Top-scoring schools on the 8th-grade MCAS

Schools are ranked on the percentage of students scoring "Advanced" or "Proficient" on the 8th 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.

8th GRADE ENGLISH 2007 Rank  School name Number tested Score 1 Boston, Boston Latin 392 100 2 Andover, Andover West Middle School 169 98 2 Boston Preparatory Charter School 38 98 2 Harvard, Bromfield 120 98 2 Marblehead Community Charter School 44 98 2 Pioneer Valley Charter School 44 98 7 Ben Franklin Classical Charter School 28 97 7 Brockton, Gilmore Academy 68 97 7 Concord, Concord Middle School 215 97 7 Lexington, William Diamond Middle School 280 97 7 Marblehead, Marblehead Veterans Middle School 240 97 7 Weston, Weston Middle School 181 97 13 Boston, Boston Latin Academy 333 96 13 Boston, Rafael Hernandez 28 96 13 Carlisle, Carlisle School 91 96 13 Community Day Charter School 26 96 13 Dover-Sherborn Regional, Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School 135 96 13 Norwell, Norwell Middle School 166 96 13 Sharon, Sharon Middle School 262 96 13 Wayland, Wayland Middle School 239 96 13 Westborough, Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School 285 96 13 Westford, Stony Brook School 223 96 23 Boston, Sarah Greenwood 19 95 23 Cohasset, Cohasset Middle/High School 111 95 23 Lexington, Jonas Clarke Middle School 231 95 23 Longmeadow, Glenbrook Middle School 122 95 23 Longmeadow, Williams Middle School 137 95 23 Manchester-Essex Regional, Manchester Essex Regional Middle/High School 106 95 23 Nashoba Regional, Florence Sawyer School 86 95 23 Needham, Pollard Middle School 329 95 23 Tisbury, Tisbury Elementary 38 95 23 Wachusett Regional, Paxton Center School 55 95 23 Wellesley, Wellesley Middle School 307 95 23 Westford, Blanchard Middle School 197 95 35 Acton-Boxborough Regional, Raymond J. Grey Regional Jr. High 505 94 35 Andover, Doherty Middle School 180 94 35 Bedford, John Glenn Middle School 155 94 35 Brookline, Michael Driscoll 35 94 35 Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School 65 94 35 Groton-Dunstable Regional, Groton-Dunstable Regional Middle School 238 94 35 Hilltown Cooperative Charter School 18 94 35 Lincoln, Lincoln School 71 94 35 Medfield, Thomas Blake Middle School 246 94 35 Oak Bluffs, Oak Bluffs Elementary 52 94 35 River Valley Charter School 33 94 35 Sudbury, Ephraim Curtis Middle School 319 94 35 Wachusett Regional, Thomas Prince School 52 94 48 Brookline, Edward Devotion 80 93 48 Brookline, Heath 40 93 48 Brookline, William H. Lincoln 40 93 48 Duxbury, Duxbury Middle School 239 93 48 Hanover, Hanover Middle School 214 93 48 Hingham, Hingham Middle School 257 93 48 Prospect Hill Academy Charter School 71 93 48 Reading, Arthur W. Coolidge Middle School 142 93 48 Reading, Walter S. Parker Middle School 175 93 48 Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter School 14 93 48 Sandwich, Henry T. Wing 87 93 48 Westwood, E. W. Thurston Middle School 219 93 60 Arlington, Ottoson Middle School 328 92 60 Ashland, Ashland Middle School 194 92 60 Belmont, Winthrop L. Chenery Middle School 290 92 60 Boston, Mary Lyon 13 92 60 Boston, O'Bryant School Math/Science 100 92 60 Lincoln, Hanscom Middle School 46 92 60 Littleton, Littleton Middle School 99 92 60 Nauset Regional, Nauset Regional Middle School 189 92 60 Newton, F. A. Day Middle School 244 92 60 Newton, Oak Hill Middle School 185 92 60 Northborough, Robert E. Melican Middle School 218 92 60 Roxbury Preparatory Charter School 49 92 60 Southborough, P. Brent Trottier 165 92 73 Advanced Math and Science Academy 118 91 73 