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These Are The Top 100 Schools In Massachusetts For 2020

Niche has compiled what it says are the top 100 schools in Massachusetts, which includes both private and public schools.

The top seven schools in Massachusetts are private, according to Niche.
The top seven schools in Massachusetts are private, according to Niche. (Shutterstock)

The latest list of top schools in Massachusetts has a familiar name up top and is followed by schools both private and public, including elementary, middle and high schools. Niche.com, which specializes in school rankings and grading, has listed what it says are the top 100 schools in Massachusetts.

It's clear that Niche prefers private schools. Seven of the first eight and 20 of the first 22 schools are private, including No. 1 Phillips Academy in Andover. The first public schools to crack the list are the Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science in Worcester at No. 8 and Lexington High at No. 22.

Whether a school finished first or 100th, there's not really a bad spot on the list. They all received A+ grades from Niche.

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Niche arrives at the rankings by compiling user reviews and data from the U.S. Department of Education, including grades, culture and diversity, health and safety, sports and more. You can see the methodology here.

Here are the top 100 schools in Massachusetts for 2019-20, according to Niche. See the full list, and more about each school, here.

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  1. Phillips Academy, Andover
  2. Noble and Greenough, Dedham
  3. Deerfield Academy
  4. Middlesex School, Concord
  5. Winsor School, Boston
  6. Groton School
  7. Milton Academy
  8. Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science, Worcester
  9. Boston University Academy
  10. Concord Academy
  11. Commonwealth School, Boston
  12. Buckingham Browne & Nichols, Cambridge
  13. Roxbury Latin
  14. St. Mark's School, Southborough
  15. Belmont Hill
  16. Northfield Mount Hermon
  17. The Rivers School, Weston
  18. Berkshire School, Sheffield
  19. Brooks School, North Andover
  20. Dana Hall School, Wellesley
  21. Cushing Academy, Ashburnham
  22. Lexington High
  23. The Cambridge School of Weston
  24. Brookline High
  25. Newton Country Day
  26. Boston Latin
  27. Bancroft School, Worcester
  28. Weston High
  29. Newton North High
  30. Governor's Academy, Byfield
  31. Newton South
  32. Tabor Academy, Marion
  33. Beaver Country Day, Chestnut Hill
  34. Waring School, Beverly
  35. Gann Academy, Waltham
  36. Wayland High
  37. Pingree, South Hamilton
  38. Worcester Academy
  39. Wellesley Senior High
  40. British International School of Boston
  41. St. Sebastian's, Needham
  42. Lincoln-Sudbury
  43. Lawrence Academy, Groton
  44. Belmont High
  45. Williston Northampton
  46. Miss Hall's, Pittsfield
  47. Brimmer and May, Chestnut Hill
  48. Westford Academy
  49. Dexter Southfield, Brookline
  50. Falmouth Academy
  51. Maimonides, Brookline
  52. Concord Carlisle
  53. Hopkinton High
  54. Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Natick
  55. Westwood High
  56. Thayer Academy, Braintree
  57. BC High
  58. Acton-Boxborough
  59. Westborough High
  60. Advanced Math & Science Academy, Marlborough
  61. Cape Cod Academy, Osterville
  62. Sharon High
  63. Boston Trinity
  64. Longmeadow High
  65. Lexington Christian
  66. Needham High
  67. Dover-Sherborn
  68. Amherst Regional
  69. Medfield Senior High
  70. The Newman School, Boston
  71. Bedford High
  72. Wibraham & Monson
  73. Winchester High
  74. St. John's Prep, Danvers
  75. Maria Hasting Elementary, Lexington
  76. Chapell Hill-Chauncy Hall, Waltham
  77. Montrose, Medfield
  78. William Diamond Middle School, Lexington
  79. Shrewsbury Senior High
  80. Bowman Elementary, Lexington
  81. Elmwood School, Hopkinton
  82. Jonas Clark Middle School, Lexington
  83. Weston Middle School
  84. Stoneleigh-Burnham, Greenfield
  85. Field Elementary, Weston
  86. Bridge Elementary, Lexington
  87. John A. Crisafulli Elementary, Westford
  88. CATS Academy Boston, Braintree
  89. Martha Jones School, Westwood
  90. Algonquin Regional, Northborough
  91. Stony Brook, Westford
  92. Hopkinton Middle School
  93. Tisbury Elementary School
  94. Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School, Westborough
  95. Day Elementary, Westford
  96. John D. Hardy Elementary, Wellesley
  97. Deerfield School, Westwood
  98. Wayland Middle School
  99. Blanchard Memorial School, Boxborough
  100. Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School


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