Best Public High Schools in Boston

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SCHOOL	Rank	Enrollment	Average Class Size	Student-to-Teacher Ratio	10TH GRADERS SCORING PROFICIENT OR HIGHER ON MCAS Reading (%)	Math (%)	Science (%)	AVERAGE SAT SCORES Reading/Writing	AVERAGE SAT SCORES Math	ADVANCED PLACEMENT Proficient (%)	Graduation Rate (%)	Attending College (%)	EDUCATOR EVALUATIONS Proficient (%)	Exemplary (%)	Combined (%)
Dover-Sherborn Regional High School	1	674	15.7	11.6:1	100	99	97	632	644	92.8	98.8	87.6	85.4	10.4	95.8
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School	2	1,837	18.4	14.7:1	99	96	96	656	684	95.3	98.0	90.5	84.0	15.4	99.4
Wayland High School	3	846	15.8	11.9:1	100	94	97	629	645	89.5	99.1	89.7	95.9	2.1	98.0
The Bromfield School	4	627	15.8	11.4:1	100	92	99	624	613	94.3	100.0	91.5	96.9	0.0	96.9
Lexington High School	5	2,263	19.6	12.8:1	99	98	96	645	674	93.9	98.2	87.3	97.8	0.0	97.8
Sharon High School	6	1,121	14.0	11.4:1	98	93	93	619	636	92.7	97.3	87.4	76.0	18.2	94.2
Concord-Carlisle High School	7	1,274	16.0	12.5:1	99	92	95	631	644	92.9	98.4	87.0	96.9	2.3	99.2
Weston High School	8	707	16.5	10.2:1	100	96	92	624	640	83.9	100.0	83.7	77.9	20.0	97.9
Wellesley High School	9	1,529	17.0	12.8:1	99	97	94	630	642	91.8	98.2	86.0	94.8	5.2	100.0
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School	10	1,528	18.2	12.1:1	98	94	91	615	644	96.6	98.9	90.2	59.2	39.6	98.8
Newton South High School	11	1,911	14.9	12.4:1	100	96	92	626	641	93.3	96.8	80.2	90.3	8.6	98.9
Winchester High School	12	1,359	17.0	14.5:1	99	96	96	617	638	90.5	94.9	90.5	85.6	14.4	100.0
Lynnfield High School	13	629	10.9	12.9:1	100	97	97	579	576	76.9	98.1	92.3	0.0	96.8	96.8
Westwood High School	14	1,009	15.4	12.9:1	98	96	94	591	609	91.1	98.0	91.5	94.8	4.2	99.0
Hopkinton High School	15	1,182	17.9	14.2:1	100	97	96	607	628	88.8	98.3	89.5	73.3	25.7	99.0
Westford Academy	16	1,724	19.6	14.6:1	99	96	96	609	627	96.6	99.0	91.4	71.6	26.4	98.0
Littleton High School	17	450	13.7	12.2:1	96	96	92	598	591	87.4	97.2	92.6	56.1	43.9	100.0
Westborough High School	18	1,152	15.0	12.8:1	97	93	92	612	633	87.6	96.7	86.6	75.7	23.3	99.0
Brookline High School	19	2,101	14.2	10.7:1	98	93	89	622	637	93.3	94.8	76.6	96.9	0.9	97.8
Medfield High School	20	799	16.1	12.3:1	98	97	95	591	611	76.4	98.3	92.5	84.9	11.8	96.7
Needham High School	21	1,718	16.6	13.7:1	98	94	93	618	624	92.0	97.7	86.3	96.7	0.0	96.7
Boston Latin School	22	2,440	26.0	20.2:1	100	100	99	657	678	84.0	97.6	91.9	54.3	44.9	99.2
Manchester Essex Regional High School	23	471	11.8	10.7:1	97	96	93	598	596	77.8	96.9	84.2	37.5	58.9	96.4
Newton North High School	24	2,124	16.2	11.6:1	96	92	91	620	632	92.1	96.0	81.7	87.7	8.8	96.5
Hingham High School	25	1,253	15.7	14.7:1	98	92	92	608	604	93.0	100.0	87.3	83.5	14.6	98.1
Georgetown High School	26	398	12.5	11.3:1	99	91	88	581	590	90.8	98.2	84.3	84.6	1.9	86.5
Cohasset Middle/High School	27	833	18.3	11.7:1	99	95	94	593	591	83.1	98.9	91.4	97.6	0.0	97.6
Bedford High School	28	874	13.2	10.8:1	97	90	93	596	592	89.7	96.8	82.9	97.3	0.0	97.3
