snapshot: top 25 total sat scores
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | Dec. 26, 2013
The chart shows the top 25 state public school districts based on total SAT scores. Leading the way is Mass. Academy for Math and Science, followed by Lexington, Acton-Boxborough, and Dover-Sherborn. The data is for 2012-2013. It comes from the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
District | Reading | Writing | Math | SAT total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Abby Kelley Foster Charter | 469 | 449 | 468 | 1386 |
Abington | 504 | 491 | 505 | 1500 |
Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter | 484 | 476 | 505 | 1465 |
Acton-Boxborough | 613 | 616 | 649 | 1878 |
Adams-Cheshire | 460 | 456 | 464 | 1380 |
Agawam | 494 | 488 | 514 | 1496 |
Amesbury | 519 | 519 | 537 | 1575 |
Amherst-Pelham | 585 | 571 | 585 | 1741 |
Andover | 564 | 567 | 587 | 1718 |
Arlington | 577 | 576 | 573 | 1726 |
Ashburnham-Westminster | 518 | 521 | 528 | 1567 |
Ashland | 530 | 520 | 569 | 1619 |
Assabet Valley Vocational | 445 | 424 | 453 | 1322 |
Athol-Royalston | 463 | 449 | 452 | 1364 |
Attleboro | 502 | 503 | 518 | 1523 |
Auburn | 489 | 491 | 507 | 1487 |
Avon | 453 | 434 | 466 | 1353 |
Ayer shirley School District | 481 | 463 | 503 | 1447 |
Barnstable | 506 | 498 | 518 | 1522 |
Bedford | 567 | 565 | 579 | 1711 |
Belchertown | 518 | 512 | 541 | 1571 |
Bellingham | 501 | 478 | 495 | 1474 |
Belmont | 586 | 580 | 602 | 1768 |
Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter | 503 | 492 | 480 | 1475 |
Berkshire Hills | 541 | 540 | 525 | 1606 |
Berlin-Boylston | 543 | 532 | 538 | 1613 |
Beverly | 505 | 502 | 520 | 1527 |
Billerica | 500 | 499 | 537 | 1536 |
Blackstone-Millville | 503 | 502 | 512 | 1517 |
Blackstone Valley Vocational | 483 | 462 | 489 | 1434 |
Blue Hills Vocational | 441 | 428 | 455 | 1324 |
Boston | 434 | 433 | 468 | 1335 |
Boston Collegiate Charter | 477 | 490 | 536 | 1503 |
Boston Evening Academy | 447 | 411 | 419 | 1277 |
Boston Green Academy | 376 | 364 | 406 | 1146 |
Boston Preparatory Charter | 413 | 443 | 487 | 1343 |
Bourne | 496 | 491 | 489 | 1476 |
Braintree | 507 | 504 | 534 | 1545 |
Bridgewater-Raynham | 505 | 499 | 524 | 1528 |
Bristol-Plymouth Vocational | 461 | 428 | 461 | 1350 |
Bristol County Agricultural | 490 | 456 | 493 | 1439 |
Brockton | 424 | 417 | 440 | 1281 |
Brookline | 591 | 590 | 609 | 1790 |
Burlington | 520 | 520 | 534 | 1574 |
Cambridge | 498 | 501 | 502 | 1501 |
Canton | 515 | 508 | 541 | 1564 |
Cape Cod Vocational | 455 | 425 | 460 | 1340 |
Carver | 481 | 487 | 509 | 1477 |
Central Berkshire | 529 | 510 | 526 | 1565 |
Chelmsford | 539 | 537 | 562 | 1638 |
Chelsea | 423 | 408 | 454 | 1285 |
Chicopee | 483 | 475 | 495 | 1453 |
City On A Hill Charter | 404 | 413 | 447 | 1264 |
Clinton | 494 | 478 | 501 | 1473 |
Codman Academy Charter | 392 | 402 | 439 | 1233 |
Cohasset | 547 | 544 | 567 | 1658 |
Concord-Carlisle | 598 | 592 | 617 | 1807 |
Danvers | 513 | 507 | 518 | 1538 |
