Ben Franklin Classical Charter School 47 94 10 Bourne, Otis Memorial 16 94 10 Fall River, Hector L. Belisle 15 94 13 Framingham, Miriam F. McCarthy School 90 93 13 Manchester-Essex Regional, Manchester Memorial Elementary 70 93 13 Newton, John Ward 32 93 13 Weymouth, Thomas V. Nash 44 93 17 Barnstable, Cotuit Elementary 46 92 17 Southern Berkshire Regional, New Marlborough Central 12 92 19 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Soule Road School 62 91 19 Needham, William Mitchell 66 91 21 Belmont, Mary Lee Burbank 57 90 21 Holliston, Placentino Elementary 19 90 21 Natick, Brown 80 90 21 Plymouth, Cold Spring 40 90 21 Wachusett Regional, Thomas Prince School 42 90 26 Brookline, Heath 38 89 26 Concord, Willard 74 89 26 Lexington, Bridge 107 89 26 Wellesley, John D. Hardy 53 89 30 Arlington, M. Norcross Stratton 53 88 30 Dartmouth, Andrew B. Cushman 40 88 30 Lexington, Fiske 45 88 30 Lexington, Joseph Estabrook 88 88 30 Marblehead, L. H. Coffin 75 88 30 Somerville, Benjamin G. Brown 24 88 30 Wellesley, Katharine Lee Bates 58 88 30 Weston, Woodland 109 88 30 Whately, Whately Elementary 16 88 39 Acton, Luther Conant 75 87 39 Belmont, Winn Brook 82 87 39 Brookline, Edward Devotion 63 87 39 Brookline, Pierce 65 87 39 Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Winthrop School 41 87 39 Tisbury, Tisbury Elementary 31 87 39 Wellesley, Joseph E. Fiske 59 87 39 Westford, Abbot Elementary 132 87 39 Westwood, Deerfield 46 87 39 Weymouth, Ralph Talbot 54 87 39 Winchester, Lincoln 82 87 50 Boston, Mary Lyon 14 86 50 Carlisle, Carlisle School 89 86 50 North Reading, L. D. Batchelder 89 86 50 Sharon, East Elementary 80 86 50 Springfield, Warner 34 86 50 Sudbury, General John Nixon Elementary 100 86 50 Swampscott, Hadley Elementary 43 86 50 Westford, Norman E. Day Elementary 137 86 58 Brookline, William H. Lincoln 60 85 58 Easton, Moreau Hall 66 85 58 Longmeadow, Blueberry Hill 91 85 58 New Bedford, Betsey B. Winslow 39 85 58 Newton, C. C. Burr 60 85 58 Newton, Underwood 55 85 58 Norwell, Grace Farrar Cole 90 85 58 Quincy, Merrymount 59 85 58 Spencer-East Brookfield Regional, East Brookfield Elementary 28 85 58 Wellesley, Schofield 55 85 58 Westborough, Annie E. Fales 61 85 69 Arlington, Cyrus E. Dallin 64 84 69 Harvard, Harvard Elementary 88 84 69 Wayland, Claypit Hill School 101 84 69 Westford, John A. Crisafulli Elementary 134 84 73 Arlington, John A. Bishop 74 83 73 Bedford, Lt. Job Lane School 167 83 73 Chelmsford, Westlands Elementary 82 83 73 Concord, Alcott 73 83 73 Littleton, Russell St Elementary 116 83 73 Marshfield, South River 71 83 73 Needham, Broadmeadow 101 83 73 Needham, Newman Elementary 124 83 73 Newton, Mason-Rice 68 83 73 Northborough, Fannie E. Proctor 40 83 73 Reading, Joshua Eaton 64 83 73 Shrewsbury, Walter J. Paton 77 83 73 Sudbury, Peter Noyes Elementary 110 83 73 Wayland, Loker School 67 83 73 Westwood, Martha Jones 52 83 88 Andover, Bancroft Elementary 79 82 88 Barnstable, Osterville Bay Elementary 72 82 88 Boxborough, Blanchard Memorial 68 82 88 Canton, John F. Kennedy School 74 82 88 Central Berkshire Regional, Becket Washington School 16 82 88 Chelmsford, Byam School 95 82 88 Concord, Thoreau 78 82 88 Falmouth, North Falmouth Elementary 70 82 88 Lynn, Edward A. Sisson 56 82 88 Northborough, Marguerite E. Peaslee 49 82 88 Reading, Alice M. Barrows 70 82 88 Saugus, Oaklandvale 33 82 88 Scituate, Cushing Elementary 61 82 88 Williamsburg, Anne T. Dunphy 22 82 88 Winchester, Ambrose Elementary 74 82 103 Acton, Merriam 75 81 103 Arlington, Brackett School 60 81 103 Boston, Joyce Kilmer 49 81 103 Cambridge, Graham and Parks School 42 81 103 Cohasset, Deer Hill 116 81 103 