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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 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.

7th GRADE ENGLISH
2007
Rank
 School name Number
tested
Score
1 Boston, Boston Latin 406 98
1 Brookline, William H. Lincoln 46 98
3 Brookline, Heath 35 97
4 Bedford, John Glenn Middle School 160 96
4 Boston, Rafael Hernandez 26 96
4 Harvard, Bromfield 108 96
4 Lexington, William Diamond Middle School 271 96
4 Medfield, Thomas Blake Middle School 234 96
4 Wayland, Wayland Middle School 223 96
4 Wellesley, Wellesley Middle School 349 96
4 Winchester, McCall Middle School 263 96
12 Andover, Doherty Middle School 178 95
12 Carlisle, Carlisle School 104 95
12 Concord, Concord Middle School 188 95
12 Marblehead Community Charter School 37 95
12 Reading, Arthur W. Coolidge Middle School 131 95
12 Richmond, Richmond Consolidated 23 95
12 Sharon, Sharon Middle School 268 95
12 Sudbury, Ephraim Curtis Middle School 357 95
20 Boston, Boston Latin Academy 326 94
20 Westford, Stony Brook School 233 94
22 Brookline, Lawrence 42 93
22 Nashoba Regional, Florence Sawyer School 90 93
22 Sandwich, Henry T. Wing 84 93
22 Southborough, P. Brent Trottier 155 93
22 Weston, Weston Middle School 179 93
27 Dover-Sherborn Regional, Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School 166 92
27 Franklin, Annie Sullivan Middle School 141 92
27 Franklin, Horace Mann 175 92
27 Nashoba Regional, Hale Middle School 84 92
27 Westford, Blanchard Middle School 181 92
32 Acton-Boxborough Regional, Raymond J. Grey Regional Jr. High 469 91
32 Andover, Wood Hill Middle School 119 91
32 Belmont, Winthrop L. Chenery Middle School 270 91
32 Brookline, Edward Devotion 66 91
32 Brookline, Michael Driscoll 43 91
32 Chelmsford, Col. Moses Parker School 187 91
32 Longmeadow, Glenbrook Middle School 135 91
32 Longmeadow, Williams Middle School 128 91
32 Lynnfield, Lynnfield Middle School 164 91
32 Marblehead, Marblehead Veterans Middle School 217 91
32 Newton, Charles E. Brown Middle School 197 91
32 Wachusett Regional, Paxton Center School 65 91
44 Advanced Math and Science Academy 141 90
44 Ashland, Ashland Middle School 188 90
44 Cambridge, Maria L. Baldwin School 39 90
44 Chelmsford, McCarthy Middle School 245 90
44 Duxbury, Duxbury Middle School 264 90
44 Holliston, Robert H. Adams Middle School 252 90
44 Lincoln, Lincoln School 66 90
44 Natick, Wilson Middle School 192 90
44 Nauset Regional, Nauset Regional Middle School 187 90
44 North Reading, North Reading Middle School 202 90
44 Northborough, Robert E. Melican Middle School 203 90
44 Norwell, Norwell Middle School 150 90
44 Sandwich, Forestdale 117 90
57 Andover, Andover West Middle School 169 89
57 Canton, William H. Galvin Middle School 247 89
57 Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Miles River Middle School 178 89
57 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Thornton Burgess School 69 89
57 Needham, Pollard Middle School 363 89
57 Pioneer Valley Charter School 45 89
57 Westwood, E. W. Thurston Middle School 226 89
64 Berlin-Boylston Regional, Tahanto Regional High School 94 88
64 Chatham, Chatham Middle School 50 88
64 Fitchburg, Fitchburg Arts Academy 33 88
64 Groton-Dunstable Regional, Groton-Dunstable Regional Middle School 225 88
64 Lexington, Jonas Clarke Middle School 249 88
64 Manchester-Essex Regional, Manchester Essex Regional Middle/High School 102 88
64 Newton, Bigelow Middle School 164 88
64 Old Rochester Regional, Old Rochester Regional Jr. High School 238 88
64 Reading, Walter S. Parker Middle School 186 88
