Top-scoring schools on the 5th-grade MCAS

Schools are ranked on the percentage of students scoring "Advanced" or "Proficient" on the 5th 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.

5th GRADE ENGLISH 2007 Rank  School name Number tested Score 1 Concord, Willard 54 98 2 Sudbury, General John Nixon Elementary 86 97 2 Westwood, Paul Hanlon 33 97 2 Winchester, Ambrose Elementary 58 97 5 Swampscott, Stanley Elementary 42 96 5 Winchester, Lynch Elementary 56 96 5 Winchester, Muraco 63 96 8 Pelham, Pelham Elementary 19 95 8 Shutesbury, Shutesbury Elementary 20 95 8 Westford, John A. Crisafulli Elementary 149 95 11 Peabody, West Memorial 50 94 11 Winchester, Lincoln 62 94 13 Arlington, Brackett School 58 93 13 Concord, Alcott 67 93 13 Needham, Broadmeadow 72 93 16 Acton, Gates 75 92 16 Acton, McCarthy-Towne 71 92 16 Arlington, Cyrus E. Dallin 48 92 16 Boston, Hugh Roe O'Donnell 24 92 16 Brookline, Michael Driscoll 35 92 16 Lexington, Joseph Estabrook 89 92 16 Needham, Newman Elementary 110 92 16 Newton, Underwood 39 92 16 Sharon, Cottage Street 93 92 25 Harvard, Harvard Elementary 112 91 25 Hingham, William L. Foster Elementary 80 91 25 Marshfield, Eames Way School 66 91 25 Newton, Bowen 54 91 25 North Attleborough, Joseph W. Martin Jr. Elementary 115 91 25 Reading, Birch Meadow 46 91 25 Sherborn, Pine Hill 79 91 25 Wellesley, Hunnewell 59 91 25 Wellesley, Schofield 53 91 25 West Tisbury Regional, Chilmark Elementary 11 91 25 Westwood, William E. Sheehan 48 91 36 Acton, Luther Conant 70 90 36 Andover, Henry C. Sanborn Elementary 68 90 36 Andover, South Elementary 85 90 36 Canton, Lt. Peter M. Hansen School 82 90 36 Newton, A. E. Angier 60 90 36 Newton, Mason-Rice 51 90 36 North Reading, J. Turner Hood 92 90 36 Wellesley, Ernest F. Upham 39 90 36 Wellesley, Joseph E. Fiske 49 90 45 Acton, Douglas 77 89 45 Amherst, Marks Meadow Elementary 18 89 45 Andover, High Plain Elementary 97 89 45 Braintree, Hollis 82 89 45 Brookline, Edith C. Baker 65 89 45 Dartmouth, Andrew B. Cushman 43 89 45 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Memorial Elementary 65 89 45 Ipswich, Paul F. Doyon Memorial 79 89 45 Leverett, Leverett Elementary 18 89 45 Lexington, Bridge 90 89 45 Longmeadow, Blueberry Hill 91 89 45 Medfield, Dale Street 262 89 45 Needham, William Mitchell 64 89 45 North Andover, Annie L. Sargent School 96 89 45 North Andover, Kittredge 54 89 45 Reading, Joshua Eaton 86 89 45 Sharon, East Elementary 70 89 45 Sudbury, Peter Noyes Elementary 112 89 45 Wellesley, Katharine Lee Bates 55 89 45 Westwood, Martha Jones 55 89 65 Acton, Merriam 94 88 65 Andover, Bancroft Elementary 81 88 65 Canton, John F. Kennedy School 74 88 65 Carlisle, Carlisle School 89 88 65 Concord, Thoreau 75 88 65 Fairhaven, East Fairhaven 24 88 65 Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Winthrop School 74 88 65 Hilltown Cooperative Charter School 17 88 65 Hingham, South Elementary 87 88 65 Lexington, Maria Hastings 82 88 65 Pentucket Regional, Dr. John C. Page School 77 88 65 Quabbin Regional, New Braintree Grade 16 88 65 Westwood, Deerfield 40 88 78 Andover, West Elementary 