Best High Schools in Massachusetts for Low Socio Economic Status Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Massachusetts!

Every year, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Massachusetts test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the MCAS Next Generation test scores by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 338)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
250005501260	1	Mystic Valley Regional Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	770 Salem Street	Malden	02148	Middlesex County	Mystic Valley Regional Charter (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(781) 388-0222	1,653	101	16.3		559 (33.8%)	296 (17.9%)	209 (12.6%)	512 (31.0%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	72 (4.4%)	$15,001			$501			$14,500	99.7%	99.1%	0.57%
250279000203	2	Boston Latin School	Public	7-12	78 Ave Louis Pasteur	Boston	02115	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8895	2,401	131	18.3		847 (35.3%)	330 (13.7%)	389 (16.2%)	710 (29.6%)	3 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	111 (4.6%)	$21,850			$1,957			$19,892	99.4%	99.7%	0.30%
250054602780	3	Pioneer Charter School of Science II (Pcss-Ii)	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	97 Main Street	Saugus	01906	Essex County	Pioneer Charter School of Science II (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(781) 666-3945	566	49	11.5		130 (23.0%)	167 (29.5%)	147 (26.0%)	99 (17.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.7%)	$16,308			$960			$15,348	99.1%	96.6%	2.56%
251266002081	4	Westford Academy	Public	9-12	30 Patten Road	Westford	01886	Middlesex County	Westford	No	No	No	No	(978) 692-5570	1,444	117	12.3		874 (60.5%)	34 (2.4%)	47 (3.3%)	474 (32.8%)	7 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	$14,501			$484			$14,017	98.8%	97.4%	1.40%
250684001001	5	Lexington High	Public	9-12	251 Waltham Street	Lexington	02421	Middlesex County	Lexington	No	No	No	No	(781) 861-2320	2,318	204	11.3		886 (38.2%)	100 (4.3%)	95 (4.1%)	1,067 (46.0%)	1 (0.0%)	1 (0.0%)	163 (7.0%)	$18,852			$287			$18,564	98.5%	98.9%	0.33%
251227002030	6	Wellesley Senior High	Public	9-12	50 Rice Street	Wellesley	02481	Norfolk County	Wellesley	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 446-6290	1,358	123	11		892 (65.7%)	65 (4.8%)	96 (7.1%)	223 (16.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (5.7%)	$21,475			$871			$20,605	98.2%	95.4%	2.82%
250550000807	7	Groton Dunstable Regional	Public	9-12	703 Chicoppe Row	Groton	01450	Middlesex County	Groton-Dunstable	No	No	No	No	(978) 448-6362	689	51	13.4		586 (85.1%)	12 (1.7%)	19 (2.8%)	53 (7.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (2.0%)	$17,906			$410			$17,496	97.9%	89.1%	8.85%
250006701109	8	Manchester Essex Regional High School	Public	9-12	36 Lincoln Street	Manchester	01944	Essex County	Manchester Essex Regional	No	No	No	No	(978) 526-4412	400	41	9.7		381 (95.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.5%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	$19,597			$858			$18,739	97.6%	83.9%	13.73%
250051802632	9	Pioneer Charter School of Science	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	51-59 Summer Street	Everett	02149	Middlesex County	Pioneer Charter School of Science (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 389-7277	779	71	10.9		304 (39.0%)	172 (22.1%)	211 (27.1%)	63 (8.1%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.2%)	$16,081			$1,148			$14,933	97.3%	94.3%	3.08%
250007602086	10	Four Rivers Charter Public School	Public, Charter	7-12	248 Colrain Road	Greenfield	01301	Franklin County	Four Rivers Charter Public (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(413) 775-4577	214	18	11.9		180 (84.1%)	3 (1.4%)	14 (6.5%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.2%)	$20,325			$1,205			$19,120	97.0%	86.2%	10.83%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts, MCAS Next Generation Mathematics, MCAS Next Generation Science test scores released by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 25, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.