Marblehead High School	29	1,054	13.2	12.2:1	99	92	95	591	584	79.9	97.2	84.8	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ashland High School	30	832	14.7	14.8:1	97	95	92	581	605	97.2	96.2	85.4	80.3	19.7	100.0
Masconomet Regional High School	31	1,140	16.5	14.1:1	100	96	99	582	585	85.7	98.6	84.5	98.0	1.0	99.0
Nashoba Regional High School	32	978	14.1	13.1:1	97	94	90	601	609	85.6	95.4	81.9	83.9	9.7	93.6
Belmont High School	33	1,308	20.8	17.4:1	100	95	97	618	638	92.2	98.5	82.7	91.7	6.3	98.0
Norwell High School	34	684	15.8	13.8:1	97	92	94	597	579	75.3	98.8	92.2	95.0	5.0	100.0
Swampscott High School	35	707	13.7	11.6:1	97	91	92	580	596	79.1	95.7	85.8	97.4	1.3	98.7
Mansfield High School	36	1,267	15.5	12.4:1	97	94	86	585	604	77.3	95.3	90.9	75.8	24.2	100.0
Andover High School	37	1,790	15.2	14.4:1	99	91	86	600	604	82.7	96.4	88.4	77.6	19.2	96.8
Newburyport High School	38	759	16.5	11.4:1	97	94	95	584	585	83.6	95.4	86.2	83.8	13.8	97.6
Holliston High School	39	825	16.3	13.6:1	98	93	93	592	602	71.3	97.3	89.6	95.1	4.9	100.0
Arlington High School	40	1,380	14.2	13.7:1	96	91	87	610	602	84.7	95.6	82.6	96.0	0.0	96.0
Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School	41	563	16.2	11.6:1	98	96	94	594	580	67.3	95.5	86.6	82.8	9.4	92.2
Milton High School	42	1,036	17.5	13.1:1	98	91	93	577	588	85.9	96.2	88.6	69.7	20.2	89.9
Duxbury High School	43	1,004	19.2	12.8:1	98	94	95	601	592	70.1	97.2	85.5	87.2	12.8	100.0
Ipswich High School	44	541	11.9	11.3:1	95	88	86	580	568	77.5	97.4	83.3	81.0	17.5	98.5
Foxborough High School	45	813	13.7	11.9:1	95	91	89	570	577	78.5	96.9	85.2	72.3	26.5	98.8
Pentucket Regional High School	46	740	14.5	12.0:1	97	85	88	576	585	78.4	95.7	86.7	61.7	37.0	98.7
Natick High School	47	1,732	17.5	13.8:1	97	92	93	584	590	79.0	97.0	85.3	84.8	13.3	98.1
Chelmsford High School	48	1,444	16.8	13.3:1	97	93	85	581	592	74.2	94.2	89.9	92.5	6.0	98.5
Medway High School	49	708	15.7	14.3:1	98	92	88	582	586	76.3	97.5	83.7	67.2	26.2	93.4
Reading Memorial High School	50	1,251	18.0	14.3:1	96	88	82	580	587	82.6	98.5	92.9	96.3	2.8	99.1
North Reading High School	51	752	19.9	10.8:1	99	87	89	575	574	70.7	98.6	89.6	97.6	2.4	100.0
Canton High School	52	968	17.4	14.2:1	97	91	92	576	584	72.2	98.8	86.0	92.4	5.4	97.8
Walpole High School	53	1,128	17.7	13.0:1	98	87	87	570	567	82.7	97.8	87.2	87.7	8.5	96.2
Franklin High School	54	1,749	17.3	14.8:1	99	89	94	574	575	75.1	98.1	83.9	84.6	11.2	95.8
Millis High School	55	356	14.5	12.2:1	95	89	83	560	546	79.9	95.5	90.7	58.5	41.5	100.0
Braintree High School	56	1,793	16.5	15.4:1	98	91	87	570	583	84.9	94.4	84.2	92.8	4.3	97.1
Burlington High School	57	1,071	13.9	12.3:1	97	83	85	562	562	71.4	97.0	86.0	92.0	6.3	98.3
Oliver Ames High School	58	1,145	18.5	13.4:1	98	91	82	569	569	73.8	98.1	88.4	85.7	14.3	100.0
King Philip Regional High School	59	1,295	19.0	15.6:1	98	91	92	580	574	75.2	97.9	86.1	59.6	34.3	93.9
Pembroke High School	60	849	16.4	13.4:1	97	87	88	568	575	69.1	98.1	83.8	83.8	8.1	91.9
Hanover High School	61	804	16.3	12.8:1	96	85	89	551	547	66.9	98.9	90.2	89.0	11.0	100.0