Dartmouth | 500 | 486 | 522 | 1508 |
Dedham | 493 | 478 | 507 | 1478 |
Dennis-Yarmouth | 503 | 496 | 495 | 1494 |
Dighton-Rehoboth | 532 | 515 | 529 | 1576 |
Douglas | 510 | 522 | 506 | 1538 |
Dover-Sherborn | 608 | 617 | 618 | 1843 |
Dracut | 492 | 491 | 494 | 1477 |
Dudley-Charlton | 507 | 501 | 515 | 1523 |
Duxbury | 551 | 557 | 574 | 1682 |
East Bridgewater | 494 | 479 | 495 | 1468 |
Easthampton | 482 | 473 | 500 | 1455 |
East Longmeadow | 497 | 489 | 511 | 1497 |
Easton | 525 | 522 | 527 | 1574 |
Essex Agricultural | 485 | 453 | 471 | 1409 |
Everett | 431 | 420 | 438 | 1289 |
Fairhaven | 507 | 496 | 503 | 1506 |
Fall River | 446 | 436 | 463 | 1345 |
Falmouth | 532 | 531 | 532 | 1595 |
Fitchburg | 438 | 412 | 441 | 1291 |
Four Rivers Charter School | 584 | 567 | 541 | 1692 |
Foxborough | 543 | 540 | 556 | 1639 |
Foxborough Regional Charter | 521 | 505 | 506 | 1532 |
Framingham | 516 | 519 | 552 | 1587 |
Francis W Parker Charter | 585 | 566 | 561 | 1712 |
Franklin | 533 | 538 | 557 | 1628 |
Franklin County Vocational | 489 | 464 | 489 | 1442 |
Freetown-Lakeville | 526 | 532 | 538 | 1596 |
Frontier | 535 | 531 | 539 | 1605 |
Gardner | 518 | 501 | 515 | 1534 |
Gateway | 528 | 512 | 529 | 1569 |
Georgetown | 540 | 533 | 548 | 1621 |
Gill-Montague | 485 | 467 | 504 | 1456 |
Gloucester | 494 | 488 | 496 | 1478 |
Grafton | 527 | 507 | 544 | 1578 |
Granby | 510 | 509 | 520 | 1539 |
Greater Fall River Vocational | 461 | 441 | 471 | 1373 |
Greater Lawrence Vocational | 368 | 358 | 382 | 1108 |
Greater Lowell Vocational | 450 | 418 | 456 | 1324 |
Greater New Bedford Vocational | 436 | 409 | 432 | 1277 |
Greenfield | 467 | 478 | 481 | 1426 |
Groton-Dunstable | 547 | 536 | 578 | 1661 |
Hadley | 520 | 524 | 536 | 1580 |
Hamilton-Wenham | 555 | 552 | 553 | 1660 |
Hampden-Wilbraham | 515 | 516 | 534 | 1565 |
Hampshire | 541 | 538 | 547 | 1626 |
Hanover | 502 | 490 | 513 | 1505 |
Harvard | 609 | 605 | 610 | 1824 |
Hatfield | 569 | 550 | 500 | 1619 |
Haverhill | 489 | 483 | 498 | 1470 |
Health Careers Academy Charter | 405 | 429 | 394 | 1228 |
Hingham | 553 | 560 | 569 | 1682 |
Holbrook | 448 | 427 | 458 | 1333 |
Holliston | 535 | 534 | 556 | 1625 |
Holyoke | 453 | 443 | 484 | 1380 |
Hopedale | 510 | 491 | 518 | 1519 |
Hopkinton | 557 | 555 | 575 | 1687 |
Hudson | 495 | 486 | 494 | 1475 |
Hull | 479 | 480 | 482 | 1441 |
Ipswich | 546 | 533 | 543 | 1622 |
King Philip | 533 | 528 | 534 | 1595 |
Lawrence | 392 | 388 | 404 | 1184 |
Lee | 498 | 486 | 494 | 1478 |
Leicester | 481 | 475 | 498 | 1454 |
Lenox | 555 | 558 | 556 | 1669 |
Leominster | 485 | 473 | 501 | 1459 |
Lexington | 626 | 623 | 656 | 1905 |
Lincoln-Sudbury | 589 | 594 | 620 | 1803 |
Littleton | 578 | 574 | 578 | 1730 |
Longmeadow | 563 | 558 | 576 | 1697 |
Lowell | 459 | 441 | 487 | 1387 |
Ludlow | 508 | 498 | 534 | 1540 |
Lunenburg | 513 | 499 | 534 | 1546 |
Lynn | 438 | 429 | 454 | 1321 |
Lynnfield | 513 | 516 | 553 | 1582 |
Malden | 447 | 438 | 490 | 1375 |
Manchester Essex | 554 | 553 | 570 | 1677 |
