wellesley high school

 

Looking to find the very best public schools in Massachusetts?  Wellesley High School was named to Boston Magazine’s coveted “Honor Roll” of top Massachusetts High Schools for its highly regarded English department. “What makes Wellesley different is how far the school’s English department goes to connect students with the subject,” says the article authors Katherine Bowers and Gregory Moniz. “Kids aren’t just assigned summer reading; they have the opportunity to hear prominent writers speak (David McCullough, Robert Pinsky). Sophomores study the works of a single American author and write a thesis. The department also runs a lab that helps students with all things written.” Says former English teacher and current assistant principal Jamie Chisum: “The courses are challenging, the expectations are high, but the support is really good.”

Looking to see how other Greater Boston suburbs fared in the ranking of best Massachusetts public schools? The top 10 districts in the public high school rankings are Weston, DoverSherborn, Lexington, Wellesley, Concord-Carlisle, Bedford, Brookline, Wayland, Newton North, and Newton South.

The magazine’s rankings include student-to-teacher ratios, per-pupil spending, SAT scores, MCAS scores, graduation rates, and percentage of high school graduates headed to college.

You might also find these links helpful in evaluating the best public schools in Massachusetts:

Identifying the Top Massachusetts Public School Systems

21 Massachusetts Schools Make List of U.S. Top Public High Schools

A Profile of Wayland & Weston Public Schools

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