Arlington Public Schools Among Top 40 In MA

ARLINGTON, MA – Arlington once again earned high marks from data compiler Niche, which ranked the district among the best in the state. The website's 2019 list of the top public school systems in Massachusetts ranked Arlington Public Schools number 38 out of 218 districts and gave it an overall A grade.

Niche used a variety of factors, including SAT/ACT scores and state assessments, student-teacher ratio, school safety, teacher quality and reviews from students and parents for its ranking.

Niche assigns a standardized score for each factor, which is then weighted before an overall score is calculated for each school district. The overall scores are again standardized and some districts are disqualified from receiving a final letter grade if there isn't enough data. Read more about its methodology here.

The district's strengths are academics and college preparedness, which both earned an A+, and teachers, which received an A. But Arlington needs to work on its food and facilities, according to Niche, which gave the district a C and C-, respectively.

View the full report card below:

• Academics: A+
• Diversity: B-
• Teachers: A
• College Prep: A+
• Clubs & Activities: B-
• Health & Safety: B+
• Administration: A-
• Sports: A-
• Food: C
• Resources and Facilities: C-

"Attending Arlington High School has been awesome. I've had many great teachers, some are even friends," one Arlington High School senior wrote in reviews solicited by Niche. "These have been knowledgeable, dedicated, and challenging, and I feel I’ve grown in response."

See how Niche graded each school in the district below:

• Arlington High School: A
• Ottoson Middle School: A
• John Q.A. Brackett School: A
• Peirce School: A
• John A. Bishop Elementary School: A
• M. Norcross Stratton School: A
• Hardy Elementary School: A
• Cyrus E. Dallin Elementary School: A
• Thompson School: A

See Arlington Public Schools' complete evaluation here.

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