Best High Schools in Massachusetts

The top 37 high schools (grades 9-12) in Massachusetts, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 49%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Brockton High	Brockton, MA	3,679	57%
2	Lowell High	Lowell, MA	3,167	46%
3	Lawrence High School	Lawrence, MA	3,084	55%
4	TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School	East Walpole, MA	2,940	41%
5	New Bedford High	New Bedford, MA	2,898	41%
6	Taunton High	Taunton, MA	2,760	42%
7	Framingham High School	Framingham, MA	2,566	58%
8	B M C Durfee High	Fall River, MA	2,460	44%
9	Boston Latin School	Boston, MA	2,423	59%
10	Lexington High	Lexington, MA	2,303	51%
11	Gr Lowell Regional Vocational Technical	Tyngsborough, MA	2,302	58%
12	Brooke Charter School	Roslindale, MA	2,223	41%
13	Gr New Bedford Vocational Technical	New Bedford, MA	2,095	45%
14	Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School	Hathorne, MA	1,694	44%
15	Gr Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical	Andover, MA	1,692	41%
16	Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical	South Easton, MA	1,558	41%
17	Lynn Vocational Technical Institute	Lynn, MA	1,523	50%
18	Worcester Technical High	Worcester, MA	1,469	53%
19	Diman Regional Vocational Technical High	Fall River, MA	1,412	56%
20	Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical	Fitchburg, MA	1,409	60%
21	Roger L. Putnam Vocational Technical Academy	Springfield, MA	1,360	51%
22	Bristol-Plymouth Vocational Technical	Taunton, MA	1,310	55%
23	Northeast Metro Regional Vocational	Wakefield, MA	1,292	42%
24	Shawsheen Valley Vocational Technical High School	Billerica, MA	1,292	41%
25	Whittier Regional Vocational	Haverhill, MA	1,277	52%
26	Blackstone Valley	Upton, MA	1,230	55%
27	Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School	Charlton, MA	1,185	58%
28	Assabet Valley Vocational High School	Marlborough, MA	1,128	40%
29	Madison Park Technical Vocational High School	Roxbury, MA	1,087	48%
30	Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical	Franklin, MA	957	44%
31	Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical	Canton, MA	920	49%
32	Joseph P Keefe Technical High School	Framingham, MA	842	60%
33	Center For Technical Education Innovation	Leominster, MA	800	44%
34	Upper Cape Cod Vocational Technical	Bourne, MA	769	59%
35	Nashoba Valley Technical High School	Westford, MA	750	60%
36	Minuteman Regional High	Lexington, MA	691	42%
37	New Mission High School	Hyde Park, MA	614	45%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best high school in Massachusetts?

The largest high school in Massachusetts is Brockton High in Brockton with 3,679 students and a 57% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many high schools are in Massachusetts?

This page shows the top 37 high schools (grades 9-12) in Massachusetts by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.