Weston Public Schools Ranked Third Highest in State by Boston Magazine

Boston Magazine has named the Weston Public Schools as the third best in the state, according to the magazine's annual Best Schools report.

More numbers that laud Weston include:

• Top MCAS scores for elementary schools—Weston fifth graders scored the highest total
• Weston had the third-highest average SAT score, at 1855
• Weston's per-pupil expenditure is the fourth-highest in the state, at $18,591

The top school district was Dover-Sherborn, followed by Concord-Carlisle in second place. You can see a full list of the rankings at Boston Magazine's website.

According to a press release from the magazine:

Determining factors of the district rankings includes test scores from elementary, middle, and high schools in 135 districts, per pupil spending, student to teacher ratio, number of AP classes, graduation rate, percent of students who continue to college, as well as the amount of sports teams and clubs. George Recck, director of the Math Resource Center at Babson College, calculated the mean scores for each category and then ranked the districts based on a weighted average of each school data point’s difference from the mean.

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