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School	Ranking	Enrollment	Student/Teacher Ratio	Per-Pupil Spending	MCAS English	MCAS Math	MCAS Science	MCAS Critical Reading	Average SAT Writing	Average SAT Math	Graduation Rate
WESTON HIGH SCHOOL	1	711	11.0:1	$16463.	96	90	85	604	611	626	97.3
DOVER-SHERBORN REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL	2	595	11.1:1	$15698.	96	97	97	596	593	607	99.3
CONCORD-CARLISLE HIGH SCHOOL	3	1268	13.5:1	$16,331	96	94	95	593	593	611	94.4
LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL	4	1988	12.8:1	$13574.	96	94	91	614	618	631	94
NEWTON SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL	5	1761	12.7:1	$14524.	92	91	83	596	599	615	94.2
NEWTON NORTH HIGH SCHOOL	6	1804	11.4:1	$14524.	89	90	82	587	583	600	94.2
WELLESLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	7	1256	12.2:1	$12776.	95	94	74	601	608	613	96.2
WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL	8	888	13.5:1	$13214.	93	95	91	589	581	608	98.7
LINCOLN-SUDBURY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL	9	1638	12.9:1	$14534.	92	89	83	573	575	600	95.4
BEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL	10	791	11.5:1	$14,539	92	89	78	566	562	592	90.8
SHARON HIGH SCHOOL	11	1081	13.0:1	$12204.	96	96	92	579	575	584	94.9
MANCHESTER ESSEX REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL	12	415	11.1:1	$12772.	99	98	87	540	534	550	97.9
BROOKLINE HIGH SCHOOL	13	1,790	12.6:1	$15,098	87	85	81	571	569	587	94.2
BROMFIELD SCHOOL	14	420	14.5:1	$11,187	98	96	93	609	613	597	95
WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL	15	831	12.3:1	$12436.	95	95	88	547	558	576	95.2
WESTBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL	16	1099	12.6:1	$12555.	94	91	92	557	562	581	93.6
BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL	17	1,635	22.0:1	$16467.	100	100	96	624	614	628	96.5
ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL	18	1,958	16.9:1	$11,582	95	95	93	606	609	640	96.6
NEEDHAM HIGH SCHOOL	19	1400	14.0:1	$12070.	96	93	87	577	576	578	94.8
CAMBRIDGE RINDGE AND LATIN	20	1,538	9.0:1	$24,467	70	77	47	465	460	468	88.3
COHASSET HIGH SCHOOL	21	381	12.1:1	$11,721	90	93	91	549	560	562	92.9
HAMILTON-WENHAM REGIONAL	22	726	11.9:1	$12105.	93	91	70	565	565	561	94.2
ANDOVER HIGH SCHOOL	23	1,719	13.0:1	$12,025	94	91	81	557	551	574	95.1
COMMUNITY ACADEMY	24	63	4.5:1	$16467.	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	36.1
ALGONQUIN REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL	25	1,411	13.6:1	$12,606	93	89	86	546	547	564	97.2
HOLLISTON HIGH SCHOOL	26	905	13.2:1	$10856.	94	93	88	541	551	581	95
HINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL	27	1038	13.2:1	$9749.	96	92	88	555	558	570	97.1
WINCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL	28	1081	13.8:1	$10886.	85	82	88	577	584	596	93.4
BELMONT HIGH SCHOOL	29	1,162	15.7:1	$10,764	97	95	89	575	576	592	92.7
HOPKINTON HIGH SCHOOL	30	1002	13.6:1	$11114.	91	92	92	548	549	566	94.8
MEDFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	31	900	14.0:1	$9472.	96	96	92	562	562	568	95.9
WESTFORD ACADEMY	32	1595	14.7:1	$9298.	93	95	90	569	563	583	96.4
MARBLEHEAD HIGH SCHOOL	33	976	12.6:1	$11202.	89	87	77	554	548	554	91.9
LYNNFIELD HIGH SCHOOL	34	649	13.3:1	$9715.	95	93	87	537	550	554	94
NASHOBA REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL	35	942	14.1:1	$11410.	90	89	88	549	544	554	93.6
GROTON-DUNSTABLE REGIONAL	36	831	14.1:1	$10284.	95	96	84	539	536	568	95.2
ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL	37	1,132	13.8:1	$11,406	91	92	85	541	542	553	90.7
BURLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL	38	1,066	12.6:1	$12,805	90	83	81	521	509	539	95.8
