| Rank | Public School Performance ▲ | School District / Population |
| 1. |  | Ayer School District / 7,427 |
| 1. | | Shirley School District / 7,211 |
| 1. | | Chatham School District / 6,125 |
| 1. | | Lakeville School District / 10,602 |
| 1. | | Harwich School District / 12,243 |
| 1. | | Granville School District / 1,566 |
| 1. | | Freetown School District / 8,870 |
| 8. | | Sudbury School District / 18,197 |
| 9. | | Freetown-Lakeville School District / 19,890 |
| 9. | | Nauset School District / 23,675 |
| 9. | | Adams-Cheshire School District / 11,593 |
| 9. | | Hampshire School District / 12,499 |
| 9. | | King Philip School District / 31,279 |
| 9. | | Dennis-Yarmouth School District / 37,793 |
| 9. | | Lincoln-Sudbury School District / 25,378 |
| 9. | | Dover-Sherborn School District / 9,927 |
| 9. | | Concord-Carlisle School District / 23,801 |
| 9. | | Berlin-Boylston School District / 7,316 |
| 9. | | Central Berkshire School District / 13,907 |
| 9. | | Bridgewater-Raynham School District / 40,448 |
| 9. | | Blackstone-Millville School District / 12,263 |
| 9. | | Berkshire Hills School District / 10,505 |
| 9. | | Athol-Royalston School District / 12,847 |
| 9. | | Ashburnham-Westminster School District / 13,494 |
| 9. | | Farmington River Regional School District / 2,366 |
| 9. | | Acton-Boxborough School District / 27,716 |
| 9. | | Amherst-Pelham School District / 44,250 |
| 9. | | Martha's Vineyard School District / 16,816 |
| 9. | | Masconomet School District / 23,664 |
| 9. | | Mount Greylock School District / 10,926 |
| 9. | | Adams-Cheshire School District in Savoy (7-12) / 703 |
| 9. | | North Adams School District in Florida (9-12) / 788 |
| 9. | | Fairhaven/New Bedford School Districts in Acushnet (9-12) / 10,329 |
| 9. | | Ayer/Lunenberg School Districts in Shirley (9-12) / 7,211 |
| 9. | | Nauset/Provincetown School Districts in Turo (7-12) / 1,738 |
| 9. | | Mount Greylock/New Lebanon (NY) School Districts in Hancock (7-12) / 726 |
| 9. | | North Adams School District in Monroe (9-12) / 118 |
| 9. | | Lee/Berkshire Hills in Farmington River Regional (7-12) / 2,366 |
| 9. | | Quabbin School District / 15,772 |
| 9. | | Spencer-East Brookfield School District / 14,009 |
| 9. | | Southwick-Tolland School District / 11,686 |
| 9. | | Mohawk Trail School District in Rowe (7-12) / 452 |
| 9. | | Pittsfield School District in Richmond (9-12) / 1,535 |
| 9. | | Northborough-Southborough School District / 24,513 |
| 9. | | Old Rochester School District / 16,421 |
| 9. | | Ralph C. Mahar School District / 11,057 |
| 9. | | Silver Lake School District / 23,315 |
| 9. | | Tantasqua School District / 20,840 |
| 9. | | Mohawk Trail Regional School District in Hawley and Charlemont towns / 1,653 |
| 9. | | Somerset School District in Berkley (9-12) / 6,411 |
| 9. | | North Adams School District in Clarksburg (9-12) / 1,580 |
| 9. | | Gill-Montague School District in Erving (7-12) / 1,832 |
| 9. | | Southwick-Tolland School District in Granville (9-12) / 1,566 |
| 9. | | Swampscott School District in Nahant (7-12) / 3,451 |
| 9. | | Manchester Essex Regional School District / 8,827 |
| 9. | | Dighton-Rehoboth School District / 18,915 |
| 9. | | Up-Island Regional School District / 3,995 |
| 9. | | Mendon-Upton School District / 13,536 |
| 9. | | Mohawk Trail School District / 8,603 |
| 9. | | Narragansett School District / 9,738 |
| 9. | | Nashoba School District / 19,886 |
| 9. | | Southern Berkshire School District / 7,188 |
| 9. | | North Middlesex School District / 24,112 |
| 9. | | Hawlemont School District / 1,653 |
| 9. | | Pentucket School District / 17,711 |
| 9. | | Pioneer Valley School District / 6,549 |
| 9. | | Triton School District / 21,284 |
| 9. | | Wachusett School District / 42,131 |
| 9. | | Quaboag Regional School District / 8,891 |
| 9. | | Hancock School District / 726 |