64 Sutton, Sutton Middle School 114 88
74 Brookline, Edith C. Baker 51 87
74 Brookline, John D. Runkle 61 87
74 Cohasset, Cohasset Middle/High School 117 87
74 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Wilbraham Middle School 209 87
74 Hopkinton, Hopkinton Middle School 277 87
74 Sandwich, Oak Ridge 114 87
74 Southwick-Tolland Regional, Powder Mill School 143 87
81 Acushnet, Albert F. Ford Middle School 131 86
81 Arlington, Ottoson Middle School 318 86
81 Community Day Charter School 21 86
81 Excel Academy Charter School 50 86
81 Hanover, Hanover Middle School 213 86
81 Ipswich, Ipswich Middle School 177 86
81 Lunenburg, Turkey Hill Middle School 136 86
81 Mansfield, Harold L. Qualters Middle School 413 86
81 Natick, John F. Kennedy Middle School 114 86
81 Newton, F. A. Day Middle School 250 86
81 North Andover, North Andover Middle School 371 86
81 Roxbury Preparatory Charter School 63 86
81 Scituate, Gates Intermediate School 245 86
81 Shrewsbury, Oak Middle School 441 86
81 Wachusett Regional, Central Tree Middle School 104 86
81 Walpole, Bird Middle School 143 86
81 Wilmington, Wilmington Middle School 325 86
98 Ben Franklin Classical Charter School 45 85
98 Cambridge, Amigos School 20 85
98 Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School 65 85
98 Georgetown, Georgetown Middle/High School 138 85
98 King Philip Regional, King Philip Regional Middle School 421 85
98 Marshfield, Furnace Brook Middle School 387 85
98 Masconomet Regional, Masconomet Regional Middle School 362 85
98 Mystic Valley Regional Charter School 105 85
98 Tyngsborough, Tyngsborough Middle 161 85
107 Franklin, Remington Middle School 147 84
107 Hingham, Hingham Middle School 294 84
107 Lincoln, Hanscom Middle School 38 84
107 Medway, Medway Middle School 226 84
107 Newburyport, Rupert A. Nock Middle School 166 84
107 North Attleborough, North Attleborough Middle School 362 84
113 Amherst-Pelham Regional, Amherst Regional Middle School 263 83
113 Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School 68 83
113 Danvers, Holten Richmond Middle School 282 83
113 Kipp Academy Lynn Charter School 56 83
113 Melrose, Melrose Middle School 267 83
113 Newton, Oak Hill Middle School 183 83
113 Norwood, Dr. Philip O. Coakley Middle School 234 83
113 Prospect Hill Academy Charter School 70 83
113 Quincy, Central Middle School 190 83
113 River Valley Charter School 29 83
113 Wachusett Regional, Chocksett Middle School 100 83
113 Westborough, Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School 233 83
125 Braintree, East Middle School 230 82
125 Braintree, South Middle School 148 82
125 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Williams Middle School 280 82
125 East Longmeadow, Birchland Park 213 82
125 Easton, Easton Jr. High School 317 82
125 Edward Brooke Charter School 50 82
125 Foxborough, John J. Ahern 221 82
125 Grafton, Grafton Middle School 205 82
125 Mendon-Upton Regional, Miscoe Hill Elementary 219 82
125 Nashoba Regional, Luther Burbank Middle School 82 82
125 North Middlesex Regional, Hawthorne Brook 203 82
125 Taunton, Benjamin Friedman Middle School 235 82
125 Wachusett Regional, Mountview Middle School 232 82
125 Waltham, John F. Kennedy Middle School 138 82
125 Waltham, John W. McDevitt Middle School 177 82
125 Ware, Ware Middle School 91 82
141 Burlington, Marshall Simonds Middle School 266 81
141 Hampshire Regional, Hampshire Regional High School 144 81
141 Hudson, John F. Kennedy 195 81
141 Malden, Linden 73 81
141 Rising Tide Charter School 70 81
141 Woburn, Daniel L. Joyce Middle School 157 81