NEWBURYPORT HIGH SCHOOL	39	729	12.9:1	$11458.	92	87	76	538	539	547	90.3
NORWELL HIGH SCHOOL	40	642	14.6:1	$10208.	95	96	84	537	542	551	96.6
CANTON HIGH SCHOOL	41	806	12.6:1	$11,105	92	89	88	525	516	543	85.9
DUXBURY HIGH SCHOOL	42	1001	13.6:1	$9929.	93	90	68	557	550	568	93.2
HANOVER HIGH SCHOOL	43	652	10.5:1	$9611.	93	87	60	513	521	530	95.8
TAHANTO REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL	44	306	12.7:1	$12253.	88	80	75	527	518	515	94.1
WATERTOWN HIGH SCHOOL	45	676	12.0:1	$15341.	78	81	71	479	482	518	90.4
ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL	46	734	13.8:1	$10,599	93	91	77	526	526	539	92.9
FRAMINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL	47	2162	13.9:1	$14169.	81	82	80	510	509	545	87.6
TYNGSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL	48	527	10.7:1	$9297.	91	87	84	497	496	512	95.1
READING MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL	49	1298	14.8:1	$10149.	89	88	83	536	539	564	94.2
WAKEFIELD MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL	50	961	12.9:1	$10704.	87	87	86	515	515	524	91
HULL HIGH SCHOOL	51	372	11.3:1	$13419.	84	75	82	499	500	482	86.8
WALPOLE HIGH SCHOOL	52	1113	13.3:1	$10470.	89	84	80	535	533	528	87.3
NORTH READING HIGH SCHOOL	53	733	12.5:1	$9049.	92	91	77	523	518	517	92.8
MASCONOMET REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL	54	1416	16.5:1	$11215.	92	93	84	538	528	546	94.5
WALTHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	55	1424	10.7:1	$16538.	83	71	60	465	473	476	81
SCITUATE HIGH SCHOOL	56	901	12.8:1	$9781.	90	84	66	522	526	538	93.5
NATICK HIGH SCHOOL	57	1261	14.2:1	$11715.	88	84	63	525	529	537	92.9
IPSWICH HIGH SCHOOL	58	669	13.5:1	$9734.	91	86	67	526	528	536	89.8
BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY	59	1,170	20.6:1	$16467.	99	99	64	517	517	535	92.5
SWAMPSCOTT HIGH SCHOOL	60	750	13.5:1	$10688.	89	81	43	528	546	554	93.8
DEDHAM HIGH SCHOOL	61	773	12.1:1	$13157.	82	85	90	465	467	489	83
MEDWAY HIGH SCHOOL	62	829	15.0:1	$9341.	90	92	69	535	531	548	95.8
FOXBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL	63	885	13.6:1	$9956.	87	87	68	520	529	543	89.5
WILMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL	64	975	13.2:1	$10029.	90	88	65	515	509	529	91.5
FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL	65	1611	15.5:1	$9586.	93	90	76	528	532	537	94.4
CHELMSFORD HIGH SCHOOL	66	1641	14.5:1	$9,671.00	89	87	77	527	519	535	93.3
PENTUCKET REGIONAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	67	826	13.1:1	$9361.	88	80	53	548	539	548	90.5
AYER HIGH SCHOOL	68	385	12.0:1	$11,262	88	75	69	496	496	496	95.5
GEORGETOWN HIGH SCHOOL	69	440	14.1:1	$8315.	91	88	66	533	533	558	90.9
MARLBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL	70	1130	12.1:1	$12388.	78	75	59	505	503	536	83.4
MILLIS HIGH SCHOOL	71	343	15.4:1	$9460.	98	89	77	516	530	545	85.3
LITTLETON HIGH SCHOOL	72	431	16.6:1	$10358.	93	91	76	530	529	534	92.9
MARSHFIELD HIGH SCHOOL	73	1363	13.3:1	$9734.	86	82	79	506	511	513	93
SHREWSBURY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	74	1640	16.1:1	$9093.	94	92	78	524	534	545	91.2
CARVER HIGH SCHOOL	75	530	11.5: 1	$10,574	77	70	58	527	535	521	81.6
STONEHAM HIGH SCHOOL	76	773	12.5:1	$9961.	86	77	72	505	496	510	92
NORWOOD HIGH SCHOOL	77	1017	11.7:1	$12039.	83	71	57	498	504	514	82.1
ROCKPORT HIGH SCHOOL	78	342	12.6:1	$12099.	83	71	60	508	506	501	87.7
DANVERS HIGH SCHOOL	79	985	12.9:1	$10,556	86	85	70	495	493	502	84.6
TRITON REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL	80	877	12.7:1	$9792.	83	81	69	513	503	529	81.6
MILTON HIGH SCHOOL	81	1099	15.1:1	$11182.	83	82	55	530	527	534	89.5
CLINTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	82	559	12.6:1	$10,720	75	72	69	508	525	502	89.9
