Top-scoring schools on the 6th-grade MCAS

Schools are ranked on the percentage of students scoring "Advanced" or "Proficient" on the 6th 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.

6th GRADE ENGLISH 2007 Rank  School name Number tested Score 1 Brookline, Heath 35 100 1 Hilltown Cooperative Charter School 19 100 1 Pelham, Pelham Elementary 21 100 4 Topsfield, Proctor Elementary 96 99 5 Acton, Luther Conant 67 97 5 Scituate, Wampatuck Elementary 46 97 7 Conway, Conway Grammar 20 95 7 Somerville, Benjamin G. Brown 19 95 7 Wellesley, Wellesley Middle School 322 95 10 Amherst, Marks Meadow Elementary 17 94 10 Brookline, Michael Driscoll 35 94 10 Nashoba Regional, Florence Sawyer School 81 94 10 Petersham, Petersham Center 18 94 14 Acton, Gates 74 93 14 Acton, Merriam 96 93 14 Ben Franklin Classical Charter School 42 93 14 Boxford, Spofford Pond 117 93 14 Brookline, Edward Devotion 68 93 14 Lexington, Jonas Clarke Middle School 247 93 14 Sharon, Sharon Middle School 313 93 21 Acton, Douglas 75 92 21 Marion, Sippican 56 92 21 Newton, Charles E. Brown Middle School 225 92 21 Westford, Blanchard Middle School 208 92 21 Westwood, E. W. Thurston Middle School 241 92 26 Advanced Math and Science Academy 147 91 26 Andover, Andover West Middle School 168 91 26 Brookline, Pierce 52 91 26 Concord, Concord Middle School 187 91 26 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Soule Road School 67 91 26 Lexington, William Diamond Middle School 255 91 26 Littleton, Littleton Middle School 101 91 26 Medfield, Thomas Blake Middle School 251 91 26 Pentucket Regional, Dr. John C. Page School 63 91 26 Scituate, Cushing Elementary 59 91 26 Sudbury, Ephraim Curtis Middle School 344 91 37 Acton, McCarthy-Towne 72 90 37 Bedford, John Glenn Middle School 192 90 37 Carlisle, Carlisle School 105 90 37 Hanover, Hanover Middle School 225 90 37 Pembroke, North Pembroke Elementary 76 90 37 Sunderland, Sunderland Elementary 31 90 37 Westford, Stony Brook School 228 90 37 Weston, Weston Middle School 178 90 37 Worcester, Thorndyke Road 47 90 46 Andover, Doherty Middle School 195 89 46 Brimfield, Brimfield Elementary 47 89 46 Dover-Sherborn Regional, Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School 174 89 46 Farmington River Regional, Farmington River Elementary 17 89 46 Fitchburg, Fitchburg Arts Academy 28 89 46 Franklin, Horace Mann 190 89 46 Gill-Montague Regional, Gill Elementary 18 89 46 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Stony Hill School 75 89 46 Hatfield, Dorothy M. Breor Elementary 37 89 46 Hopkinton, Hopkinton Middle School 259 89 46 Nashoba Regional, Hale Middle School 84 89 46 Reading, Arthur W. Coolidge Middle School 152 89 46 Reading, Walter S. Parker Middle School 201 89 46 Scituate, Jenkins Elementary 92 89 46 Southborough, P. Brent Trottier 184 89 46 Westborough, Mill Pond School 245 89 62 Belmont, Winthrop L. Chenery Middle School 266 88 62 Duxbury, Duxbury Middle School 260 88 62 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Memorial Elementary 68 88 62 Longmeadow, Glenbrook Middle School 143 88 62 Longmeadow, Williams Middle School 122 88 62 Nashoba Regional, Luther Burbank Middle School 68 88 62 Needham, Pollard Middle School 358 88 62 Quincy, Central Middle School 191 88 62 Triton Regional, Pine Grove 59 88 62 West Tisbury Regional, West Tisbury Elementary 43 88 62 Winchester, McCall Middle School 311 88 73 Amherst, Wildwood Elementary 64 87 73 Andover, Wood Hill Middle School 134 87 73 Arlington, Ottoson Middle School 343 