Snapshot: SAT scores for Massachusetts school districts 08-09

Snapshot: Total SAT scores for top 25 public districts

By Matt Carroll, Boston Globe | Aug. 28, 2011

SAT total scores range from between 2038 to 1730 in the state's top 25 public school districts. Leading the state was Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science, a charter. The scores are for the 2008-2009 school year. A perfect score is 2400. There are three tests, Math, English, and Writing, each with a top score of 800.

DISTRICT	SAT all three tests, 08-09	Reading	Writing	Math	Tests taken
Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public	1424	496	466	462	20
Abington	1528	509	496	523	102
Academy Of the Pacific Rim Charter Public	1390	453	458	479	24
Acton-Boxborough	1862	610	610	642	433
Adams-Cheshire	1547	506	527	514	67
Agawam	1449	481	463	505	219
Amesbury	1632	538	542	552	104
Amherst-Pelham	1752	587	578	587	229
Andover	1708	563	559	586	344
Arlington	1675	555	555	565	227
Ashburnham-Westminster	1585	524	519	542	138
Ashland	1619	531	534	554	135
Assabet Valley Regional Vocational Technical	1311	441	422	448	77
Athol-Royalston	1428	474	476	478	58
Attleboro	1496	488	504	504	223
Auburn	1413	471	463	479	74
Avon	1377	464	461	452	37
Ayer	1458	487	482	489	77
Barnstable	1555	518	517	520	246
Bedford	1715	572	556	587	151
Belchertown	1609	532	539	538	124
Bellingham	1493	501	489	503	103
Belmont	1777	580	589	608	255
Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public	1232	420	403	409	14
Berkshire Hills	1608	542	534	532	100
Berlin-Boylston	1535	508	511	516	48
Beverly	1530	517	501	512	187
Billerica	1572	515	518	539	257
Blackstone-Millville	1511	507	493	511	107
Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical	1359	461	439	459	132
Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical	1313	443	413	457	110
Boston	1327	434	433	460	2424
Boston Collegiate Charter	1491	485	479	527	23
Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter	1092	369	344	379	29
Bourne	1515	504	505	506	110
Braintree	1580	513	526	541	280
Bridgewater-Raynham	1496	497	483	516	215
Bristol-Plymouth Regional Vocational Technical	1285	435	413	437	108
Bristol County Agricultural	1442	490	454	498	47
Brockton	1321	441	436	444	542
Brookline	1770	581	585	604	376
Burlington	1588	522	520	546	208
Cambridge	1494	498	493	503	266
Canton	1604	521	522	561	139
Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical	1370	466	434	470	44
Carver	1550	514	520	516	89
Central Berkshire	1561	518	505	538	90
Chatham	1602	533	527	542	42
Chelmsford	1582	529	519	534	303
Chelsea	1289	428	412	449	113
Chicopee	1435	480	478	477	224
City On A Hill Charter Public	1196	398	394	404	53
Clinton	1506	502	494	510	87
Codman Academy Charter Public	1280	423	421	436	16
Cohasset	1664	547	556	561	87
Community Charter School of Cambridge	1351	441	457	453	24
Concord-Carlisle	1819	601	601	617	290
Danvers	1539	513	502	524	156
Dartmouth	1563	514	505	544	222
Dedham	1546	508	505	533	128
Dennis-Yarmouth	1469	488	480	501	133
Dighton-Rehoboth	1494	504	486	504	166
Douglas	1511	505	507	499	73
Dover-Sherborn	1795	586	593	616	131
Dracut	1491	501	481	509	163
Dudley-Charlton Reg	1517	495	503	519	218
Duxbury	1641	541	549	551	214
East Bridgewater	1447	474	481	492	110
Easthampton	1444	489	470	485	71
East Longmeadow	1526	508	498	520	160
Easton	1596	523	529	544	200
Essex Agricultural Technical	1346	457	444	445	44
Everett	1310	433	432	445	208
Fairhaven	1530	513	505	512	84
Fall River	1357	458	442	457	229
Falmouth	1552	510	510	532	168
Fitchburg	1376	458	446	472	145
Four Rivers Charter Public	1619	563	522	534	18
Foxborough	1609	526	537	546	163
Foxborough Regional Charter	1605	555	529	521	25
