Top 100 Schools In Massachusetts For 2018: List

Five of the top 10 schools in America are right here in New England.

Niche.com has released its latest list of the top 100 schools in Massachusetts, with a twist. The latest rankings include both public and private schools at the elementary, middle and high school levels. That means usual top performers like the Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science and Lexington High School have been knocked down a couple spots, as Niche favors private schools.

In fact, the first public school that appears on the list lands at No. 12. Seven of the top 10 schools also double as boarding schools. Phillips Academy is not only the best school in Massachusetts, but in America, according to Niche. Deerfield Academy is the seventh-best school in the country.

Niche's methodology is based on an analysis of academic and student-life data from the U.S. Department of Education, along with test scores and feedback from Niche.com users. It is important to remember that every school on this top 100 list receives either an overall score of A+ or A from Niche.

Here are the top 100 schools in Massachusetts for 2018, according to Niche. (If you want to read reviews and why a specific school received the ranking that it did, please click on the green hyperlink).

1. Phillips Academy (Private, boarding)
2. Deerfield Academy (Private, boarding)
3. Groton School (Private, boarding, Episcopal)
4. Noble and Greenough School (Private, boarding)
5. Winsor School (Private, all-girl)
6. Middlesex School (Private, boarding)
7. Milton Academy (Private, boarding)
8. Buckingham Browne & Nichols School (Private)
9. Concord Academy (Private, boarding)
10. The Roxbury Latin School (Private, all-boy)
11. Belmont Hill School (Private, all-boy)
12. Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science (Public)
13. Commonwealth School (Private)
14. Northfield Mount Hermon School (Private, boarding)
15. Lexington High School (Public)
16. Boston University Academy (Private)
17. Berkshire School (Private, boarding)
18. St. Mark's School (Private, boarding, Episcopal)
19. Brooks School (Private, boarding)
20. Wellesley Senior High School (Public)
21. St. Sebastian's School (Private, Catholic, all-boy)
22. The Cambridge School of Weston (Private, boarding)
23. Worcester Academy (Private, boarding)
24. The Rivers School (Private)
25. Newton Country Day School (Private, Catholic, all-girl)
26. Newton North High School (Public)
27. The Governor's Academy (Private, boarding)
28. Boston Latin School (Public, magnet)
29. Newton South High School (Public)
30. Brookline High School (Public)
31. Dana Hall School (Private, boarding, all-girl)
32. Belmont High School (Public)
33. Weston High School (Public)
34. Miss Hall's School (Private, boarding, all-girl)
35. Tabor Academy (Private, boarding)
36. Advanced Math & Science Academy Charter School (Public, charter)
37. Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (Public)
38. Walnut Hill School for the Arts (Private, boarding)
39. Westford Academy (Public)
40. The MacDuffie School (Private, boarding)
41. Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School (Public)
42. Beaver Country Day School (Private)
43. Boston College High School (Private, Catholic, all-boy)
44. Pingree School (Private)
45. Cushing Academy (Private, boarding)
46. Wayland High School (Public)
47. Falmouth Academy (Private)
48. Edward W. Brooke Charter School - East Boston (Public, charter)
49. Cambridge Rindge & Latin School (Public)
50. Brooke Charter School - Roslindale (Public, charter)
51. The Williston Northampton School (Private, boarding)
52. Algonquin Regional High School (Public)
53. Needham High School (Public)
54. Maria Hastings Elementary School (Public)
55. Cape Cod Academy (Private)
56. Amherst Regional High School (Public)
57. William Diamond Middle School (Public)
58. Westborough High School (Public)
59. Wilbraham & Monson Academy (Private, boarding)
60. Brimmer & May School (Private)
61. Concord Carlisle High School (Public)
62. Jonas Clarke Middle School (Public)
63. British International School of Boston (Private)
64. St. John's Prep (Private, Catholic, all-boy)
65. Stoneleigh-Burnham School (Private, boarding, all-girl)
66. Bancroft School (Private)
67. Blanchard Middle School (Public)
68. Montrose School (Private, all-girl)
69. International School of Boston (Private)
70. Al-Noor Academy (Private, Muslim)
71. Schofield Elementary School (Public)
72. Waring School (Private)
73. Bedford High School (Public)
74. Maimonides School (Private, Jewish)
75. Mason Rice Elementary School (Public)
76. Westwood High School (Public)
77. Bowman Elementary School (Public)
78. Wayland Middle School (Public)
79. Winthrop L. Chenery Middle School (Public)
80. F.A. Day Middle School (Public)
81. Hopkinton High School (Public)
82. Boston Trinity Academy (Private, Christian)
83. Lawrence Academy (Private, boarding)
84. Wellesley Middle School (Public)
85. Dexter School (Private)
86. Ward Elementary School (Public)
87. Sturgis Charter Public School (Public, charter)
88. Lexington Christian Academy (Private, inter-/non-denominational)
89. Joseph Estabrook Elementary School (Public)
90. Heath School (Public)
91. Dover-Sherborn Regional High School (Public)
92. Bigelow Middle School (Public)
93. Day Elementary School (Public)
94. Oak Hill Middle School (Public)
95. Thayer Academy (Private)
96. Sharon High School (Public)
97. St. John's High School (Private, Catholic, all-boys)
98. Roger E. Wellington School (Public)
99. Stony Brook School (Public)
100. The Bromfield School (Public)

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