Top Public High Schools In Eastern MA: Boston Magazine

There are a lot of 'Best Of' lists when it comes to schools and colleges, but precious few of them come from within Massachusetts. The recent edition of Boston Magazine fixed that, listing the top 150 public high schools from inside(ish) I-495.

Boston Magazine's sortable list helps see which schools boast the biggest enrollment (Brockton, by far) or lowest student-teacher ratio (ever heard of Mary Lyon Pilot?) It also ranks schools by graduation rate (only three have 100 percent,) average class size, and scores in several MCAS and SAT tests.

You can see the top 50 schools below. For schools ranked 50-150, click here.

1. Dover-Sherborn Regional
2. Concord-Carlisle High
3. Wayland High
4. Weston High
5. Manchester Essex Regional
6. Newton South
7. Sharon High
8. The Bromfield School
9. Lexington High
10. Acton-Boxborough Regional
11. Bedford High
12. Wellesley High
13. Westborough High
14. Westford Academy
15. Westwood High
16. Winchester High
17. Brookline High
18. Lincoln-Sudbury Regional
19. Hopkinton High
20. Nashoba Regional
21. Hamilton-Wenham Regional
22. Newton North High
23. Hingham High
24. Medfield High
25. Needham High
26. Ashland High
27. Norwell High
28. Littleton High
29. Marblehead High
30. Pentucket Regional
31. Swampscott High
32. Georgetown Middle/High
33. Holliston High
34. Masconomet Regional
35. Andover High
36. Arlington High
37. Cohasset High
38. Chelmsford High
39. Foxborough High
40. Lynnfield High
41. Ipswich High
42. Belmont High
43. Duxbury High
44. Milton High
45. Mansfield High
46. Boston Latin School
47. Franklin High
48. Walpole High
49. Burlington High
50. Natick High

So how did Boston Magazine get here? It's important to note only schools in towns or districts at least partially within I-495 were considered. The data was taken from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education. When data wasn't available, Boston Magazine used last year's data. Schools that reported insufficient information or that were highly specialized were disregarded.

The rankings come from a formula using all the data, with smaller class size and lower student-teacher ratio given preference.

>>>Read Boston Magazine's full list here.

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