Fairhaven, East Fairhaven 21 81 103 Falmouth, Mullen-Hall 72 81 103 Franklin, J. F. Kennedy Memorial 102 81 103 Lenox, Morris 56 81 103 Middleton, Fuller Meadow 127 81 103 Petersham, Petersham Center 21 81 103 Plymouth, Indian Brook 121 81 103 Sherborn, Pine Hill 96 81 103 Topsfield, Steward Elementary 99 81 103 Wellesley, Sprague Elementary 60 81 103 Westwood, William E. Sheehan 55 81 103 Weymouth, Academy Avenue 75 81 120 Acton, Gates 75 80 120 Chelmsford, Charles D. Harrington 101 80 120 Danvers, Willis E. Thorpe 61 80 120 Dover, Chickering School 103 80 120 Fall River, A. S. Letourneau 35 80 120 Gloucester, East Gloucester Elementary 44 80 120 Hingham, Plymouth River 103 80 120 Milton, Cunningham School 60 80 120 Milton, Glover 88 80 120 North Andover, Kittredge 45 80 120 Scituate, Hatherly Elementary 55 80 120 Springfield, Arthur T. Talmadge 59 80 120 Wellesley, Hunnewell 51 80 120 Weston, Country 89 80 134 Bellingham, Clara Macy Elementary 51 79 134 Berlin, Berlin Memorial 38 79 134 Easton, Parkview Elementary 104 79 134 Framingham, Hemenway 89 79 134 Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Cutler School 57 79 134 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Stony Hill School 57 79 134 Holliston, Miller School 199 79 134 Hopkinton, Elmwood 293 79 134 Ipswich, Paul F. Doyon Memorial 75 79 134 Lexington, Harrington 60 79 134 Lincoln, Lincoln School 61 79 134 Ludlow, Veterans Park Elementary 72 79 134 Lynnfield, Summer Street 93 79 134 Marston Mill East Charter School 93 79 134 Medford, John J. McGlynn Elementary 88 79 134 Norfolk, Freeman-Centennial 170 79 134 North Attleborough, Joseph W. Martin Jr. Elementary 106 79 134 Tewksbury, Louise Davy Trahan 81 79 134 Woburn, Clyde Reeves 72 79 153 Acton, Douglas 72 78 153 Arlington, Hardy 37 78 153 Bellingham, South Elementary 93 78 153 Boston, John D. Philbrick 22 78 153 Braintree, Hollis 69 78 153 Danvers, Ivan G. Smith 53 78 153 Falmouth, Teaticket 53 78 153 Foxborough, Charles Taylor Elementary 72 78 153 Lexington, Maria Hastings 101 78 153 Lynn, William R. Fallon 32 78 153 Mohawk Trail Regional, Sanderson Academy Elementary 18 78 153 North Reading, E. Ethel Little School 65 78 153 Northborough, Marion E. Zeh 64 78 153 Orleans, Orleans Elementary 40 78 153 Sharon, Cottage Street 90 78 153 Shrewsbury, Floral Street School 195 78 153 Southborough, Albert S. Woodward 166 78 153 Swansea, Joseph G. Luther 64 78 153 Wachusett Regional, Davis Hill Elementary School 85 78 153 Wakefield, Woodville School 87 78 153 Winchester, Lynch Elementary 70 78 153 Winchester, Vinson-Owen 51 78 175 Auburn, Pakachoag 74 77 175 Belmont, Roger E. Wellington 95 77 175 Central Berkshire Regional, Berkshire Trail Elementary 21 77 175 Easton, Center School 69 77 175 Franklin, Helen Keller 97 77 175 Gill-Montague Regional, Gill Elementary 13 77 175 Gloucester, Beeman Memorial 53 77 175 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Memorial Elementary 64 77 175 Medfield, Ralph Wheelock School 248 77 175 Milton, Tucker 51 77 175 Nantucket, Nantucket Elementary 92 77 175 Nashoba Regional, Center School 99 77 175 Newton, Bowen 62 77 175 Newton, Peirce 64 77 175 Newton, Zervas 59 77 175 North Attleborough, Falls 47 77 175 North Attleborough, Roosevelt Avenue 39 77 175 North Middlesex Regional, Squannacook 134 77 175 North Reading, J. Turner Hood 72 77 175 Quabbin Regional, New Braintree Grade 13 77 175 Scituate, Wampatuck Elementary 56 77 175 Stoughton, Joseph R. Dawe Jr. Elementary 52 77 175 Triton Regional, Pine Grove 72 77 175 Truro, Truro Central 13 77 175 Walpole, Old Post Road 90 77 175 Wrentham, Delaney 172 77 201 Andover, Henry C. Sanborn Elementary 66 