147 Ashburnham-Westminster Regional, Overlook Middle School 207 80
147 Berkshire Hills Regional, Monument Valley Regional Middle School 110 80
147 Brookline, Pierce 54 80
147 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, Mattacheese Middle School 187 80
147 Lenox, Lenox Memorial High School 71 80
147 Methuen, Marsh Grammar School 152 80
147 Norton, Norton Middle School 282 80
147 Oak Bluffs, Oak Bluffs Elementary 40 80
147 Somerville, Cummings 20 80
147 Swampscott, Swampscott Middle School 191 80
147 Watertown, Watertown Middle School 176 80
158 Barnstable, Barnstable Middle School 446 79
158 Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional, Charlton Middle School 228 79
158 Harwich, Harwich Middle School 85 79
158 Innovation Academy Charter School 73 79
158 Malden, Beebe 107 79
158 Plymouth, Plymouth Community Intermediate School 378 79
158 Shirley, Shirley Middle School 62 79
158 Wakefield, Galvin Middle School 298 79
166 Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter School 74 78
166 Auburn, Auburn Middle School 200 78
166 Billerica, Marshall Middle School 293 78
166 Boston Collegiate Charter School 58 78
166 Boston, Mary Lyon 14 78
166 Cambridge, Graham and Parks School 37 78
166 Central Berkshire Regional, Nessacus Regional Middle School 187 78
166 Everett, Sumner G. Whittier School 41 78
166 Four Rivers Charter School 36 78
166 Hadley, Hopkins Academy 56 78
166 Millis, Millis Middle School 106 78
166 Pentucket Regional, Pentucket Regional Middle School 262 78
166 Quincy, Atlantic Middle School 177 78
166 Silver Lake Regional, Silver Lake Regional Middle School 295 78
166 Tewksbury, John W. Wynn Middle School 392 78
166 Wachusett Regional, Thomas Prince School 62 78
182 Agawam, Agawam Jr. High School 334 77
182 Boston, O'Bryant School Math/Science 162 77
182 Carver, Carver Middle School 149 77
182 Granby, Granby Jr.-Sr. High School 92 77
182 Littleton, Littleton Middle School 129 77
182 Milton, Charles S. Pierce Middle School 278 77
182 Northbridge, Northbridge Middle School 191 77
182 Plymouth, Plymouth South Middle School 192 77
182 Seekonk, Dr. Kevin M. Hurley Middle School 185 77
182 Somerset, Somerset Middle School 204 77
182 Southern Berkshire Regional, Mt Everett Regional 82 77
182 Stoughton, O'Donnell Middle School 300 77
182 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Hanson Middle School 166 77
182 Woburn, John F. Kennedy Middle School 166 77
196 Amesbury, Amesbury Middle School 172 76
196 Bellingham, Bellingham Memorial Middle School 223 76
196 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Raynham Middle School 179 76
196 Dighton-Rehoboth Regional, Dorothy L. Beckwith School 141 76
196 Falmouth, Lawrence 295 76
196 Freetown-Lakeville Regional, Freetown-Lakeville Middle School 253 76
196 Marlborough, Marlborough Middle School 328 76
196 Mount Greylock Regional, Mt. Greylock Regional High School 113 76
196 Oxford, Oxford Middle School 171 76
196 Swansea, Joseph Case Jr. High School 183 76
196 Triton Regional, Triton Regional Middle School 255 76
196 West Boylston, West Boylston Jr.-Sr. High School 102 76
196 Winthrop, Winthrop Middle School 143 76
209 Belchertown, Jabish Middle School 201 75
209 Billerica, Locke Middle School 238 75
209 Bourne, Bourne Middle School 169 75
209 Brockton, Gilmore Academy 132 75
209 Cambridge, Cambridgeport School 24 75
209 Cambridge, Peabody School 35 75
209 Hilltown Cooperative Charter School 16 75
209 Martha's Vineyard Charter School 16 75
209 Northampton, John F. Kennedy Middle School 204 75
209 Stoneham, Stoneham Middle School 201 75
209 Walpole, Eleanor N. Johnson Middle School 134 75