Mansfield | 529 | 521 | 552 | 1602 |
Marblehead | 548 | 552 | 553 | 1653 |
Marlborough | 500 | 492 | 522 | 1514 |
Marshfield | 517 | 511 | 524 | 1552 |
Martha's Vineyard | 536 | 529 | 535 | 1600 |
Masconomet | 552 | 549 | 569 | 1670 |
Mashpee | 484 | 468 | 505 | 1457 |
Mass. Academy for Math & Science | 664 | 667 | 710 | 2041 |
Maynard | 547 | 539 | 519 | 1605 |
Medfield | 577 | 579 | 605 | 1761 |
Medford | 489 | 501 | 500 | 1490 |
Media and Technology Charter | 406 | 405 | 493 | 1304 |
Medway | 527 | 526 | 546 | 1599 |
Melrose | 507 | 509 | 502 | 1518 |
Mendon-Upton | 523 | 511 | 523 | 1557 |
Methuen | 449 | 437 | 463 | 1349 |
Middleborough | 500 | 488 | 497 | 1485 |
Milford | 502 | 501 | 509 | 1512 |
Millbury | 502 | 501 | 514 | 1517 |
Millis | 512 | 510 | 525 | 1547 |
Milton | 516 | 513 | 537 | 1566 |
Minuteman Vocational | 482 | 440 | 462 | 1384 |
Mohawk Trail | 523 | 500 | 521 | 1544 |
Monson | 517 | 512 | 518 | 1547 |
Montachusett Vocational | 471 | 447 | 469 | 1387 |
Mount Greylock | 536 | 534 | 525 | 1595 |
Murdoch Middle Public Charter | 566 | 539 | 551 | 1656 |
Mystic Valley Regional Charter | 518 | 521 | 551 | 1590 |
Nantucket | 463 | 466 | 473 | 1402 |
Narragansett | 480 | 473 | 485 | 1438 |
Nashoba | 555 | 546 | 579 | 1680 |
Nashoba Valley Vocational | 447 | 435 | 470 | 1352 |
Natick | 550 | 537 | 557 | 1644 |
Nauset | 536 | 531 | 545 | 1612 |
Needham | 585 | 580 | 595 | 1760 |
New Bedford | 424 | 413 | 431 | 1268 |
Newburyport | 536 | 535 | 551 | 1622 |
New Leadership Academy Charter | 411 | 389 | 381 | 1181 |
Newton | 589 | 597 | 619 | 1805 |
Norfolk County Agricultural | 490 | 466 | 482 | 1438 |
North Adams | 445 | 433 | 453 | 1331 |
Northampton | 568 | 550 | 565 | 1683 |
Northampton-Smith Vocational | 454 | 418 | 465 | 1337 |
North Andover | 530 | 526 | 541 | 1597 |
North Attleborough | 531 | 515 | 537 | 1583 |
Northborough-Southborough | 569 | 567 | 579 | 1715 |
Northbridge | 516 | 502 | 507 | 1525 |
North Brookfield | 482 | 478 | 488 | 1448 |
North Central Charter | 489 | 460 | 480 | 1429 |
Northeast Metro Vocational | 410 | 392 | 433 | 1235 |
Northern Berkshire Vocational | 467 | 454 | 481 | 1402 |
North Middlesex | 521 | 504 | 520 | 1545 |
North Reading | 547 | 546 | 577 | 1670 |
North Shore Vocational | 460 | 427 | 451 | 1338 |
Norton | 519 | 510 | 520 | 1549 |
Norwell | 532 | 540 | 545 | 1617 |
Norwood | 487 | 492 | 505 | 1484 |
Old Colony Vocational | 466 | 437 | 469 | 1372 |
Old Rochester | 530 | 519 | 544 | 1593 |
Old Rochester | 530 | 519 | 544 | 1593 |
Oxford | 506 | 484 | 514 | 1504 |
Palmer | 500 | 481 | 501 | 1482 |
Pathfinder Vocational | 451 | 422 | 474 | 1347 |
Peabody | 495 | 492 | 511 | 1498 |
Pembroke | 492 | 489 | 519 | 1500 |
Pentucket | 548 | 536 | 554 | 1638 |
Pioneer Valley | 533 | 500 | 503 | 1536 |
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter | 574 | 561 | 509 | 1644 |
Pittsfield | 472 | 471 | 483 | 1426 |
Plymouth | 494 | 486 | 511 | 1491 |
Prospect Hill Academy Charter | 476 | 479 | 483 | 1438 |