132 87 78 Brewster, Eddy Elementary 77 87 78 Hopkinton, Hopkins Elementary School 295 87 78 Ipswich, Winthrop 80 87 78 Newton, Franklin 68 87 78 Newton, Peirce 45 87 78 North Andover, Franklin 63 87 78 Norwell, William G. Vinal 82 87 78 Orleans, Orleans Elementary 37 87 78 Petersham, Petersham Center 23 87 78 Swampscott, Hadley Elementary 52 87 78 Topsfield, Proctor Elementary 105 87 78 Wachusett Regional, Leroy E. Mayo School 80 87 91 Duxbury, Alden School 231 86 91 Lexington, Bowman 78 86 91 Nashoba Regional, Center School 88 86 91 Newton, Cabot 64 86 91 Newton, Countryside 77 86 91 Stoneham, Robin Hood 50 86 91 Triton Regional, Pine Grove 72 86 91 Wachusett Regional, Dawson School 77 86 91 Wayland, Loker School 64 86 91 West Boylston, Major Edwards Elementary 77 86 91 Winchester, Vinson-Owen 51 86 102 Belmont, Winthrop L. Chenery Middle School 267 85 102 Brookline, Heath 34 85 102 Dover, Chickering School 105 85 102 Franklin, Helen Keller 108 85 102 Franklin, J. F. Kennedy Memorial 85 85 102 Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Cutler School 60 85 102 Lincoln, Lincoln School 75 85 102 Newton, John Ward 41 85 102 North Reading, E. Ethel Little School 66 85 102 Norwell, Grace Farrar Cole 91 85 102 Southborough, Margaret A. Neary 173 85 102 Sudbury, Israel Loring Elementary 98 85 102 Sudbury, Josiah Haynes Elementary 81 85 102 Wales, Wales Elementary 14 85 102 Weston, Field Elementary School 210 85 102 Woburn, Clyde Reeves 61 85 102 Woburn, Daniel P. Hurld 39 85 119 Arlington, Hardy 57 84 119 Boxborough, Blanchard Memorial 97 84 119 Danvers, Great Oak 58 84 119 Hingham, Plymouth River 111 84 119 Longmeadow, Center 76 84 119 Marshfield, Gov. Edward Winslow 75 84 119 Milton, Collicot 68 84 119 Nashoba Regional, Florence Sawyer School 75 84 119 Newton, C. C. Burr 58 84 119 Norfolk, Freeman-Centennial 151 84 119 North Attleborough, Roosevelt Avenue 43 84 119 Northborough, Fannie E. Proctor 50 84 119 Northborough, Marion E. Zeh 56 84 119 Wachusett Regional, Paxton Center School 58 84 119 Wayland, Claypit Hill School 81 84 119 Westford, Norman E. Day Elementary 136 84 135 Brookline, Pierce 65 83 135 Cohasset, Deer Hill 111 83 135 Dedham, Oakdale 77 83 135 Gloucester, West Parish 69 83 135 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Soule Road School 76 83 135 Lynn, Capt. William G. Shoemaker 60 83 135 Mansfield, Jordan/Jackson Elementary 407 83 135 Newton, Horace Mann 57 83 135 Peabody, South Memorial 73 83 135 Reading, Alice M. Barrows 62 83 135 Rising Tide Charter School 82 83 135 Sandwich, Henry T. Wing 72 83 135 Scituate, Wampatuck Elementary 62 83 135 Wellesley, John D. Hardy 46 83 135 Westford, Abbot Elementary 124 83 150 Bedford, Lt. Job Lane School 167 82 150 East Longmeadow, Mountain View 102 82 150 Framingham, Potter Road 44 82 150 Lexington, Fiske 56 82 150 Lynnfield, Lynnfield Middle School 169 82 150 Melrose, Roosevelt 49 82 150 Newton, Williams 46 82 150 Newton, Zervas 62 82 150 Reading, J. Warren Killam 84 82 150 Reading, Wood End Elementary School 74 82 150 Scituate, Hatherly Elementary 44 82 150 Westborough, Mill Pond School 