Top-scoring schools on the 4th-grade MCAS

Schools are ranked on the percentage of students scoring "Advanced" or "Proficient" on the 4th 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.

4th GRADE ENGLISH 2007 Rank  School name Number tested Score 1 Winchester, Muraco 55 100 2 Winchester, Vinson-Owen 57 99 3 Newton, John Ward 45 98 4 Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Winthrop School 43 97 4 Sudbury, General John Nixon Elementary 80 97 6 Petersham, Petersham Center 18 95 6 Wellesley, Ernest F. Upham 43 95 6 Wellesley, John D. Hardy 42 95 9 Acton, Luther Conant 69 94 9 Marshfield, Daniel Webster 59 94 9 Shrewsbury, Walter J. Paton 95 94 12 Sudbury, Josiah Haynes Elementary 67 93 13 Acton, Gates 71 92 13 Groton-Dunstable Regional, Prescott Elementary 48 92 13 Seekonk, Mildred Aitken School 85 92 16 Westwood, Paul Hanlon 33 91 16 Weymouth, Academy Avenue 53 91 16 Woburn, Clyde Reeves 65 91 19 Andover, Bancroft Elementary 72 90 19 Concord, Thoreau 63 90 19 Franklin, Helen Keller 80 90 19 Lexington, Joseph Estabrook 58 90 19 Newton, Bowen 49 90 19 Newton, Underwood 55 90 19 Westwood, Martha Jones 61 90 26 Marshfield, South River 83 89 27 Andover, South Elementary 94 88 27 Belmont, Winn Brook 76 88 27 Brookline, Heath 41 88 27 Brookline, Michael Driscoll 40 88 27 Falmouth, North Falmouth Elementary 73 88 27 Franklin, Davis Thayer 47 88 27 Needham, William Mitchell 68 88 27 Scituate, Hatherly Elementary 61 88 35 Belmont, Mary Lee Burbank 63 87 35 Quabbin Regional, Oakham Center 23 87 35 Winchester, Ambrose Elementary 71 87 35 Winchester, Lincoln 69 87 35 Woburn, Daniel P. Hurld 37 87 40 Braintree, Highlands 61 86 40 Canton, John F. Kennedy School 68 86 40 Lexington, Fiske 64 86 40 Natick, Brown 71 86 40 Newton, A. E. Angier 65 86 40 Newton, C. C. Burr 44 86 40 Scituate, Wampatuck Elementary 67 86 40 Sherborn, Pine Hill 69 86 40 Swampscott, Stanley Elementary 59 86 40 Westwood, William E. Sheehan 65 86 40 Weymouth, Thomas V. Nash 43 86 40 Winchester, Lynch Elementary 51 86 52 Andover, West Elementary 140 85 52 Arlington, Peirce 33 85 52 Arlington, Thompson 46 85 52 Ben Franklin Classical Charter School 46 85 52 Conway, Conway Grammar 20 85 52 Lexington, Bridge 99 85 52 Lexington, Maria Hastings 74 85 52 Orleans, Orleans Elementary 34 85 52 Sharon, East Elementary 73 85 52 Tisbury, Tisbury Elementary 26 85 52 Wellesley, Sprague Elementary 58 85 63 Brewster, Eddy Elementary 92 84 63 Chelmsford, Center Elementary School 87 84 63 Hingham, South Elementary 94 84 63 Milton, Glover 83 84 63 Newton, Mason-Rice 67 84 63 Newton, Zervas 54 84 63 Richmond, Richmond Consolidated 19 84 63 Weston, Field Elementary School 180 84 71 Auburn, Pakachoag 81 83 71 Boxford, Spofford Pond 134 83 71 Danvers, Ivan G. Smith 75 83 71 Hanover, Cedar Elementary 106 83 71 Marshfield, Gov. Edward Winslow 69 83 71 Newton, Williams 47 83 71 North Attleborough, Allen Avenue 43 83 71 Scituate, Cushing Elementary 60 83 71 Sudbury, Peter Noyes Elementary 102 83 71 Swampscott, Hadley Elementary 36 83 71 Wellesley, Joseph E. Fiske 54 83 82 Acton, Douglas 