The Top Public High Schools in Greater Boston, Ranked for 2026

The Top Public High Schools in Greater Boston, Ranked for 2026

We crunched the numbers to come up with our guide to the region’s top-performing schools.

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About the 2026 list

This year’s rankings offer a statistical analysis of the top-performing high schools in the Greater Boston area. To ensure accuracy and consistency, it is compiled with the most recent data available at presstime from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). In an effort to provide additional transparency, we’ve included 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. You can find those here.

Note: Scroll down and then right to see all categories. To view the top 100 schools all at once, choose ‘100 entries per page.’

Top Public High Schools in Greater Boston for 2026

Rank 2026 SCHOOL Enrollment Average Class Size Student-to-Teacher Ratio 10th Graders
Meeting or Exceeding
Expectations on MCAS (%) – English
Language Arts
10th Graders
Meeting or Exceeding
Expectations on MCAS (%) – Math
10th Graders
Meeting or Exceeding
Expectations on MCAS – Science & Technology/Engineering
Average
SAT Scores – Reading/Writing
Average
SAT Scores – Math
Advanced Placement
(%) – Proficient
Graduation Rate (%) T-Prof% T-Exemp% Educator Evaluations – Proficient & Exemplary Access to the Arts (%) Access Digital Literacy and Computer Science Courses (%) Advance Coursework Completion (%) Median Home Price Median Household Income City/Town Population Rank 2025
1 Dover-Sherborn High School 613 13.6 10.1:1 93 89 87 642 641 96 99.4 35.7 64.3 100 76.0 31.9 93.4 $1,594,890 $250,000 10,427 1
2 Weston High School 651 13.9 9.2:1 82 83 78 643 655 93 98.2 59.6 38.2 97.8 74.7 39.4 96.1 $2,600,000 $250,000 11,729 3
3 Lexington High School 2,348 18.9 11.0:1 85 88 90 665 684 95 99.7 98.7 0.0 98.7 80.5 37.9 95.3 $1,880,000 $238,444 34,648 2
4 Wayland High School 792 14.2 9.6:1 83 87 84 639 647 96 97.7 75.0 23.0 98 52.9 11.0 86.4 $1,190,000 $224,000 13,913 14
5 The Bromfield School (Harvard, Mass.) 319 14.3 10.5:1 88 81 78 651 626 88 100 97.0 1.5 98.5 78.7 14.3 89.9 $975,000 $213,996 7,014 6
6 Newton South High School (Newton) 1,865 14.2 11.5:1 79 84 86 646 657 91 98.7 93.8 6.3 100.1 45.6 21.3 80.4 $1,880,000 $190,304 90,741 9
7 Cohasset High School 372 11.9 9.1:1 86 77 78 605 559 86 99 91.8 8.2 100 91.9 49.6 90.3 $1,445,000 $199,306 8,461 4
8 Wellesley High School 1,231 15.2 10.8:1 77 81 86 647 652 96 96.7 84.1 15.9 100 59.8 16.5 93.9 $2,210,651 $250,000 31,239 7
9 Westwood High School 826 13.4 10.9:1 78 77 78 636 633 93 98.6 79.4 15.5 94.9 68.1 23.0 82.8 $1,242,500 $223,125 16,426 27
10 Brookline High School 2,147 15.0 12.1:1 83 84 87 649 652 94 96.2 94.9 2.8 97.7 60.3 20.1 93.0 $2,800,000 $142,101 63,414 11
11 Manchester Essex Regional High School 373 12.2 10.0:1 82 82 76 619 591 85 98.2 56.5 43.5 100 53.6 40.3 86.0 $1,264,537 $186,611 9,150 5
