2010 City Rankings - Massachusetts Middle 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 middle schools in the state. These school percentile ranks were then averaged for all middle 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Westford, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,259 | 95.54 |  2 | |
| 5 | Belmont, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,184 | 95.32 |  9 | |
| 13 | Winchester, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 986 | 94.97 |  | |
| 8 | Weston, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 618 | 94.85 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sudbury, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,042 | 94.84 | 1 | |
| 10 | Acton, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 977 | 94.61 | 5 | |
| 7 | Lexington, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,484 | 94.37 | 4 | |
| 15 | Manchester, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 347 | 93.89 | 50 | |
| 20 | Carlisle, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 698 | 93.80 | 6 | |
| 16 | Harvard, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 744 | 93.80 | 10 | |
| 17 | Haydenville, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 162 | 93.74 | 15 | |
| 18 | Dover, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 542 | 93.52 | 10 | |
| 22 | Wayland, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 638 | 92.68 | 2 | |
| 1 | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,131 | 92.64 | 4 | |
| 23 | Needham, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 761 | 92.29 | 2 | |
| 24 | Concord, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 626 | 91.96 | 7 | |
| 25 | Stow, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 272 | 91.38 | 9 | |
| 29 | Longmeadow, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 738 Has one middle school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" |  | 90.76 | 6 |
| 30 | Bolton, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 828 | 89.78 | 9 | |
| 33 | Sharon, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 842 | 89.13 | 21 | |
| 48 | Andover, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 1,481 | 88.93 | 30 | |
| 37 | Cohasset, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 692 | 88.61 | 7 | |
| 38 | Topsfield, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 736 | 88.36 | 21 | |
| 40 | Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 906 | 87.68 | 2 | |
| 41 | Hingham, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 895 | 87.49 | 3 | |
| 43 | Wellesley, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,134 | 87.46 | 8 | |
| 42 | Medfield, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 739 | 87.27 | 20 | |
| 53 | Newton, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,098 | 87.09 | 7 | |
| 44 | Westwood, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 686 | 86.89 | 7 | |
| 47 | Newton Center, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 683 | 86.62 | 28 | |
| 50 | Groton, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 926 | 85.97 | 14 | |
| 51 | Westborough, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 586 | 85.91 | 24 | |
| 52 | Lincoln, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 623 | 85.59 | 2 | |
| 59 | Reading, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,038 | 85.34 | 31 | |
| 55 | Arlington, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,060 | 85.05 | 6 | |
| 56 | Newtonville, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 765 | 85.01 | 2 | |
| 57 | Duxbury, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 798 | 84.76 | 33 | |
| 58 | Scituate, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 479 | 84.26 | 8 | |
| 94 | Brookline, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 6 | Total Enrollment: 3,519 | 84.16 | 83 | |
| 61 | Hopkinton, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 860 | 83.55 | 13 | |
| 28 | Marblehead, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 710 | 83.48 | 4 | |
| 63 | Sandwich, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 849 | 83.01 | 2 | |
| 64 | Hamilton, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 471 | 82.98 | 17 | |
| 65 | Franklin, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 1,910 | 82.82 | 49 | |
| 60 | Natick, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,401 | 82.57 | 9 | |
| 67 | Ipswich, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 511 | 82.21 | 27 | |
| 101 | Newburyport, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 758 | 82.12 | 17 | |
| 68 | Holden, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 773 | 81.96 | 12 | |
| 69 | North Easton, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 925 | 81.80 | 7 | |
| 72 | Wilbraham, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 447 | 81.41 | 20 | |
| 54 | Chelmsford, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,689 | 81.22 | 1 | |
| 75 | Sterling, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 421 | 80.76 | | |
| 121 | West Tisbury, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 457 | 80.36 | 76 | |
| 78 | Braintree, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,241 | 80.31 | 9 | |
| 77 | Mattapoisett, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 441 | 79.78 | 5 | |
| 79 | Medway, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 842 | 79.23 | 2 | |
| 80 | Princeton, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 397 | 79.13 | 21 | |
| 81 | Rockport, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 246 | 79.03 | 11 | |
| 82 | Grafton, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 677 | 78.69 | 17 | |
| 83 | Lynnfield, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 760 | 78.52 | 10 | |
| 86 | Northborough, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 634 | 78.06 | 45 | |
| 87 | Holliston, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 648 | 77.73 | 29 | |
| 90 | East Bridgewater, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,020 | 77.26 | 3 | |
| 91 | Southborough, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 504 | 77.22 | 31 | |
| 92 | Paxton, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 524 | 76.76 | 53 | |
| 85 | Orleans, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 791 | 76.20 | 21 | |
| 95 | Swampscott, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 701 | 76.09 | 16 | |
| 96 | North Reading, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 653 | 76.01 | 39 | |
| 97 | West Bridgewater, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 591 | 75.89 | 14 | |
| 99 | Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 305 | 75.77 | 9 | |
| 100 | Boylston, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 444 | 75.71 | | |
| 102 | Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 406 | 75.44 | 40 | |
| 103 | Amherst, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 493 | 74.70 | 40 | |
| 104 | Canton, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 715 | 74.53 | 36 | |
| 107 | Lenox, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 468 | 74.34 | 39 | |
| 109 | Wakefield, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,042 | 74.11 | 22 | |
| 110 | Forestdale, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 796 | 73.60 | 3 | |
| 111 | Milton, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 860 | 73.05 | 2 | |
| 112 | Sutton, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 411 | 72.91 | 40 | |
| 114 | West Newbury, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 541 | 72.58 | 44 | |
| 115 | Chatham, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 208 | 72.55 | 5 | |
| 117 | Hanover, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 933 | 72.49 | 58 | |
| 116 | Mansfield, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,165 | 72.49 | 25 | |
| 119 | Hampden, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 294 | 72.07 | 14 | |
| 21 | Norwell, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,062 | 72.07 | 8 | |
| 120 | East Walpole, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 496 | 71.81 | 35 | |
| 122 | Mendon, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 930 | 71.21 | 27 | |
| 123 | Norfolk, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 776 | 71.10 | 4 | |
| 124 | Walpole, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 425 | 70.93 | 41 | |
| 125 | Burlington, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 859 | 70.62 | 13 | |
| 126 | Littleton, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 364 | 70.59 | 48 | |
| 127 | North Andover, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,076 | 70.49 | 34 | |
| 128 | Marshfield, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,086 | 70.01 | 42 | |
| 129 | Devens, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 393 | 69.87 | 13 | |
| 70 | Bedford, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 756 | 69.64 | 27 | |
| 131 | North Attleborough, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,177 | 69.46 | 34 | |
| 132 | Lunenburg, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 402 | 69.40 | 61 | |
| 133 | East Sandwich, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 880 | 67.91 | 4 | |
| 134 | Rutland, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 401 | 67.68 | 2 | |
| 135 | Pembroke, Massachusetts Middle Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 565 | 67.32 | 8 | |
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