Best High Schools in Massachusetts for Military Connected 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, Military Connected 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 (Military Connected vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 10)	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 (Military Connected)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Military Connected)	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	90.0%	99.7%	9.71%
250240000128	2	Bedford High	Public	9-12	9 Mudge Way	Bedford	01730	Middlesex County	Bedford	No	No	No	No	(781) 275-1700	841	79	10.6		513 (61.0%)	53 (6.3%)	86 (10.2%)	148 (17.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (4.0%)	$21,142			$805			$20,336	80.0%	92.0%	11.95%
251061501701	3	Shawsheen Valley Vocational Technical High School	Public	9-12	100 Cook Street	Billerica	01821	Middlesex County	Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 667-2111	1,292	129	10		1,132 (87.6%)	19 (1.5%)	92 (7.1%)	9 (0.7%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (2.1%)	$24,777			$1,100			$23,677	70.0%	57.5%	12.53%
250211002257	4	Assabet Valley Vocational High School	Public	9-12	215 Fitchburg Street	Marlborough	01752	Middlesex County	Assabet Valley Regional Vocational Technical	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 485-9430	1,128	111	10.1		776 (68.8%)	24 (2.1%)	279 (24.7%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (3.0%)	$20,484			$1,005			$19,479	60.0%	39.7%	20.34%
251295002300	5	Whittier Regional Vocational	Public	9-12	115 Amesbury Line Rd	Haverhill	01830	Essex County	Whittier Regional Vocational Technical	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 373-4101	1,277	123	10.3		806 (63.1%)	38 (3.0%)	348 (27.3%)	20 (1.6%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (3.6%)	$21,631			$1,156			$20,475	50.0%	58.0%	8.05%
251251002052	6	West Springfield High	Public	9-12	425 Piper Road	West Springfield	01089	Hampden County	West Springfield	No	No	No	No	(413) 263-3400	1,186	94	12.6		734 (61.9%)	51 (4.3%)	238 (20.1%)	98 (8.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (4.6%)	$15,030			$771			$14,260	40.0%	42.5%	2.53%
250366000495	7	Chicopee Comprehensive High School	Public	9-12	617 Montgomery Street	Chicopee	01020	Hampden County	Chicopee	No	No	No	No	(413) 594-3534	1,206	107	11.2		671 (55.6%)	37 (3.1%)	438 (36.3%)	17 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (3.2%)	$17,442			$1,070			$16,372	30.0%	37.6%	7.64%
250886002314	8	Smith Vocational and Agricultural High	Public	9-12	80 Locust Street	Northampton	01060	Hampshire County	Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 587-1414	566	61	9.3		465 (82.2%)	5 (0.9%)	75 (13.3%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.8%)	$23,303			$1,434			$21,869	20.0%	28.4%	8.45%
250666002856	9	Lawrence High School	Public	9-12	70-71 North Parish Road	Lawrence	01843	Essex County	Lawrence	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 975-2750	3,084	234	13.1		70 (2.3%)	38 (1.2%)	2,902 (94.1%)	49 (1.6%)	1 (0.0%)	1 (0.0%)	11 (0.4%)	$16,935			$1,740			$15,195	10.0%	5.5%	4.54%
250547002267	10	Gr Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical	Public	9-12	57 River Rd	Andover	01810	Essex County	Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 686-0194	1,692	151	11.2		266 (15.7%)	27 (1.6%)	1,372 (81.1%)	15 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.5%)	$23,197			$1,757			$21,440	0.0%	21.8%	21.84%

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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.