Overall district ratings

The Boston Globe ranked public school districts on their average rank on all MCAS tests taken Spring 2004. The ranking includes all school districts: regular, charter, regional, and vocational. For each of the 10 tests, districts were ranked on the percentage of students reaching proficient or better by combining the "advanced" and "proficient" students into a single figure for each test, then by figuring an average rank for all tests. The two lower levels on the state scoring system are "needs improvement" and "warning/failing." The tests are reading (grade 3), English (4, 7, 10), math (4, 6, 8, 10), and science (5, 8).

OVERALL DISTRICT RANKINGS
2004 Rank	District name	Avg. rank on all tests
1	Mass. Academy for Math & Science, Worcester	1
2	Acton	7
3	Sherborn	8
4	Acton-Boxborough Regional	12
4	Winchester	12
6	Harvard	13
7	Concord-Carlisle Regional	14
8	Lexington	18
9	Benjamin Franklin Charter, Franklin	18
10	Medfield	19
11	Westwood	19
12	Wayland	20
13	Dover-Sherborn Regional	20
13	Westford	20
15	Conway	20
16	Sudbury	22
17	Wellesley	24
18	Lincoln-Sudbury Regional	25
19	Norwell	25
20	Brewster	27
21	Manchester Essex Regional	28
22	Concord	28
23	Andover	29
24	Martha's Vineyard Public Charter, West Tisbury	29
25	Boxford	30
26	Sharon	30
27	Southborough	30
28	Topsfield	31
29	Carlisle	31
30	Lynnfield	32
31	Needham	32
32	Belmont	33
32	Weston	33
34	Hamilton-Wenham Regional	33
35	Newton	35
36	Nashoba Regional, Bolton	36
37	Nauset Regional, Orleans	37
38	Francis W Parker Charter, Devens	37
39	Wellfleet	38
40	Boxborough	40
41	Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter, Hadley	40
42	Middleton	41
43	Groton-Dunstable Regional	43
44	Cohasset	43
45	North Reading	43
46	Northborough	45
47	Northborough-Southborough Regional	46
48	Dover	46
49	Reading	47
50	Longmeadow	48
51	Bedford	48
52	Marblehead Community Charter	52
53	Hingham	52
54	Westborough	53
55	Scituate	53
56	Hopkinton	54
57	Masconomet Regional, Topsfield	55
58	Richmond	55
59	Duxbury	55
60	Sunderland	56
61	Franklin	57
62	Roxbury Preparatory Charter	58
63	Wrentham	61
64	Hilltown Cooperative Charter, Haydenville	62
65	Arlington	62
66	Holliston	64
67	Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter, Orleans	65
68	Brookline	65
69	Hadley	66
70	Marblehead	66
71	Shrewsbury	67
72	Norfolk	68
73	Swampscott	68
74	Orleans	69
75	Natick	69
76	Boylston	69
77	Pentucket Regional, West Newbury	70
78	Rochester	70
79	Marshfield	70
80	Up-Island Regional, Vineyard Haven	70
81	Medway	72
82	Hanover	73
83	Wachusett Regional, Jefferson	73
83	Walpole	73
85	Chelmsford	74
86	Lincoln	74
87	Hampden-Wilbraham Regional	74
88	Sandwich	80
89	King Philip Regional, Wrentham	81
89	Pelham	81
91	North Attleborough	81
92	North Andover	82
93	Burlington	83
93	Marion	83
93	Sutton	83
96	Nahant	83
97	Old Rochester Regional, Mattapoisett	83
98	Grafton	84
99	Georgetown	84
100	Leverett	84
101	Eastham	85
102	Foxborough	86
103	Littleton	87
104	Chatham	87
105	Plympton	87
106	Easton	89
107	Whately	91
108	Truro	92
109	North Middlesex Regional, Townsend	92
110	Sturbridge	93
111	Tyngsborough	93
112	Braintree	93
113	Amherst-Pelham Regional	94
114	Milton	94
115	Woburn	95
116	Ipswich	96
117	Hopedale	98
118	Mansfield	99
118	Mattapoisett	99
120	Canton	100
121	Deerfield	100
122	Rockport	101
123	Mendon-Upton Regional	103
124	Lunenburg	104
125	Amherst	104
125	Mount Greylock Regional, Williamstown	104
127	Millis	105