87 73 Hadley, Hadley Elementary 39 87 73 Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Miles River Middle School 171 87 73 Harvard, Bromfield 117 87 73 Rochester, Rochester Memorial 81 87 73 Shutesbury, Shutesbury Elementary 22 87 73 Wrentham, Charles E. Roderick 154 87 82 Boxborough, Blanchard Memorial 90 86 82 Brookline, Edith C. Baker 68 86 82 Chatham, Chatham Middle School 53 86 82 Groton-Dunstable Regional, Groton-Dunstable Regional Middle School 230 86 82 Hopedale, Memorial 102 86 82 Marblehead, Village School 179 86 82 North Reading, North Reading Middle School 208 86 82 Wachusett Regional, Paxton Center School 52 86 90 Ipswich, Ipswich Middle School 167 85 90 Kingston, Kingston Intermediate 198 85 90 Lynnfield, Lynnfield Middle School 182 85 90 Marshfield, Furnace Brook Middle School 354 85 90 Nauset Regional, Nauset Regional Middle School 138 85 90 Norfolk, Freeman-Centennial 146 85 90 Northborough, Robert E. Melican Middle School 195 85 90 Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury Middle School 474 85 90 Southern Berkshire Regional, Undermountain 59 85 90 Wachusett Regional, Mountview Middle School 251 85 90 Wayland, Wayland Middle School 250 85 101 Abington, Center 54 84 101 Acushnet, Albert F. Ford Middle School 117 84 101 Canton, William H. Galvin Middle School 242 84 101 Chelmsford, Col. Moses Parker School 173 84 101 Foxborough, John J. Ahern 219 84 101 Hingham, Hingham Middle School 301 84 101 Lincoln, Lincoln School 77 84 101 Middleton, Howe-Manning 113 84 101 Newton, Bigelow Middle School 167 84 101 Norwell, Norwell Middle School 176 84 101 Pentucket Regional, Elmer S. Bagnall School 97 84 101 Scituate, Hatherly Elementary 51 84 101 Wilmington, Wilmington Middle School 315 84 114 Brookline, John D. Runkle 36 83 114 Cohasset, Cohasset Middle/High School 119 83 114 Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional, Charlton Middle School 176 83 114 Gardner, Gardner Middle School 214 83 114 North Andover, North Andover Middle School 335 83 114 North Attleborough, North Attleborough Middle School 395 83 114 Pentucket Regional, Helen R. Donaghue School 100 83 114 River Valley Charter School 30 83 114 Sutton, Sutton Middle School 141 83 114 Woburn, Daniel L. Joyce Middle School 156 83 124 Abington, North 50 82 124 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Williams Middle School 284 82 124 Chelmsford, McCarthy Middle School 228 82 124 Easton, F. L. Olmsted 155 82 124 Grafton, Grafton Middle School 200 82 124 Nahant, Johnson School 27 82 124 Natick, John F. Kennedy Middle School 130 82 124 Natick, Wilson Middle School 202 82 124 Swampscott, Swampscott Middle School 172 82 124 Wachusett Regional, Central Tree Middle School 113 82 124 West Boylston, West Boylston Jr.-Sr. High School 87 82 124 West Bridgewater, Howard School 88 82 136 Brookline, William H. Lincoln 42 81 136 Chesterfield-Goshen Regional Schools, New Hingham Regional Elementary 26 81 136 Franklin, Remington Middle School 184 81 136 Holliston, Robert H. Adams Middle School 231 81 136 Hudson, John F. Kennedy 194 81 136 Lunenburg, Turkey Hill Middle School 130 81 136 Mansfield, Harold L. Qualters Middle School 393 81 136 Mohawk Trail Regional, Colrain Central Elementary 21 81 136 New Salem-Wendell Regional, Swift River School 16 81 136 Newton, F. A. Day Middle School 232 81 136 Seekonk, Dr. Kevin M. Hurley Middle School 177 81 136 Tyngsborough, Tyngsborough Middle 156 81 136 Wachusett Regional, Thomas Prince School 49 81 136 Walpole, Bird Middle School 