12 Ipswich High School 432 10.5 8.7:1 75 70 64 606 595 93 96.6 84.6 13.8 98.4 76.2 31.9 74.9 $900,000 $138,750 14,131 26
13 Sharon High School 1,129 14.7 11.6:1 81 77 83 650 651 93 96.3 93.0 4.4 97.4 63.6 20.5 77.3 $820,000 $191,835 18,798 16
14 Bedford High School 833 13.2 10.8:1 80 72 73 629 632 91 98.6 96.4 0.9 97.3 65.4 14.7 79.2 $1,153,750 $172,400 14,836 15
15 Concord-Carlisle High School 1,148 16.4 11.0:1 84 81 80 640 637 96 97.7 97.7 2.3 100 51.6 11.9 78.1 $1,697402 $207,646 23,494 13
16 Needham High School 1,623 16.0 12.0:1 86 85 73 634 636 96 99 98.8 0.0 98.8 74.8 9.1 94.6 $1,800,000 $214,308 32,897 10
17 Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School 1,358 17.5 10.5:1 76 78 70 639 653 98 98.7 95.9 0.0 95.9 59.9 39.1 82.0 $1,354,459 $220,165 26,657 17
18 Newton North High School (Newton) 2,055 15.0 10.7:1 77 77 81 628 636 90 94.8 84.9 15.1 100 51.4 25.3 81.9 $1,880,000 $190,304 90,741 20
19 Algonquin Regional High School (Northborough) 1,204 13.7 11.7:1 78 71 79 621 620 88 98.3 98.5 0.7 99.2 43.5 39.8 80.1 $857,157 $170,484 26,639 19
20 Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School 457 14.5 11.2:1 82 75 75 617 604 78 100 67.2 31.1 98.3 71.8 50.7 84.3 $945,339 $155,390 12,653 8
21 Duxbury High School 778 14.9 10.9:1 84 90 78 607 578 79 99.1 84.2 14.9 99.1 58.1 42.9 89.7 $1,175,000 $176,583 16,498 28
22 Medfield High School 713 15.7 11.1:1 73 79 88 606 608 92 97.8 87.4 12.6 100 68.8 30.5 80.0 $1,085,000 $235,800 13,248 18
23 Arlington High School 1,757 15.6 13.6:1 82 82 84 636 630 92 98.2 98.6 0.0 98.6 52.4 15.6 86.7 $1,237,000 $150,701 46,563 31
24 Westborough High School 1,134 14.6 11.8:1 82 81 76 620 634 87 96.6 80.7 18.5 99.2 49.3 21.9 64.3 $798,550 $141,944 22,894 34
25 Acton-Boxborough Regional High School 1,611 18.4 13.7:1 83 83 79 657 677 96 96.4 82.7 16.7 99.4 46.3 12.7 74.8 $950,682 $155,754 30,294 23
26 Millis High School 284 11.5 10.7:1 78 64 68 607 584 83 98.7 71.4 23.8 95.2 35.7 40.2 67.8 $737,450 $155,996 9,463 46
27 Winchester High School 1,418 17.0 14.6:1 81 78 85 644 651 92 97.5 82.1 15.4 97.5 50.7 21.3 98.4 $1,815,000 $230,198 23,710 29
28 Hingham High School 1,022 13.5 13.3:1 81 68 71 623 608 98 97.3 80.8 18.3 99.1 34.6 5.2 86.9 $1,375,000 $178,390 24,481 22
29 Hopkinton High School 1,294 18.2 14.1:1 84 80 79 633 639 96 96.9 82.7 17.3 100 53.1 24.3 84.1 $1,040,000 $222,801 19,866 24
30 Holliston High School 807 14.8 12.7:1 77 79 70 621 611 85 96.1 84.8 13.9 98.7 71.5 34.3 71.1 $750,000 $159,817 15,206 41
31 Westford Academy 1,473 18.7 14.3:1 79 79 79 634 637 93 99.2 95.0 5.0 100 54.6 24.6 82.1 $980,000 $187,198 24,853 25
32 Norwell High School 596 13.6 12.4:1 81 81 69 588 556 85 99.3 93.8 6.2 100 79.1 10.6 97.3 $1,150,000 $188,699 11,546 12
33 North Reading High School 640 17.3 10.2:1 72 74 79 593 590 86 98.8 92.0 8.0 100 52.0 22.9 80.1 $899,500 $147,768 16,553 35