276 82 162 Arlington, Peirce 41 81 162 Brookline, Lawrence 47 81 162 Chelmsford, McCarthy Middle School 214 81 162 Franklin, Oak Street Elementary 72 81 162 Holliston, Miller School 210 81 162 Manchester-Essex Regional, Manchester Memorial Elementary 67 81 162 Marshfield, South River 91 81 162 Melrose, Horace Mann 47 81 162 Milton, Cunningham School 83 81 162 Milton, Glover 77 81 162 North Attleborough, Falls 48 81 162 North Reading, L. D. Batchelder 79 81 162 West Tisbury Regional, West Tisbury Elementary 32 81 175 Arlington, Thompson 45 80 175 Ben Franklin Classical Charter School 48 80 175 Boxford, Spofford Pond 161 80 175 Braintree, Highlands 53 80 175 Brookline, Edward Devotion 73 80 175 Brookline, John D. Runkle 40 80 175 Danvers, Willis E. Thorpe 60 80 175 Hatfield, Dorothy M. Breor Elementary 30 80 175 Lenox, Morris 62 80 175 Martha's Vineyard Charter School 15 80 175 Melrose, Lincoln 70 80 175 Natick, John F. Kennedy Middle School 129 80 175 Norwood, Charles J. Prescott 48 80 175 Pentucket Regional, Elmer S. Bagnall School 83 80 175 Sharon, Heights Elementary 109 80 175 Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury Middle School 449 80 175 Walpole, Old Post Road 86 80 175 Wrentham, Charles E. Roderick 164 80 193 Arlington, M. Norcross Stratton 33 79 193 Beverly, Centerville Elementary 49 79 193 Beverly, Cove Elementary 79 79 193 Easton, F. L. Olmsted 161 79 193 Easton, H. H. Richardson School 151 79 193 Franklin, Jefferson Elementary 97 79 193 Lynn, Edward A. Sisson 66 79 193 Mattapoisett, Old Hammondtown 63 79 193 Middleton, Howe-Manning 124 79 193 Pembroke, North Pembroke Elementary 99 79 193 Plympton, Dennett Elementary 38 79 193 Scituate, Cushing Elementary 53 79 193 Walpole, Elm Street 65 79 193 Westwood, Downey 48 79 207 Amherst, Fort River Elementary 57 78 207 Amherst, Wildwood Elementary 69 78 207 Braintree, Mary E. Flaherty School 59 78 207 Framingham, Hemenway 82 78 207 Groton-Dunstable Regional, Groton-Dunstable Regional Middle School 238 78 207 Marblehead Community Charter School 45 78 207 Marblehead, Village School 221 78 207 Marion, Sippican 64 78 207 Needham, Hillside Elementary 53 78 207 Needham, John Eliot 55 78 207 Somerset, Wilbur 31 78 207 Truro, Truro Central 18 78 207 Wachusett Regional, Davis Hill Elementary School 82 78 207 Whately, Whately Elementary 18 78 207 Woburn, Wyman 23 78 222 Danvers, Ivan G. Smith 53 77 222 Eastham, Eastham Elementary 26 77 222 Hull, Lillian M. Jacobs 83 77 222 Kingston, Kingston Intermediate 152 77 222 Lexington, Harrington 67 77 222 Lynn, Sewell-Anderson 39 77 222 Marshfield, Martinson Elementary 82 77 222 Melrose, Winthrop 68 77 222 Natick, Wilson Middle School 219 77 222 Plymouth, Plymouth Community Intermediate School 62 77 222 Rockport, Rockport Elementary 68 77 222 Wachusett Regional, Thomas Prince School 56 77 222 Watertown, James Russell Lowell 56 77 222 West Bridgewater, Howard School 99 77 222 Wilmington, West Intermediate 159 77 237 Amherst, Crocker Farm Elementary 37 76 237 Chatham, Chatham Middle School 58 76 237 Chelmsford, Col. Moses Parker School 174 76 237 Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional, Charlton Middle School 183 76 237 Peabody, John E. McCarthy 45 76 237 Pembroke, Hobomock Elementary 83 76 237 Pittsfield, Egremont 89 76 237 Plymouth, Federal Furnace School 73 76 237 Plymouth, Nathaniel Morton Elementary 86 76 237 Somerset, North Elementary 71 76 237 Spencer-East Brookfield Regional, East Brookfield Elementary 33 76 237 Swampscott, Clarke Elementary 40 76 237 Wachusett Regional, Chocksett Middle School 104 76 237 Wayland, Happy Hollow School 53 76 237 Wellesley, Sprague Elementary 71 76 252 Ashburnham-Westminster Regional, Briggs Elementary 77 75 252 Dedham, Riverdale 36 75 252 Deerfield, Deerfield Elementary 64 75 252 Fall River, Fowler Elementary 24 75 252 Fall River, Spencer Borden 57 75 252 Grafton, Grafton Intermediate 233 75 252 Marshfield, Daniel Webster 53 75 252 Nahant, Johnson School 28 75 252 Newton, Lincoln-Eliot 40 75 252 Northampton, R. K. Finn Ryan Road 44 75 252 Northbridge, Northbridge Middle School 188 75 252 Westfield, Munger Hill 70 75 252 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Indian Head 149 75 252 Wilmington, North Intermediate 149 75 266 Ayer, Ayer Middle School 77 74 266 Boston, Joyce Kilmer 42 74 266 Braintree, Liberty 68 74 266 Canton, Dean S. Luce School 75 74 266 Carver, Gov John Carver Elementary 149 74 266 Chesterfield-Goshen Regional Schools, New Hingham Regional Elementary 19 74 266 Danvers, Highlands 50 74 266 Foxborough, John J. Ahern 206 74 266 Hanover, Hanover Middle School 238 74 266 Holland, Holland Elementary 27 74 266 Hudson, Mulready Elementary 46 74 266 Melrose, Herbert Clark Hoover 42 74 266 Newton, Memorial Spaulding 70 74 266 Northborough, Lincoln Street 61 74 266 Northborough, Marguerite E. Peaslee 51 74 266 Plymouth, Plymouth South Middle School 157 74 266 River Valley Charter School 35 74 266 Rochester, Rochester Memorial 78 74 266 Sandwich, Oak Ridge 122 74 266 Springfield, Arthur T. Talmadge 46 74 266 Wakefield, Galvin Middle School 236 74 266 Waltham, Douglas MacArthur Elementary 53 74 288 Auburn, Pakachoag 95 73 288 Billerica, Frederick J. Dutile 86 73 288 Boston, Manassah E. Bradley 48 73 288 Brimfield, Brimfield Elementary 40 73 288 Burlington, Francis Wyman Elementary 88 73 288 Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Bessie Buker Elementary 37 73 288 Lanesborough, Lanesborough Elementary 47 73 288 Littleton, Russell St Elementary 124 73 288 New Bedford, Horatio A. Kempton 11 73 288 North Middlesex Regional, Ashby Elementary 41 73 288 Walpole, Boyden 60 73 288 Walpole, Fisher 76 73 288 Waltham, James Fitzgerald Elementary 33 73 301 Burlington, Fox Hill 86 72 301 Dartmouth, George H. Potter 85 72 301 Dartmouth, James M. Quinn School 115 72 301 Dedham, Greenlodge 81 72 301 East Longmeadow, Mapleshade 98 72 301 Hopedale, Memorial 97 72 301 Lincoln, Hanscom Middle School 42 72 301 Lunenburg, Thomas C. Passios Elementary 130 72 301 Lynn, Aborn 32 72 301 Lynn, Brickett Elementary 32 72 301 Manchester-Essex Regional, Essex Elementary School 43 72 301 Medway, Medway Middle School 218 72 301 Mendon-Upton Regional, Miscoe Hill