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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 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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Phillips Academy, Andover- Noble and Greenough, Dedham
- Deerfield Academy
- Middlesex School, Concord
- Winsor School, Boston
- Groton School
- Milton Academy
- Massachusetts Academy of Math & Science, Worcester
- Boston University Academy
- Concord Academy
- Commonwealth School, Boston
- Buckingham Browne & Nichols, Cambridge
- Roxbury Latin
- St. Mark's School, Southborough
- Belmont Hill
- Northfield Mount Hermon
- The Rivers School, Weston
- Berkshire School, Sheffield
- Brooks School, North Andover
- Dana Hall School, Wellesley
- Cushing Academy, Ashburnham
- Lexington High
- The Cambridge School of Weston
- Brookline High
- Newton Country Day
- Boston Latin
- Bancroft School, Worcester
- Weston High
- Newton North High
- Governor's Academy, Byfield
- Newton South
- Tabor Academy, Marion
- Beaver Country Day, Chestnut Hill
- Waring School, Beverly
- Gann Academy, Waltham
- Wayland High
- Pingree, South Hamilton
- Worcester Academy
- Wellesley Senior High
- British International School of Boston
- St. Sebastian's, Needham
- Lincoln-Sudbury
- Lawrence Academy, Groton
- Belmont High
- Williston Northampton
- Miss Hall's, Pittsfield
- Brimmer and May, Chestnut Hill
- Westford Academy
- Dexter Southfield, Brookline
- Falmouth Academy
- Maimonides, Brookline
- Concord Carlisle
- Hopkinton High
- Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Natick
- Westwood High
- Thayer Academy, Braintree
- BC High
- Acton-Boxborough
- Westborough High
- Advanced Math & Science Academy, Marlborough
- Cape Cod Academy, Osterville
- Sharon High
- Boston Trinity
- Longmeadow High
- Lexington Christian
- Needham High
- Dover-Sherborn
- Amherst Regional
- Medfield Senior High
- The Newman School, Boston
- Bedford High
- Wibraham & Monson
- Winchester High
- St. John's Prep, Danvers
- Maria Hasting Elementary, Lexington
- Chapell Hill-Chauncy Hall, Waltham
- Montrose, Medfield
- William Diamond Middle School, Lexington
- Shrewsbury Senior High
- Bowman Elementary, Lexington
- Elmwood School, Hopkinton
- Jonas Clark Middle School, Lexington
- Weston Middle School
- Stoneleigh-Burnham, Greenfield
- Field Elementary, Weston
- Bridge Elementary, Lexington
- John A. Crisafulli Elementary, Westford
- CATS Academy Boston, Braintree
- Martha Jones School, Westwood
- Algonquin Regional, Northborough
- Stony Brook, Westford
- Hopkinton Middle School
- Tisbury Elementary School
- Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School, Westborough
- Day Elementary, Westford
- John D. Hardy Elementary, Wellesley
- Deerfield School, Westwood
- Wayland Middle School
- Blanchard Memorial School, Boxborough
- Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School
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