141 81 136 Whately, Whately Elementary 21 81 151 Brookline, Lawrence 39 80 151 Dighton-Rehoboth Regional, Dighton Middle School 114 80 151 Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional, Dudley Middle School 128 80 151 Franklin, Annie Sullivan Middle School 158 80 151 Pembroke, Hobomock Elementary 92 80 151 Plympton, Dennett Elementary 35 80 151 Sandwich, Henry T. Wing 80 80 151 Stoughton, O'Donnell Middle School 275 80 151 Worcester, Lake View 25 80 160 Boston, Richard J. Murphy 129 79 160 East Longmeadow, Birchland Park 212 79 160 Easton, H. H. Richardson School 156 79 160 Excel Academy Charter School 52 79 160 Lanesborough, Lanesborough Elementary 37 79 160 Marblehead Community Charter School 44 79 160 Milford, Stacy Middle School 308 79 160 Plainville, Beatrice H. Wood Elementary 115 79 160 Tisbury, Tisbury Elementary 43 79 169 Amesbury, Amesbury Middle School 169 78 169 Boylston, Boylston Elementary 59 78 169 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Raynham Middle School 156 78 169 Burlington, Marshall Simonds Middle School 267 78 169 Cambridge, Cambridgeport School 35 78 169 Deerfield, Deerfield Elementary 63 78 169 Harwich, Harwich Middle School 105 78 169 Maynard, Fowler Middle School 98 78 169 Mendon-Upton Regional, Miscoe Hill Elementary 229 78 169 Spencer-East Brookfield Regional, East Brookfield Elementary 32 78 169 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman Middle School 176 78 169 Worcester, Tatnuck 72 78 181 Ashland, Ashland Middle School 193 77 181 Atlantis Charter School 69 77 181 Boston Collegiate Charter School 88 77 181 Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School 68 77 181 Dracut, George H. Englesby Intermediate School 333 77 181 East Bridgewater, Gordon W. Mitchell 191 77 181 Everett, George Keverian School 86 77 181 Freetown-Lakeville Regional, Freetown-Lakeville Middle School 237 77 181 Georgetown, Georgetown Middle/High School 114 77 181 Granby, East Meadow 88 77 181 Lenox, Lenox Memorial High School 60 77 181 Manchester-Essex Regional, Essex Elementary School 44 77 181 Medway, Medway Middle School 238 77 181 Melrose, Melrose Middle School 251 77 181 Norton, Norton Middle School 252 77 181 Oak Bluffs, Oak Bluffs Elementary 51 77 181 Quabbin Regional, Hubbardston Center 63 77 181 Richmond, Richmond Consolidated 22 77 181 Sandwich, Forestdale 121 77 181 Somerset, Somerset Middle School 216 77 181 Wachusett Regional, Chocksett Middle School 115 77 181 Walpole, Eleanor N. Johnson Middle School 157 77 181 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Hanson Middle School 159 77 181 Worcester, Flagg Street 54 77 205 Amherst, Fort River Elementary 94 76 205 Ashburnham-Westminster Regional, Overlook Middle School 196 76 205 Braintree, South Middle School 210 76 205 Cambridge, Graham and Parks School 42 76 205 Community Day Charter School 21 76 205 Mashpee, Quashnet School 145 76 205 Pioneer Valley Regional, Bernardston Elementary 25 76 205 Pioneer Valley Regional, Northfield Elementary 38 76 205 Wakefield, Galvin Middle School 283 76 205 Woburn, John F. Kennedy Middle School 174 76 215 Attleboro, Cyril K. Brennan Middle School 139 75 215 Avon, Ralph D. Butler 61 75 215 Barnstable Horace Mann Charter School 449 75 215 Berlin, Berlin Memorial 28 75 215 Boston, Rafael Hernandez 36 75 215 Danvers, Holten Richmond Middle School 284 75 215 Dighton-Rehoboth Regional, Dorothy L. Beckwith School 157 75 215 Norwood, Dr. Philip O. Coakley Middle School 272 75 215 Plymouth, Plymouth Community