34 Littleton High School 461 13.7 13.0:1 75 74 83 593 568 84 97.6 50.0 50.0 100 73.4 20.1 99.6 $830,000 $149,722 10,404 43
35 Lynnfield High School 582 13.9 11.6:1 78 66 67 593 592 80 98.6 96.8 3.2 100 53.6 25.0 88.9 $1,057,500 $175,265 13,274 38
36 Belmont High School 1,498 21.2 16.5:1 84 83 87 661 665 96 97.5 98.0 0.0 98 51.3 17.6 89.0 $1,750,000 $183,137 27,118 51
37 Andover High School 1,578 16.0 13.0:1 74 77 72 611 609 82 99.5 88.6 9.0 97.6 67.1 21.0 80.6 $1,073,000 $172,606 37,014 36
38 Marblehead High School 807 14.6 10.4:1 54 57 72 620 592 85 99.2 94.4 2.2 96.6 60.8 17.6 84.9 $1,010,000 $182,132 20,583 33
39 Natick High School 1,753 16.7 12.3:1 71 71 79 605 596 93 96.6 87.6 11.3 98.9 68.8 24.3 75.6 $1,100,000 $138,538 36,969 40
40 Scituate High School 696 13.8 11.0:1 73 66 72 595 567 78 98 84.5 10.7 95.2 64.6 13.8 95.8 $1,149,000 $136,732 19,662 52
41 Wilmington High School 633 16.0 9.4:1 61 59 61 603 581 93 95.9 81.5 17.4 98.9 78.9 40.3 69.6 $765,000 168,152 23,629 37
42 Nashoba Regional High School 834 13.3 13.2:1 69 69 59 611 593 87 95.6 90.8 8.0 98.8 64.4 28.1 84.2 $755,237 170,962 22,886 32
43 Walpole High School 900 16.4 11.3:1 58 66 70 599 588 93 96.6 77.0 19.5 96.5 75.5 28.2 92.1 $800,000 $26,237 171,500 47
44 Boston Latin School 2,382 22.8 18.4:1 91 91 87 660 653 92 99 39.4 58.3 97.7 65.5 7.9 98.7 $895,000 $97,344 672,973 48
45 Masconomet Regional High School 945 14.7 12.5:1 76 68 69 594 577 82 98.6 98.0 1.0 99 49.1 17.5 74.9 $1,036,727 $186,282 25,041 44
46 Maynard High School 303 12.5 9.7:1 58 51 57 613 574 83 91.5 86.7 13.3 100 71.5 40.7 80.5 $630,000 $124,067 10,703 21
47 Hull High School 263 9.9 8.3:1 45 45 54 590 534 81 96.8 86.1 11.1 97.2 68.1 28.5 71.1 $730,000 $115,485 10,266 42
48 Mansfield High School 957 14.0 10.9:1 63 57 51 593 593 89 97.1 85.1 14.9 100 65.1 24.1 65.3 $725,000 $125,273 24,236 30
49 Newburyport High School 745 14.8 11.1:1 70 56 68 597 568 81 98 90.1 6.6 96.7 55.0 32.3 73.0 $1,190,000 $139,625 19,148 49
50 Milton High School 1,127 17.9 13.4:1 76 73 84 594 577 91 97.7 76.5 19.6 96.1 69.4 15.6 76.9 $1,062,000 $188,529 28,537 58
51 Georgetown High School 216 10.3 8.7:1 50 41 41 584 550 91 95.4 84.6 1.9 86.5 76.5 13.4 68.2 $770,000 $151,595 8,577 72
52 Reading Memorial High School 1,066 15.2 11.6:1 68 63 58 589 586 83 98.5 96.4 3.6 100 52.7 22.7 69.8 $901,500 $165,912 25,803 62
53 Burlington High School 1,000 12.8 10.8:1 62 55 59 600 581 77 95 94.9 3.4 98.3 37.4 24.9 68.7 $865,000 $146,436 26,778 66
54 Ashland High School 888 16.7 14.2:1 73 73 66 609 609 95 91.5 79.7 18.9 98.6 62.5 35.1 68.1 $766,000 $127,539 19,177 55
55 Pentucket Regional High School 565 14.3 12.4:1 74 60 64 586 569 77 98.7 76.6 15.6 92.2 65.3 24.5 79.2 $778,399 $143,951 18,420 80
56 Medway High School 585 14.1 12.3:1 65 56 74 590 583 80 94.8 82.3 12.9 95.2 74.2 12.2 78.4 $742,500 $173,750 13,804 61
57 Wakefield Memorial High School 871 11.9 10.8:1 59 50 68 583 564 70 96.7 91.5 8.5 100 68.6 15.1 69.4 $840,000 $134,306 29,234 71
