2010 City Rankings - Massachusetts High 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 high schools in the state. These school percentile ranks were then averaged for all high 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
- Biology
- English Language Arts
- Math
- Physics
- Science
Find a City's Ranking:
| Rank | City Name | Percentile | Changed From 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Hull, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 371 | 63.84 |  50 | |
| 102 | Swampscott, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 770 | 63.77 |  20 | |
| 103 | Brookline, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,760 | 63.46 |  | |
| 104 | Auburn, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 766 | 62.62 | 10 | |
| 105 | North Easton, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,166 | 62.27 | 31 | |
| 106 | Barre, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 970 | 62.13 | 23 | |
| 107 | Kingston, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,293 | 61.86 | 43 | |
| 108 | Danvers, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,016 | 61.32 | 1 | |
| 109 | Douglas, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 603 | 61.18 | 26 | |
| 110 | Falmouth, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 974 | 61.14 | 18 | |
| 111 | West Bridgewater, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 591 | 60.99 | 43 | |
| 112 | Framingham, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,190 | 60.44 | 9 | |
| 113 | Greenfield, Massachusetts High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 664 | 60.07 | 8 | |
| 114 | Townsend, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,147 | 59.99 | 35 | |
| 115 | Braintree, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,590 | 59.95 | 49 | |
| 116 | Watertown, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 728 | 59.37 | 24 | |
| 117 | Abington, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 558 | 58.73 | 27 | |
| 118 | Northampton, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 899 | 58.73 | 1 | |
| 119 | Northfield, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 540 | 58.36 | 36 | |
| 120 | Millbury, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 863 | 58.33 | 7 | |
| 121 | Great Barrington, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 599 | 58.01 | 11 | |
| 122 | Stoughton, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,130 | 57.99 | 27 | |
| 123 | Billerica, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,598 | 57.92 | 11 | |
| 124 | Dalton, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 628 | 57.36 | 1 | |
| 125 | Melrose, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 951 | 57.26 | 25 | |
| 126 | Milton, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,107 | 57.18 | 9 | |
| 127 | Warren, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 596 | 56.81 | 15 | |
| 128 | Weymouth, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,125 | 56.66 | 10 | |
| 129 | Southwick, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 572 | 56.59 | 22 | |
| 130 | Dartmouth, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,168 | 56.51 | 8 | |
| 131 | Orange, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 778 | 56.44 | 54 | |
| 132 | Mashpee, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 539 | 56.18 | | |
| 133 | Dracut, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,149 | 55.96 | 35 | |
| 134 | Rockport, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 331 | 55.96 | 3 | |
| 135 | Williamstown, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 641 | 55.79 | 47 | |
| 136 | Whitman, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,254 | 55.22 | 12 | |
| 137 | Tewksbury, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 977 | 54.77 | 27 | |
| 138 | Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 699 | 54.52 | 9 | |
| 139 | Somerset, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 927 | 54.46 | 24 | |
| 140 | Norwood, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,043 | 53.95 | 1 | |
| 141 | Leicester, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 528 | 52.92 | 39 | |
| 142 | Hudson, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,253 | 52.90 | 11 | |
| 143 | Ayer, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 365 | 52.89 | 15 | |
| 144 | Beverly, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,243 | 52.66 | 7 | |
| 145 | Seekonk, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 642 | 52.41 | | |
| 146 | Bourne, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 655 | 52.33 | 88 | |
| 147 | Pembroke, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 911 | 51.81 | 36 | |
| 148 | Winthrop, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 534 | 51.63 | 6 | |
| 149 | Sheffield, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 400 | 51.41 | 26 | |
| 150 | Malden, Massachusetts High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 3,072 | 51.13 | 15 | |
| 151 | Fairhaven, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 619 | 51.12 | 16 | |
| 152 | Palmer, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 641 | 51.12 | 49 | |
| 153 | Monson, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 369 | 50.52 | 49 | |
| 154 | Baldwinville, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 474 | 50.30 | 21 | |
| 155 | Somerville, Massachusetts High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 2,290 | 50.08 | 3 | |
| 156 | Medford, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,223 | 49.90 | 28 | |
| 157 | Plymouth, Massachusetts High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 2,542 | 49.80 | 18 | |
| 158 | Agawam, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,312 | 49.56 | 23 | |
| 159 | Milford, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,128 | 48.89 | 3 | |
| 160 | Dorchester, Massachusetts High Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 3,174 Has one high school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" |  | 48.80 | 11 |
| 161 | Oxford, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 548 | 48.27 | 38 | |
| 162 | Middleborough, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 866 | 47.96 | 17 | |
| 163 | Waltham, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,414 | 47.85 | | |
| 164 | Ware, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 505 | 47.59 | 58 | |
| 165 | Adams, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 216 | 46.60 | 55 | |
| 166 | Quincy, Massachusetts High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 2,817 | 45.95 | 4 | |
| 167 | South Deerfield, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 705 | 45.67 | 85 | |
| 168 | North Dighton, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,030 | 45.40 | 88 | |
| 169 | Cambridge, Massachusetts High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,862 | 45.10 | 24 | |
| 170 | Bellingham, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 748 | 44.89 | 8 | |
| 171 | Blackstone, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 544 | 43.63 | 41 | |
| 172 | Leominster, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,192 | 43.34 | 2 | |
| 173 | Fiskdale, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 896 | 43.12 | 49 | |
| 174 | Ludlow, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 985 | 42.16 | 9 | |
| 175 | Marlborough, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,533 | 41.92 | 29 | |
| 176 | Boston, Massachusetts High Schools: 6 | Total Enrollment: 4,677 | 41.19 | 10 | |
| 177 | Gloucester, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,097 | 41.12 | 8 | |
| 178 | Cheshire, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 692 | 40.53 | 2 | |
| 179 | Westport, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 506 | 40.18 | 16 | |
| 180 | Uxbridge, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 460 | 39.76 | 7 | |
| 181 | Whitinsville, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 631 | 38.67 | 21 | |
| 182 | Maynard, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 323 | 38.24 | 62 | |
| 183 | North Brookfield, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 284 | 37.97 | 6 | |
| 184 | Fitchburg, Massachusetts High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,571 | 37.77 | 34 | |
| 185 | Lee, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 470 | 37.60 | 3 | |
| 186 | Bridgewater, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,591 | 37.46 | 27 | |
| 187 | Granby, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 551 | 37.12 | 3 | |
| 188 | Athol, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 465 | 36.94 | 28 | |
| 189 | Spencer, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 483 | 36.49 | 8 | |
| 190 | Westfield, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,583 | 35.96 | 3 | |
| 191 | Amesbury, Massachusetts High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 724 | 35.79 | 66 | |
| 192 | Woburn, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,384 | 34.19 | 3 | |
| 193 | Easthampton, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 450 | 33.97 | 5 | |
| 194 | Swansea, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 585 | 33.57 | 51 | |
| 195 | Taunton, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,815 | 33.47 | 23 | |
| 196 | Roxbury, Massachusetts High Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 3,191 | 33.41 | 10 | |
| 197 | Nantucket, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 381 | 33.23 | 41 | |
| 198 | Methuen, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,837 | 32.75 | 6 | |
| 199 | Pittsfield, Massachusetts High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,918 | 32.52 | 12 | |
| 200 | Attleboro, Massachusetts High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,756 | 31.94 | 8 | |
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