Intermediate School 395 75 215 Quabbin Regional, Hardwick Elementary 52 75 215 Watertown, Watertown Middle School 178 75 215 Worcester, Clark St. Community School 28 75 227 Amherst, Crocker Farm Elementary 42 74 227 Belchertown, Chestnut Hill Community School 215 74 227 Bourne, Bourne Middle School 193 74 227 Cambridge, Kennedy-Longfellow School 56 74 227 Dedham, Dedham Middle School 216 74 227 Falmouth, Morse Pond School 322 74 227 Martha's Vineyard Charter School 15 74 227 Methuen, Marsh Grammar School 137 74 227 Milton, Charles S. Pierce Middle School 285 74 227 Monson, Granite Valley Middle School 123 74 227 North Middlesex Regional, Hawthorne Brook 194 74 227 North Middlesex Regional, Nissitissit Middle School 154 74 227 Stoneham, Stoneham Middle School 206 74 227 Swansea, Joseph Case Jr. High School 178 74 227 Triton Regional, Newbury Elementary 67 74 227 Williamsburg, Anne T. Dunphy 30 74 243 Auburn, Auburn Middle School 195 73 243 Berkshire Hills Regional, Monument Valley Regional Middle School 66 73 243 Braintree, East Middle School 217 73 243 Cambridge, John M. Tobin School 29 73 243 Central Berkshire Regional, Nessacus Regional Middle School 138 73 243 Halifax, Halifax Elementary 101 73 243 Manchester-Essex Regional, Manchester Memorial Elementary 58 73 243 Newton, Oak Hill Middle School 188 73 243 Northbridge, Northbridge Middle School 191 73 243 Quabbin Regional, New Braintree Grade 11 73 243 Rockport, Rockport Middle School 83 73 243 Triton Regional, Salisbury Elementary 86 73 243 Uxbridge, Whitin Middle School 162 73 243 Wales, Wales Elementary 30 73 243 Williamstown, Williamstown Elementary 68 73 258 Adams-Cheshire Regional, Cheshire Elementary 32 72 258 Agawam, Agawam Middle School 353 72 258 Berkley, Berkley Middle School 103 72 258 Billerica, Locke Middle School 235 72 258 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, Mattacheese Middle School 181 72 258 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, N. H. Wixon Middle School 106 72 258 Framingham, Cameron Middle School 182 72 258 Lee, Lee Elementary 58 72 258 Lincoln, Hanscom Middle School 43 72 258 Mattapoisett, Old Hammondtown 77 72 258 Palmer, Converse Middle School 166 72 258 Pembroke, Bryantville Elementary 71 72 258 Sandwich, Oak Ridge 117 72 258 Shirley, Shirley Middle School 62 72 258 Southampton, William E. Norris 73 72 258 Sturbridge, Burgess Elementary 129 72 258 Taunton, Benjamin Friedman Middle School 230 72 258 Tewksbury, John F. Ryan 376 72 258 Waltham, John W. McDevitt Middle School 161 72 258 Weymouth, Maria Weston Chapman Middle School 314 72 258 Worcester, Francis J. McGrath Elementary 28 72 258 Worcester, Midland Street 28 72 280 Boston, Mary Lyon 14 71 280 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Burnell Elementary School 51 71 280 Fairhaven, Hastings Middle School 175 71 280 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Thornton Burgess School 74 71 280 Hull, Memorial Middle School 90 71 280 Leverett, Leverett Elementary 38 71 280 Ludlow, Paul R. Baird Middle School 229 71 280 Millbury, Raymond E. Shaw Elementary 145 71 280 Prospect Hill Academy Charter School 71 71 280 Somerville, Cummings 17 71 290 Abington, Woodsdale 93 70 290 Beverly, Briscoe Middle School 307 70 290 Lynn, Pickering Middle School 199 70 290 Quincy, Broad Meadows Middle School 106 70 290 Taunton, Joseph H. Martin 176 70 295 Cambridge, Amigos School 26 69 295 Christa McAuliffe Regional Charter School 76 69 295 Dartmouth, Dartmouth Middle School 326 69 295 Northampton, John