The magazine used a variety of statistics to compile its list. See how Melrose fared in a variety of categories.
Boston Magazine recently compiled its list of 222 Boston-area public and charter high schools and also narrowed down the top 50 schools in the area based on a variety of statistics, and Melrose High School and Mystic Valley Regional Charter School found themselves in the middle of the pack in a variety of categories. Melrose High didn't find its way onto the Top 50 list in the magazine. Weston High School took top honors followed by Lexington High, Dover-Sherborn Regional High, Concord-Carlisle High and Wellesley Senior High. Schools in the Melrose region that made the list include Andover High School (No. 27), Reading Memorial High School (No. 38) and Burlington High School at No. 43. According to the sortable list in the article, Melrose…
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The city's schools climbed three spots in the magazine's annual ranking of public school districts in the region.
Editor's note: This article was corrected on Tuesday at 3:45 p.m. regarding last year's rankings, which were limited to high schools. Melrose has climbed three spots in Boston Magazine's annual ranking of public schools in the region. In the magazine's September 2011 issue, the Melrose Public School district comes in at 94 out of 135 districts. Last year, the magazine ranked high schools specifically and ranked Melrose High School 97th. Nearby school districts on the list include: According the Boston Magazine's website, to compile the rankings, magazine staffers compared test scores from elementary, middle, and high schools in 135 districts, then compared to past scores to determine whether the scores were improving or not. Magazine …
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Mark Ouellette
12:45 pm on Thursday, September 13, 2012
Hi Percy, Thanks for the note. I've included Mystic Valley Regional Charter School data to the story. more ›