Scituate High School	62	959	18.3	15.5:1	96	93	92	580	575	65.9	93.6	89.4	84.6	14.1	98.7
North Andover High School	63	1,462	19.6	16.1:1	96	89	90	578	568	84.5	96.8	86.0	92.7	5.5	98.2
Watertown High School	64	659	13.5	9.5:1	93	85	76	545	558	74.3	94.0	86.2	86.2	12.8	99.0
Marshfield High School	65	1,331	18.5	12.2:1	98	89	85	565	556	71.7	97.6	83.0	91.3	6.3	97.6
Wilmington High School	66	829	16.5	11.1:1	96	89	82	560	553	63.7	97.9	84.5	87.0	8.7	95.7
Hudson High School	67	894	14.7	10.9:1	97	88	80	575	560	77.6	89.6	79.1	89.2	9.8	99.0
Amesbury High School	68	565	16.5	12.4:1	96	91	86	574	576	70.1	87.6	83.6	96.4	0.0	96.4
North Quincy High School	69	1,258	16.7	14.0:1	94	91	85	542	593	72.4	95.2	83.7	89.1	5.5	94.6
Apponequet Regional High School	70	727	16.3	11.9:1	97	86	86	558	565	68.9	93.2	82.0	71.2	24.7	95.9
Wakefield Memorial High School	71	992	14.6	12.3:1	94	86	76	570	570	68.4	96.0	81.1	87.5	11.5	99.0
Carver Middle/High School	72	760	15.1	10.8:1	98	92	73	555	546	58.8	94.4	84.5	90.1	3.7	93.8
Rockport High School	73	280	13.3	8.5:1	94	84	90	572	532	48.5	95.7	75.0	4.4	91.1	95.5
Stoneham High School	74	669	15.9	11.2:1	94	80	81	560	550	71.1	94.9	85.3	89.2	6.8	96.0
Hull High School	75	287	10.3	10.0:1	99	88	88	559	557	63.9	87.9	65.0	71.1	23.7	94.8
West Bridgewater Middle-Senior High School	76	417	17.1	13.1:1	99	87	92	569	554	45.5	98.9	78.3	91.4	6.9	98.3
Melrose High School	77	1,014	18.5	14.2:1	98	85	86	562	545	69.0	94.4	87.8	79.1	13.2	92.3
Norton High School	78	716	19.3	13.0:1	97	89	89	558	560	68.0	93.6	82.4	89.5	8.8	98.3
Silver Lake Regional High School	79	1,241	19.6	13.2:1	94	89	83	580	582	76.8	95.7	73.9	81.1	17.0	98.1
Danvers High School	80	930	15.8	11.7:1	94	76	85	548	549	66.8	95.3	86.5	79.2	18.8	98.0
Boston Latin Academy	81	1,767	25.8	19.4:1	100	99	94	570	598	41.2	96.5	90.4	71.9	27.0	98.9
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School	82	1,983	15.4	10.2:1	93	83	75	570	572	81.4	89.0	72.9	62.7	28.7	91.4
Medford High School	83	1,340	14.5	10.2:1	93	75	68	549	543	91.2	92.7	80.4	73.1	23.7	96.8
Triton Regional High School	84	681	13.9	12.2:1	96	83	74	552	559	63.9	90.2	81.9	55.7	42.9	98.6
Middleborough High School	85	769	13.9	12.0:1	95	88	85	546	545	57.0	97.1	71.1	82.8	15.6	98.4
Dedham High School	86	748	15.6	11.6:1	92	85	85	558	574	54.0	92.7	76.6	95.1	4.9	100.0
Norwood High School	87	985	15.1	14.1:1	93	76	83	558	564	68.7	94.2	80.4	92.3	3.3	95.6
Tewksbury Memorial High School	88	916	19.1	13.8:1	95	80	79	561	567	68.3	94.5	78.7	87.7	8.6	96.3
Billerica Memorial High School	89	1,336	17.7	13.9:1	95	90	92	547	555	58.3	88.3	77.5	73.6	24.0	97.6
John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science	90	1,535	22.8	17.3:1	100	98	89	536	571	31.3	97.6	86.3	61.1	35.8	96.9
Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School	91	1,470	16.9	16.9:1	96	87	81	555	562	58.6	95.2	78.1	91.4	7.6	99.0
Abington High School	92	545	16.0	14.4:1	93	89	85	550	536	69.2	95.3	70.2	88.2	9.8	98.0
Stoughton High School	93	1,039	17.6	10.8:1	93	78	77	545	546	60.2	92.5	79.2	84.2	10.5	94.7