76 201 Andover, High Plain Elementary 88 76 201 Brookline, Michael Driscoll 34 76 201 Natick, Lilja Elementary 93 76 201 Newton, Horace Mann 61 76 201 Pittsfield, Stearns 32 76 201 Swampscott, Stanley Elementary 50 76 201 Walpole, Elm Street 81 76 201 Westborough, Elsie A. Hastings Elementary 79 76 210 Acton, McCarthy-Towne 74 75 210 Beverly, Hannah Elementary 47 75 210 Danvers, Great Oak 52 75 210 Dracut, Greenmont Avenue School 44 75 210 Florida, Abbott Memorial 12 75 210 Groton-Dunstable Regional, Florence Roche School 115 75 210 Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Bessie Buker Elementary 40 75 210 Hanover, Cedar Elementary 125 75 210 Hull, Lillian M. Jacobs 81 75 210 Leverett, Leverett Elementary 20 75 210 Lexington, Bowman 76 75 210 Longmeadow, Center 76 75 210 Natick, Memorial 69 75 210 Newton, Cabot 60 75 210 North Attleborough, Allen Avenue 44 75 210 North Attleborough, Amvet Boulevard 66 75 210 Norwell, William G. Vinal 83 75 210 Pembroke, North Pembroke Elementary 93 75 210 Pittsfield, Allendale 54 75 210 Reading, J. Warren Killam 67 75 210 Shirley, Lura A. White 63 75 210 Worcester, Francis J. McGrath Elementary 16 75 232 Boxford, Spofford Pond 143 74 232 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Burnell Elementary School 54 74 232 Cambridge, Maria L. Baldwin School 35 74 232 Fairhaven, Leroy Wood 50 74 232 Franklin, Jefferson Elementary 78 74 232 Hingham, William L. Foster Elementary 97 74 232 Hopedale, Memorial 90 74 232 Marion, Sippican 50 74 232 Mattapoisett, Center 64 74 232 New Salem-Wendell Regional, Swift River School 23 74 232 Newton, A. E. Angier 62 74 232 Newton, Franklin 65 74 232 Newton, Memorial Spaulding 73 74 232 North Andover, Franklin 74 74 232 North Middlesex Regional, Varnum Brook 153 74 232 Seekonk, Mildred Aitken School 68 74 232 Shrewsbury, Spring Street 79 74 232 Somerset, Chace Street 46 74 232 Springfield, Glenwood 58 74 232 Wachusett Regional, Houghton Elementary 101 74 232 West Boylston, Major Edwards Elementary 62 74 232 Westwood, Downey 46 74 254 Ayer, Hilltop-Page 93 73 254 Barnstable, West Barnstable Elementary 49 73 254 Beverly, Centerville Elementary 67 73 254 Billerica, John F. Kennedy 98 73 254 Dedham, Greenlodge 52 73 254 Deerfield, Deerfield Elementary 66 73 254 Franklin, Parmenter 70 73 254 Georgetown, Penn Brook 130 73 254 Hilltown Cooperative Charter School 18 73 254 Manchester-Essex Regional, Essex Elementary School 37 73 254 Marshfield, Eames Way School 64 73 254 Mendon-Upton Regional, Henry P. Clough Elementary 119 73 254 Natick, Johnson 48 73 254 Needham, Hillside Elementary 65 73 254 New Bedford, Elwyn G. Campbell 22 73 254 Newton, Countryside 70 73 254 Orange, Dexter Park 96 73 254 Peabody, John E. Burke 53 73 254 Reading, Wood End Elementary School 64 73 254 Scituate, Jenkins Elementary 77 73 254 Shrewsbury, Calvin Coolidge 83 73 254 Shutesbury, Shutesbury Elementary 22 73 254 Taunton, Hopewell 63 73 254 Williamstown, Williamstown Elementary 73 73 278 Adams-Cheshire Regional, Cheshire Elementary 35 72 278 Andover, South Elementary 111 72 278 Andover, West Elementary 121 72 278 Belmont, Daniel Butler 54 72 278 Braintree, Mary E. Flaherty School 58 72 278 Brookline, Edith C. Baker 54 72 278 Canton, Dean S. Luce School 76 72 278 Fairhaven, Oxford 46 72 278 Melrose, Roosevelt 46 72 278 Nashoba Regional, Florence Sawyer School 90 72 278 Newburyport, George W. Brown 32 72 278 Quabbin Regional, Oakham Center 29 72 278 River Valley Charter School 33 72 278 Sandwich, Henry T. Wing 83 72 278 Sharon, Heights Elementary 110 72 278 Walpole, Boyden 68 72 278 West Tisbury Regional, West Tisbury Elementary 32 72 278 