Braintree Schools' Teachers Rank Among Best in the State

By Brooklyn Lowery 

Do you think Braintree Public Schools’ teachers are high-quality? Well, a national research group agrees.

Niche.com, a national research group started by Carnegie Mellon University, recently released its 2015 list of public school districts with the best teachers throughout the nation, as well as in each state. It turns out that Braintree’s teachers are among the best.

Braintree Public School’s teachers ranked 11th in the state, falling just behind Needham Public Schools and just ahead of the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District.

In addition to naming the school districts with the best teachers, Niche.com also ranked schools with the best extracurriculars, facilities, food, outcomes, sports and more.

Niche ranked more than 2,200 public and private school districts based on dozens of statistics and opinions from 235,000 students and parents across the country. View the full methodology here.

Here is a look at the Commonwealth’s 50 best public school districts as ranked by Niche.com

1. Westwood Public Schools
2. Newton Public Schools
3. Lexington Public Schools
4. Northboro-Southboro Regional School District
5. Westford Public Schools
6. Acton-Boxborough Regional School District
7. Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School District
8. Masconomet Public Schools
9. Brookline Public Schools
10. Needham Public Schools
11. Braintree Public Schools
12. Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District
13. Shrewsbury Public Schools
14. Franklin Public Schools
15. Cambridge Public Schools
16. Brockton Public Schools
17. Wachusett Public Schools
18. Framingham Public Schools
19. Malden Public Schools
20. Andover Public Schools
21. Lowell Public Schools
22. Barnstable Public Schools
23. Dedham Public Schools
24. Plymouth Public Schools
25. Lynn Public Schools
26. Chelmsford Public Schools
27. Salem Public Schools
28. Somerville Public Schools
29. Haverhill Public Schools
30. Belchertown Public Schools
31. Weymouth Public Schools
32. Boston Public Schools
33. Chicopee Public Schools
34. Quincy Public Schools
35. Woburn Public Schools
36. Worcester Public Schools
37. Leominster Public Schools
38. Wilmington Public Schools
39. Wakefield Public Schools
40. Agawam Public Schools
41. Fall River Public Schools
42. Sandwich Public Schools
43. Pittsfield Public Schools
44. Springfield Public Schools
45. Attleboro Public Schools
46. Westfield Public Schools
47. Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District
48. North Attleborough Public Schools
49. Chelsea Public Schools
50. Mansfield Public Schools