Massachusetts · NCES CCD 2024-25

Best-Resourced Public Schools in Massachusetts

Top 50 schools ranked by resource quality score, based on student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance.

Compiled from official source data by .
67/100
Top score
B-
Top grade
60/100
Avg score (top 50)
50
Schools ranked

The ranking in one line

Quincy Elementary School in Boston is Massachusetts's top-resourced public school, scoring 67/100 on the NCES resource index.

67/100
top score (grade B-)
3
schools at the top grade (B-)
60/100
average across the top 50
# School GradeScore
1 Quincy Elementary School Boston B- 67
2 Whately Elementary Whately B- 66
3 Dean S Luce Canton B- 65
4 Central Middle Quincy C+ 64
5 Salem Early Childhood Salem C+ 64
6 John F Kennedy Canton C+ 63
7 Chestnut Accelerated Middle School (Talented and Gifted) Springfield C+ 63
8 Thomas R Plympton Elementary School Waltham C+ 62
9 Pelham Elementary Pelham C+ 62
10 Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School Dover C+ 61
11 Weston Middle Weston C+ 61
12 Ipswich High Ipswich C+ 61
13 Hanson Middle School Hanson C+ 61
14 Emergence Academy Springfield C+ 61
15 William F. Stanley Elementary School Waltham C+ 61
16 Mountain View East Longmeadow C+ 61
17 Capuano Early Childhood Center Somerville C+ 61
18 Hopkins Academy Hadley C+ 61
19 Petersham Center Petersham C+ 61
20 Johnson Natick C+ 61
21 Wellesley Middle Wellesley C+ 60
22 Bedford High Bedford C+ 60
23 Wayland Middle School Wayland C+ 60
24 Weston High Weston C+ 60
25 Sarah W Gibbons Middle Westborough C+ 60
26 John Glenn Middle Bedford C+ 60
27 Ipswich Middle School Ipswich C+ 60
28 Field Elementary School Weston C+ 60
29 Christa Mcauliffe Charter School Framingham C+ 60
30 Rockport Middle Rockport C+ 60
31 Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High Sudbury C 59
32 Sullivan Middle Worcester C 59
33 Lt Eleazer Davis Bedford C 59
34 Claypit Hill School Wayland C 59
35 Bird Middle East Walpole C 59
36 John D Mc Govern Elementary Medway C 59
37 Cohasset Middle School Cohasset C 59
38 Quarry Hill Community School Monson C 59
39 Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School Marlborough C 58
40 Pollard Middle Needham C 58
41 Wayland High School Wayland C 58
42 Nashoba Valley Technical High School Westford C 58
43 Medfield Senior High Medfield C 58
44 E W Thurston Middle Westwood C 58
45 Blanchard Middle Westford C 58
46 High Rock School Needham C 58
47 Ambrose Elementary Winchester C 58
48 Williams Middle Longmeadow C 58
49 Winthrop School South Hamilton C 58
50 John Ward Newton Centre C 58

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best public schools in Massachusetts? ▼

The highest-ranked school in Massachusetts is Quincy Elementary School in Boston with a quality score of 67/100 (grade B-). Rankings are based on student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, gifted programs, and attendance rates from NCES data.

How are school quality scores calculated? ▼

Quality scores (0-100) are computed from NCES data across 4 metrics: student-teacher ratio (lower is better, national avg ~16:1), counselor availability (ASCA recommends 250:1), gifted program availability, and chronic absenteeism rate (lower is better). This measures school resources, not test scores.

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Methodology

Quality scores (0-100) are computed from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 metrics: student-teacher ratio, school counselor availability, gifted program access, and chronic absenteeism rates. Schools must have at least 50 students and data for one or more metrics. This measures resource quality, not test scores. Higher scores indicate smaller class sizes, better counselor access, and lower absenteeism.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.