Elementary 232 72 301 North Andover, Thomson 68 72 301 North Attleborough, Amvet Boulevard 65 72 301 Northampton, Leeds 50 72 301 Pittsfield, Allendale 59 72 301 Pittsfield, Robert T. Capeless Elementary 50 72 301 Plainville, Beatrice H. Wood Elementary 103 72 301 Plymouth, Cold Spring 43 72 301 Plymouth, West Elementary 45 72 301 Revere, Beachmont Veterans Memorial School 39 72 301 Stoneham, South 47 72 301 Stoughton, Joseph R. Dawe Jr. Elementary 61 72 301 Stoughton, South Elementary 43 72 301 Sutton, Sutton Elementary 135 72 301 Swansea, Joseph G. Luther 81 72 301 Wachusett Regional, Glenwood Elementary School 76 72 301 Weymouth, Abigail Adams Middle School 160 72 330 Berkshire Hills Regional, Monument Valley Regional Middle School 82 71 330 Boylston, Boylston Elementary 55 71 330 Brookline, William H. Lincoln 45 71 330 Edgartown, Edgartown Elementary 31 71 330 Freetown-Lakeville Regional, Freetown-Lakeville Intermediate School 281 71 330 Gloucester, East Gloucester Elementary 34 71 330 Hadley, Hadley Elementary 51 71 330 Nantucket, Nantucket Elementary 87 71 330 North Andover, Atkinson 58 71 330 Norwood, F. A. Cleveland 77 71 330 Oak Bluffs, Oak Bluffs Elementary 45 71 330 Peabody, John E. Burke 61 71 330 Pembroke, Bryantville Elementary 89 71 330 Plymouth, Manomet Elementary 48 71 330 Salem, Saltonstall School 38 71 330 Sandwich, Forestdale 97 71 330 Somerset, Chace Street 54 71 330 Sunderland, Sunderland Elementary 34 71 330 Watertown, Cunniff 51 71 330 Williamstown, Williamstown Elementary 66 71 350 Arlington, John A. Bishop 61 70 350 Ashland, David Mindess 214 70 350 Barnstable Horace Mann Charter School 441 70 350 Bellingham, Bellingham Memorial Middle School 180 70 350 Chicopee, Lambert-Lavoie 56 70 350 Conservatory Lab Charter School 20 70 350 Fall River, Leontine Lincoln 10 70 350 Florida, Abbott Memorial 10 70 350 Ludlow, Chapin Elementary 69 70 350 Newburyport, Rupert A. Nock Middle School 142 70 350 North Middlesex Regional, Varnum Brook 167 70 350 Northampton, Jackson Street 46 70 350 Quincy, Wollaston School 59 70 350 Westfield, Southampton Road 81 70 350 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Louise A. Conley 87 70 350 Woburn, Linscott-Rumford 33 70 350 Worcester, Flagg Street 64 70 367 Avon, Ralph D. Butler 61 69 367 Beverly, Hannah Elementary 49 69 367 Braintree, Donald Ross 64 69 367 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Burnell Elementary School 49 69 367 Central Berkshire Regional, Becket Washington School 16 69 367 Fall River, Osborn Street 16 69 367 Farmington River Regional, Farmington River Elementary 19 69 367 Mohawk Trail Regional, Sanderson Academy Elementary 22 69 367 North Middlesex Regional, Squannacook 127 69 367 Norwood, Cornelius M. Callahan 32 69 367 Pentucket Regional, Helen R. Donaghue School 104 69 367 Plymouth, Hedge 22 69 367 Quabbin Regional, Hardwick Elementary 26 69 367 Quincy, Montclair 54 69 367 Rockland, R. Stewart Esten 85 69 367 Saugus, Douglas Waybright 49 69 367 Seekonk, George R. Martin 79 69 367 Southern Berkshire Regional, Undermountain 61 69 367 Sturbridge, Burgess Elementary 117