2010 City Rankings - Massachusetts Elementary Schools
The city rankings were calculated by taking the standardized tests used by Massachusetts to determine the proficiency level across varying grades and subjects for elementary schools in the state. These school percentile ranks were then averaged for all elementary schools in each city and ordered from highest to lowest. The tests and subjects used to determine the percentile ranks can be found below. Learn more about how rankings are determined.
MCAS Exams Used To Determine Rankings
- English Language Arts
- Math
- Science
Find a City's Ranking:
| Rank | City Name | Percentile | Changed From 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Sudbury, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 2,122 | 94.56 |  2 | |
| 25 | Lexington, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 6 | Total Enrollment: 2,743 | 92.91 |  18 | |
| 50 | Westwood, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 5 | Total Enrollment: 1,501 | 91.90 | 49 | |
| 32 | Waban, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 714 | 91.65 | 5 | |
| 40 | North Falmouth, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 414 | 91.15 | 26 | |
| 42 | Boxborough, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 495 | 91.00 | 13 | |
| 80 | Winchester, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 5 | Total Enrollment: 2,140 | 90.71 | 77 | |
| 114 | Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 5 | Total Enrollment: 2,734 | 90.56 | 110 | |
| 45 | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,131 | 89.98 | 26 | |
| 55 | Wellfleet, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 147 | 89.66 | 85 | |
| 56 | Carlisle, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 698 | 89.62 | 30 | |
| 129 | Belmont, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 5 | Total Enrollment: 2,855 | 89.38 | 124 | |
| 61 | Sherborn, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 450 | 89.27 | 3 | |
| 85 | Lynnfield, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 1,643 | 89.24 | 68 | |
| 66 | Dunstable, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 375 | 89.16 | 43 | |
| 102 | Concord, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 1,268 | 88.75 | 69 | |
| 48 | Westford, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 1,216 | 88.68 | 34 | |
| 78 | Brewster, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 251 | 88.49 | 17 | |
| 185 | Scituate, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 1,886 | 88.30 | 161 | |
| 76 | Conway, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 175 | 88.14 | 67 | |
| 18 | Andover, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 5 | Total Enrollment: 2,601 | 88.01 | 8 | |
| 84 | Dover, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 572 | 87.96 | 7 | |
| 21 | Newton Center, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 1,581 | 87.74 | 13 | |
| 90 | Westhampton, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 140 | 87.51 | 212 | |
| 28 | West Newton, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 730 | 87.40 | 22 | |
| 107 | Sterling, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 941 | 87.15 | 42 | |
| 111 | Groton, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,498 | 86.65 | 62 | |
| 47 | Auburndale, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 654 | 86.54 | 36 | |
| 98 | Truro, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 146 | 86.53 | 35 | |
| 105 | Eastham, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 225 | 86.04 | 93 | |
| 120 | Hopkinton, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,035 | 85.78 | 84 | |
| 176 | Westborough, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 1,922 | 85.78 | 149 | |
| 94 | Hingham, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 2,065 | 85.73 | 32 | |
| 110 | Barnstable, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 445 | 85.50 | - | |
| 136 | Middleton, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 858 | 84.66 | 95 | |
| 122 | Bolton, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 828 | 84.60 | 52 | |
| 124 | North Chelmsford, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 527 | 84.57 | 38 | |
| 65 | Acton, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 5 | Total Enrollment: 2,614 | 84.45 | 45 | |
| 130 | Stow, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 301 | 84.37 | 32 | |
| 127 | Manchester, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 405 | 84.29 | 106 | |
| 133 | Harvard, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 533 | 83.87 | 26 | |
| 134 | Shutesbury, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 154 | 83.79 | 43 | |
| 53 | Natick, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 7 | Total Enrollment: 3,453 | 83.73 | 25 | |
| 138 | Holliston, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 635 | 83.39 | 22 | |
| 38 | Sharon, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 1,429 | 83.35 | 9 | |
| 171 | Weston, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 1,055 | 83.23 | 149 | |
| 37 | West Tisbury, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 457 | 83.09 | 77 | |
| 146 | West Newbury, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 506 | 83.03 | 79 | |
