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Waltham Elementary School Ranked in Top 15 in Mass.

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The James Fitzgerald Elementary School in Waltham has been ranked as the 15th best elementary school in Massachusetts in a new Boston Globe feature.

The Globe used MCAS math growth rates, ELA MCAS growth rates, graduation, and dropout rates and whether students plan to go to college. They also used college readiness expenditure per pupil and diversity. More details on how the rating were calculated.

The Waltham school fell behind schools in Lexington and Boston among others. 

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