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Graduates Planning to Attend 4-year Colleges

Rank Town Percentage Population
1 Westwood 93.4% 12,935
2 Winchester 91.4% 20,318
3 Medfield 90.1% 11,467
4 Sharon 89.8% 16,684
5 Lexington 88.2% 29,484
6 Wayland 87.8% 12,041
7 Weston 86.9% 18,642
8 Duxbury 86.5% 15,007
9 Lynnfield 86.2% 11,232
10 Wellesley 86.0% 26,809
11 Cohasset 83.6% 7,070
12 Newton 83.5% 80,238
13 Needham 83.3% 27,828
14 Marblehead 82.4% 19,973
15 Norwell 81.3% 9,652
16 Scituate 80.7% 17,242
17 Hopkinton 80.7% 10,805
18 Ashland 80.5% 12,940
19 Andover 79.2% 30,891
20 Reading 78.9% 22,956
21 Hingham 78.8% 20,265
22 Canton 77.4% 20,314
23 Belmont 77.3% 24,044
24 Walpole 76.6% 22,251
25 Brookline 76.5% 54,137
26 Holliston 76.2% 13,381
27 Foxborough 76.1% 16,011
28 Millis 75.4% 7,965
29 Franklin 75.0% 26,664
30 Milford 74.5% 25,194
31 Chelmsford 73.8% 33,484
32 Bedford 73.5% 13,676
33 Wakefield 73.4% 24,756
34 Littleton 73.4% 7,695
35 Milton 73.0% 25,794
36 Arlington 72.2% 43,656
37 Framingham 71.8% 64,536
38 Hanover 71.7% 12,891
39 Ipswich 71.1% 12,352
40 Swampscott 70.9% 13,676
41 Medway 70.8% 11,391
42 Easton 70.4% 20,970
43 Burlington 70.4% 23,493
44 Mansfield 70.3% 18,806
45 ManchesterbytheSea 70.2% 5,357
46 Wilmington 70.0% 19,874
47 Natick 69.1% 31,310
48 Norwood 69.0% 28,899
49 Marshfield 68.1% 22,911
50 Stoneham 67.8% 22,131
51 West_Bridgewater 67.7% 6,647
52 Georgetown 65.5% 7,054
53 Abington 65.5% 14,683
54 Tewksbury 65.4% 28,644
55 Shrewsbury 65.0% 26,771
56 Marlborough 64.9% 32,974
57 North_Andover 64.8% 24,283
58 Saugus 64.7% 26,223
59 Woburn 64.5% 36,628
60 Winthrop 63.9% 17,305
61 Dedham 63.9% 23,741
62 Melrose 63.6% 27,426
63 Cambridge 63.4% 93,707
64 Billerica 63.0% 38,861
65 Plymouth 62.9% 48,329
66 Stoughton 62.8% 27,481
67 Watertown 62.5% 32,490
68 Braintree 62.1% 34,708
69 Danvers 61.7% 24,467
70 Beverly 61.4% 38,596
71 Randolph 61.2% 30,554
72 Southborough 60.4% 7,388
73 East_Bridgewater 60.0% 12,133
74 Rockland 59.4% 17,236
75 Hudson 59.4% 17,695
76 Rockport 57.1% 7,580
77 Maynard 56.6% 10,412
78 Peabody 56.4% 48,365
79 Norton 55.6% 15,659
80 Dracut 55.2% 27,769
81 Waltham 55.1% 57,214
82 Carver 54.4% 11,289
83 Wrentham N/A 10,049
84 Whitman N/A 13,743
85 Weymouth N/A 54,847
86 Westford N/A 10,448
87 Westborough N/A 15,005
88 West_Newbury N/A 3,871
89 Wenham N/A 4,423
90 Topsfield N/A 6,098
91 Sudbury N/A 15,130
92 Stow N/A 5,731
93 Sherborn N/A 4,107
94 Salisbury N/A 7,093
95 Rowley N/A 5,196
96 Raynham N/A 10,513
97 Plympton N/A 2,614
98 Pembroke N/A 16,010
99 North_Reading N/A 12,919
100 Norfolk N/A 10,389
101 Newburyport N/A 16,558
102 Newbury N/A 5,985
103 Nahant N/A 3,782
104 Middleton N/A 5,624
105 Merrimac N/A 5,670
106 Lincoln N/A 7,899
107 Lakeville N/A 8,596
108 Kingston N/A 10,447
109 Hanson N/A 9,512
110 Hamilton N/A 7,487
111 Halifax N/A 6,844
112 Groveland N/A 5,610
113 Essex N/A 3,368
114 Dover N/A 5,383
115 Concord N/A 17,792
116 Carlisle N/A 4,599
117 Bridgewater N/A 23,692
118 Boxford N/A 8,550
119 Boxborough N/A 3,979
120 Bolton N/A 3,279
121 Berlin N/A 2,332
122 Acton N/A 18,851
123 Avon 52.6% 4,611
124 Holbrook 52.5% 11,092
125 Quincy 52.3% 85,532
126 Lowell 50.7% 100,973
127 Brockton 50.3% 92,324
128 Amesbury 50.0% 15,784
129 Middleborough 49.7% 19,200
130 Revere 49.5% 41,761
131 Methuen 47.2% 41,029
132 Hull 45.5% 10,472
133 Malden 45.3% 52,749
134 Gloucester 45.1% 29,267
135 Everett 44.3% 35,006
136 Haverhill 43.8% 53,952
137 Salem 43.7% 38,008
138 Somerville 41.8% 74,356
139 Lawrence 41.8% 68,807
140 Medford 39.8% 56,190
141 Boston 36.9% 558,394
142 Northborough 34.4% 12,801
143 Lynn 32.4% 80,563
144 Chelsea 26.7% 27,608


 


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