Best Ranked Schools

For buyers with and without children, one of the most important considerations in selecting a city, town or neighborhood, is the school system. For those with kids, educational opportunities have obvious importance, and for others school rankings are an essential factor when it later comes time to resell. What makes a school district one of the best is far more subjective than rankings can demonstrate, so it's always important to get local opinions from parents, teachers, or town officials, but the top 25 list below provided by Niche, is a starting point. In Massachusetts as a whole we are fortunate to have some of the highest ranked school systems in the country.

Details on the 2019 Best School District Ranking from Niche

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