These Are The Best School Districts In MA, New Ranking Says

MASSACHUSETTS — Hopkinton Public Schools has been ranked as the best in Massachusetts in Niche's 2024 Best Schools and Districts rankings, which was released this week.

Hopkinton was among 240 Massachusetts school districts included in Niche's ranking of 12,192 school districts nationwide. The list includes 364 newly ranked school districts.

Niche gave the Hopkinton letter grade of A+. Grades in specific categories were:

Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Clubs and activities: A
Sports: A-
Resources and facilities: A-
Diversity: B-
College prep: A+
Administration: A+
Food: B

The school district, which has 4,006 students in six buildings, received high marks from students, parents and teachers.

Hopkinton schools have a student-teacher ratio of 14 to 1. According to state test scores, 71 percent of students are at least proficient in math and 78 percent in reading.

For more information, read the full report on Hopkinton Public Schools here.

The top 25 school districts in Massachusetts and the letter grades assigned by Niche include:

1. Hopkinton Public Schools, A+
   
2. Weston Public Schools, A+
3. Public Schools of Brookline, A+
4. Dover-Sherborn Regional School District, A+
5. Newton Public Schools, A+
6. Wellesley Public Schools, A+
7. Belmont Public Schools, A+
8. Wayland Public Schools, A+
9. Lexington Public Schools, A+
10. Winchester Public Schools, A+
11. Westborough Public Schools, A+
12. Shrewsbury Public Schools, A+
13. Westford Public Schools, A+
14. Sharon Public Schools, A+
15. Needham Public Schools, A+
16. Westwood Public Schools, A+
17. Harvard Public Schools, A+
18. Amherst-Pelham Regional School District, A+
19. Cambridge Public Schools, A+
20. Bedford Public Schools, A+
21. Acton-Boxborough Regional School District, A+
22. Lynnfield Public Schools, A+
23. Natick Public Schools, A
24. Medfield Public Schools, A
25. Duxbury Public Schools, A

The full report on Massachusetts school districts can be found here.

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Niche also ranked 94,058 public schools and 30,809 private schools. The platform said its rankings were created to provide families with valuable information — both quantitative and qualitative — on schools in their area or in a neighborhood they're not familiar with yet.

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The rankings differ from others that rely almost exclusively on test scores and academic performance in that they also include input from students, alumni and parents, as well as quantitative data from sources such as the U.S. Department of Education to evaluate teachers, resources and facilities.