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Average SAT Verbal Scores

Rank Town Avg. Score Population
1 Wayland 596 12,041
2 Lexington 593 29,484
3 Wellesley 577 26,809
4 Weston 576 18,642
5 Newton 574 80,238
6 Medfield 565 11,467
7 Bedford 561 13,676
8 Winchester 560 20,318
9 Westwood 555 12,935
10 Belmont 554 24,044
11 ManchesterbytheSea 553 5,357
12 Brookline 550 54,137
13 Needham 549 27,828
14 Sharon 548 16,684
15 Hopkinton 547 10,805
16 Duxbury 543 15,007
17 Cohasset 543 7,070
18 Holliston 542 13,381
19 Hingham 541 20,265
20 Lynnfield 540 11,232
21 Littleton 540 7,695
22 Rockport 536 7,580
23 Arlington 536 43,656
24 Andover 536 30,891
25 Norwell 535 9,652
26 Melrose 535 27,426
27 Millis 534 7,965
28 Chelmsford 534 33,484
29 Milton 531 25,794
30 Natick 529 31,310
31 Framingham 529 64,536
32 Ashland 529 12,940
33 Canton 527 20,314
34 Marblehead 526 19,973
35 Hanover 524 12,891
36 Reading 523 22,956
37 Franklin 523 26,664
38 Walpole 521 22,251
39 Wakefield 521 24,756
40 Swampscott 521 13,676
41 Shrewsbury 520 26,771
42 Scituate 520 17,242
43 North_Andover 517 24,283
44 Burlington 517 23,493
45 Mansfield 516 18,806
46 Easton 516 20,970
47 Beverly 516 38,596
48 Middleborough 515 19,200
49 Foxborough 515 16,011
50 Amesbury 514 15,784
51 Plymouth 513 48,329
52 Billerica 511 38,861
53 Medway 509 11,391
54 Haverhill 509 53,952
55 Ipswich 508 12,352
56 Milford 506 25,194
57 Wilmington 505 19,874
58 Stoughton 505 27,481
59 Dedham 505 23,741
60 Braintree 504 34,708
61 Tewksbury 503 28,644
62 Norwood 503 28,899
63 Norton 503 15,659
64 Danvers 503 24,467
65 Abington 503 14,683
66 East_Bridgewater 502 12,133
67 West_Bridgewater 499 6,647
68 Maynard 499 10,412
69 Woburn 498 36,628
70 Georgetown 497 7,054
71 Stoneham 496 22,131
72 Hudson 495 17,695
73 Rockland 493 17,236
74 Weymouth 492 54,847
75 Northborough 492 12,801
76 Marshfield 492 22,911
77 Marlborough 492 32,974
78 Holbrook 490 11,092
79 Southborough 488 7,388
80 Randolph 488 30,554
81 Saugus 486 26,223
82 Gloucester 485 29,267
83 Dracut 482 27,769
84 Peabody 481 48,365
85 Methuen 480 41,029
86 Watertown 478 32,490
87 Winthrop 476 17,305
88 Waltham 475 57,214
89 Medford 472 56,190
90 Carver 471 11,289
91 Salem 470 38,008
92 Cambridge 464 93,707
93 Avon 464 4,611
94 Quincy 460 85,532
95 Hull 460 10,472
96 Lowell 453 100,973
97 Everett 453 35,006
98 Brockton 452 92,324
99 Somerville 443 74,356
100 Lynn 439 80,563
101 Revere 430 41,761
102 Malden 430 52,749
103 Boston 414 558,394
104 Lawrence 370 68,807
105 Chelsea 367 27,608
106 Wrentham N/A 10,049
107 Whitman N/A 13,743
108 Westford N/A 10,448
109 Westborough N/A 15,005
110 West_Newbury N/A 3,871
111 Wenham N/A 4,423
112 Topsfield N/A 6,098
113 Sudbury N/A 15,130
114 Stow N/A 5,731
115 Sherborn N/A 4,107
116 Salisbury N/A 7,093
117 Rowley N/A 5,196
118 Raynham N/A 10,513
119 Plympton N/A 2,614
120 Pembroke N/A 16,010
121 North_Reading N/A 12,919
122 Norfolk N/A 10,389
123 Newburyport N/A 16,558
124 Newbury N/A 5,985
125 Nahant N/A 3,782
126 Middleton N/A 5,624
127 Merrimac N/A 5,670
128 Lincoln N/A 7,899
129 Lakeville N/A 8,596
130 Kingston N/A 10,447
131 Hanson N/A 9,512
132 Hamilton N/A 7,487
133 Halifax N/A 6,844
134 Groveland N/A 5,610
135 Essex N/A 3,368
136 Dover N/A 5,383
137 Concord N/A 17,792
138 Carlisle N/A 4,599
139 Bridgewater N/A 23,692
140 Boxford N/A 8,550
141 Boxborough N/A 3,979
142 Bolton N/A 3,279
143 Berlin N/A 2,332
144 Acton N/A 18,851


 


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