Burlington Public Schools Earn High Marks In New National Ranking

BURLINGTON, MA - The Burlington Public Schools earned an overall grade of A in a new batch of nationwide rankings and report cards this week from the education platform Niche.

Niche shared its rankings on Tuesday, giving Burlington an A for academics, college prep, clubs and activities, and resources and facilities. The district received A- rankings for teachers and administration alongside a B+ ranking for sports.

The district earned a B for diversity and a B- for its food to generate the overall A score.

Niche ranked Burlington as the 46th best school district out of 219 in Massachusetts. Among other subcategories, the district was 25th out of 237 districts on a list of best places to teach in Massachusetts.

Niche awarded individual school-level scores as follows:

• Burlington High School: A
• Francis Wyman Elementary School: A-
• Fox Hill Elementary School: A-
• Marshall Simmons Middle School: A-
• Pine Glen Elementary School: B+
• Memorial Elementary School: B+

Niche rankings this month classified 92,743 public schools, 30,112 private schools, and 11,820 school districts across the U.S.

In Massachusetts, top districts included the Weston Public Schools, the Hopkinton Public Schools and the Wellesley Public Schools.

The organization arrives at its grades and placements via analysis of a series of public data sets and reviews, as noted in a methodologies page on its website.

Niche said its rankings aim to provide families with quantitative and qualitative information to assess schools in their area or in areas they’re not yet familiar with.

See Burlington’s report card here.

And see the full Niche rankings here.