71 82 82 Arlington, Brackett School 69 82 82 Boston, Joyce Kilmer 37 82 82 Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Cutler School 63 82 82 Hingham, William L. Foster Elementary 85 82 82 Lynnfield, Summer Street 100 82 82 Needham, Broadmeadow 92 82 82 Sharon, Heights Elementary 98 82 82 Shrewsbury, Spring Street 109 82 91 Arlington, M. Norcross Stratton 54 81 91 Belmont, Roger E. Wellington 78 81 91 Chelmsford, Charles D. Harrington 84 81 91 Concord, Alcott 75 81 91 Franklin, J. F. Kennedy Memorial 85 81 91 Groton-Dunstable Regional, Florence Roche School 118 81 91 Manchester-Essex Regional, Essex Elementary School 42 81 91 Marblehead, Village School 205 81 91 Marshfield, Eames Way School 56 81 91 Medfield, Dale Street 220 81 91 Natick, Memorial 79 81 91 Newton, Cabot 66 81 91 Northborough, Fannie E. Proctor 44 81 91 Quabbin Regional, Hardwick Elementary 31 81 91 Sharon, Cottage Street 67 81 91 Sudbury, Israel Loring Elementary 83 81 91 Wellesley, Schofield 68 81 108 Acton, McCarthy-Towne 71 80 108 Acton, Merriam 92 80 108 Arlington, Cyrus E. Dallin 55 80 108 Bourne, Ella F. Hoxie School 54 80 108 Central Berkshire Regional, Becket Washington School 10 80 108 Easton, F. L. Olmsted 162 80 108 Gloucester, West Parish 59 80 108 Nashoba Regional, Florence Sawyer School 80 80 108 Newton, Peirce 53 80 108 Oak Bluffs, Oak Bluffs Elementary 53 80 108 Pentucket Regional, Dr. John C. Page School 76 80 108 Wakefield, Walton 40 80 108 Westford, John A. Crisafulli Elementary 134 80 108 Westwood, Downey 51 80 108 Worcester, Clark St. Community School 29 80 123 Andover, Henry C. Sanborn Elementary 56 79 123 Andover, High Plain Elementary 107 79 123 Boxborough, Blanchard Memorial 77 79 123 Cambridge, Cambridgeport School 29 79 123 Central Berkshire Regional, Kittredge Elementary 38 79 123 Concord, Willard 60 79 123 Hingham, Plymouth River 113 79 123 North Attleborough, Amvet Boulevard 56 79 123 North Attleborough, Joseph W. Martin Jr. Elementary 126 79 123 Peabody, West Memorial 37 79 123 Reading, J. Warren Killam 65 79 123 Reading, Wood End Elementary School 56 79 123 Shrewsbury, Floral Street School 210 79 123 Wachusett Regional, Paxton Center School 49 79 123 Westford, Norman E. Day Elementary 133 79 123 Worcester, Worcester Arts Magnet School 44 79 139 Barnstable, Osterville Bay Elementary 73 78 139 Beverly, Hannah Elementary 48 78 139 Danvers, Willis E. Thorpe 54 78 139 Eastham, Eastham Elementary 41 78 139 Fairhaven, Rogers 40 78 139 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Memorial Elementary 68 78 139 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Soule Road School 68 78 139 Martha's Vineyard Charter School 14 78 139 Natick, Johnson 41 78 139 Natick, Lilja Elementary 81 78 139 Needham, John Eliot 65 78 139 Norfolk, Freeman-Centennial 131 78 139 Northborough, Marguerite E. Peaslee 40 78 139 Norwood, Cornelius M. Callahan 41 78 139 Reading, Alice M. Barrows 61 78 139 Woburn, Goodyear 27 78 155 Braintree, Hollis 74 77 155 Brookline, Edith C. Baker 66 77 155 Foxborough, Charles Taylor Elementary 58 77 155 