| 148 | Ashfield, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 133 | 82.91 | 133 | |
| 181 | Arlington, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 7 | Total Enrollment: 2,432 | 82.68 | 179 | |
| 309 | Franklin, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 7 | Total Enrollment: 3,258 | 82.60 | 284 | |
| 163 | Cohasset, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 379 | 82.35 | 118 | |
| 159 | Newbury, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 670 | 82.32 | 75 | |
| 162 | Marion, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 441 | 82.19 | 17 | |
| 341 | Norwell, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 1,677 | 82.13 | 323 | |
| 193 | South Hamilton, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 599 | 81.97 | 137 | |
| 165 | Paxton, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 524 | 81.74 | 39 | |
| 180 | Newtonville, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 821 | 81.55 | 100 | |
| 167 | Brimfield, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 344 | 81.49 | 57 | |
| 252 | North Reading, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 1,378 | 81.23 | 222 | |
| 149 | Needham, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 5 | Total Enrollment: 2,694 | 81.15 | 110 | |
| 156 | Medway, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,272 | 81.10 | 9 | |
| 59 | Southborough, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 697 | 80.84 | 27 | |
| 178 | South Attleboro, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 475 | 80.80 | 40 | |
| 142 | Wrentham, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,274 | 80.80 | 87 | |
| 1 | Hadley, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 561 | 80.62 | 178 | |
| 281 | Topsfield, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 660 | 80.20 | 238 | |
| 182 | Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 305 | 79.52 | 104 | |
| 277 | Brookline, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 6 | Total Enrollment: 3,519 | 79.36 | 233 | |
| 184 | Newton Highlands, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 473 | 79.35 | 65 | |
| 186 | Norfolk, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 588 | 79.22 | 105 | |
| 188 | Boxford, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 532 | 78.97 | 105 | |
| 189 | East Walpole, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 483 | 78.66 | 110 | |
| 240 | Wellesley, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 7 | Total Enrollment: 2,514 Has one elementary school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" |  | 78.26 | 205 |
| 199 | Williamstown, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 426 | 77.87 | 103 | |
| 177 | Wayland, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,025 | 77.79 | 120 | |
| 151 | Holden, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 1,592 | 77.71 | 93 | |
| 208 | Walpole, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 1,384 | 77.54 | 84 | |
| 203 | Feeding Hills, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 306 | 77.38 | 97 | |
| 204 | Upton, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 621 | 77.36 | 24 | |
| 206 | Lincoln, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 623 | 77.21 | 101 | |
| 301 | Chelmsford, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 5 | Total Enrollment: 3,205 | 77.15 | 232 | |
| 357 | Canton, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 1,498 | 76.55 | 323 | |
| 213 | Essex, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 266 | 76.50 | 111 | |
| 216 | Granville, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 163 | 76.25 | 65 | |
| 170 | Marshfield, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 5 | Total Enrollment: 2,276 | 76.03 | 96 | |
| 117 | Swampscott, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 1,486 | 75.93 | 12 | |
| 229 | Nahant, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 239 | 75.73 | 25 | |
| 224 | Duxbury, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 817 | 75.63 | 87 | |
| 395 | Wakefield, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 5 | Total Enrollment: 2,392 | 74.78 | 302 | |
| 235 | Sandwich, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 849 | 74.68 | 112 | |
| 241 | Rowley, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 571 | 74.24 | 156 | |
| 242 | Orleans, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 189 Has one elementary school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" | | 73.92 | 202 |
| 70 | Longmeadow, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 1,339 | 73.66 | 7 | |
| 254 | Centerville, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 237 | 73.15 | 123 | |
| 400 | Reading, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 5 | Total Enrollment: 2,045 | 73.11 | 340 | |
| 257 | Princeton, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 397 | 73.06 | 175 | |
| 259 | Braintree, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 6 | Total Enrollment: 2,546 | 72.95 | 187 | |
| 262 | Littleton, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 390 | 72.76 | 102 | |
| 200 | Northborough, Massachusetts Elementary Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 1,249 | 72.56 | 113 | |
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