Amherst-Pelham Regional, Amherst Regional Middle School 268 91 73 Andover, Wood Hill Middle School 133 91 73 Avon, Avon Middle High School 62 91 73 Canton, William H. Galvin Middle School 234 91 73 Chatham, Chatham Middle School 55 91 73 Chelmsford, Col. Moses Parker School 177 91 73 Douglas, Douglas High School 132 91 73 Edward Brooke Charter School 44 91 73 Hopkinton, Hopkinton Middle School 269 91 73 Lunenburg, Turkey Hill Middle School 141 91 73 Martha's Vineyard Charter School 22 91 73 Newburyport, Rupert A. Nock Middle School 182 91 73 Newton, Bigelow Middle School 157 91 73 Newton, Charles E. Brown Middle School 235 91 73 North Reading, North Reading Middle School 216 91 73 Sandwich, Oak Ridge 122 91 73 Scituate, Gates Intermediate School 228 91 73 Shrewsbury, Oak Middle School 489 91 73 Swampscott, Swampscott Middle School 175 91 93 Boston Collegiate Charter School 57 90 93 Brookline, Pierce 55 90 93 Dighton-Rehoboth Regional, Dorothy L. Beckwith School 155 90 93 Franklin, Horace Mann 182 90 93 Georgetown, Georgetown Middle/High School 116 90 93 Holliston, Robert H. Adams Middle School 227 90 93 Marshfield, Furnace Brook Middle School 343 90 93 Mount Greylock Regional, Mt. Greylock Regional High School 96 90 93 North Middlesex Regional, Hawthorne Brook 183 90 93 Richmond, Richmond Consolidated 29 90 93 Somerset, Somerset Middle School 187 90 93 Southwick-Tolland Regional, Powder Mill School 138 90 93 Sutton, Sutton Middle School 137 90 93 Winchester, McCall Middle School 292 90 107 Chelmsford, McCarthy Middle School 244 89 107 East Longmeadow, Birchland Park 236 89 107 Franklin, Annie Sullivan Middle School 170 89 107 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Wilbraham Middle School 208 89 107 Hopedale, Hopedale Jr.-Sr. High School 87 89 107 Ipswich, Ipswich Middle School 170 89 107 Masconomet Regional, Masconomet Regional Middle School 368 89 107 Medway, Medway Middle School 233 89 107 Pentucket Regional, Pentucket Regional Middle School 271 89 107 Quincy, Central Middle School 170 89 107 Stoneham, Stoneham Middle School 213 89 118 Brookline, Edith C. Baker 74 88 118 Brookline, Lawrence 41 88 118 Easton, Easton Jr. High School 305 88 118 Foxborough, John J. Ahern 239 88 118 Lynnfield, Lynnfield Middle School 183 88 118 Mansfield, Harold L. Qualters Middle School 393 88 118 Melrose, Melrose Middle School 249 88 118 Mystic Valley Regional Charter School 96 88 118 Somerville, East Somerville Community School 50 88 118 South Shore Charter School 34 88 118 Wachusett Regional, Central Tree Middle School 125 88 118 Wachusett Regional, Chocksett Middle School 101 88 118 Wachusett Regional, Mountview Middle School 240 88 118 Wakefield, Galvin Middle School 264 88 118 Walpole, Bird Middle School 139 88 133 Braintree, South Middle School 184 87 133 Burlington, Marshall Simonds Middle School 284 87 133 Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School 68 87 133 Franklin, Remington Middle School 136 87 133 Freetown-Lakeville Regional, Freetown-Lakeville Middle School 249 87 133 Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Miles River Middle School 152 87 133 Maynard, Fowler Middle School 103 87 133 Milton, Charles S. Pierce Middle School 283 87 133 Natick, Wilson Middle School 184 87 133 North Andover, North Andover Middle School 381 87 133 Norton, Norton Middle School 246 87 133 Plymouth, Plymouth Community Intermediate School 445 87 133 Taunton, Joseph H. Martin 194 87 133 West Tisbury Regional, West Tisbury Elementary 30 87 147 Attleboro, Cyril K. Brennan Middle School 135 86 147 Berlin-Boylston