Hanover, Sylvester 126 77 155 Harvard, Harvard Elementary 101 77 155 Hopkinton, Hopkins Elementary School 291 77 155 Lexington, Bowman 73 77 155 Newton, Horace Mann 43 77 155 North Andover, Franklin 68 77 155 North Reading, E. Ethel Little School 59 77 155 Norwell, Grace Farrar Cole 82 77 155 Norwell, William G. Vinal 99 77 155 Shutesbury, Shutesbury Elementary 18 77 155 Springfield, Samuel Bowles 43 77 155 Topsfield, Proctor Elementary 94 77 155 Wellesley, Hunnewell 49 77 155 West Springfield, Tatham 38 77 172 Belmont, Daniel Butler 34 76 172 Boston, Manassah E. Bradley 43 76 172 Boston, Richard J. Murphy 156 76 172 Brookline, Edward Devotion 78 76 172 Canton, Dean S. Luce School 87 76 172 Cohasset, Deer Hill 107 76 172 Manchester-Essex Regional, Manchester Memorial Elementary 67 76 172 Medway, Memorial Elementary 205 76 172 Newton, Memorial Spaulding 81 76 172 Southborough, Margaret A. Neary 180 76 172 Spencer-East Brookfield Regional, East Brookfield Elementary 33 76 172 Wakefield, Dolbeare 98 76 172 Wellesley, Katharine Lee Bates 62 76 172 West Boylston, Major Edwards Elementary 74 76 172 Weymouth, Thomas W. Hamilton Primary School 61 76 172 Worcester, Jacob Hiatt Magnet School 57 76 188 Arlington, John A. Bishop 64 75 188 Boylston, Boylston Elementary 51 75 188 Brookline, William H. Lincoln 32 75 188 Chelmsford, Byam School 127 75 188 Dedham, Greenlodge 49 75 188 Dover, Chickering School 106 75 188 Dracut, Joseph A. Campbell Elementary 109 75 188 East Longmeadow, Mountain View 103 75 188 Falmouth, Teaticket 63 75 188 Longmeadow, Center 84 75 188 Lynn, Julia F. Callahan 60 75 188 Marshfield, Martinson Elementary 82 75 188 Natick, Bennett-Hemenway 84 75 188 Northborough, Lincoln Street 60 75 188 Peabody, Center 52 75 188 Reading, Birch Meadow 71 75 188 Triton Regional, Newbury Elementary 85 75 188 Walpole, Fisher 80 75 188 Wayland, Claypit Hill School 90 75 188 Westwood, Deerfield 43 75 188 Weymouth, Frederick C. Murphy 61 75 209 Bedford, Lt. Job Lane School 183 74 209 Braintree, Archie T. Morrison 64 74 209 Chatham, Chatham Elementary 50 74 209 Mansfield, Jordan/Jackson Elementary 372 74 209 River Valley Charter School 27 74 209 Taunton, Hopewell 54 74 215 Barnstable, Centerville Elementary 64 73 215 Braintree, Mary E. Flaherty School 55 73 215 Brookline, Pierce 60 73 215 Dracut, Greenmont Avenue School 59 73 215 Duxbury, Alden School 280 73 215 Franklin, Jefferson Elementary 111 73 215 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Green Meadows Elementary 63 73 215 Hudson, Forest Avenue Elementary 65 73 215 Ipswich, Winthrop 85 73 215 Nashoba Regional, Center School 89 73 215 North Attleborough, Roosevelt Avenue 38 73 215 Plymouth, Nathaniel Morton Elementary 107 73 215 Tewksbury, L. F. Dewing 124 73 215 Wachusett Regional, Dawson School 76 73 229 Arlington, Hardy 47 72 229 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Mitchell Elementary School 240 72 229 Easthampton, Neil A. Pepin 35 72 229 Hilltown Cooperative Charter School 18 72 229 Holliston, Miller School 206 72 229 Hopedale, Memorial 94 72 229 Ipswich, Paul