58 Hanover High School 638 15.3 11.0:1 67 64 60 587 550 84 97.1 84.0 16.0 100 54.8 17.7 77.9 $817,500 $189,803 14,971 53
59 Franklin High School 1,379 15.4 13.1:1 62 57 72 594 585 80 99.2 95.8 3.5 99.3 59.1 18.5 77.7 $730,000 $145,773 33,955 64
60 Apponequet Regional High School (Freetown-Lakeville) 609 13.6 10.9:1 57 56 69 569 543 86 97.1 68.1 27.8 95.9 55.3 17.1 66.6 $638,386 $138,258 21,873 67
61 Chelmsford High School 1,442 18.2 14.0:1 75 63 53 603 586 87 98.8 98.5 0.8 99.3 66.7 46.3 98.3 $720,000 $140,629 38,549 39
62 Cambridge Rindge and Latin School 2,096 16.0 9.8:1 57 58 54 591 575 86 94.2 60.0 36.8 96.8 52.9 21.6 74.1 $2,503,000 $130,748 122,588 57
63 Oliver Ames High School (Easton) 988 16.1 13.0:1 70 72 61 582 567 84 98.6 55.4 43.6 99 39.6 15.8 69.7 $775,000 $124,271 25,795 74
64 Rockport High School 359 14.9 9.2:1 69 61 46 595 550 73 91.1 86.7 13.3 100 98.9 28.5 79.6 $895,000 $96,250 7,126 45
65 Swampscott High School 675 15.4 10.9:1 55 49 68 599 580 80 94.5 91.5 0.0 91.5 71.2 11.7 77.1 $860,500 $134,386 15,183 63
66 Stoneham High School 598 12.6 10.8:1 61 60 50 573 556 74 92.5 78.7 20.0 98.7 78.5 24.9 77.9 $840,000 $113,964 24,253 54
67 Braintree High School 1,584 17.4 14.8:1 62 66 68 587 596 94 95.9 92.3 6.3 98.6 56.0 15.4 71.8 $742,500 $122,214 38,957 75
68 Pembroke High School 670 15.0 12.3:1 50 51 67 584 567 80 96.5 86.8 13.2 100 49.3 36.5 83.7 $650,000 $146,285 18,492 59
69 Melrose High School 1,004 18.1 15.3:1 82 64 71 594 572 84 98.8 81.8 12.1 93.9 45.3 17.2 78.4 $970,000 $133,953 29,597 73
70 Medford High School 1,210 13.6 9.8:1 45 38 59 606 570 84 93.7 81.6 14.5 96.1 28.1 9.9 43.1 $915,000 $129,540 59,834 93
71 Canton High School 971 15.9 13.1:1 61 60 73 569 546 86 96.1 75.6 22.2 97.8 75.0 17.8 71.1 $812,500 $143,381 25,165 65
72 Foxborough High School 704 14.1 11.3:1 51 51 55 580 573 77 95.9 52.4 46.3 98.7 62.1 13.7 69.1 $714,750 $115,833 18,934 69
73 Triton Regional High School 520 12.6 10.3:1 52 48 44 592 562 70 95.9 62.0 38.0 100 58.8 9.3 58.1 $832,168 $129,016 22,781 70
74 North Andover High School 1,288 15.7 14.2:1 62 55 63 588 567 82 96.8 94.8 5.2 100 69.0 27.5 70.5 $912,500 $140,670 32,161 60
75 Tewksbury Memorial High School 730 17.8 12.9:1 69 69 59 580 552 75 94.9 92.3 7.7 100 67.9 44.7 79.6 $725,000 $128,061 31,901 56
76 Marshfield High School 1,065 16.1 10.8:1 61 47 40 578 555 84 97.5 88.9 8.9 97.8 40.5 22.0 72.6 $831,000 $125,986 26,826 68
77 Somerville High School 1,367 12.4 10.7:1 47 41 47 601 574 75 89.8 84.1 13.4 97.5 60.7 16.5 67.3 $1,380,000 $132,572 84,211 90
78 Watertown High School 728 14.2 10.6:1 52 59 47 565 567 79 89.7 80.0 18.9 98.9 57.8 33.5 56.5 $1,000,000 $126,265 35,710 86
79 Carver Middle/High School 685 13.1 9.4:1 49 30 39 551 524 74 97.8 91.8 8.2 100 79.0 51.5 70.9 $585,000 $91,250 11,981 78
80 Amesbury High School 483 14.7 11.4:1 56 48 57 574 530 87 85.5 96.6 0.0 96.6 81.4 58.2 50.9 $722,500 $103,554 17,558 50
