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Tewksbury Public Schools Among Area's Most Improved School Districts, Study Finds

Tewksbury Public Schools were among the most improved between 2011 and 2015, according to the study.

TEWKSBURY, MA — The Tewksbury Public Schools were shown to be one of the most improved school districts in the area, according to a recent study by Trulia and Schooldigger.com.

According to the study, Tewksbury's public schools were ranked 28th among school districts in the Cambridge-Newton-Framingham area in 2015. The ranking represents a jump of 12 ranking positions from 2011, in which the school district was ranked 36th.

Tewksbury Public Schools also saw a jump of 8 ranking positions from 2012 to 2015.

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Only Melrose saw a more significant improvement in the rankings, having jumped 17 ranking positions between 2011 and 2015. The Cambridge-Newton-Framingham area consisted of communities largely in Middlesex and Essex counties.

The real estate information firm Trulia developed the rankings through school-level aggregated test score data based on standardized testing results on exams such as the MCAS and PARCC testing.

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Districts with fewer than three schools were dropped from the rankings. To read more about the rankings, click here.

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