F. Doyon Memorial 68 72 229 Mattapoisett, Old Hammondtown 68 72 229 Mendon-Upton Regional, Miscoe Hill Elementary 256 72 229 Needham, Newman Elementary 108 72 229 Northborough, Marion E. Zeh 53 72 229 Pittsfield, Allendale 46 72 229 Reading, Joshua Eaton 95 72 229 Somerset, Chace Street 46 72 229 Swampscott, Machon Elementary 21 72 229 Wachusett Regional, Houghton Elementary 99 72 229 Waltham, Douglas MacArthur Elementary 50 72 246 Burlington, Fox Hill 76 71 246 Carlisle, Carlisle School 74 71 246 Fairhaven, Leroy Wood 45 71 246 Grafton, Grafton Intermediate 219 71 246 Groton-Dunstable Regional, Swallow/Union School 67 71 246 Ludlow, Veterans Park Elementary 69 71 246 Milton, Cunningham School 79 71 246 North Andover, Kittredge 57 71 246 Pittsfield, Stearns 42 71 246 Quincy, Squantum 45 71 246 Rockport, Rockport Elementary 80 71 246 Shrewsbury, Calvin Coolidge 74 71 246 Truro, Truro Central 14 71 246 Westford, Abbot Elementary 144 71 260 Agawam, James Clark School 71 70 260 Beverly, Cove Elementary 67 70 260 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, LaLiberte Elementary 176 70 260 Chelmsford, South Row 91 70 260 Lincoln, Lincoln School 99 70 260 Longmeadow, Blueberry Hill 85 70 260 Marion, Sippican 68 70 260 Needham, Hillside Elementary 69 70 260 Pembroke, Hobomock Elementary 100 70 260 Quincy, Snug Harbor Community School 39 70 260 Springfield, Glenwood 50 70 260 Triton Regional, Pine Grove 83 70 260 Wayland, Happy Hollow School 60 70 260 Weymouth, Ralph Talbot 71 70 260 Worcester, Flagg Street 61 70 275 Brookline, John D. Runkle 55 69 275 Central Berkshire Regional, Craneville Elementary 93 69 275 Foxborough Regional Charter School 100 69 275 Marston Mill East Charter School 79 69 275 Medford, Christopher Columbus 54 69 275 Melrose, Horace Mann 46 69 275 Millis, Clyde F. Brown 102 69 275 Milton, Collicot 64 69 275 Milton, Tucker 41 69 275 North Reading, J. Turner Hood 82 69 275 Peabody, John E. McCarthy 48 69 275 Plymouth, Federal Furnace School 68 69 275 Plymouth, South Elementary 140 69 275 Wachusett Regional, Leroy E. Mayo School 90 69 275 Walpole, Boyden 79 69 290 Abington, Center 50 68 290 Boston, Lyndon 57 68 290 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Burnell Elementary School 53 68 290 Danvers, Great Oak 59 68 290 Dartmouth, James M. Quinn School 82 68 290 Dighton-Rehoboth Regional, Dighton Elementary 100 68 290 Haverhill, Bradford Elementary 147 68 290 Lee, Lee Elementary 56 68 290 Melrose, Herbert Clark Hoover 44 68 290 Middleton, Howe-Manning 100 68 290 Peabody, John E. Burke 59 68 290 Pelham, Pelham Elementary 19 68 290 Revere, William Mckinley 63 68 290 Rochester, Rochester Memorial 84 68 290 Wachusett Regional, Naquag Elementary 47 68 290 West Tisbury Regional, West Tisbury Elementary 31 68 290 Westborough, Mill Pond School 285 68 290 Weymouth, Lawrence W. Pingree 48 68 308 Agawam, Benjamin J. Phelps 92 67 308 Agawam, Clifford M. Granger 85 67 308 Barnstable, Cotuit Elementary 60 67 308 Dartmouth, Andrew B. Cushman 43 67 308 Deerfield, Deerfield Elementary 60 67 308 Framingham, Hemenway 92 67 