| 9. | | Chesterfield-Goshen School District / 2,372 |
| 9. | | Whitman-Hanson School District / 24,959 |
| 9. | | New Salem-Wendell School District / 1,987 |
| 9. | | Frontier School District / 11,827 |
| 9. | | Groton-Dunstable School District / 14,296 |
| 9. | | Gill-Montague School District / 9,967 |
| 9. | | Hamilton-Wenham School District / 13,137 |
| 9. | | Gosnold School District / 99 |
| 9. | | Hampden-Wilbraham School District / 19,537 |
| 9. | | Gateway School District / 8,898 |
| 9. | | Dudley-Charlton Regional School District / 24,759 |
| 82. | | Lexington School District / 32,306 |
| 83. | | Carlisle School District / 4,967 |
| 84. | | Westford School District / 22,854 |
| 85. | | Boxborough School District / 5,102 |
| 86. | | Acton School District / 22,614 |
| 87. | | Belmont School District / 25,173 |
| 88. | | Winchester School District / 21,863 |
| 89. | | Rowe School District / 452 |
| 90. | | Sherborn School District / 4,200 |
| 91. | | Harvard School District / 6,558 |
| 92. | | Weston School District / 11,704 |
| 93. | | Wellesley School District / 28,858 |
| 94. | | Westwood School District / 14,809 |
| 95. | | Concord School District / 18,834 |
| 96. | | Wayland School District / 13,294 |
| 97. | | Sharon School District / 17,879 |
| 98. | | Norwell School District / 10,651 |
| 99. | | Medfield School District / 12,236 |
| 100. | | Needham School District / 29,540 |
| 101. | | Dover School District / 5,727 |
| 102. | | Andover School District / 34,251 |
| 103. | | Cohasset School District / 8,100 |
| 104. |  | Topsfield School District / 6,286 |
| 105. | | Hopkinton School District / 15,604 |
| 106. | | Hingham School District / 22,550 |
| 107. | | Brewster School District / 9,858 |
| 108. | | Boxford School District / 8,105 |
| 109. | | Westborough School District / 18,481 |
| 110. | | Duxbury School District / 15,208 |
| 111. | | Newton School District / 86,945 |
| 112. | | Shrewsbury School District / 36,114 |
| 113. | | Lynnfield School District / 12,058 |
| 114. | | Norfolk School District / 11,529 |
| 115. | | Holliston School District / 14,008 |
| 116. | | Orleans School District / 5,874 |
| 117. | | Brookline School District / 59,016 |
| 118. | | Longmeadow School District / 15,858 |
| 119. | | Marblehead School District / 20,163 |
| 120. | | Southborough School District / 9,869 |
| 121. | | Franklin School District / 32,393 |
| 122. | | Arlington School District / 43,728 |
| 123. | | Reading School District / 25,176 |
| 124. | | Medway School District / 12,965 |
| 125. | | Pelham School District / 1,350 |
| 126. | | Scituate School District / 18,240 |
| 127. |  | Conway School District / 1,663 |
| 128. | | Middleton School District / 9,273 |
| 129. | | Chelmsford School District / 34,495 |
| 130. | | Eastham School District / 4,932 |
| 131. | | North Reading School District / 15,249 |
| 132. | | Littleton School District / 9,157 |
| 133. | | Bedford School District / 13,788 |
| 134. | | Natick School District / 34,230 |
| 135. | | Wrentham School District / 11,169 |
| 136. | | Ashland School District / 16,985 |
| 137. | | Tisbury School District / 4,036 |
| 138. | | Williamstown School District / 7,624 |
| 139. | | Hanover School District / 14,120 |
| 140. | | Northborough School District / 14,644 |
| 141. | | Wellfleet School District / 3,011 |
| 142. | | Mansfield School District / 23,389 |
| 143. | | Ipswich School District / 13,480 |
| 144. | | Shutesbury School District / 1,804 |
| 145. | | Hadley School District / 5,285 |
| 146. | | Canton School District / 22,036 |
| 147. | | Marshfield School District / 25,430 |
| 148. | | Easton School District / 23,548 |
| 149. | | Marion School District / 4,935 |
| 150. | | Mattapoisett School District / 6,138 |
| 151. | | Oak Bluffs School District / 4,599 |
| 152. | | Lunenburg School District / 10,797 |
| 153. | | Hopedale School District / 5,934 |
| 154. | | Lenox School District / 5,043 |