81 Woburn Memorial High School 1,203 14.7 11.2:1 47 38 48 592 588 72 92.5 77.2 22.8 100 45.2 25.3 60.0 $775,000 $111,185 43,962 87
82 Norton High School 661 13.3 10.4:1 52 34 44 572 560 73 93 93.3 4.0 97.3 54.3 21.2 50.4 $625,000 $124,535 19,559 91
83 King Philip Regional High School (Wrentham) 1,100 15.6 13.2:1 57 57 40 590 569 77 96 93.8 4.2 98 49.3 5.5 80.1 $761,896 $154,821 34,724 94
84 Norwood High School 937 13.9 11.1:1 45 44 41 572 552 63 98 88.7 8.5 97.2 68.6 28.9 68.4 $760,000 $107,030 31,714 77
85 Dedham High School 675 14.7 10.7:1 41 56 48 575 579 65 91.9 85.3 8.8 94.1 53.9 26.9 65.8 $800,000 $128,955 25,731 82
86 Middleborough High School 768 13.9 10.7:1 54 49 53 547 532 73 90.4 54.4 45.6 100 73.1 27.7 65.4 $600,000 $97,056 25,149 89
87 North Quincy High School 1,505 18.2 15.4:1 62 59 57 592 595 84 94.2 83.8 15.3 99.1 29.9 22.1 73.8 $725,000 $98,882 103,173 84
88 Danvers High School 794 13.6 10.6:1 47 32 49 564 525 67 95.7 93.5 4.3 97.8 69.8 31.4 80.6 $720,000 $125,395 29,211 76
89 Stoughton High School 1,028 16.5 9.7:1 53 49 52 558 539 68 90.3 90.0 5.8 95.8 73.7 52.5 51.7 $630,000 $104,794 29,845 83
90 Billerica Memorial High School 1,737 19.0 13.3:1 52 45 66 579 550 76 97.4 84.6 15.4 100 68.5 19.2 84.1 $720,000 $148,200 42,632 92
91 Plymouth North High School 1,055 13.7 10.1:1 49 36 38 555 508 80 91.7 86.8 13.2 100 64.2 19.4 64.5 $699,900 $116,941 67,846 98
92 Gloucester High School 769 13.9 9.9:1 38 42 37 580 570 69 85.8 79.2 17.0 96.2 58.5 43.1 37.4 $735,000 $83,883 30,627 96
93 Hudson High School 748 14.1 9.9:1 55 35 47 565 533 58 88.7 79.8 18.2 98 73.4 41.9 72.8 $647,500 $103,400 20,341 85
94 Silver Lake Regional High School 1,018 17.6 12.0:1 45 49 48 563 545 75 98 82.4 16.7 99.1 46.9 19.6 66.3 $682,824 $120,261 25,323 79
95 John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science (Boston) 1,518 22.5 15.6:1 71 75 64 558 570 65 98.2 73.4 24.5 97.9 68.0 30.9 95.1 $895,000 $97,344 672,973 95
96 Boston Latin Academy (Boston) 1,669 21.8 17.8:1 80 74 58 574 561 73 98.9 70.1 19.5 89.6 42.1 9.0 98.7 $895,000 $97,344 672,973 105
97 Plymouth South High School 1,009 13.2 10.0:1 40 26 34 541 505 69 97.2 70.5 27.9 98.4 48.6 16.3 64.1 $699,900 $116,941 67,846 101
98 Weymouth High School 1,658 15.1 12.5:1 51 31 41 571 543 82 90.8 85.6 10.1 95.7 31.9 12.3 63.5 $660,000 $102,714 59,759 103
99 Quincy High School 1,493 15.3 12.4:1 45 33 37 566 543 76 95.6 96.5 3.5 100 37.9 14.3 54.2 $725,000 $98,882 103,173 104
100 Bellingham High School 764 17.4 13.2:1 51 42 51 565 534 75 89.8 87.5 12.5 100 74.3 37.5 84.9 $543,500 $125,307 18,032 97
101 Salem High School 960 14.5 8.8:1 47 45 45 516 498 66 89.5 78.4 18.6 97 39.6 11.8 75.4 $705,000 $85,153 45,381 119
102 Beverly High School 1,181 19.2 12.6:1 47 40 50 577 536 76 92.3 92.3 7.7 100 69.4 43.1 63.3 $770,000 $106,044 43,363 81
103 East Bridgewater Junior-Senior High School 881 19.1 13.3:1 45 39 56 558 510 74 98.3 92.0 4.0 96 84.9 34.7 62.0 $615,000 $133,853 14,602 102