Regional, Tahanto Regional High School 90 86 147 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Williams Middle School 318 86 147 Brookline, John D. Runkle 43 86 147 Danvers, Holten Richmond Middle School 301 86 147 Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional, Charlton Middle School 201 86 147 Excel Academy Charter School 68 86 147 Fitchburg, Fitchburg Arts Academy 29 86 147 Foxborough Regional Charter School 64 86 147 Hadley, Hopkins Academy 41 86 147 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional, Thornton Burgess School 76 86 147 Nashoba Regional, Hale Middle School 85 86 147 Natick, John F. Kennedy Middle School 121 86 147 Old Rochester Regional, Old Rochester Regional Jr. High School 232 86 147 Rockland, John W. Rogers Middle School 202 86 147 Salem Academy Charter School 56 86 147 Walpole, Eleanor N. Johnson Middle School 161 86 147 Wilmington, Wilmington Middle School 335 86 147 Winthrop, Winthrop Middle School 156 86 166 Berkshire Hills Regional, Monument Valley Regional Middle School 108 85 166 Falmouth, Lawrence 299 85 166 Granville, Granville Village 20 85 166 Mendon-Upton Regional, Nipmuc Regional High School 228 85 166 Milford, Milford Middle East 318 85 166 North Attleborough, North Attleborough Middle School 387 85 166 Provincetown, Provincetown High School 20 85 166 Sandwich, Forestdale 92 85 166 South Hadley, Michael E. Smith Middle School 181 85 166 Taunton, Benjamin Friedman Middle School 230 85 176 Amesbury, Amesbury Middle School 196 84 176 Braintree, East Middle School 218 84 176 Carver, Carver Middle School 161 84 176 Central Berkshire Regional, Nessacus Regional Middle School 178 84 176 King Philip Regional, King Philip Regional Middle School 399 84 176 Neighborhood House Charter School 19 84 176 Quabbin Regional, Quabbin Regional Middle School 275 84 176 Silver Lake Regional, Silver Lake Regional Middle School 297 84 176 Tyngsborough, Tyngsborough Middle 159 84 176 Waltham, John W. McDevitt Middle School 174 84 176 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Hanson Middle School 135 84 176 Woburn, Daniel L. Joyce Middle School 172 84 188 Ashburnham-Westminster Regional, Overlook Middle School 194 83 188 Billerica, Locke Middle School 224 83 188 Blackstone-Millville Regional, Frederick W. Hartnett Middle School 164 83 188 Cambridge, Maria L. Baldwin School 40 83 188 East Bridgewater, Gordon W. Mitchell 179 83 188 Edgartown, Edgartown Elementary 36 83 188 Four Rivers Charter School 31 83 188 Rising Tide Charter School 52 83 188 Shirley, Shirley Middle School 51 83 188 Swansea, Joseph Case Jr. High School 180 83 188 Waltham, John F. Kennedy Middle School 176 83 188 Watertown, Watertown Middle School 168 83 188 Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman Middle School 199 83 201 Abby Kelley Foster Charter School 67 82 201 Abington, Frolio Jr. High School 195 82 201 Auburn, Auburn Middle School 180 82 201 Hampshire Regional, Hampshire Regional High School 166 82 201 Harwich, Harwich Middle School 105 82 201 Hatfield, Smith Academy 34 82 201 Malden, Linden 69 82 201 Millbury, Millbury Jr./Sr. High School 184 82 201 Monson, Granite Valley Middle School 140 82 201 North Brookfield, North Brookfield High School 57 82 201 Salem, Federal Street 54 82 201 Woburn, John F. Kennedy Middle School 166 82 213 Belchertown, Jabish Middle School 236 81 213 Cambridge, Graham and Parks School 37 81 213 Dighton-Rehoboth Regional, Dighton Middle School 106 81 213 Frontier Regional, Frontier Regional 120 81 213 Malden, Beebe 100 81 213 Middleborough, John T. Nichols Middle School 263 81 213 Nantucket, Cyrus Peirce School 88 81 213 Nashoba Regional, Luther Burbank Middle School 75 81 213 North Middlesex Regional, Nissitissit Middle School 168 81 213 Northampton, John F. Kennedy Middle School 231 81 213 Rockport, Rockport Middle School 82 81 213 West Bridgewater, W. Bridgewater Jr.