NORTH ANDOVER HIGH SCHOOL	83	1321	16.9:1	$9661.	88	84	83	530	524	549	91.9
OLIVER AMES HIGH SCHOOL	84	1172	15.1:1	$9,059	93	85	NA	514	524	530	93.4
MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL	85	1469	15.7:1	$8831.	87	84	77	519	527	544	94
NORTH QUINCY HIGH SCHOOL	86	1551	13.9:1	$12295.	77	76	69	495	488	529	92.4%
KING PHILIP REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL	87	1275	16.8:1	$10215.	89	82	77	531	533	535	87.3
BILLERICA MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL	88	1,631	15.1:1	$10,451	83	82	69	515	499	534	88.5
MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL	89	927	14.3:1	$9932.	88	81	63	512	507	510	89.9
BRAINTREE HIGH SCHOOL	90	1,596	15.2:1	$10,248	82	81	66	504	519	526	95
SILVER LAKE REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL	91	1241	13.5:1	$11961.	76	78	61	490	490	503	90.4
PLYMOUTH SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL	92	1493	12.5:1	$11271.	81	74	63	497	481	500	83.8
NORTON HIGH SCHOOL	93	724	15.2:1	$9971.	92	87	75	503	504	493	85.9
AMESBURY HIGH SCHOOL	94	681	13.3:1	$10,973	79	76	73	491	488	499	85.1
WEST BRIDGEWATER MIDDLE-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	95	387	14.9:1	$9682.	90	85	71	493	482	510	93.6
HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL	96	918	13.8:1	$11531.	79	74	52	506	509	517	86.1
MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL	97	1150	13.7:1	$10556.	80	81	62	489	489	518	87
WEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL	98	2097	14.9:1	$11540.	76	74	73	518	503	519	82.6
STOUGHTON HIGH SCHOOL	99	1166	13.5:1	$10282.	81	81	67	486	485	493	87
BEVERLY HIGH SCHOOL	100	1,213	14.9:1	$11,211	76	73	65	511	500	521	85.7
ABINGTON HIGH SCHOOL	101	584	13.6:1	$9,338	83	73	71	498	487	508	88.4
DARTMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL	102	1209	15.0:1	$9,284	84	78	69	499	492	540	88.9
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL	103	1194	15.9:1	$9381.	82	81	85	514	498	516	83.7
WOBURN MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL	104	1374	13.3:1	$12487.	75	72	50	484	477	500	84.7
MAYNARD HIGH SCHOOL	105	329	17.2:1	$12004.	82	79	73	511	520	518	78
EAST BRIDGEWATER HIGH SCHOOL	106	610	13.3:1	$8719.	84	80	63	480	489	491	90.9
PLYMOUTH NORTH HIGH SCHOOL	107	1054	13.9:1	$11271.	77	63	55	500	502	524	83.8
GLOUCESTER HIGH SCHOOL	108	1107	12.9:1	$10996.	73	71	46	500	491	496	84.7
SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL	109	1406	11.4:1	$15369.	67	60	42	448	460	473	76
PEMBROKE HIGH SCHOOL	110	933	15.8:1	$8989.	81	79	70	495	493	512	88.8
MIDDLEBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL	111	875	13.4:1	$10160.	76	68	64	489	474	476	88.1
SHEPHERD HILL REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL	112	1258	16.1:1	$9169.	83	74	69	501	506	507	88.2
SALEM HIGH SCHOOL	113	1273	10.8:1	$13665.	65	61	43	460	459	474	67.5
TEWKSBURY MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL	114	1065	16.8:1	$9143.	73	79	62	511	511	529	85.6
SAUGUS HIGH SCHOOL	115	854	14.9:1	$10825.	71	73	58	482	495	501	79.8
WHITMAN-HANSON REGIONAL	116	1281	16.7:1	$9464.	82	78	61	483	483	516	88.5
MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL	117	1298	16.6:1	$12861.	79	71	57	471	469	482	83.3
QUINCY HIGH SCHOOL	118	1316	11.3:1	$12295.	61	67	40	430	424	478	83.9
FENWAY HIGH SCHOOL	119	290	15.3:1	$16467.	79	72	13	435	440	442	87.8
PEABODY VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL	120	1885	14.5:1	$11267.	71	68	45	478	479	492	79.7
ATTLEBORO HIGH SCHOOL	121	1,735	14.3:1	$10,464	74	68	40	489	491	497	76.4
BELLINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL	122	761	16.2:1	$10,170	80	81	36	489	464	496	84.8
