Boston Best Public High Schools

About this year’s list

The 2023 rankings offer a statistical analysis of the top public high schools in Greater Boston. To ensure accuracy and consistency, it is compiled with the most recent data available at press time from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, which publishes a limited amount of information on each school, including MCAS and SAT scores. In an effort to provide additional transparency, this year’s chart again includes median household income and home prices for each high school’s town(s). We have also included several “honor roll” lists so you can see in what areas, exactly, different schools excel, as well as a list of high-performing schools in areas with lower median home prices.

SCHOOL RANK ENROLLMENT AVERAGE
CLASS
SIZE
STUDENT-
TO-
TEACHER
RATIO
10TH
GRADERS
SCORING
PROFICIENT
OR HIGHER
ON MCAS
(%)
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
ARTS
10TH
GRADERS
SCORING
PROFICIENT
OR HIGHER
ON MCAS
(%) MATH
10TH GRADES SCORING
PROFICIENT OR HIGHER ON
MCAS(%) SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY/ENGINEERING
AVERAGE SAT
SCORES
READING/WRITING
AVERAGE
SAT
SCORES
MATH
ADVANCED
PLACEMENT
(%)
PROFICIENT
GRADUATION
RATE(%)
ATTENDING
COLLEGE
(%)
EDUCATOR
EVALUATIONS
(%)
PROFICIENT
EDUCATORS
EVALUATIONS
(%)
EXEMPLARY
EDUCATORS
EVALUATIONS
(%)
COMBINED
MEDIAN
HOME
PRICE
MEDIAN
INCOME
Weston High
School
1 639 13.4 11.3:1 88 86 77 639 658 82.5 96.9 90.2 79.5 20.5 100.0 $2,420,000 $220,815
Machester
Essex
Regional
High School
2 416 11.8 10.3:1 87 75 75 613 606 74.6 99.2 81.3 45.3 52.8 98.1 $1,106,717 $161,836
Dover-
Sherborn
High School
3 669 15.9 12.4:1 83 83 87 643 645 91.7 98.8 80.6 61.8 38.2 100.0 $1,450,591 $236,664
Wayland
High School
4 824 15.4 11.2:1 84 83 81 647 650 92.3 99.5 82.0 78.6 21.4 100.0 $1,047,000 $203,789
Acton-
Boxborough
Regional
High School
5 1,683 17.0 13.3:1 89 90 86 655 681 93.7 98.0 87.5 87.2 12.8 100.0 $893,508 $137,925
Littleton
High School
6 480 14.6 13.1:1 85 78 78 603 596 80.0 97.0 89.0 45.9 54.1 100.0 $735,000 $140,511
Westborough
High School
7 1,178 14.9 12.1:1 85 81 80 631 641 89.8 96.2 81.0 73.6 24.8 98.4 $705,000 $118,185
The Bromfield
School
8 560 15.2 10.6:1 92 82 81 642 631 87.4 98.9 84.5 97.0 1.5 98.5 $925,000 $167,393
Lincoln-
Sudbury
Regional
High School
9 1,484 18.1 12.1:1 81 78 73 625 641 92.0 97.0 84.1 60.0 38.6 98.6 $1,279,594 $198,404
Winchester
High School
10 1,383 16.3 13.6:1 90 84 83 638 651 86.3 96.7 83.7 81.1 18.0 99.1 $1,470,000 $184,844
Wellesley
High School
11 1,412 15.7 11.9:1 83 84 74 640 650 85.5 98.2 82.2 82.9 15.2 98.1 $1,888,000 $226,250
Newton
South High
School
12 1,837 13.0 11.6:1 79 80 64 636 648 84.4 97.2 74.9 87.9 11.4 99.3 1,610,000 $164,607
Norwell High
School
13 602 13.3 12.5:1 84 88 86 602 574 69.7 99.4 81.8 74.6 25.4 100.0 $873,000 $172,022
Lexington
High School
14 2,303 18.3 12.3:1 88 86 85 663 688 91.4 98.1 80.3 98.7 0.0 98.7 $1,595,000 $202,852
