These Are The Best School Districts In MA, New Ranking Says

MASSACHUSETTS — One of the most important considerations of Bay State parents when choosing a place to live is the quality of the school district.

According to the 2026 Best School Districts in America list recently released by the education ranking service Niche, the best school district in Massachusetts is Brookline.

Brookline Public Schools has 7,039 students in grades PK, K-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 12 to 1. According to state test scores, 71 percent of students are at least proficient in math and 72 percent in reading.

The top 25 school districts in Massachusetts that got an "A" or better grade are, in order of rank:

1. Brookline Public Schools
2. Weston Public Schools
3. Lexington Public Schools
4. Hopkinton Public Schools
5. Dover-Sherborn Regional School District
6. Belmont Public Schools
7. Sharon Public Schools
8. Winchester Public Schools
9. Wayland Public Schools
10. Newton Public Schools
11. Westford Public Schools
12. Needham Public Schools
13. Westborough Public Schools
14. Westwood Public Schools
15. Wellesley Public Schools
16. Shrewsbury Public Schools
17. Acton-Boxborough Regional School District
18. Bedford Public Schools
19. Cambridge Public Schools
20. Duxbury Public Schools
21. Harvard Public Schools
22. Natick Public Schools
23. Medfield Public Schools
24. Andover Public Schools
25. Lynnfield Public Schools

Niche also released its best public high schools and best private high schools rankings:

• MA's Best Public High Schools Ranked In New Analysis
• Top 10 Private High Schools In MA Revealed In New Ranking

Niche said its rankings, now in the 11th year, differ from others that rely almost exclusively on test scores and academic performance in that it also includes input from students, alumni and parents, as well as quantitative data from sources such as the U.S. Department of Education to evaluate teachers, resources and facilities.

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