BRIDGEWATER-RAYNHAM REGIONAL	123	1,531	18.6:1	$9,082	80	81	67	494	485	506	88
RANDOLPH HIGH SCHOOL	124	802	10.2:1	$10640.	64	63	40	447	444	443	73.9
LOWELL MIDDLESEX ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL	125	111	13.5:1	NA	50	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	21.5
DRACUT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	126	1193	15.9:1	$8536.	78	70	53	495	479	501	82.6
TAUNTON HIGH SCHOOL	127	1838	15.2:1	$10223.	71	69	58	473	466	496	73.1
REVERE HIGH SCHOOL	128	1475	13.7:1	$11017.	67	77	54	451	447	456	67.5
HAVERHILL HIGH SCHOOL	129	1873	14.8:1	$10702.	70	65	42	491	476	476	68.5
METHUEN HIGH SCHOOL	130	1940	14.9:1	$9652.	68	57	56	473	476	490	77.3
HOLBROOK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	131	246	13.1:1	$10850.	66	63	35	453	449	462	75.9
ROCKLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	132	728	17.0:1	$10363.	73	75	23
LYNN CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL	133	3421	13.5:1	$12,005.00	56	54	32	463	456	478	73.8
LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL	134	1739	15.0:1	$11,611.00	68	66	45	448	440	464	72.3
MALDEN HIGH SCHOOL	135	4102	14.8:1	$12,107	74	54	44	444	439	445	72.8
BROCKTON HIGH SCHOOL	136	1226	15.1:1	$12221.	61	62	38	453	435	457	70.5
EVERETT HIGH SCHOOL	137	1729	13.3:1	$10178.	62	54	40	439	439	457	72.6
LYNN ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL	138	1706	17.4:1	$12221.	69	75	40	446	428	444	70.5
NEW MISSION HIGH SCHOOL	139	244	11.7:1	$16467.	56	54	11	353	361	363	84.8
EXCEL HIGH SCHOOL	140	399	15.4:1	$16467.	57	66	25	410	411	433	48.1
SNOWDEN INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL	141	402	14.6:1	$16467.	53	50	23	400	411	434	58.7
CHELSEA HIGH SCHOOL	142	1424	12.2:1	$12,198	45	45	42	429	423	443	49.9
CHARLESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL	143	1017	14.2:1	$16467.	44	58	25	369	368	418	46.8
BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL	144	1,251	15.0:1	$16467.	59	50	8	392	383	400	52.9
EAST BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL	145	1445	15.6:1	$16467.	41	49	12	387	400	420	55
MONUMENT HIGH SCHOOL	146	363	15.2:1	$16467.	43	42	2	372	373	382	40.7
ODYSSEY HIGH SCHOOL	147	356	15.5:1	$16467.	24	35	12	382	379	385	46.6
JEREMIAH E. BURKE HIGH SCHOOL	148	791	13.9:1	$16467.	30	27	8	355	363	373	40.2
BOSTON INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL	149	174	11.6:1	$16467.	4	46	0	312	312	365	17.3
LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL	150	2989	18.2:1	$12039.	39	32	7	395	390	406	35.8
HOW WE DETERMINED VALUE: Our rankings this year were computed by statistician George Recck, director of the Math Resource Center at Babson College. As in years past, we gathered data on area schools by consulting school officials and websites, as well as the Massachusetts Department of Education. With this information, Recck calculated mean scores for each data category and then ranked schools based on their distance from the averages. With this traditional performance ranking in hand, he also evaluated performance against tuition, producing a ranking that shows which high schools deliver the most academic bang for the buck.
For schools that did not provide figures, the average was used as a placeholder when computing the rankings. Our rankings focused on schools in Eastern Massachusetts, mostly inside or around the 495 belt. If your school is not on the list, it does not mean it did poorly, it just means it fell outside our coverage area.
Public Schools Category Weight Breakdown Student/Teacher Ratio 15% Per Pupil Spending 15% MCAS-English 10% MCAS-Math 10% MCAS-Science 10% SAT-Reading 10% SAT-Math 10% SAT-Writing 10% Graduation Rate 10%