104 Boston Arts Academy (Boston) 490 13.5 9.5:1 62 38 44 501 471 51 93.9 57.1 40.0 97.1 99.0 2.9 68.4 $895,000 $97,344 672,973 118
105 Abington High School 537 14.2 12.8:1 45 41 48 545 506 65 92.4 92.5 7.5 100 50.9 31.2 81.4 $615,000 $125,400 17,142 100
106 Framingham High School 2,271 15.1 11.1:1 37 40 40 583 576 83 75.7 34.9 59.1 94 58.2 17.9 67.2 $719,000 $107,419 73,021 106
107 Marlborough High School 814 12.9 10.2:1 43 35 34 522 495 57 94 85.4 11.4 96.8 72.2 16.5 61.8 $615,000 $91,968 42,772 115
108 Rockland High School 598 14.4 12.6:1 43 36 48 549 515 78 87.5 95.3 3.1 98.4 52.4 7.1 69.3 $585,000 $112,405 17,949 99
109 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School 1,365 16.8 20.9:1 44 44 65 575 550 72 94.5 84.9 11.3 96.2 31.5 34.1 62.0 $639,753 $116,756 45,888 110
110 West Bridgewater Middle-Senior High School 635 16.3 13.9:1 52 46 39 541 520 53 96 87.7 12.3 100 91.3 31.9 70.6 $561,000 $123,406 7,872 88
111 Peabody Veterans Memorial High 1,234 14.6 10.0:1 25 23 29 557 531 64 90.7 90.0 8.6 98.6 49.6 13.4 48.7 $700,000 $96,657 55,953 112
112 Holbrook Middle-High School 651 16.9 14.2:1 37 30 25 567 534 74 94.6 87.9 5.2 93.1 79.3 43.6 36.8 $535,000 $115,210 11,401 117
113 Waltham High School 1,784 16.4 10.0:1 39 31 28 575 546 73 79.3 82.2 15.3 97.5 59.2 15.6 56.4 $900,000 $120,216 65,037 109
114 Avon Middle High School 364 13.1 8.6:1 32 27 18 567 506 19 93.1 77.1 5.7 82.8 72.9 48.9 57.8 $561,000 $130,625 4,777 122
115 Wareham High School 542 11.7 8.6:1 27 23 22 562 517 40 85.6 58.8 33.8 92.6 67.3 27.1 37.4 $475,000 $90,383 23,689 108
116 Methuen High School 1,751 17.5 12.9:1 34 26 38 560 538 68 91.9 93.0 4.8 97.8 66.0 18.4 53.4 $615,000 $113,310 54,584 114
117 Saugus High School 695 14.4 13.8:1 37 31 37 557 543 53 85.6 93.8 4.6 98.4 62.4 31.3 69.8 $705,000 $101,539 29,179 107
118 Haverhill High School 1,850 17.9 11.9:1 31 26 32 566 535 68 88.4 11.8 84.1 95.9 64.1 20.1 65.7 $600,000 $88,326 68,361 121
119 Whitman-Hanson Regional High School 984 20.5 16.3:1 50 45 62 548 521 73 91.6 90.5 7.4 97.9 56.0 14.9 67.5 $560,416 $118,544 26,453 116
120 Winthrop High School 553 19.7 13.6:1 45 45 32 562 535 43 91.2 80.0 15.6 95.6 51.7 35.6 72.4 $719,500 $116,167 18,647 111
121 Milford High School 1,249 15.9 11.2:1 42 32 31 536 516 57 80 75.0 21.8 96.8 49.1 24.1 66.6 $559,950 $96,365 30,832 113
122 Malden High School 1,792 18.0 13.8:1 41 31 32 533 527 75 85.7 78.9 18.3 97.2 42.4 15.1 44.6 $710,000 $100,606 66,370 125
123 New Mission High School (Boston) 739 17.0 12.3:1 52 45 24 461 471 49 93.2 73.2 26.8 100 65.7 17.4 88.6 $895,000 $97,344 672,973 128
124 Randolph High School 709 18.8 12.2:1 29 26 23 551 545 52 85.6 80.6 14.9 95.5 69.8 32.9 74.3 $599,000 $109,573 34,948 124
125 Revere High School 1,959 17.8 12.7:1 33 22 29 531 525 62 81.2 80.4 12.8 93.2 37.5 13.2 70.7 $680,000 $86,969 60,141 126
126 Taunton High School 2,850 19.0 16.2:1 34 26 23 546 519 60 91.4 98.1 1.9 100 46.3 21.0 76.0 $518,000 $79,283 62,522 123