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Louise A. Conley 92 72 278 Worcester, Thorndyke Road 47 72 297 Billerica, Frederick J. Dutile 84 71 297 Brookline, Lawrence 48 71 297 Chatham, Chatham Elementary 52 71 297 Chelmsford, Center Elementary School 99 71 297 Chelmsford, South Row 71 71 297 Chesterfield-Goshen Regional Schools, New Hingham Regional Elementary 21 71 297 Fall River, Susan H. Wixon 35 71 297 Franklin, Davis Thayer 45 71 297 Grafton, Grafton Intermediate 255 71 297 Granville, Granville Village 34 71 297 Hanover, Sylvester 121 71 297 Kingston, Kingston Intermediate 161 71 297 Marblehead, Glover 101 71 297 Marshfield, Daniel Webster 67 71 297 Medway, Memorial Elementary 221 71 297 Melrose, Herbert Clark Hoover 45 71 297 Millis, Clyde F. Brown 105 71 297 Milton, Collicot 77 71 297 Pentucket Regional, Dr. John C. Page School 76 71 297 Pentucket Regional, Helen R. Donaghue School 94 71 297 Quabbin Regional, Hardwick Elementary 38 71 297 Somerville, John F. Kennedy 37 71 297 Stoneham, Robin Hood 49 71 297 Wachusett Regional, Dawson School 88 71 297 Wachusett Regional, Paxton Center School 59 71 297 Wakefield, Dolbeare 93 71 297 Watertown, James Russell Lowell 64 71 297 Westfield, Munger Hill 60 71 325 Braintree, Donald Ross 50 70 325 Brewster, Eddy Elementary 88 70 325 Dedham, Oakdale 73 70 325 Foxborough, Mabelle M. Burrell 66 70 325 Lowell, Joseph G. Pyne 43 70 325 North Andover, Annie L. Sargent School 113 70 325 Northborough, Lincoln Street 59 70 325 Norwood, Charles J. Prescott 39 70 325 Pittsfield, Egremont 89 70 325 Seekonk, George R. Martin 87 70 325 Somerset, South 30 70 325 Stoughton, Helen Hansen Elementary 56 70 325 Sudbury, Israel Loring Elementary 116 70 325 West Springfield, Tatham 57 70 325 Westborough, J. Harding Armstrong 98 70 325 Wilmington, Woburn Street 156 70 325 Woburn, Wyman 36 70 342 Boston, Lyndon 58 69 342 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, LaLiberte Elementary 169 69 342 Burlington, Fox Hill 100 69 342 Central Berkshire Regional, Craneville Elementary 77 69 342 Dartmouth, James M. Quinn School 95 69 342 Dighton-Rehoboth Regional, Dighton Elementary 90 69 342 Easthampton, Neil A. Pepin 36 69 342 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Green Meadows Elementary 70 69 342 Lee, Lee Elementary 52 69 342 Longmeadow, Wolf Swamp Road 86 69 342 Lynn, Aborn 35 69 342 Mansfield, Jordan/Jackson Elementary 358 69 342 Melrose, Horace Mann 42 69 342 Plainville, Anna Ware Jackson 121 69 342 Rockport, Rockport Elementary 81 69 357 Amherst, Fort River Elementary 66 68 357 Amherst, Marks Meadow Elementary 35 68 357 Amherst, Wildwood Elementary 60 68 357 Barnstable, Centerville Elementary 64 68 357 Chicopee, Barry 64 68 357 Dartmouth, Job S. Gidley 44 68 357 Duxbury, Alden School 279 68 357 East Longmeadow, Mapleshade 105 68 357 Melrose, Winthrop 65 68 357 Methuen, Comprehensive Grammar School 108 68 357 Newburyport, Francis T. Bresnahan Elementary 116 68 357 Plymouth, Federal Furnace School 90 68 357 Plymouth, Hedge 35 68 357 Quincy, Atherton Hough 34 68 357 Sandwich, Forestdale 78 68 357 Saugus, Lynnhurst 53 68 357 South Hadley, Mosier 166 68 357 Swampscott, Machon Elementary 25 68 357 Swansea, Elizabeth S. Brown 77 68 357 Uxbridge, Earl D. Taft 159 68 357 Westfield, Moseley 34 68 357 Woburn, Linscott-Rumford 37 68 379 Agawam, Robinson Park 84 67 379 Attleboro, Thomas E. Willett Elementary 82 67 379 Boston Renaissance Charter School 139 67 379 Danvers, Highlands 52 67 379 Dracut, Joseph A. Campbell Elementary 108 67 379 Erving, Erving Elementary 27 67 379 Franklin, Oak Street Elementary 84 67 379 Marblehead, Malcolm L. Bell 71 67 379 Newton, Lincoln-Eliot 45