Best High Schools in Massachusetts for White 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, White 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 (White vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 302)	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 (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
250054602780	1	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	462	37	12.3		118 (25.5%)	138 (29.9%)	107 (23.2%)	78 (16.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.1%)	$16,308			$960			$15,348	99.7%	96.6%	3.12%
250279000203	2	Boston Latin School	Public	7-12	78 Ave Louis Pasteur	Boston	02115	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8895	2,423	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	99.3%	99.7%	0.37%
250005501260	3	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	1,608	97	16.6		589 (36.6%)	289 (18.0%)	184 (11.4%)	461 (28.7%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	79 (4.9%)	$15,001			$501			$14,500	99.0%	99.1%	0.13%
250588000838	4	Bromfield	Public	9-12	14 Massachusetts Avenue	Harvard	01451	Worcester County	Harvard	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 456-4152	560	55	10.1		423 (75.5%)	16 (2.9%)	18 (3.2%)	79 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.1%)	$19,446			$491			$18,955	98.7%	99.4%	0.75%
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%	1.22%
250693001011	6	Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High	Public	9-12	390 Lincoln Rd	Sudbury	01776	Middlesex County	Lincoln-Sudbury	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 443-9961	1,484	127	11.6		1,066 (71.8%)	87 (5.9%)	93 (6.3%)	87 (5.9%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	140 (9.4%)	$20,935			$718			$20,217	98.0%	94.8%	3.19%
250684001001	7	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	97.7%	98.9%	1.17%
250279001128	8	Boston Arts Academy	Public	9-12	174 Ipswich Street	Boston	02215	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-6470	494	50	9.9		43 (8.7%)	182 (36.8%)	240 (48.6%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.6%)	$27,662			$1,972			$25,690	97.4%	26.1%	71.20%
250633000920	9	Hopkinton High	Public	9-12	90 Hayden Rowe Street	Hopkinton	01748	Middlesex County	Hopkinton	No	No	No	No	(508) 497-9820	1,234	88	14		840 (68.1%)	13 (1.1%)	61 (4.9%)	266 (21.6%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (3.8%)	$15,978			$621			$15,357	97.0%	98.6%	1.54%
250171000012	10	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	96.7%	98.0%	1.30%

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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.