Best Schools for White Students in Massachusetts (2026)
These are the Massachusetts public schools where white students scored highest on the state reading and math tests, ranked by the average of the two proficiency rates. Only schools with at least 20 tested white students are included. The list reflects how students in this group perform at each school; it is not a ranking of schools by their demographic makeup.
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Elementary schools
| # | School | Reading | Math | Tested | Overall Repit grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Luther King Jr. Cambridge | 95% | 85% | 33 | A+ |
| 2 | John M Tobin Cambridge | 95% | 85% | 39 | A+ |
| 3 | Spring Street School Shrewsbury | 92% | 87% | 99 | A+ |
| 4 | Horace Mann Melrose | 92% | 87% | 116 | A+ |
| 5 | Mary Lee Burbank Belmont | 92% | 87% | 105 | A+ |
| 6 | Chickering Dover | 87% | 87% | 171 | B+ |
| 7 | Tucker Milton | 87% | 87% | 74 | B+ |
| 8 | Albert S. Woodward Memorial School Southborough | 87% | 87% | 95 | A+ |
| 9 | Martha Jones Westwood | 92% | 82% | 122 | A+ |
| 10 | Vinson-Owen Elementary Winchester | 87% | 87% | 165 | A+ |
| 11 | Peabody Cambridge | 92% | 82% | 66 | A+ |
| 12 | Alcott Concord | 82% | 87% | 160 | A+ |
| 13 | Glover Milton | 82% | 87% | 233 | A+ |
| 14 | James B Congdon New Bedford | 85% | 85% | 57 | C+ |
| 15 | John Ward Newton Centre | 82% | 87% | 124 | A+ |
| 16 | Margaret A Neary Southborough | 82% | 87% | 171 | A+ |
| 17 | Ambrose Elementary Winchester | 82% | 87% | 203 | A+ |
| 18 | Josiah Haynes Sudbury | 87% | 82% | 141 | A+ |
| 19 | Old Post Road East Walpole | 87% | 82% | 193 | A+ |
| 20 | Joseph E Fiske Wellesley | 87% | 82% | 86 | A+ |
| 21 | Country Weston | 85% | 85% | 45 | A+ |
| 22 | Gov Edward Winslow Marshfield | 82% | 82% | 188 | B+ |
| 23 | Swallow/Union School Dunstable | 82% | 82% | 119 | A+ |
| 24 | Thoreau Concord | 82% | 82% | 175 | A+ |
| 25 | Roger E Wellington Belmont | 82% | 82% | 177 | A+ |
Middle schools
| # | School | Reading | Math | Tested | Overall Repit grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hurley K-8 School Boston | 95% | 95% | 32 | C+ |
| 2 | Manning Elementary School Jamaica Plain | 90% | 90% | 28 | A+ |
| 3 | Mendell Elementary School Roxbury | 95% | 85% | 33 | C |
| 4 | Boston Teachers Union K-8 Pilot Jamaica Plain | 85% | 95% | 52 | C |
| 5 | Amigos School Cambridge | 87% | 82% | 84 | A+ |
| 6 | Wm Diamond Middle Lexington | 82% | 87% | 400 | A |
| 7 | Pollard Middle Needham | 83% | 85% | 639 | A+ |
| 8 | Weston Middle Weston | 84% | 84% | 321 | A |
| 9 | Charles E Brown Middle Newton Centre | 84% | 81% | 476 | A+ |
| 10 | Eliot K-8 Innovation School Boston | 82% | 82% | 220 | C+ |
| 11 | Edith C Baker Chestnut Hill | 82% | 82% | 253 | A+ |
| 12 | Winthrop L Chenery Middle Belmont | 81% | 83% | 891 | A |
| 13 | Hingham Middle School Hingham | 88% | 75% | 893 | C+ |
| 14 | Wayland Middle School Wayland | 81% | 81% | 444 | A+ |
| 15 | Sarah W Gibbons Middle Westborough | 82% | 80% | 345 | A+ |
| 16 | Jonas Clarke Middle Lexington | 80% | 82% | 393 | A |
| 17 | Hopkinton Middle School Hopkinton | 79% | 82% | 638 | A+ |
| 18 | Roland Hayes Chestnut Hill | 82% | 77% | 228 | A+ |
| 19 | Pierce Brookline | 82% | 77% | 294 | A+ |
| 20 | William H Lincoln Brookline | 82% | 77% | 192 | A+ |
| 21 | Carlisle School Carlisle | 82% | 77% | 302 | A+ |
| 22 | Lincoln School Lincoln | 77% | 82% | 234 | A |
| 23 | Hale Stow | 82% | 77% | 240 | A |
| 24 | High Rock School Needham | 82% | 77% | 358 | A+ |
| 25 | John F Kennedy Somerville | 82% | 77% | 188 | A+ |
High schools
| # | School | Reading | Math | Tested | Overall Repit grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lexington High Lexington | 92% | 98% | 261 | A+ |
| 2 | Groton Dunstable Regional Groton | 87% | 98% | 170 | A+ |
| 3 | Belmont High Belmont | 92% | 92% | 222 | A+ |
| 4 | Hamilton-Wenham Regional High South Hamilton | 92% | 92% | 121 | A+ |
| 5 | Dover-Sherborn Regional High Dover | 92% | 92% | 145 | A+ |
| 6 | Brookline High Brookline | 92% | 92% | 271 | A+ |
| 7 | Boston Latin School Boston | 88% | 93% | 572 | A+ |
| 8 | Duxbury High Duxbury | 92% | 87% | 229 | A+ |
| 9 | Concord Carlisle High Concord | 87% | 92% | 242 | A+ |
| 10 | Sturgis Charter Public School Hyannis | 87% | 92% | 185 | A+ |
| 11 | Georgetown High School Georgetown | 87% | 92% | 87 | A+ |
| 12 | Hopkinton High Hopkinton | 87% | 92% | 257 | A+ |
| 13 | Norwell High Norwell | 87% | 92% | 144 | A+ |
| 14 | Wellesley Sr High Wellesley | 87% | 92% | 288 | A+ |
| 15 | Acton-Boxborough Regional High Acton | 87% | 92% | 239 | A+ |
| 16 | Westwood High Westwood | 87% | 92% | 212 | A+ |
| 17 | Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High Sudbury | 88% | 89% | 311 | A+ |
| 18 | Needham High Needham | 85% | 90% | 343 | A+ |
| 19 | Ashland High Ashland | 87% | 87% | 149 | A+ |
| 20 | Hingham High Hingham | 92% | 82% | 297 | A+ |
| 21 | Littleton High School Littleton | 87% | 87% | 92 | A+ |
| 22 | Sharon High Sharon | 87% | 87% | 155 | A+ |
| 23 | Wayland High School Wayland | 87% | 87% | 156 | A+ |
| 24 | Weston High Weston | 87% | 87% | 111 | A+ |
| 25 | Winchester High School Winchester | 87% | 87% | 277 | A+ |
Source: U.S. Department of Education EDFacts (state assessment results by student group) via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Small schools report results as ranges; we use the midpoint. Methodology