Avon Middle High School	94	322	11.5	9.4:1	94	71	70	513	497	54.5	87.8	91.7	92.7	4.9	97.6
Beverly High School	95	1,251	19.5	13.3:1	92	83	85	565	551	68.2	89.9	73.5	91.2	7.1	98.3
Framingham High School	96	2,271	16.8	15.5:1	89	81	83	556	587	87.3	84.8	69.8	80.4	14.5	94.9
Woburn Memorial High School	97	1,301	15.9	12.4:1	90	78	76	551	552	57.1	91.4	75.3	75.8	23.4	99.2
Maynard High School	98	375	16.3	14.3:1	90	76	61	579	558	57.1	91.8	83.1	76.3	21.1	97.4
Quincy High School	99	1,517	15.1	12.8:1	92	78	76	541	535	72.3	91.6	67.2	97.2	0.7	97.9
Bellingham High School	100	744	17.8	13.0:1	97	88	85	534	535	54.9	95.2	59.8	95.5	4.5	100.0
Whitman-Hanson Regional High School	101	1,277	20.8	17.0:1	94	78	86	548	532	58.2	95.1	77.6	89.2	8.6	97.8
Rockland High School	102	636	16.0	13.5:1	92	76	75	542	546	46.6	89.1	73.7	3.6	96.4	100.0
Plymouth South High School	103	1,074	14.1	10.4:1	91	73	77	521	517	45.7	95.5	65.4	65.6	32.1	97.7
Plymouth North High School	104	1,267	15.5	11.8:1	93	68	76	549	534	49.6	90.5	67.8	86.1	8.2	94.3
Somerville High School	105	1,251	14.6	10.4:1	87	73	72	544	538	57.5	86.7	67.6	68.5	27.4	95.9
Weymouth High School	106	1,863	16.2	13.2:1	91	73	71	547	534	68.4	87.6	67.4	87.7	11.0	98.7
Wareham High School	107	590	10.8	10.2:1	95	75	59	536	539	37.3	90.6	58.8	61.5	32.3	93.8
Milford High School	108	1170	18.5	12.7:1	93	73	77	544	531	58.5	85.6	72.2	79.8	11.0	90.8
New Mission High School	109	462	15.5	12.7:1	99	94	52	468	495	12.3	94.9	86.7	78.6	21.4	100.0
Methuen High School	110	1,982	17.0	14.2:1	89	72	67	534	536	59.4	90.1	70.7	90.5	3.6	94.1
Peabody Veterans Memorial High School	111	1,436	15.4	11.4:1	88	73	66	531	531	53.7	84.4	71.1	95.2	4.1	99.3
Haverhill High School	112	1,841	17.4	14.1:1	88	74	71	552	547	60.0	83.1	70.2	76.8	1.3	78.1
Winthrop High School	113	595	18.3	14.6:1	88	80	73	540	538	35.4	84.6	79.0	90.6	7.5	98.1
Saugus High School	114	699	15.0	13.2:1	91	70	69	531	516	30.3	85.6	78.2	95.5	3.0	98.5
East Bridgewater Junior-Senior High School	115	1,011	21.5	14.5:1	94	81	59	535	510	34.8	96.3	74.2	92.3	6.4	98.7
Marlborough High School	116	1,075	14.2	10.8:1	86	70	67	546	537	44.7	81.4	67.8	85.5	8.9	94.4
Gloucester High School	117	809	14.3	10.6:1	81	62	62	552	556	58.6	88.4	60.1	77.1	19.8	96.9
Waltham High School	118	1,609	16.3	11.0:1	75	66	72	518	522	67.0	83.5	71.8	84.3	10.7	95.0
Revere High School	119	1,978	20.7	14.8:1	86	70	73	501	508	65.9	86.8	69.7	86.3	5.2	91.5
Holbrook Middle-High School	120	594	16.5	13.8:1	91	80	52	521	518	30.4	81.8	67.2	92.6	1.9	94.5
Randolph High School	121	646	16.1	10.8:1	81	72	64	498	519	34.6	79.1	73.0	77.5	21.1	98.6
Taunton High School	122	2,624	20.9	16.7:1	86	62	65	513	503	42.8	94.1	74.7	93.5	4.5	98.0
Lowell High School	123	3,174	20.8	15.2:1	84	69	61	520	527	46.0	82.7	73.4	70.2	29.4	99.6
Malden High School	124	1,845	19.7	16.1:1	80	74	67	515	546	44.2	80.2	69.5	82.4	14.7	97.1
Boston Arts Academy	125	469	15.6	10.4:1	94	70	53	491	469	16.7	81.7	64.4	53.8	43.6	97.4
Salem High School	126	916	14.5	9.9:1	84	54	54	482	479	48.4	89.0	59.3	88.0	5.3	93.3