128	Pembroke	105
129	East Longmeadow	105
130	Danvers	108
131	Wakefield	109
132	West Boylston	109
133	Melrose	110
134	Stoneham	112
135	Newburyport	113
136	Tisbury	113
137	Rising Tide Charter, Plymouth	114
138	Oak Bluffs	115
139	River Valley Charter, Newburyport	115
140	Berlin-Boylston Regional	115
141	Triton Regional, Byfield	115
142	Wilmington	117
143	Ashland	118
144	Sturgis Charter, Hyannis	119
145	South Boston Harbor Academy Charter	119
146	Frontier Regional, Deerfield	120
147	Norwood	120
148	Brimfield	123
149	Tewksbury	123
150	Lenox	123
151	Dudley-Charlton Regional	125
152	West Bridgewater	126
153	Harwich	127
154	Bristol County Agricultural, Dighton	127
155	Barnstable	128
155	Community Day Charter, Lawrence	128
157	Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter, Hyde Park	128
158	Southwick-Tolland Regional	129
159	Bridgewater-Raynham Regional	129
159	Falmouth	129
161	Petersham	130
162	Martha's Vineyard Regional	130
163	Williamstown	131
164	Kingston	131
165	Abington	132
166	Somerset	132
167	Foxborough Regional Charter	132
168	Weymouth	133
169	Four Rivers Charter School, Greenfield	135
170	Ashburnham-Westminster Regional	136
171	Lanesborough	136
172	Tantasqua Regional, Fiskdale	136
173	Barnstable Charter	137
174	Quabbin Regional, Barre	137
175	Blackstone-Millville Regional	137
176	Berlin	138
177	Hatfield	141
178	Agawam	141
179	Dedham	143
180	Mystic Valley Regional Charter, Malden	143
181	Billerica	143
182	Media and Technology Charter, Boston	145
183	Dighton-Rehoboth Regional	146
184	Pioneer Valley Regional, Northfield	146
185	Belchertown	147
186	Granby	148
187	Central Berkshire Regional, Dalton	148
188	Neighborhood House Charter, Dorchester	149
189	Whitman-Hanson Regional, Whitman	150
190	Plymouth	150
191	Dartmouth	150
192	Silver Lake Regional, Kingston	150
193	Ayer	151
194	Dracut	151
195	Hampshire Regional, Westhampton	151
196	Freetown-Lakeville Regional	152
197	East Bridgewater	152
198	Auburn	153
199	Carver	153
200	Stoughton	153
201	Southern Berkshire Regional, Sheffield	154
202	Amesbury	155
203	Beverly	155
204	Watertown	157
205	Swansea	157
206	Leicester	157
207	Northbridge	158
208	New Salem-Wendell Regional	159
209	Millbury	159
210	Milford	160
211	Acushnet	161
211	Edgartown	161
213	Provincetown	161
214	Maynard	161
215	Northampton	162
216	Bellingham	162
217	Granville	164
218	North Brookfield	164
219	Erving	165
220	Peabody	165
221	Excel Academy Charter School, East Boston	166
222	Seekonk	167
223	Farmington River Regional, Otis	167
224	Norfolk County Agricultural, Walpole	169
225	Shirley	170
226	Norton	172
227	Framingham	172
228	Spencer-East Brookfield Regional	173
229	Halifax	174
230	Hudson	175
231	Lakeville	175
232	Hawlemont Regional, Shelburne Falls	176
233	Bourne	176
234	Quaboag Regional, Warre	176
235	Dennis-Yarmouth Regional	176
236	Saugus	177
237	Hull	177
238	Uxbridge	177
239	Rockland	178
240	Westhampton	181
241	Monson	182
242	Ralph Mahar Regional, Orange	182
243	Quincy	183
244	Nantucket	184
245	Codman Academy Charter, Dorchester	185
245	Mohawk Trail Regional, Shelburne Falls	185
247	South Hadley	187
248	Palmer	187
249	South Shore Charter, Hull	187
250	Waltham	187
251	Middleborough	188
252	Marlborough	188
253	Fairhaven	188
253	Mashpee	188
255	Winthrop	189
256	Clinton	189
257	Holbrook	192
258	Westport	193
259	Berkshire Hills Regional, Stockbridge	194
259	Blackstone Valley Vocational, Upton	194
261	Gloucester	194
