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Top-ranked 4th grade districts

Here are the school systems and charter schools that performed the best on the 4th-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.

4th GRADE ENGLISH
2007
Rank		  District name Number
tested		 Score
1 Petersham Public Schools 18 95
2 Winchester Public Schools 314 90
3 Sudbury Public Schools 339 87
4 Sherborn Public Schools 69 86
5 Acton Public Schools 382 85
5 Benjamin Franklin Charter, Franklin 46 85
5 Conway Public Schools 20 85
5 Orleans Public Schools 34 85
5 Tisbury Public Schools 26 85
5 Weston Public Schools 183 85
11 Andover Public Schools 474 84
11 Brewster Public Schools 92 84
11 Richmond Public Schools 19 84
11 Westwood Public Schools 255 84
15 Boxford Public Schools 134 83
15 Wellesley Public Schools 382 83
17 Belmont Public Schools 262 82
17 Marshfield Public Schools 356 82
17 Sharon Public Schools 245 82
20 Lexington Public Schools 445 81
20 Marblehead Public Schools 208 81
20 Medfield Public Schools 222 81
20 Shrewsbury Public Schools 507 81
24 Concord Public Schools 211 80
24 Groton-Dunstable Regional 239 80
24 Hamilton-Wenham Regional 155 80
24 Hanover Public Schools 233 80
24 Hingham Public Schools 296 80
24 Oak Bluffs Public Schools 53 80
30 Boxborough Public Schools 77 79
30 Natick Public Schools 363 79
30 Scituate Public Schools 285 79
33 Arlington Public Schools 376 78
33 Eastham Public Schools 41 78
33 Martha's Vineyard Charter, West Tisbury 14 78
33 Newton Public Schools 851 78
33 Norfolk Public Schools 131 78
38 Harvard Public Schools 103 77
38 Hopkinton Public Schools 294 77
38 Manchester Essex Regional 111 77
38 Needham Public Schools 410 77
38 Shutesbury Public Schools 18 77
38 Westford Public Schools 414 77
44 Cohasset Public Schools 109 76
44 Northborough Public Schools 199 76
44 Norwell Public Schools 184 76
44 Southborough Public Schools 184 76
44 Topsfield Public Schools 96 76
49 Boylston Public Schools 51 75
49 Brookline Public Schools 425 75
49 Chatham Public Schools 51 75
49 Dover Public Schools 106 75
49 Franklin Public Schools 483 75
49 Medway Public Schools 206 75
49 Reading Public Schools 358 75
49 Swampscott Public Schools 161 75
49 West Boylston Public Schools 75 75
58 Chelmsford Public Schools 467 74
58 River Valley Charter, Newburyport 27 74
60 Bedford Public Schools 186 73
60 Duxbury Public Schools 281 73
60 Ipswich Public Schools 157 73
60 Lynnfield Public Schools 188 73
60 Mansfield Public Schools 378 73
65 Canton Public Schools 254 72
65 Easton Public Schools 302 72
65 Hilltown Cooperative Charter, Haydenville 18 72
65 Holliston Public Schools 210 72
65 Mendon-Upton Regional 257 72
65 Milton Public Schools 274 72
65 Seekonk Public Schools 176 72
72 Carlisle Public Schools 74 71
72 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional 276 71
72 Truro Public Schools 14 71
72 Weymouth Public Schools 498 71
76 Hopedale Public Schools 96 70
76 Marion Public Schools 68 70
76 Mattapoisett Public Schools 70 70
76 Up-Island Regional, Vineyard Haven 39 70
76 Wayland Public Schools 212 70
81 Braintree Public Schools 385 69
81 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional 480 69
81 Central Berkshire Regional, Dalton 160 69
81 Falmouth Public Schools 309 69
81 Foxborough Regional Charter 100 69
81 Grafton Public Schools 229 69
81 Lee Public Schools 57 69
81 Marston Mills East Horace Mann Charter 79 69
81 Millis Public Schools 103 69
90 Longmeadow Public Schools 259 68
90 North Attleborough Public Schools 381 68
90 North Reading Public Schools 210 68
90 Pelham Public Schools 19 68
90 Rochester Public Schools 84 68
90 Rockport Public Schools 84 68