-Sr. High School 106 81 225 Agawam, Agawam Jr. High School 347 80 225 Barnstable, Barnstable Middle School 391 80 225 Billerica, Marshall Middle School 274 80 225 Boston, Young Achievers 20 80 225 Dedham, Dedham Middle School 219 80 225 Everett, Sumner G. Whittier School 45 80 225 New Bedford Global Learning Charter School 67 80 225 Northbridge, Northbridge Middle School 198 80 225 Peabody, J. Henry Higgins Middle School 534 80 225 Pembroke, Pembroke Community Middle School 267 80 225 Plymouth, Plymouth South Middle School 212 80 225 Stoughton, O'Donnell Middle School 317 80 225 Triton Regional, Triton Regional Middle School 237 80 238 Acushnet, Albert F. Ford Middle School 130 79 238 Adams-Cheshire Regional, Adams Middle School 126 79 238 Attleboro, Wamsutta Middle School 158 79 238 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, Mattacheese Middle School 211 79 238 Framingham, Walsh Middle School 223 79 238 Gloucester, Ralph B. O'Maley Middle School 293 79 238 Grafton, Grafton Middle School 215 79 238 Granby, Granby Jr.-Sr. High School 103 79 238 Leominster, Samoset School 138 79 238 Leominster, Sky View Middle School 151 79 238 Methuen, Marsh Grammar School 160 79 238 Norwood, Dr. Philip O. Coakley Middle School 252 79 238 Weymouth, Maria Weston Chapman Middle School 317 79 251 Berkley, Berkley Middle School 105 78 251 Beverly, Briscoe Middle School 302 78 251 Dartmouth, Dartmouth Middle School 325 78 251 Dracut, Lakeview Junior High 362 78 251 Gardner, Gardner Middle School 231 78 251 Hudson, Hudson High School 229 78 251 Innovation Academy Charter School 73 78 251 Narragansett Regional, Narragansett Middle School 141 78 251 Quincy, Atlantic Middle School 175 78 251 Taunton, John F. Parker Middle School 104 78 251 West Boylston, West Boylston Jr.-Sr. High School 96 78 262 Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter School 62 77 262 Cambridge, Cambridgeport School 36 77 262 Dudley-Charlton Regional Regional, Dudley Middle School 150 77 262 Gill-Montague Regional, Great Falls Middle School 82 77 262 Lynn, Robert L. Ford 104 77 262 Millis, Millis Middle School 110 77 262 Southern Berkshire Regional, Mt Everett Regional 70 77 262 Uxbridge, Whitin Middle School 150 77 262 Weymouth, Abigail Adams Middle School 168 77 271 Atlantis Charter School 47 76 271 Bellingham, Bellingham Memorial Middle School 203 76 271 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional, Raynham Middle School 164 76 271 Cambridge, Amigos School 16 76 271 Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, N. H. Wixon Middle School 107 76 271 Framingham, Cameron Middle School 126 76 271 Ludlow, Paul R. Baird Middle School 223 76 271 Mohawk Trail Regional, Mohawk Trail Regional High School 103 76 271 Palmer, Palmer High School 164 76 271 Smith Leadership Academy 54 76 271 Tewksbury, John W. Wynn Middle School 414 76 282 Ayer, Ayer Middle School 78 75 282 Cambridge, Peabody School 27 75 282 Lenox, Lenox Memorial High School 62 75 282 Lowell, James S. Daley Middle School 189 75 282 Sabis International Charter School 167 75 282 Somerville, Arthur D. Healey 39 75 282 Spencer-East Brookfield Regional, Knox Trail Jr. High School 149 75 282 Springfield, Alfred G. Zanetti 12 75 290 Attleboro, Robert J. Coelho Middle School 172 74 290 