| 155. | | Millis School District / 8,007 |
| 156. | | Sutton School District / 9,078 |
| 157. | | Truro School District / 1,738 |
| 158. | | Newburyport School District / 17,662 |
| 159. | | Braintree School District / 36,543 |
| 160. | | Boylston School District / 4,399 |
| 161. | | Sandwich School District / 20,605 |
| 162. | | Brimfield School District / 3,667 |
| 163. | | Walpole School District / 24,571 |
| 164. | | Swampscott School District / 13,912 |
| 165. | | Lincoln School District / 7,181 |
| 166. | | Georgetown School District / 8,379 |
| 167. | | Wilmington School District / 22,907 |
| 168. | | West Bridgewater School District / 6,981 |
| 169. | | North Attleborough School District / 28,779 |
| 170. | | Milton School District / 27,204 |
| 171. |  | Grafton School District / 18,047 |
| 172. | | Foxborough School District / 17,129 |
| 173. | | Rochester School District / 5,348 |
| 174. | | North Andover School District / 28,963 |
| 175. | | Burlington School District / 25,190 |
| 176. | | Rockport School District / 7,078 |
| 177. | | West Boylston School District / 7,792 |
| 178. | | Petersham School District / 1,277 |
| 179. | | Wakefield School District / 25,835 |
| 180. | | Melrose School District / 27,509 |
| 181. | | Tyngsborough School District / 11,867 |
| 182. | | Nahant School District / 3,451 |
| 183. | | Kingston School District / 12,846 |
| 184. | | Falmouth School District / 31,576 |
| 185. | | Hatfield School District / 3,293 |
| 186. | | Richmond School District / 1,535 |
| 187. | | Berlin School District / 2,917 |
| 188. | | Belchertown School District / 14,774 |
| 189. | | East Longmeadow School District / 15,917 |
| 190. | | East Bridgewater School District / 13,996 |
| 191. | | Sturbridge School District / 9,363 |
| 192. | | Pembroke School District / 18,006 |
| 193. | | Norton School District / 19,280 |
| 194. | | Amherst School District / 39,260 |
| 195. | | Deerfield School District / 5,097 |
| 196. | | Auburn School District / 16,294 |
| 197. | | Williamsburg School District / 2,583 |
| 198. | | Danvers School District / 27,075 |
| 199. | | Stoneham School District / 21,611 |
| 200. |  | Leverett School District / 1,836 |
| 201. | | Edgartown School District / 4,186 |
| 202. | | Dedham School District / 25,111 |
| 203. | | Plympton School District / 2,840 |
| 204. | | Whately School District / 1,384 |
| 205. | | Amesbury School District / 16,554 |
| 206. | | Barnstable School District / 44,750 |
| 207. | | Acushnet School District / 10,329 |
| 208. | | Dartmouth School District / 34,384 |
| 209. | | Sunderland School District / 3,683 |
| 210. | | Granby School District / 6,301 |
| 211. | | Halifax School District / 7,629 |
| 212. | | Hull School District / 10,324 |
| 213. | | Seekonk School District / 14,131 |
| 214. | | Somerset School District / 18,262 |
| 215. | | Bourne School District / 19,749 |
| 216. | | Plainville School District / 8,581 |
| 217. | | Billerica School District / 41,446 |
| 218. | | Agawam School District / 28,626 |
| 219. | | Wales School District / 1,923 |
| 220. | | Carver School District / 11,541 |
| 221. | | Westhampton School District / 1,586 |
| 222. | | Maynard School District / 10,314 |
| 223. | | Milford School District / 28,203 |
| 224. | | Hudson School District / 19,464 |
| 225. | | Norwood School District / 28,844 |
| 226. | | Stoughton School District / 27,833 |
| 227. | | Douglas School District / 8,578 |
| 228. |  | Plymouth School District / 57,414 |
| 229. | | Tewksbury School District / 29,718 |
| 230. | | Northampton School District / 28,637 |
| 231. | | Millbury School District / 13,350 |
| 232. | | Bellingham School District / 16,564 |
| 233. | | Watertown School District / 32,880 |
| 234. | | Abington School District / 16,081 |
| 235. | | Fairhaven School District / 15,971 |
| 236. | | Swansea School District / 16,005 |