127 Lowell High School 3,374 19.1 14.5:1 32 25 18 545 545 67 83.1 82.9 15.2 98.1 37.0 18.5 43.0 $525,000 $78,658 119,971 127
128 East Boston High School 1,181 15.4 11.0:1 27 24 16 467 449 26 94.6 90.2 7.6 97.8 33.5 27.0 90.7 $895,000 $97,344 672,973 135
129 Josiah Quincy Upper School (Boston) 575 20.4 11.4:1 26 31 10 463 455 n/a 90.9 29.0 71.0 100 99.6 8.0 100.0 $895,000 $97,344 672,973 120
130 Brockton High School 3,305 18.7 14.8:1 30 20 20 545 508 50 84.3 87.8 9.0 96.8 56.0 26.8 52.4 $504,000 $80,115 106,134 140
131 Everett High School 2,210 17.7 12.5:1 34 25 18 510 488 52 78.7 5.5 92.8 98.3 51.5 22.8 56.6 $668,750 $85,218 53,572 133
132 Fenway High School (Boston) 358 16.5 13.5:1 21 25 13 443 449 71 86.8 62.5 37.5 100 58.9 0.3 73.3 $895,000 $97,344 672,973 130
133 Charlestown High School (Boston) 646 11.9 7.1:1 20 17 15 419 435 32 74.5 94.9 3.8 98.7 45.1 17.6 35.6 $895,000 $97,344 672,973 145
134 Chelsea High School 1,532 20.6 12.6:1 21 19 19 523 518 40 78.2 91.0 4.2 95.2 65.9 27.5 65.0 $658,000 $72,179 40,130 138
135 TechBoston Academy (Boston) 869 16.3 11.7:1 23 12 6 411 403 45 88.6 62.7 34.3 97 59.6 39.8 60.9 $895,000 $97,344 672,973 131
136 Dearborn STEM Academy (Roxbury) 565 17.8 14.1:1 26 13 14 479 457 24 83.9 94.2 1.9 96.1 66.6 53.9 63.1 $895,000 $97,344 672,973 132
137 Boston International High School (Boston) 477 14.8 8.3:1 2 11 4 421 427 50 57.6 95.1 4.9 100 51.6 35.0 41.5 $895,000 $97,344 672,973 148
138 Snowden International School at Copley (Boston) 435 18.0 10.4:1 30 24 9 431 408 0 85.6 95.3 2.3 97.6 49.5 0.2 90.6 $895,000 $97,344 672,973 139
139 Classical High School (Lynn) 1,513 19.5 12.8:1 26 15 21 436 417 53 74.2 87.5 7.0 94.5 48.4 31.9 58.9 $600,000 $75,043 104,236 136
140 Lawrence High School 3,280 21.0 13.3:1 19 12 15 420 418 46 86.7 73.1 17.6 90.7 57.7 14.9 82.1 $530,000 $60,433 89,320 146
141 Brighton High School (Boston) 609 13.3 8.7:1 11 8 7 401 414 27 61.8 68.3 29.3 97.6 59.8 8.4 80.7 $895,000 $97,344 672,973 143
142 Ruth Batson Academy (Boston) 584 15.7 9.3:1 7 5 6 393 386 38 79.8 89.2 7.7 96.9 59.3 0.0 35.5 $895,000 $97,344 672,973 141
143 Madison Park Technical Vocational High School (Roxbury) 1,024 16.1 9.5:1 10 12 6 422 403 17 80.7 96.5 1.8 98.3 8.1 0.7 63.0 $895,000 $97,344 672,973 149
144 The English High School (Boston) 653 17.0 9.7:1 4 8 7 401 394 10 86.6 79.2 20.8 100 57.7 9.3 63.9 $895,000 $97,344 672,973 142
145 Another Course To College (Boston) 244 17.8 9.6:1 15 9 3 416 390 20 79.7 39.1 52.2 91.3 44.4 27.8 76.6 $895,000 $97,344 672,973 147
146 Lynn English High School 1,727 19.6 13.2:1 17 11 16 438 416 54 72.8 94.4 3.2 97.6 44.2 19.8 41.2 $600,000 $75,043 104,236 144
147 Community Academy of Science and Health (Boston) 373 17.4 12.0:1 18 16 13 417 412 38 71.9 92.1 5.3 97.4 36.3 1.6 51.3 $895,000 $97,344 672,973 150
148 Albert D. Holland High School of Technology (Boston) 526 15.0 13.8:1 8 12 8 420 413 18 76.6 75.0 21.9 96.9 61.0 26.9 56.6 $895,000 $97,344 672,973 137