Quabbin | 493 | 475 | 495 | 1463 |
Quaboag | 513 | 498 | 510 | 1521 |
Quincy | 470 | 466 | 522 | 1458 |
Ralph Mahar | 519 | 511 | 516 | 1546 |
Randolph | 410 | 405 | 439 | 1254 |
Reading | 548 | 543 | 562 | 1653 |
Revere | 438 | 438 | 466 | 1342 |
Rockland | 490 | 490 | 512 | 1492 |
Rockport | 528 | 514 | 526 | 1568 |
Sabis International Charter | 452 | 441 | 483 | 1376 |
Salem | 467 | 450 | 466 | 1383 |
Salem Academy Charter | 470 | 470 | 480 | 1420 |
Sandwich | 519 | 516 | 522 | 1557 |
Saugus | 472 | 451 | 482 | 1405 |
Scituate | 533 | 544 | 548 | 1625 |
Seekonk | 530 | 521 | 533 | 1584 |
Sharon | 588 | 589 | 610 | 1787 |
Shawsheen Valley Vocational | 463 | 445 | 478 | 1386 |
Shrewsbury | 549 | 551 | 577 | 1677 |
Silver Lake | 513 | 501 | 533 | 1547 |
Somerset Berkley Regional | 513 | 496 | 518 | 1527 |
Somerville | 444 | 434 | 465 | 1343 |
Southbridge | 389 | 369 | 397 | 1155 |
Southeastern Vocational | 411 | 390 | 420 | 1221 |
Southern Berkshire | 505 | 498 | 500 | 1503 |
Southern Worcester Vocational | 453 | 423 | 470 | 1346 |
South Hadley | 493 | 500 | 530 | 1523 |
South Middlesex Vocational | 440 | 419 | 441 | 1300 |
South Shore Charter | 487 | 475 | 472 | 1434 |
South Shore Vocational | 432 | 402 | 456 | 1290 |
Southwick-Tolland | 526 | 517 | 509 | 1552 |
Spencer-East Brookfield | 488 | 470 | 510 | 1468 |
Springfield | 416 | 403 | 425 | 1244 |
Stoneham | 507 | 519 | 507 | 1533 |
Stoughton | 490 | 479 | 496 | 1465 |
Sturgis Charter | 582 | 558 | 550 | 1690 |
Sutton | 536 | 523 | 534 | 1593 |
Swampscott | 524 | 525 | 533 | 1582 |
Swansea | 504 | 500 | 522 | 1526 |
Tantasqua | 522 | 509 | 553 | 1584 |
Taunton | 486 | 472 | 500 | 1458 |
Tewksbury | 505 | 490 | 512 | 1507 |
Tri-County Vocational | 462 | 445 | 473 | 1380 |
Triton | 519 | 515 | 545 | 1579 |
Tyngsboro | 515 | 495 | 546 | 1556 |
Tyngsborough | 515 | 495 | 546 | 1556 |
Upper Cape Cod Vocational | 457 | 420 | 475 | 1352 |
Uxbridge | 515 | 501 | 532 | 1548 |
Wachusett | 537 | 527 | 553 | 1617 |
Wakefield | 510 | 512 | 529 | 1551 |
Walpole | 533 | 524 | 522 | 1579 |
Waltham | 478 | 480 | 509 | 1467 |
Ware | 466 | 462 | 501 | 1429 |
Wareham | 472 | 471 | 466 | 1409 |
Watertown | 485 | 478 | 529 | 1492 |
Wayland | 587 | 591 | 615 | 1793 |
Webster | 463 | 451 | 473 | 1387 |
Wellesley | 605 | 606 | 611 | 1822 |
Westborough | 564 | 560 | 592 | 1716 |
West Boylston | 486 | 492 | 492 | 1470 |
West Bridgewater | 487 | 493 | 490 | 1470 |
Westfield | 493 | 481 | 503 | 1477 |
Westford | 589 | 577 | 601 | 1767 |
Weston | 603 | 610 | 622 | 1835 |
Westport | 508 | 492 | 506 | 1506 |
West Springfield | 477 | 465 | 490 | 1432 |
Westwood | 570 | 565 | 592 | 1727 |
Weymouth | 494 | 484 | 494 | 1472 |
Whitman-Hanson | 501 | 500 | 518 | 1519 |
Whittier Vocational | 459 | 444 | 465 | 1368 |
Wilmington | 525 | 518 | 537 | 1580 |
Winchendon | 494 | 485 | 504 | 1483 |
Winchester | 579 | 585 | 609 | 1773 |
Winthrop | 485 | 483 | 507 | 1475 |
Woburn | 491 | 496 | 508 | 1495 |
Worcester | 437 | 431 | 459 | 1327 |