96 Auburn Public Schools 176 67
96 Barnstable Public Schools 362 67
96 Deerfield Public Schools 60 67
96 Hawlemont Regional, Shelburne Falls 15 67
96 Southampton Public Schools 69 67
96 Walpole Public Schools 323 67
96 Westborough Public Schools 290 67
103 Dracut Public Schools 328 66
103 Foxborough Public Schools 223 66
105 Danvers Public Schools 316 65
105 East Longmeadow Public Schools 209 65
105 Easthampton Public Schools 117 65
105 Fairhaven Public Schools 145 65
105 Georgetown Public Schools 115 65
105 Melrose Public Schools 289 65
105 Middleton Public Schools 105 65
105 Nashoba Regional, Bolton 245 65
105 Norton Public Schools 239 65
105 Sturbridge Public Schools 112 65
105 Tyngsborough Public Schools 171 65
105 Wachusett Regional, Jefferson 598 65
105 Wakefield Public Schools 300 65
105 Wellfleet Public Schools 20 65
105 Williamstown Public Schools 69 65
105 Woburn Public Schools 337 65
105 Wrentham Public Schools 170 65
122 Hudson Public Schools 210 64
122 Ludlow Public Schools 206 64
124 Harwich Public Schools 98 63
124 Lincoln Public Schools 163 63
124 Marblehead Community Charter 46 63
124 Monson Public Schools 105 63
124 North Andover Public Schools 360 63
124 Peabody Public Schools 463 63
124 Pentucket Regional, West Newbury 289 63
124 Tewksbury Public Schools 389 63
124 Uxbridge Public Schools 154 63
124 Wilmington Public Schools 330 63
134 Agawam Public Schools 336 62
134 Berkley Public Schools 104 62
134 Edgartown Public Schools 37 62
134 Lakeville Public Schools 161 62
134 Lunenburg Public Schools 120 62
134 Plymouth Public Schools 624 62
134 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman 325 62
141 Berlin Public Schools 33 61
141 Bourne Public Schools 207 61
141 Burlington Public Schools 284 61
141 Dudley-Charlton Regional 321 61
141 Erving Public Schools 23 61
141 Granby Public Schools 86 61
141 Littleton Public Schools 138 61
141 Maynard Public Schools 105 61
141 Sandwich Public Schools 325 61
141 Somerset Public Schools 198 61
141 Spencer-East Brookfield Regional 163 61
141 Triton Regional, Byfield 257 61
153 New Salem-Wendell Regional 15 60
153 Plympton Public Schools 33 60
153 Stoughton Public Schools 291 60
153 Wales Public Schools 20 60
157 Amherst Public Schools 193 59
157 Ayer Public Schools 85 59
157 East Bridgewater Public Schools 190 59
157 Pembroke Public Schools 288 59
157 Quabbin Regional, Barre 210 59
162 Ashland Public Schools 187 58
162 Bellingham Public Schools 219 58
162 Dighton-Rehoboth Regional 257 58
162 Kingston Public Schools 167 58
162 Medford Public Schools 323 58
162 Northbridge Public Schools 213 58
162 Sutton Public Schools 151 58
162 Williamsburg Public Schools 24 58
170 Beverly Public Schools 346 57
170 Dedham Public Schools 216 57
170 Newburyport Public Schools 168 57
170 Northampton Public Schools 206 57
170 Plainville Public Schools 104 57
170 Stoneham Public Schools 205 57
170 Swansea Public Schools 161 57
170 West Bridgewater Public Schools 86 57
178 Acushnet Public Schools 113 56
178 Belchertown Public Schools 201 56
178 Dartmouth Public Schools 324 56
178 Gardner Public Schools 197 56
178 Lanesborough Public Schools 40 56
178 Mashpee Public Schools 152 56
178 South Hadley Public Schools 171 56
178 Southwick-Tolland Regional 141 56
186 Florida Public Schools 11 55
186 Gateway Regional, Huntington 111 55
186 Greenfield Public Schools 139 55
186 Taunton Public Schools 652 55
186 Waltham Public Schools 329 55
186 Westport Community Public Schools 149 55
192 Ashburnham-Westminster Regional 182 54
192 Billerica Public Schools 506 54
192 Hatfield Public Schools 43 54
192 Hull Public Schools 86 54
192 Norwood Public Schools 265 54