Methodology: The above 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 presstime 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 cases of missing information, we used data from a previous year as necessary. In some cases where no data was available, a value equal to the weighted average of a school’s other categories was used. 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. We considered it more desirable to have smaller class sizes and lower student-to-teacher ratios.

Median home prices, provided by the Massachusetts Association of Realtors and MLS Property Information Network, are from 2025. Median household incomes are from the Census’s American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2020–2024) and reflect 2024 dollars. For schools that serve multiple cities or towns, a weighted average for median home price and median household income was created based on the population of each city or town. Neither of these data points factored into a school’s overall ranking.

To assess schools more comprehensively than test scores alone allow, this year we’ve included the following categories for each high school: percentage of students participating in an arts course, percentage of students completing at least one digital literacy or computer science course, and percentage of 11th- and 12th-grade students completing at least one advanced course, which can be found on DESE’s School and District Report Cards. The top 35 schools were first published in the print edition of the September 2026 issue; the full list is here.

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The Honor Roll
Top High Schools By Other Metrics

| Average class size | Student-to-Teacher Ratio | MCAS |

Average Class Size

School Class Size
Hull High School 9.9
Georgetown High School 10.3
Ipswich High School 10.5
Millis High School 11.5
Wareham High School 11.7
Charlestown High School 11.9
Cohasset High School 11.9
Wakefield Memorial High School 11.9
Manchester Essex Regional High School 12.2

Student-to-Teacher Ratio

SCHOOL Student-to-Teacher Ratio
Charlestown High School 7.1:1
Boston International High School 8.3:1
Hull High School 8.3:1
Avon Middle High School 8.6:1
Wareham High School 8.6:1
Brighton High School 8.7:1
Georgetown High School 8.7:1
Ipswich High School 8.7:1
Salem High School 8.8:1
Cohasset High School 9.1:1

Bang for Your Housing Buck*

SCHOOL Median Home Price High School Rank
Algonquin Regional High School $857,157 19
Apponequet Regional High School $638,386 60
Carver Middle/High School $585,000 79
Holliston High School $750,000 30
Mansfield High School $725,000 48
Maynard High School $630,000 46
Millis High School $737,450 26
Pembroke High School $650,000 68
Sharon High School $820,000 13
Westborough High School $798,550 24

*For this chart, we selected the institutions whose high school rankings most significantly surpassed the ranking of their respective median home price and listed them here alphabetically.

10th Graders Meeting or Exceeding Expectations on MCAS

English Language Arts

School MCAS-E
Dover-Sherborn High School 93
Boston Latin School 91
The Bromfield School 88
Cohasset High School 86
Needham High School 86
Lexington High School 85
Belmont High School 84
Concord-Carlisle High School 84
Duxbury High School 84
Hopkinton High School 84

Math

SCHOOL MCAS – Math
Boston Latin School 91
Duxbury High School 90
Dover-Sherborn High School 89
Lexington High School 88
Wayland High School 87
Needham High School 85
Brookline High School 84
Newton South High School 84
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School 83
Belmont High School 83
Weston High School 83

Science & Technology/Engineering

School MCAs – Science & Technology/Engineering
Lexington High School 90
Medfield High School 88
Belmont High School 87
Boston Latin School 87
Brookline High School 87
Dover-Sherborn High School 87
Newton South High School 86
Wellesley High School 86
Winchester High School 85
Arlington High School 84
Milton High School 84
Wayland High School 84

Research by Avary Amaral, Siena Griffin, and McKenna Johnson

An abridged version of this ranking was first published in the print edition of the September 2026 issue.

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