308 Franklin, Parmenter 64 67 308 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Stony Hill School 63 67 308 Hawlemont Regional, Hawlemont Regional 15 67 308 Lynn, Edward A. Sisson 66 67 308 Norton, Henri A. Yelle 234 67 308 Peabody, Samuel Brown 46 67 308 Southampton, William E. Norris 69 67 308 Springfield, Arthur T. Talmadge 46 67 308 Stoughton, South Elementary 57 67 308 Taunton, East Taunton Elementary 134 67 308 Uxbridge, Earl D. Taft 146 67 308 Wakefield, Woodville School 94 67 326 Amherst, Marks Meadow Elementary 35 66 326 Barnstable, Hyannis West Elementary 46 66 326 Barnstable, West Barnstable Elementary 47 66 326 Beverly, McKeown Elementary 48 66 326 Foxborough, Vincent M. Igo Elementary 99 66 326 Framingham, Miriam F. McCarthy School 76 66 326 Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Bessie Buker Elementary 42 66 326 Hudson, C. A. Farley 93 66 326 Melrose, Roosevelt 44 66 326 Pittsfield, Williams 62 66 326 Quincy, Beechwood Knoll Elementary 74 66 326 Scituate, Jenkins Elementary 93 66 326 Somerset, North Elementary 81 66 326 Stoughton, Joseph R. Dawe Jr. Elementary 65 66 326 Walpole, Elm Street 69 66 326 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Indian Head 150 66 342 Bellingham, Clara Macy Elementary 62 65 342 Billerica, John F. Kennedy 103 65 342 Braintree, Liberty 68 65 342 Greenfield, Four Corners 43 65 342 Lexington, Harrington 64 65 342 Newton, Franklin 60 65 342 Northampton, Jackson Street 49 65 342 Salem, Carlton 20 65 342 Stoneham, Robin Hood 45 65 342 Sturbridge, Burgess Elementary 112 65 342 Tyngsborough, Tyngsborough Elementary 171 65 342 Wellfleet, Wellfleet Elementary 20 65 342 Williamstown, Williamstown Elementary 69 65 342 Wilmington, North Intermediate 171 65 342 Wrentham, Charles E. Roderick 166 65 357 Amherst, Wildwood Elementary 53 64 357 Burlington, Francis Wyman Elementary 103 64 357 Canton, Lt. Peter M. Hansen School 89 64 357 Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional, Heritage School 186 64 357 Easton, H. H. Richardson School 129 64 357 Georgetown, Penn Brook 112 64 357 Harwich, Harwich Elementary 90 64 357 Lakeville, George R. Austin Intermediate 158 64 357 Ludlow, Chapin Elementary 53 64 357 Lynn, Sewell-Anderson 33 64 357 Lynnfield, Huckleberry Hill 87 64 357 Monson, Quarry Hill Community School 101 64 357 North Andover, Atkinson 47 64 357 Sandwich, Oak Ridge 111 64 357 Wachusett Regional, Davis Hill Elementary School 100 64 357 Wayland, Loker School 59 64 357 Westfield, Munger Hill 75 64 357 Weymouth, Wessagusset 73 64 357 Woburn, Shamrock 25 64 376 Attleboro, Thomas E. Willett Elementary 69 63 376 Easthampton, Center School 33 63 376 Easthampton, Maple 43 63 376 Fall River, James Tansey 40 63 376 Fitchburg, Crocker Elementary 91 63 376 Littleton, Russell St Elementary 135 63 376 Lunenburg, Thomas C. Passios Elementary 118 63 376 Marblehead Community Charter School 46 63 376 New Bedford, Ellen R. Hathaway 55 63 376 Peabody, South Memorial 59 63 376 Pentucket Regional, Elmer S. Bagnall School 110 63 376 Springfield, Alice B. Beal Elementary 41 63