192 Winthrop Public Schools 152 54
198 Abington Public Schools 216 53
198 Attleboro Public Schools 452 53
198 Granville Public Schools 19 53
198 Milford Public Schools 303 53
198 Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter, Springfield 21 53
198 Saugus Public Schools 256 53
198 Southern Berkshire Regional, Sheffield 78 53
198 Webster Public Schools 138 53
198 Westfield Public Schools 446 53
207 Abby Kelley Foster Charter, Worcester 132 52
207 Amesbury Public Schools 178 52
207 Framingham Public Schools 633 52
207 Marlborough Public Schools 341 52
207 North Brookfield Public Schools 48 52
207 West Springfield Public Schools 272 52
213 Berkshire Hills Regional, Stockbridge 68 51
213 Brimfield Public Schools 51 51
213 Cambridge Public Schools 418 51
213 Carver Public Schools 165 51
213 Sunderland Public Schools 29 51
213 Watertown Public Schools 175 51
219 Douglas Public Schools 141 50
219 Lenox Public Schools 59 50
219 Mohawk Trail Regional, Shelburne Falls 65 50
219 Quincy Public Schools 610 50
219 South Shore Charter, Hull 38 50
219 Wareham Public Schools 248 50
225 Gloucester Public Schools 262 49
225 Mystic Valley Regional Charter, Malden 133 49
227 Chesterfield-Goshen Regional 21 48
227 Holland Public Schools 31 48
227 Methuen Public Schools 595 48
227 Millbury Public Schools 147 48
227 North Middlesex Regional, Townsend 357 48
227 Oxford Public Schools 149 48
227 Palmer Public Schools 143 48
227 Revere Public Schools 417 48
227 Salem Public Schools 347 48
236 Blackstone-Millville Regional 129 47
236 Halifax Public Schools 103 47
238 Avon Public Schools 54 46
238 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional 283 46
238 Holbrook Public Schools 122 46
238 Narragansett Regional, Baldwinville 132 46
242 Adams-Cheshire Regional 135 45
242 Benjamin Banneker Charter, Cambridge 42 45
242 Hadley Public Schools 55 45
242 Haverhill Public Schools 567 45
242 Nahant Public Schools 29 45
242 Orange Public Schools 113 45
242 Westhampton Public Schools 20 45
249 Fitchburg Public Schools 403 44
249 Freetown Public Schools 126 44
249 Leverett Public Schools 18 44
249 Middleborough Public Schools 297 44
249 Pittsfield Public Schools 468 44
249 Rockland Public Schools 198 44
255 Malden Public Schools 491 43
256 Clinton Public Schools 145 42
256 Leicester Public Schools 140 42
256 Quaboag Regional, Warre 110 42
259 Pioneer Valley Regional, Northfield 84 41
259 Prospect Hill Academy Charter, Somerville 70 41
261 Clarksburg Public Schools 20 40
261 Community Day Charter, Lawrence 43 40
261 Nantucket Public Schools 86 40
264 Brockton Public Schools 1106 39
264 Brookfield Public Schools 38 39
264 Chicopee Public Schools 507 39
264 Leominster Public Schools 477 39
264 Shirley Public Schools 49 39
269 Lynn Public Schools 959 38
269 North Adams Public Schools 132 38
269 Somerville Public Schools 317 38
272 Chelsea Public Schools 403 37
272 Conservatory Lab Charter, Brighton 22 37
272 Ware Public Schools 86 37
272 Whately Public Schools 16 37
276 Gill-Montague Regional 81 36
276 Neighborhood House Charter, Dorchester 40 36
278 Fall River Public Schools 806 35
279 Athol-Royalston Regional 155 34
279 Everett Public Schools 358 34
279 Randolph Public Schools 281 34
282 Winchendon Public Schools 128 33
282 Worcester Public Schools 1683 33
284 Boston Renaissance Charter 122 32
284 Farmington River Regional, Otis 19 32
284 Lowell Public Schools 1016 32
284 Springfield Public Schools 1888 32
288 Boston Public Schools 3774 31
289 Lawrence Family Development Charter 60 30
289 New Bedford Public Schools 1050 30
291 Seven Hills Charter, Worcester 75 29
292 Lawrence Public Schools 886 27