| 237. | | Woburn School District / 38,826 |
| 238. | | Beverly School District / 40,370 |
| 239. | | South Hadley School District / 17,745 |
| 240. | | Southampton School District / 5,958 |
| 241. | | Framingham School District / 69,900 |
| 242. | | Lanesborough School District / 3,302 |
| 243. | | Weymouth School District / 54,815 |
| 244. | | Avon School District / 4,421 |
| 245. | | Dracut School District / 30,350 |
| 246. | | Brookfield School District / 3,396 |
| 247. | | Florida School District / 906 |
| 248. | | Leicester School District / 11,147 |
| 249. | | Nantucket School District / 10,414 |
| 250. | | Berkley School District / 6,492 |
| 251. | | Mashpee School District / 13,988 |
| 252. | | Attleboro School District / 43,774 |
| 253. | | Monson School District / 8,660 |
| 254. |  | Westport School District / 15,647 |
| 255. | | Uxbridge School District / 13,609 |
| 256. | | Winthrop School District / 17,992 |
| 257. | | Marlborough School District / 39,141 |
| 258. | | Ludlow School District / 21,288 |
| 259. | | Northbridge School District / 16,100 |
| 260. | | Clarksburg School District / 1,580 |
| 261. | | Waltham School District / 61,908 |
| 262. | | North Brookfield School District / 4,715 |
| 263. | | Erving School District / 1,832 |
| 264. | | Peabody School District / 51,868 |
| 265. | | Quincy School District / 92,920 |
| 266. | | Clinton School District / 13,675 |
| 267. | | Holland School District / 2,491 |
| 268. | | Lee School District / 6,340 |
| 269. | | Savoy School District / 703 |
| 270. | | Medford School District / 56,981 |
| 271. | | Cambridge School District / 106,844 |
| 272. | | Rockland School District / 17,616 |
| 273. | | Palmer School District / 12,155 |
| 274. |  | Middleborough School District / 23,541 |
| 275. | | Saugus School District / 27,369 |
| 276. | | Provincetown School District / 2,959 |
| 277. | | Gloucester School District / 29,237 |
| 278. | | West Springfield School District / 28,554 |
| 279. | | Ware School District / 9,886 |
| 280. | | Oxford School District / 13,772 |
| 281. | | Gardner School District / 20,279 |
| 282. | | Taunton School District / 56,056 |
| 283. | | Leominster School District / 40,954 |
| 284. | | Holbrook School District / 10,925 |
| 285. | | Easthampton School District / 16,066 |
| 286. | | Westfield School District / 41,371 |
| 287. | | Revere School District / 53,258 |
| 288. | | Malden School District / 60,309 |
| 289. | | Wareham School District / 22,247 |
| 290. | | Greenfield School District / 17,484 |
| 291. | | Pittsfield School District / 44,226 |
| 292. | | Methuen School District / 48,159 |
| 293. | | Orange School District / 7,793 |
| 294. | | Haverhill School District / 61,769 |
| 295. |  | Winchendon School District / 10,466 |
| 296. | | Webster School District / 16,806 |
| 297. | | North Adams School District / 13,563 |
| 298. | | Salem School District / 42,321 |
| 299. | | Randolph School District / 33,135 |
| 300. | | Brockton School District / 94,267 |
| 301. | | Somerville School District / 77,560 |
| 302. | | Chicopee School District / 55,603 |
| 303. | | Everett School District / 42,758 |
| 304. | | Lowell School District / 108,491 |
| 305. | | Lynn School District / 91,289 |
| 306. | | Fitchburg School District / 40,419 |
| 307. | | Boston School District / 639,594 |
| 308. | | Worcester School District / 182,511 |
| 309. | | Chelsea School District / 37,084 |
| 310. | | Southbridge School District / 16,775 |
| 311. | | Fall River School District / 88,756 |
| 312. | | New Bedford School District / 94,873 |
| 313. | | Holyoke School District / 40,079 |
| 314. | | Springfield School District / 153,836 |
| 315. | | Lawrence School District / 77,364 |
Please note that we only rank locations with 'Public School Performance' data. The rank above might not be a complete list. Locations without 'Public School Performance' data are not listed.