Another Course To College	127	224	12.5	11.2:1	91	55	32	428	431	26.7	89.6	75.4	60.0	33.3	93.3
Mary Lyon Pilot High School	128	133	14.2	6.1:1	83	38	9	471	471	10.0	92.6	82.8	80.0	15.0	95.0
Boston Community Leadership Academy	129	487	18.2	11.0:1	82	77	43	463	476	23.4	75.2	74.2	76.5	23.5	100.0
Brockton High School	130	4,032	18.4	17.2:1	82	56	56	501	487	36.6	86.1	68.8	82.0	9.4	91.4
Everett High School	131	1,978	16.8	14.0:1	81	58	62	485	485	38.4	80.6	61.4	90.9	7.4	98.3
Fenway High School	132	377	19.9	11.8:1	81	67	56	446	454		91.7	75.7	87.5	8.3	95.8
Josiah Quincy Upper School	133	549	20.7	11.9:1	80	62	38	483	495	6.7	75.0	84.2	83.0	17.0	100.0
TechBoston Academy	134	917	14.4	10.7:1	83	39	43	426	435	43.9	86.6	66.7	54.0	44.8	98.8
Snowden International School at Copley	135	489	18.2	11.7:1	90	53	37	454	464	6.5	79.8	73.0	73.0	13.5	86.5
Lawrence High School	136	3218	17.9	12.6:1	76	56	51	467	484	36.4	79.3	62.0	72.0	16.0	88.0
Classical High School	137	1,716	19.2	16.9:1	73	54	56	500	503	47.2	75.3	62.0	93.9	2.6	96.5
Lynn English High School	138	1,786	19.3	16.1:1	76	56	57	498	493	26.3	72.7	53.6	96.2	0.0	96.2
East Boston High School	139	1,189	17.6	12.3:1	74	61	47	462	463	12.8	73.8	51.3	89.2	9.0	98.2
Boston International High School	140	369	14.6	7.3:1	69	57	46	403	454	25.0	53.0	58.9	93.8	6.3	100.1
Excel High School	141	518	18.6	11.3:1	67	56	36	429	453	10.8	82.9	60.8	95.3	2.3	97.6
Dearborn STEM Academy	142	419	16.5	11.2:1	70	55	47	408	433	6.7	78.8	61.5	81.6	18.4	100.0
Jeremiah E. Burke High School	143	403	19.3	11.7:1	88	68	33	416	435	0.0	78.2	42.9	67.7	19.4	87.1
Chelsea High School	144	1,360	19.1	11.5:1	67	37	37	481	468	33.3	60.0	59.0	80.6	0.0	80.6
Charlestown High School	145	881	12.5	10.9:1	58	47	18	422	453	30.1	61.6	64.0	85.0	12.5	97.5
The English High School	146	521	15.5	10.9:1	78	43	35	436	448	2.7	65.3	51.6	69.1	30.9	100.0
Brighton High School	147	586	17.7	12.0:1	72	46	39	412	426	12.7	58.8	54.2	54.4	42.1	96.5
Community Academy of Science and Health	148	368	14.2	9.6:1	53	29	19	413	418	0.0	67.5	65.8	86.8	5.3	92.1
Madison Park Technical Vocational High School	149	887	14.8	9.1:1	59	33	12	428	435	0.0	65.0	43.0	70.9	16.4	87.3

Methodology
This chart ranks public high schools in towns or districts within, or partially within, I-495. To compile the list, we used the most recent data for each school available at press time from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education. In cases of missing information, we used data from a previous year as necessary.

We omitted highly specialized schools and schools reporting insufficient information, as well as charter schools. To calculate the rankings, statistician George Recck, director of the Math Resource Center at Babson College, analyzed the results, comparing each high school’s data points to the overall average for all schools. He then applied a percentage weight to the standardized value for each school to create an aggregate “score” to determine each high school’s rank.

Research by Samantha Baldwin, Hannah Ebanks, Endre Joseph, Henry Lin-David, Carly Thompson, and Daysia Tolentino