MA's Best School Districts: New Rankings Released

Data compiler Niche has ranked the best school districts in Massachusetts for 2019. The rankings were released this week as part of the website's 2019 K-12 rankings.

To arrive at the rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data, and ratings collected from Niche users. (You can read more about the methodology here.)

Each district received a letter grade in the following categories: Academics; Diversity; Teachers; College Prep; Clubs & Activities; Health & Safety; Administration; Sports; Food; and Resources & Facilities.

The top-ranked school district in Massachusetts is Newton, which received an A or an A+ in all categories except for diversity, which was graded a B.

Here is the full list of the top 100 districts, as ranked by Niche.com:

1. Newton Public Schools
2. Lexington Public Schools
3. Westford Public Schools
4. Public Schools of Brookline
5. Wayland Public Schools
6. Belmont Public Schools
7. Wellesley Public Schools
8. Weston Public Schools
9. Amherst-Pelham Regional School District
10. Hopkinton Public Schools
11. Longmeadow Public Schools
12. Needham Public Schools
13. Westborough Public Schools
14. Westwood Public Schools
15. Acton-Boxborough Regional School District
16. Harvard Public Schools
17. Dover-Sherborn Regional School District
18. Medfield Public Schools
19. Natick Public Schools
20. Duxbury Public Schools
21. Sharon Public Schools
22. Cambridge Public Schools
23. Bedford Public Schools
24. Lenox Public Schools
25. Winchester Public Schools
26. Hingham Public Schools
27. Andover Public Schools
28. Milton Public Schools
29. Shrewsbury Public Schools
30. Marblehead Public Schools
31. Nauset Public Schools
32. Groton-Dunstable Regional School District
33. Masconomet Public Schools
34. Franklin Public Schools
35. Cohasset Public Schools
36. Hanover Public Schools
37. Hanover-Wenham Regional School District
38. Arlington Public Schools
39. Mendon-Upton Regional School District
40. Norwell Public Schools
41. Berkshire Hills Public Schools
42. Medway Public Schools
43. Easton Public Schools
44. Lynnfield Public Schools
45. Scituate Public Schools
46. Quincy Public Schools
47. Northampton Public Schools
48. North Reading Public Schools
49. Norwood Public Schools
50. Burlington Public Schools
51. Braintree Public Schools
52. Silver Lake Public Schools
53. Barnstable Public Schools
54. Nashoba Public Schools
55. Tantasqua Public Schools
56. Manchester Essex Regional School District
57. Ashland Public Schools
58. Auburn Public Schools
59. Newburyport Public Schools
60. Foxborough Public Schools
61. Mansfield Public Schools
62. Canton Public Schools
63. Old Rochester Public Schools
64. Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District
65. Chelmsford Public Schools
66. Falmouth Public Schools
67. Malden Public Schools
68. Littleton Public Schools
69. Reading Public Schools
70. Marshfield Public Schools
71. Ipswich Public Schools
72. North Andover Public Schools
73. Sutton Public Schools
74. Beverly Public Schools
75. Belchertown Public Schools
76. Ashburnham-Westminster Regional School District
77. Millis Public Schools
78. Framingham Public Schools
79. Norton Public Schools
80. Central Berkshire Public Schools
81. West Bridgewater Public Schools
82. Melrose Public Schools
83. Wachusett Public Schools
84. Holliston Public Schools
85. Lunenberg Public Schools
86. Rockport Public Schools
87. Revere Public Schools
88. Woburn Public Schools
89. Southern Berkshire Public Schools
90. East Longmeadow Public Schools
91. Grafton Public Schools
92. Swampscott Public Schools
93. South Hadley Public Schools
94. Stoneham Public Schools
95. Georgetown Public Schools
96. Dedham Public Schools
97. Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District
98. Seekonk Public Schools
99. Pembroke Public Schools
100. Amesbury Public Schools

According to Niche, the Jericho Union Free School District in Jericho, New York, is the best school district in the country overall.

With an overall Niche grade of A+, the district received a grade of A+ in academics, teachers, clubs and activities, college prep and health and safety. In the category of diversity, Niche awarded the school district a B+.

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