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Dedham School Ranked #2 Best School In Massachusetts
Dedham's Noble and Greenough School was ranked the second best school in the state by Niche.
DEDHAM, MA — One Dedham school made it high up on the list of the top 100 schools in Massachusetts. Niche.com released the list that includes both private and public elementary, middle and high schools. Dedham's Noble and Greenough School was ranked second in Niche's list.
Noble and Greenough School is a private school that offers boarding and day school to students. The school has 614 students and a student-teacher ratio of 5 to 1. Noble and Greenough's graduation rate is not listed on Niche, but the average SAT score is 1400, according to Niche.
The school was also highly ranked by Niche in the categories of best private high schools in the state, best high schools for STEM in the state and best boarding high schools in the state.
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According to Niche, eight percent of students board at the school. Yearly tuition to the school is $52,300.
Niche arrives at the rankings by compiling user reviews and data from the U.S. Department of Education, including grades, culture and diversity, health and safety, sports and more. You can see the methodology here.
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Here are the top 100 schools in Massachusetts for 2019-20, according to Niche. See the full list, and more about each school, here.
Mike Carraggi contributed to this article.
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