209 Weymouth, Abigail Adams Middle School 172 75
221 Abington, Frolio Jr. High School 196 74
221 Berkley, Berkley Middle School 101 74
221 Boston Preparatory Charter School 65 74
221 Cambridge, John M. Tobin School 23 74
221 Cambridge, Kennedy-Longfellow School 62 74
221 Christa McAuliffe Regional Charter School 93 74
221 Maynard, Fowler Middle School 96 74
221 Milford, Stacy Middle School 298 74
221 Sabis International Charter School 137 74
221 Tantasqua Regional, Tantasqua Regional Jr. High School 282 74
221 Taunton, Joseph H. Martin 170 74
232 Clarksburg, Clarksburg Elementary 26 73
232 Dighton-Rehoboth Regional, Dighton Middle School 124 73
232 Gardner, Gardner Middle School 225 73
232 Millbury, Millbury Jr./Sr. High School 136 73
232 Monson, Granite Valley Middle School 123 73
232 Narragansett Regional, Narragansett Middle School 140 73
232 Quabbin Regional, Quabbin Regional Middle School 268 73
232 Revere, Susan B. Anthony Middle School 157 73
232 West Tisbury Regional, West Tisbury Elementary 22 73
232 Weymouth, Maria Weston Chapman Middle School 312 73
242 Hatfield, Smith Academy 29 72
242 Hopedale, Hopedale Jr.-Sr. High School 89 72
242 Methuen, Comprehensive Grammar School 112 72
245 Beverly, Briscoe Middle School 310 71
245 Boston, Sarah Greenwood 17 71
245 Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional, Dudley Middle School 162 71
245 Leicester, Leicester Middle School 152 71
245 Leominster, Samoset School 153 71
245 Middleborough, John T. Nichols Middle School 266 71
245 Somerville, East Somerville Community School 62 71
245 South Hadley, Michael E. Smith Middle School 181 71
245 West Bridgewater, W. Bridgewater Jr.-Sr. High School 90 71
245 Westport, Westport Middle School 168 71
245 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman Middle School 168 71
256 Attleboro, Cyril K. Brennan Middle School 151 70
256 Brockton, Edgar B. Davis 90 70
256 East Bridgewater, Gordon W. Mitchell 195 70
256 Framingham, Walsh Middle School 229 70
256 Haverhill, Caleb Dustin Hunking 151 70
256 Ludlow, Paul R. Baird Middle School 227 70
256 Medford, John J. McGlynn Middle School 179 70
256 Pembroke, Pembroke Community Middle School 235 70
256 Pioneer Valley Regional, Pioneer Valley Regional 87 70
256 Quincy, Broad Meadows Middle School 91 70
256 Uxbridge, Whitin Middle School 147 70
267 Atlantis Charter School 70 69
267 Dartmouth, Dartmouth Middle School 358 69
267 Dedham, Dedham Middle School 210 69
267 Everett, Madeline English School 71 69
267 Hull, Memorial Middle School 84 69
267 Malden, Ferryway 105 69
267 Mashpee, Mashpee High School 126 69
267 North Middlesex Regional, Nissitissit Middle School 166 69
267 Rockland, John W. Rogers Middle School 211 69
276 Edgartown, Edgartown Elementary 41 68
276 Gloucester, Ralph B. O'Maley Middle School 248 68
276 Peabody, J. Henry Higgins Middle School 471 68
276 South Shore Charter School 38 68
280 Boston, Donald Mckay 43 67
280 Cambridge, Fletcher/Maynard Academy 18 67
280 Cambridge, Martin Luther King Jr. School 18 67
280 Clinton, Clinton Middle School 145 67
280 Easthampton, White Brook Middle School 133 67
280 Framingham, Cameron Middle School 157 67
280 Granville, Granville Village 27 67
280 Saugus, Belmonte Saugus Middle School 267 67
280 West Springfield, West Springfield Middle School 280 67
280 Westfield, North Middle School 232 67
290 Ayer, Ayer Middle School 95 66
290 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, N. H. Wixon Middle School 113 66
290 Fairhaven, Hastings Middle School 159 66
290 Holyoke, Lt. Clayre Sullivan Elementary 74 66
