Lincoln-Sudbury Cracks Top 50 Boston Magazine Schools

Boston Magazine recently compiled its list of 222 Boston-area public and charter high schools and also narrowed down the top 50 schools in the area based on a variety of statistics, and found itself in the upper half, coming in at No. 16.

Weston High School took top honors followed by Lexington High, Dover-Sherborn Regional High, Concord-Carlisle High and Wellesley Senior High.

Schools nearby Sudbury that made the list include Concord-Carlisle (No. 4), Wayland High (No. 6), and Acton-Boxborough (No. 9).

L-S features a 97.9 percent graduation rate and an 93 percent rate of students going on to college.

L-S's 10th grade English, math and science MCAS scores were 96, 94, and 82, respectively.

Boston Magazine also took into account SAT scores. In reading, L-S averaged a 580 while the top school came in at 622. In writing, L-S students averaged a 582, compared to a top score of 627, while in math local students scored a mean of 604, compared to the top score of 649.

So what's your take on the numbers? Do you think they accurately portray L-S's educational efforts, or are they misleading? Let us know in the comments section below.