Christa McAuliffe Regional Charter School 89 74 290 Gateway Regional, Gateway Regional Middle School 107 74 290 Haverhill, Caleb Dustin Hunking 145 74 290 Malden, Ferryway 94 74 290 Somerville, Lincoln Park School (Thurston St.) 23 74 290 Wareham, Wareham Middle School 236 74 290 Westport, Westport Middle School 175 74 298 Boston, Donald Mckay 37 73 298 Bourne, Bourne Middle School 186 73 298 Cambridge, Kennedy-Longfellow School 59 73 298 Clinton, Clinton Middle School 156 73 298 Hull, Memorial Middle School 103 73 298 Leicester, Leicester Middle School 140 73 298 Marlborough, Marlborough High School 353 73 298 Mashpee, Mashpee High School 170 73 298 Methuen, Comprehensive Grammar School 130 73 298 Methuen, Donald P. Timony Grammar 153 73 298 Methuen, Tenney Grammar School 151 73 298 Quaboag Regional, Quaboag Regional High School 118 73 298 Seven Hills Charter School 66 73 298 Tantasqua Regional, Tantasqua Regional Jr. High School 316 73 298 West Springfield, West Springfield Middle School 319 73 313 Fairhaven, Hastings Middle School 193 72 313 Holyoke, Lt. Clayre Sullivan Elementary 59 72 313 Oxford, Oxford Middle School 172 72 313 Revere, Garfield Middle School 191 72 313 Seekonk, Dr. Kevin M. Hurley Middle School 171 72 313 Somerville, West Somerville Neighborhood School 47 72 313 Ware, Ware High School 85 72 320 Boston, Warren-Prescott 35 71 320 Cambridge, Fletcher/Maynard Academy 14 71 320 Community Charter School of Cambridge 57 71 320 Fall River, Morton Middle School 214 71 320 Lowell, Joseph G. Pyne 48 71 320 Ralph Mahar Regional, Ralph C. Mahar Regional High School 144 71 320 Saugus, Belmonte Saugus Middle School 276 71 320 Taunton, James L. Mulcahey 119 71 328 Athol-Royalston Regional, Athol-Royalston Middle School 173 70 328 Boston, Lyndon 40 70 328 Clarksburg, Clarksburg Elementary 20 70 328 Everett, Parlin School 91 70 328 Malden, Forestdale 50 70 328 Medford, Madeleine Dugger Andrews 181 70 328 Quincy, Reay E. Sterling Middle School 103 70 328 Westfield, North Middle School 251 70 336 Boston, William B. Rogers Middle School 172 69 336 Haverhill, John G. Whittier 123 69 336 Holbrook, Holbrook Jr. Sr. High School 135 69 336 North Central Charter Essential School 55 69 336 Westfield, South Middle School 245 69 336 Worcester, University Park Campus School 45 69 342 Lawrence, Robert Frost 99 68 342 Malden, Salemwood 136 68 342 Pittsfield, Theodore Herberg Middle School 244 68 345 Brockton, North Jr. High School 269 67 345 Easthampton, White Brook Middle School 130 67 345 Haverhill, Consentino 191 67 345 Lynn, Pickering Middle School 211 67 345 Somerville, John F. Kennedy 79 67 350 Leominster, Southeast Middle School 122 66 350 Lowell, James Sullivan Middle School 139 66 350 Quincy, Broad Meadows Middle School 110 66 350 Salem, Collins Middle School 270 66 354 Cambridge, King Open School 45 65 354 Chicopee, Fairview Middle School 219 65 354 Pittsfield, John T. Reid Middle School 217 65 354 Revere, Rumney Marsh Academy 181 65 354 Somerville, Cummings 17 65 359 Everett, George Keverian School 68 64 359 Greenfield, Greenfield Middle School 115 64 359 Lawrence, Henry K. Oliver 82 64 359 Lowell, Dr. An Wang School 150 64 359 Lynn, Breed Middle School 352 64 359 Worcester, Forest Grove Middle School 454 64 359 Worcester, Worcester Public School 2 55 64 366 Framingham, Fuller Middle School 217 63 366 Winchendon, Murdock Middle/High School 140 63 368 Everett, Madeline English School 50 62 368 Fitchburg, Memorial Intermediate 167 62 368 Pioneer Valley Regional, Pioneer Valley Regional 92 62 371 Brockton, West Jr. High School 300 61