262	Framingham Community Charter	195
263	Berkley	197
264	Medford	198
265	Douglas	200
266	Attleboro	201
267	Ludlow	202
268	Plainville	203
269	Avon	204
270	Ware	204
271	Oxford	206
272	Sabis International Charter, Springfield	207
273	Prospect Hill Academy Charter, Somerville	207
274	Narragansett Regional, Baldwinville	208
275	Winchendon	208
276	Southampton	211
277	West Springfield	211
278	Methuen	212
278	Revere	212
280	Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter, Springfield	212
281	Florida	212
282	Adams-Cheshire Regional	214
283	Westfield	214
284	Shutesbury	215
285	Easthampton	215
286	Gardner	217
287	Brookfield	218
288	Lee	218
289	Gateway Regional, Huntington	218
290	Leominster	219
291	Abby Kelley Foster Charter, Worcester	220
291	Haverhill	220
291	South Shore Vocational, Hanover	220
294	Taunton	220
295	Holland	221
296	Orange	222
297	Murdoch Middle Public Charter, Chelmsford	223
298	Greenfield	223
299	Williamsburg	225
300	Wareham	227
301	Minuteman Vocational, Lexington	228
301	Shawsheen Valley Vocational, Billerica	228
303	North Central Charter, Fitchburg	228
304	Everett	229
305	Athol-Royalston Regional	231
306	Gill-Montague Regional	233
307	Wales	234
308	Clarksburg	235
309	Franklin County Vocational, Turners Falls	236
310	Northern Berkshire Vocational, North Adams	237
311	Cambridge	237
312	Malden	237
313	Salem	237
314	Upper Cape Cod Vocational, Bourne	238
315	Pittsfield	238
316	Randolph	238
317	North Shore Vocational, Middleton	240
318	City On A Hill Charter, Boston	242
319	Blue Hills Vocational, Canton	243
320	Somerville	243
321	Chesterfield-Goshen Regional	244
322	Montachusett Vocational, Fitchburg	246
323	North Adams	247
324	Webster	248
325	Fitchburg	248
326	Health Careers Academy Charter, Boston	248
327	Nashoba Valley Vocational, Westford	249
328	Cape Cod Vocational, Harwich	249
328	Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter	249
330	Bristol-Plymouth Vocational, Taunton	250
330	Old Colony Vocational, Rochester	250
332	Tri-County Vocational, Franklin	253
333	Lynn	254
334	Assabet Valley Vocational, Marlborough	255
335	Southbridge	256
336	Chelsea	256
337	Southeastern Vocational, South Easton	257
338	Southern Worcester Vocational, Charlton	257
339	Freetown	258
340	Chicopee	258
341	Whittier Vocational, Haverhill	259
342	Essex Agricultural, Hathorne	259
343	Atlantis Charter, Fall River	260
344	Brockton	261
345	Fall River	262
346	Pathfinder Vocational, Palmer	263
347	Seven Hills Charter, Worcester	263
348	New Bedford Global Charter	264
349	Edward Brooke Charter, Brighton	264
349	Northeast Metro Vocational, Wakefield	264
351	Greater New Bedford Vocational	265
352	New Bedford	265
353	Boston	265
354	Lowell	266
355	Greater Lowell Vocational, Tyngsborough	267
356	Worcester	267
357	Greater Fall River Vocational	269
357	Northampton-Smith Vocational	269
359	Benjamin Banneker Charter, Cambridge	270
360	South Middlesex Vocational, Framingham	273
361	Springfield	273
362	New Leadership Academy Charter, Springfield	273
363	Greater Lawrence Vocational, Andover	274
364	Frederick Douglass Charter, Hyde Park	274
365	Champion Charter, Brockton	276
366	Lowell Community Charter	278
367	Lawrence Family Development Charter	279
368	Boston Renaissance Charter	279
369	Holyoke	280
370	Lawrence	282
371	Conservatory Lab Charter, Brighton	292
372	Smith Leadership Academy Charter, Boston	295
373	Uphams Corner Charter, South Boston	298