ABINGTON ACTON ACUSHNET ADAMS CHESHIRE AGAWAM AMESBURY AMHERST ANDOVER ARLINGTON ASHBURNHAM WE ASHLAND ATHOL ROYALSTON ATTLEBORO AUBURN AVON AYER BARNSTABLE BEDFORD BELCHERTOWN BELLINGHAM BELMONT BERKLEY BERKSHIRE HILLS BERLIN BEVERLY BILLERICA BLACKSTONE MILLVILLE BOSTON BOURNE BOXBOROUGH BOXFORD BOYLSTON BRAINTREE BREWSTER BRIDGEWATER RAYNHAM BRIMFIELD BROCKTON BROOKFIELD BROOKLINE BURLINGTON CAMBRIDGE CANTON CARLISLE CARVER CENTRAL BERKSHIRE CHATHAM CHELMSFORD CHELSEA CHICOPEE CLARKSBURG CLINTON COHASSET CONCORD CONWAY DANVERS DARTMOUTH DEDHAM DEERFIELD DENNIS YARMOUTH DIGHTON REHOBOTH DOUGLAS DOVER DRACUT DUDLEY CHARLTON DUXBURY EAST BRIDGEWATER EAST LONGMEADOW EASTHAM EASTHAMPTON EASTON EDGARTOWN ERVING EVERETT FAIRHAVEN FALL RIVER FALMOUTH FARMINGTON RIVER FITCHBURG FLORIDA FOXBOROUGH FRAMINGHAM FRANKLIN FREETOWN LAKEVILLE FRONTIER GARDNER GATEWAY GEORGETOWN GILL MONTAGUE GLOUCESTER GRAFTON GRANBY GRANVILLE GREENFIELD GROTON DUNSTABLE HADLEY HALIFAX HAMILTON WENHAM HAMPDEN WILBRAHAM HAMPSHIRE HANOVER HARVARD HARWICH HATFIELD HAVERHILL HINGHAM HOLBROOK HOLLAND HOLLISTON HOLYOKE HOPEDALE HOPKINTON HUDSON HULL IPSWICH KING PHILLIP KINGSTON LAKEVILLE LANESBOROUGH LAWRENCE LEE LEICESTER LENOX LEOMINSTER LEVERETT LEXINGTON LINCOLN LITTLETON LONGMEADOW LOWELL LUDLOW LUNENBURG LYNN LYNNFIELD MALDEN MANSFIELD MARBLEHEAD MARION MARLBOROUGH MARSHFIELD MARTHA_S VINEYARD MASCOMNET MASHPEE MATTAPOISETT MAYNARD MEDFIELD MEDFORD MEDWAY MELROSE METHUEN MIDDLEBOROUGH MIDDLETON MILFORD MILLBURY MILLIS MILTON MOHAWK TRAIL MONSON MOUNT GREYLOCK NAHANT NANTUCKET NARRAGANSETT NASHOBA NATICK NAUSET NEEDHAM NEW BEDFORD NEW SALEM WENDELL NEWBURYPORT NEWTON NORFOLK NORTH ADAMS NORTH ANDOVER NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH NORTH BROOKFIELD NORTH MIDDLESEX NORTH READING NORTHAMPTON NORTHBOROUGH NORTHBRIDGE NORTON NORWELL NORWOOD OAK BLUFFS ORANGE ORLEANS OXFORD PALMER PEABODY PELHAM PEMBROKE PENTUCKET PETERSHAM PIONEER PITTSFIELD PLAINVILLE PLYMOUTH PLYMPTON PROVINCETOWN QUABBIN QUABOAG QUINCY RALPH C MAHAR RANDOLPH READING REVERE RICHMOND ROCHESTER ROCKLAND ROCKPORT SALEM SANDWICH SAUGUS SCITUATE SEEKONK SHARON SHERBORN SHIRLEY SHREWSBURY SHUTESBURY SILVER LAKE SOMERSET SOMERVILLE SOUTH HADLEY SOUTHAMPTON SOUTHBOROUGH SOUTHBRIDGE SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE SOUTHWICK TOLLAND SPENCER EAST BROOKFIELD SPRINGFIELD STONEHAM STOUGHTON STURBRIDGE SUDBURY SUNDERLAND SUTTON SWAMPSCOTT SWANSEA TAUNTON TEWKSBURY TISBURY TOPSFIELD TRITON TRURO TYNGSBOROUGH UXBRIDGE WACHUSETT WAKEFIELD WALES WALPOLE WALTHAM WARE WAREHAM WATERTOWN WAYLAND WEBSTER WELLESLEY WELLFLEET WEST BOYLSTON WEST BRIDGEWATER WEST SPRINGFIELD WESTBOROUGH WESTFIELD WESTFORD WESTHAMPTON WESTON WESTPORT WESTWOOD WEYMOUTH WHATELY WHITMAN HANSON WILLIAMSBURG WILLIAMSTOWN WILMINGTON WINCHENDON WINCHESTER WINTHROP WOBURN WORCESTER WRENTHAM
		Beacon Hill Institute for Public Policy Research
		2004 School District Rankings Based on BHI Model
		School District:
		Grade Level	4th	8th	10th
		Number of Districts Reporting	269	234	222
		BEAM Rank
		Rank 1
		Rank 2
		The BEAM rank of a school district is constructed as an equally weighted average of (a) the normalized
		reported score of a school district (rank 1), and (b) the normalized difference between the reported and
		the predicted score (rank 2).  The predicted score is calculated from our model using the prior score and
		the changes in the policy and the socioeconomic variables of an individual district.
		Thus, a school that does well compared to other schools and that does well compared to what BEAM
		predicts for that school will get a high ranking – which is to say a score close to 1.  A district that
		does poorly compared to other schools and compared to what BEAM predicts for that district will get a
		low ranking – which is to say a score close to 269 for fourth grade, etc.