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 50 371