Best High Schools in Massachusetts for Special Education 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, Special Education 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 (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 289)	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 (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
250279000203	1	Boston Latin School	Public	7-12	78 Ave Louis Pasteur	Boston	02115	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8895	2,423	125	19.4		922 (38.1%)	296 (12.2%)	368 (15.2%)	704 (29.1%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	117 (4.8%)	$21,850			$1,957			$19,892	99.7%	99.7%	0.06%
250429000574	2	Dover-Sherborn Regional High	Public	9-12	9 Junction Street	Dover	02030	Norfolk County	Dover-Sherborn	No	No	No	No	(508) 785-1730	669	54	12.4		473 (70.7%)	23 (3.4%)	41 (6.1%)	85 (12.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (6.3%)	$21,791			$401			$21,390	99.3%	97.7%	1.61%
250684001001	3	Lexington High	Public	9-12	251 Waltham Street	Lexington	02421	Middlesex County	Lexington	No	No	No	No	(781) 861-2320	2,303	188	12.2		909 (39.5%)	86 (3.7%)	100 (4.3%)	1,047 (45.5%)	1 (0.0%)	1 (0.0%)	152 (6.6%)	$18,852			$287			$18,564	99.0%	98.9%	0.11%
250171000012	4	Acton-Boxborough Regional High	Public	9-12	36 Charter Rd	Acton	01720	Middlesex County	Acton-Boxborough	No	No	No	No	(978) 264-4700	1,683	123	13.6		825 (49.0%)	54 (3.2%)	114 (6.8%)	620 (36.8%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	53 (3.1%)	$17,610			$1,124			$16,486	98.6%	98.0%	0.63%
250861001375	5	Newton South High	Public	9-12	140 Brandeis Road	Newton Centre	02459	Middlesex County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(617) 559-6700	1,837	156	11.7		1,053 (57.3%)	64 (3.5%)	138 (7.5%)	443 (24.1%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	122 (6.6%)	$22,578			$1,163			$21,415	98.3%	97.1%	1.14%
251221002010	6	Wayland High School	Public	9-12	264 Old Connecticut Path	Wayland	01778	Middlesex County	Wayland	No	No	No	No	(508) 358-7746	824	74	11.1		533 (64.7%)	44 (5.3%)	41 (5.0%)	148 (18.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	57 (6.9%)	$21,018			$606			$20,412	97.9%	94.5%	3.38%
250798501264	7	Minuteman Regional High	Public	9-12	758 Marrett Rd	Lexington	02421	Middlesex County	Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 861-6500	691	78	8.8		501 (72.5%)	30 (4.3%)	72 (10.4%)	25 (3.6%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (7.1%)	$32,527			$1,415			$31,111	97.6%	80.5%	17.12%
250387000527	8	Concord Carlisle High	Public	9-12	500 Walden Street	Concord	01742	Middlesex County	Concord-Carlisle	No	No	No	No	(978) 318-1400	1,306	107	12.2		965 (73.9%)	55 (4.2%)	77 (5.9%)	116 (8.9%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	82 (6.3%)	$21,412			$259			$21,153	97.2%	95.7%	1.54%
251275002087	9	Weston High	Public	9-12	444 Wellesley Street	Weston	02493	Middlesex County	Weston	No	No	No	No	(781) 786-5800	639	60	10.5		391 (61.2%)	42 (6.6%)	37 (5.8%)	120 (18.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (7.4%)	$29,813			$950			$28,863	96.9%	96.0%	0.91%
250550000807	10	Groton Dunstable Regional	Public	9-12	703 Chicoppe Row	Groton	01450	Middlesex County	Groton-Dunstable	No	No	No	No	(978) 448-6362	680	53	12.7		592 (87.1%)	9 (1.3%)	21 (3.1%)	40 (5.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (2.1%)	$17,906			$410			$17,496	96.5%	89.1%	7.46%

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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.

Educational resources:

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Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

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.