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 |