F. Kennedy Middle School 212 69 295 Plymouth, Plymouth South Middle School 202 69 295 South Hadley, Michael E. Smith Middle School 168 69 295 Spencer-East Brookfield Regional, Wire Village School 115 69 302 Brockton, Louis F. Angelo Elementary 82 68 302 Edward Brooke Charter School 78 68 302 Foxborough Regional Charter School 93 68 302 Framingham, Walsh Middle School 276 68 302 Greenfield, Greenfield Middle School 108 68 302 Marlborough, Marlborough Middle School 344 68 302 Mystic Valley Regional Charter School 109 68 302 Nantucket, Cyrus Peirce School 80 68 302 Narragansett Regional, Narragansett Middle School 147 68 302 New Bedford Global Learning Charter School 71 68 302 Rising Tide Charter School 87 68 302 Waltham, John F. Kennedy Middle School 180 68 314 Ayer, Ayer Middle School 89 67 314 Cambridge, Maria L. Baldwin School 30 67 314 Granville, Granville Village 27 67 314 Haverhill, John G. Whittier 101 67 314 Kipp Academy Lynn Charter School 76 67 314 Malden, Beebe 98 67 314 North Brookfield, North Brookfield Elementary 58 67 314 Orange, Butterfield 107 67 314 Quabbin Regional, Ruggles Lane 74 67 314 Quaboag Regional, West Brookfield Elementary 56 67 314 Revere, Susan B. Anthony Middle School 160 67 314 Roxbury Preparatory Charter School 75 67 314 Westhampton, Westhampton Elementary School 21 67 314 Westport, Westport Middle School 145 67 328 Billerica, Marshall Middle School 270 66 328 Leominster, Southeast Middle School 162 66 328 Peabody, J. Henry Higgins Middle School 490 66 328 Quaboag Regional, Warren Elementary 71 66 328 Southwick-Tolland Regional, Powder Mill School 144 66 328 Winthrop, Winthrop Middle School 156 66 328 Worcester, Heard Street 42 66 328 Worcester, Worcester Arts Magnet School 26 66 336 Athol-Royalston Regional, Royalston Community School 20 65 336 Attleboro, Robert J. Coelho Middle School 149 65 336 Boston, Lyndon 60 65 336 Douglas, Douglas Intermediate School 111 65 336 Edgartown, Edgartown Elementary 35 65 336 Methuen, Comprehensive Grammar School 112 65 336 Newburyport, Rupert A. Nock Middle School 184 65 336 Quincy, Atlantic Middle School 133 65 344 Blackstone-Millville Regional, Frederick W. Hartnett Middle School 191 64 344 Holbrook, South 95 64 344 Westfield, North Middle School 274 64 344 Worcester, Nelson Place 59 64 348 Adams-Cheshire Regional, Adams Middle School 82 63 348 Bellingham, Bellingham Memorial Middle School 188 63 348 Brockton, Gilmore Academy 156 63 348 Brookfield, Brookfield Elementary 49 63 348 Haverhill, Caleb Dustin Hunking 130 63 348 Hawlemont Regional, Hawlemont Regional 16 63 348 Malden, Salemwood 132 63 348 Middleborough, John T. Nichols Middle School 310 63 348 Pittsfield, Theodore Herberg Middle School 220 63 348 Provincetown, Veterans Memorial Elementary 16 63 358 Attleboro, Wamsutta Middle School 157 62 358 Boston, Donald Mckay 65 62 358 Boston, Mission Hill School 18 62 358 Cambridge, King Open School 42 62 358 Carver, Carver Middle School 170 62 358 Clinton, Clinton Middle School 160 62 358 Leominster, Samoset School 157 62 358 Lowell, James Sullivan Middle School 140 62 358 Neighborhood House Charter School 39 62 358 Oxford, Oxford Middle School 163 62 358 Weymouth, Abigail Adams Middle School 194 62 358 Worcester, May Street 48 62 370 Boston, Quincy Upper School 132 61 370 Boston, Young Achievers 40 61 370 Brockton, Hancock 97 61 370 Gateway Regional, Gateway Regional Middle School 113 61 370 Gloucester, Ralph B. O'Maley Middle School 254 61 370 Holyoke, Lt. Elmer J. McMahon Elementary