Hamilton-
Wenham
Regional
High School
15 450 14.2 10.5:1 77 77 68 614 598 68.5 96.9 81.5 75.0 25.0 100.0 $800,697 $131,700
Hingham
High School
16 1,167 14.2 12.6:1 91 82 81 612 611 89.6 97.8 83.2 81.9 15.2 97.1 $1,250,000 $154,300
Westford
High School
17 1,525 17.6 13.3:1 85 81 87 613 621 89.7 97.7 85.5 84.4 15.0 99.4 $791,000 $161,076
Algonquin
Regional
High School
18 1,213 14.3 11.3:1 78 73 79 616 626 85.5 98.2 86.3 98.5 0.0 98.5 $625,000 $148,010
Newton
North High
School
19 2,099 14.2 10.9:1 81 79 69 622 627 80.1 97.0 73.0 91.6 7.9 99.5 $1,610,000 $164,607
Bedford
High School
20 841 12.9 10.6:1 80 77 63 618 620 90.4 99.1 72.8 97.3 0.9 98.2 $987,000 $140,647
Sharon
High School
21 1,143 15.3 10.9:1 77 76 65 643 661 89.4 95.7 85.4 91.8 4.5 96.3 $775,000 $157,928
Needham
High School
22 1,645 16.9 12.9:1 84 83 79 637 640 88.2 98.6 87.2 98.2 0.0 98.2 $1,500,000 $182,813
Nashoba
Regional
High School
23 831 13.4 13.2:1 80 76 72 590 593 82.3 95.9 86.2 86.7 13.3 100.0 $598,453 $133,151
Millis High
School
24 313 13.1 11.4:1 77 60 50 584 567 76.1 96.0 77.3 61.0 39.0 100.0 $598,000 $131,138
Boston Latin
School
25 2,423 23.2 19.7:1 96 99 89 647 652 79.6 98.4 80.4 43.7 54.2 97.9 $577,500 $81,744
Cambridge
Rindge and
Latin School
26 1,867 13.9 8.6:1 65 59 47 604 590 77.9 92.6 65.1 60.0 39.3 99.3 $1,870,000 $112,565
Mansfield
High School
27 1,092 14.4 11.3:1 78 72 70 582 583 76.0 97.0 78.2 82.6 17.4 100.0 $645,000 $122,274
Concord-
Carlisle High
School
28 1,306 19.3 12.3:1 86 80 79 644 648 91.1 99.1 72.3 88.2 9.2 97.4 $1,422,107 $179,748
Rockport
High School
29 231 11.2 7.6:1 69 63 48 580 570 52.5 98.3 78.5 90.5 9.5 100.0 $785,000 $88,377
North
Reading
High School
30 644 16.1 9.4:1 66 68 65 581 576 76.9 98.8 85.9 90.6 9.4 100.0 $786,000 $123,813
Westwood
High School
31 902 14.9 12.2:1 80 76 71 598 607 82.9 99.2 85.1 86.3 10.5 96.8 $1,192,954 $171,071
Ipswich
High School
32 502 11.7 10.8:1 76 71 65 598 585 89.2 92.8 70.7 87.5 10.9 98.4 $740,000 $111,701
Lynnfield
High School
33 565 14.6 11.8:1 80 70 70 586 586 72.5 98.6 84.9 96.8 3.2 100.0 $960,000 $147,237
Medfield
High School
34 740 16.8 12.4:1 83 83 91 596 599 71.6 99.0 78.5 97.7 2.3 100.0 $977,000 $169,750
Cohasset
Middle/High
School
35 431 14.3 10.8:1 77 67 64 604 577 75.7 100.0 82.7 91.8 6.1 97.9 $1,375,000 $156,689
Ashland
High School
36 840 17.2 14.5:1 77 77 60 593 610 92.9 97.8 79.5 81.7 18.3 100.0 $645,000 $115,959
Hanover
High School
37 667 15.0 11.4:1 78 67 66 567 544 71.2 97.8 86.6 80.0 20.0 100.0 $712,000 $149,048
Foxborough
High School
38 780 14.4 12.0:1 60 70 68 576 578 75.0 95.4 77.0 73.2 26.8 100.0 $605,000 $95,410
King Philip
Regional
High School
39 1,142 17.0 13.9:1 73 59 66 591 578 70.0 94.9 82.3 46.2 52.7 98.9 $659,944 $139,750
Holliston
High School
40 814 16.1 12.8:1 71 79 68 609 603 72.5 96.7 85.2 86.1 12.7 98.8 $651,000 $142,348

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