Framingham	1605	521	523	561	378
Francis W. Parker Charter Essential	1738	595	565	578	41
Franklin	1647	542	544	561	282
Freetown-Lakeville	1589	528	529	532	140
Frontier	1555	528	507	520	63
Gardner	1517	512	493	512	131
Gateway	1505	503	499	503	44
Georgetown	1720	570	566	584	67
Gill-Montague	1474	495	493	486	40
Gloucester	1497	504	495	498	153
Grafton	1594	529	522	543	126
Granby	1549	538	508	503	36
Greater Fall River Regional Vocational Technical	1327	452	429	446	109
Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical	1169	387	379	403	88
Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical	1319	440	424	455	84
Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical	1243	420	401	422	204
Greenfield	1440	483	470	487	41
Groton-Dunstable	1657	547	531	579	169
Hadley	1602	541	525	536	27
Hamilton-Wenham	1731	580	579	572	142
Hampden-Wilbraham	1609	526	530	553	256
Hampshire	1595	540	523	532	91
Hanover	1500	502	494	504	145
Harvard	1855	620	627	608	93
Harwich	1539	519	518	502	58
Hatfield	1616	556	528	532	17
Haverhill	1465	492	478	495	255
Health Careers Academy Charter	1268	412	428	428	41
Hingham	1720	568	576	576	210
Holbrook	1459	479	478	502	45
Holliston	1746	578	575	593	203
Holyoke	1412	473	455	484	134
Hopedale	1668	557	552	559	51
Hopkinton	1642	543	547	552	187
Hudson	1539	508	511	520	143
Hull	1455	483	482	490	63
Ipswich	1594	532	535	527	117
King Philip	1643	546	554	543	210
Lawrence	1164	387	380	397	306
Lee	1480	504	488	488	42
Leicester	1491	501	496	494	91
Lenox	1669	559	563	547	48
Leominster	1458	484	480	494	230
Lexington	1883	620	622	641	427
Lincoln-Sudbury	1812	599	597	616	351
Littleton	1598	532	530	536	82
Longmeadow	1694	556	560	578	184
Lowell	1388	462	449	477	398
Ludlow	1439	472	468	499	156
Lunenburg	1587	529	512	546	114
Lynn	1293	430	418	445	456
Lynnfield	1681	546	557	578	114
Ma Academy for Math and Science	2038	667	669	702	44
Malden	1421	465	466	490	266
Manchester Essex Regional	1687	559	562	566	82
Mansfield	1663	548	549	566	239
Marblehead	1704	561	560	583	183
Marlborough	1512	501	494	517	183
Marshfield	1542	503	513	526	224
Marthas Vineyard	1600	542	526	532	160
Masconomet	1652	541	544	567	307
Mashpee	1394	469	455	470	82
MATCH Charter Public High	1426	451	463	512	24
Maynard	1539	512	500	527	61
Medfield	1746	581	573	592	192
Medford	1471	481	494	496	244
Medway	1687	560	555	572	182
Melrose	1547	510	517	520	154
Mendon-Upton	1621	541	532	548	136
Methuen	1425	473	468	484	268
Middleborough	1522	516	497	509	106
Milford	1475	491	480	504	198
Millbury	1456	480	473	503	90
Millis	1633	546	545	542	71
Milton	1555	520	514	521	222
Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical	1399	471	446	482	65
Mohawk Trail	1504	497	496	511	55
Monson	1514	510	491	513	56
Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical	1382	466	443	473	113
Mount Greylock	1730	585	571	574	77
Mystic Valley Regional Charter	1553	519	509	525	38
Nantucket	1506	501	491	514	78
Narragansett	1434	479	464	491	49
Nashoba	1691	559	556	576	172
Nashoba Valley Regional Vocational Technical	1428	470	457	501	35
Natick	1634	545	536	553	213
Nauset	1619	545	529	545	165
Needham	1770	590	583	597	279
New Bedford	1312	440	426	446	299
Newburyport	1682	557	554	571	136
New Leadership Charter	1210	412	388	410	25
Newton	1828	601	608	619	767
Norfolk County Agricultural	1443	478	470	495	79
North Adams	1383	460	460	463	71
Northampton	1685	566	554	565	168
North Andover	1619	531	527	561	236
North Attleborough	1564	523	508	533	229
Northboro-Southboro	1694	556	562	576	293
Northbridge	1517	515	500	502	97
North Brookfield	1467	489	468	510	22
North Central Charter Essential	1481	513	491	477	30
Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational Technical	1243	414	397	432	135
Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical	1352	459	432	461	43
North Middlesex	1522	505	500	517	219
North Reading	1620	536	534	550	130
North Shore Regional Vocational Technical	1309	448	423	438	52
Norton	1520	511	498	511	98
Norwell	1633	536	540	557	138
Norwood	1510	498	499	513	199
Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical	1359	443	443	473	59
Old Rochester	1562	516	519	527	116
Oxford	1404	464	458	482	72
Palmer	1524	498	501	525	73
Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical	1306	446	414	446	17
Peabody	1476	488	482	506	288
Pembroke	1518	499	503	516	149
Pentucket	1607	542	529	536	159
Pioneer Valley	1459	488	495	476	46
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public	1604	562	544	498	54
Pittsfield	1495	493	494	508	220
Plymouth	1501	502	489	510	363
Prospect Hill Academy Charter	1462	478	489	495	54
Provincetown	1292	425	440	427	19
Quabbin	1516	518	490	508	165
Quaboag Regional	1542	502	505	535	48
Quincy	1433	460	455	518	427
Ralph C Mahar	1505	498	486	521	48
Randolph	1317	450	443	424	120
Reading	1639	538	538	563	243
Revere	1355	453	438	464	200
Rockland	1484	496	484	504	100
Rockport	1510	515	494	501	56
Sabis International Charter	1344	440	442	462	60
Salem	1366	453	448	465	162
Sandwich	1604	536	528	540	197
Saugus	1460	483	481	496	150
Scituate	1594	524	527	543	159
Seekonk	1479	487	488	504	98
Sharon	1763	580	590	593	214
Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical	1365	460	438	467	102
Shrewsbury	1653	542	547	564	335
Silver Lake	1489	494	492	503	172
Somerset	1511	504	488	519	195
Somerville	1405	465	463	477	164
Southbridge	1303	426	438	439	39
Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical	1204	410	386	408	117
Southern Berkshire	1529	520	506	503	35
Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational Technical	1385	472	434	479	74
South Hadley	1593	529	520	544	94
South Middlesex Regional Vocational Technical	1192	397	390	405	39
South Shore Charter Public	1428	481	467	480	20
South Shore Regional Vocational Technical	1353	459	416	478	49
Southwick-Tolland	1514	514	504	496	86
Spencer-E Brookfield	1443	481	463	499	113
Springfield	1238	422	403	413	487
Stoneham	1468	491	481	496	149
Stoughton	1483	490	487	506	202
Sturgis Charter Public	1678	584	555	539	54
Sutton	1587	524	526	537	79
Swampscott	1610	529	537	544	166
Swansea	1573	532	524	517	61
Tantasqua	1567	512	503	552	155
Taunton	1440	477	467	496	229
Tewksbury	1528	507	501	520	202
Tri County Regional Vocational Technical	1320	445	422	453	77
Triton	1541	515	503	523	123
Tyngsborough	1488	486	477	525	91
Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical	1322	442	417	463	48
Uxbridge	1495	503	480	512	67
Wachusett	1596	531	524	541	379
Wakefield	1566	517	526	523	188
Walpole	1586	528	527	531	238
Waltham	1447	476	475	496	203
Ware	1488	483	472	533	23
Wareham	1418	472	461	485	120
Watertown	1460	480	471	509	89
Wayland	1836	601	607	628	213
Webster	1366	453	446	467	69
Wellesley	1853	608	620	625	286
Westborough	1783	581	591	611	236
West Boylston	1569	520	521	528	67
West Bridgewater	1461	477	483	501	84
Westfield	1494	496	488	510	208
Westford	1771	587	582	602	350
Weston	1855	615	617	623	158
Westport	1433	484	464	485	63
West Springfield	1530	508	506	516	130
Westwood	1757	580	577	600	184
Weymouth	1479	492	481	506	240
Whitman-Hanson	1506	491	499	516	197
Whittier Regional Vocational Technical	1348	458	424	466	85
Wilmington	1570	519	517	534	177
Winchendon	1469	501	488	480	36
Winchester	1810	591	603	616	247
Winthrop	1481	477	494	510	98
Woburn	1427	468	468	491	221
Worcester	1321	441	435	445	774

SOURCE: State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education