290 Lynn, Robert L. Ford 122 66
290 Methuen, Donald P. Timony Grammar 160 66
290 Quincy, Reay E. Sterling Middle School 94 66
290 Spencer-East Brookfield Regional, Knox Trail Jr. High School 162 66
290 Tisbury, Tisbury Elementary 45 66
299 Douglas, Douglas Intermediate School 148 65
299 Greenfield, Greenfield Middle School 137 65
299 Malden, Salemwood 125 65
299 Quaboag Regional, Quaboag Regional High School 109 65
299 Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter School 17 65
299 Somerville, Lincoln Park School (Thurston St.) 31 65
299 Westfield, South Middle School 217 65
306 Cambridge, King Open School 52 64
306 Frontier Regional, Frontier Regional 136 64
306 Haverhill, John G. Whittier 119 64
306 Holbrook, Holbrook Jr. Sr. High School 116 64
306 Lynn, Pickering Middle School 204 64
306 Quincy, Point Webster Middle School 85 64
306 Salem Academy Charter School 39 64
313 Attleboro, Robert J. Coelho Middle School 141 63
313 Attleboro, Wamsutta Middle School 147 63
313 Lowell, James Sullivan Middle School 136 63
313 Mohawk Trail Regional, Mohawk Trail Regional High School 120 63
313 Nantucket, Cyrus Peirce School 97 63
313 Palmer, Converse Middle School 176 63
313 Rockport, Rockport Middle School 79 63
320 Blackstone-Millville Regional, Frederick W. Hartnett Middle School 175 62
320 Lee, Lee High School 69 62
322 Cambridge, Morse School 28 61
322 Foxborough Regional Charter School 66 61
322 New Bedford Global Learning Charter School 62 61
322 Salem, Federal Street 47 61
322 Winchendon, Murdock Middle/High School 110 61
327 Dracut, Lakeview Junior High 328 60
327 Pittsfield, John T. Reid Middle School 204 60
327 Somerville, John F. Kennedy 74 60
330 Leominster, Sky View Middle School 182 59
330 Pittsfield, Theodore Herberg Middle School 252 59
330 Provincetown, Provincetown High School 12 59
330 Ralph Mahar Regional, Ralph C. Mahar Regional High School 145 59
330 Smith Leadership Academy 68 59
335 Fall River, Morton Middle School 224 58
335 Fitchburg, Memorial Intermediate 146 58
335 Medford, Madeleine Dugger Andrews 174 58
335 Methuen, Tenney Grammar School 165 58
335 Revere, Garfield Middle School 178 58
335 Somerville, West Somerville Neighborhood School 40 58
341 Boston, Mission Hill School 14 57
341 Lawrence, Robert Frost 116 57
343 Adams-Cheshire Regional, Adams Middle School 127 56
343 Gill-Montague Regional, Great Falls Middle School 89 56
343 New Bedford, Roosevelt Middle School 222 56
346 Haverhill, Consentino 176 55
346 Haverhill, Dr. Paul Nettle 122 55
346 Malden, Forestdale 55 55
346 North Brookfield, North Brookfield High School 60 55
346 Salem, Collins Middle School 209 55
346 Seven Hills Charter School 76 55
346 Taunton, James L. Mulcahey 129 55
353 Avon, Avon Middle High School 68 54
353 Everett, George Keverian School 76 54
353 Everett, Lafayette School 100 54
353 Everett, Parlin School 83 54
353 Fitchburg, B. F. Brown Arts Vision School 117 54
353 Lawrence, Edward F. Parthum 104 54
353 Lowell, James S. Daley Middle School 176 54
353 Neighborhood House Charter School 37 54
353 Randolph, Randolph Community Middle School 291 54
353 Revere, Rumney Marsh Academy 110 54
363 Boston, Richard J. Murphy 75 53
363 Boston, Warren-Prescott 40 53
363 Brockton, West Jr. High School 271 53
363 Framingham, Fuller Middle School 174 53
363 Lowell, Joseph G. Pyne 58 53
368 Leominster, Southeast Middle School 132 52
369 Boston, William B. Rogers Middle School 155 51
369 Uphams Corner Charter School 72 51
371 Boston, Maurice J. Tobin 32 50
371 Florida, Abbott Memorial 14 50
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