The John and Abigail Adams Merit Scholarship is given to students throughout the Commonwealth who achieve high marks, and deserve to be recognized. Students much meet several criteria, one of which is to score in the top 25 percent of the grade 10 MCAS in English or math. The scholarship is given to just under 3,000 students annually, and it allows the students to study at a four year college for no cost. For more information on the scholarship, see the PDF link below. 

Here are the names of the most recent Marlborough High School recipients: William Andrade, Matthew Bailey, Kevin Barnicle, Mayank Bhattarai, Robert Bilancieri, Bethany Braga, Amanda Bryant, Matthew Buckingham, Stephen Caines, Maria Calderon, Jeremiah Callahan, Ary Cardoso, Matthew Carlman, Chad Carter, Jaime Casado-Diaz, Kyle Condry, Evan Cooper, Joseph Cote, Colleen Coughlin, Alycia Dafoe, Arianne Daniel, Renan De Mello, Katelynn DiMatteo, Rebecca Dixon, Keven Duong, Marina Fileva, Brendan Flynn, Maria George, Albert Giroux, Catelyn Griffin, Kristen Herrmann, Andrea Hollis, Sierra Hyland, Stephen Koester, Alexander Kunycky, Jacquelyn Kurina, Nicholas Lombardi, Hunter Loveland, Josue Luna, Kyle MacKinnon, Katrina Magno, Brenden Matthews, Kevin McCombs, Timothy Mellace, Carlos Montes de Oca, Ryan Morgello, Janelle Mulvaney, Meghan Ney, Allison Olender, Samuel Patch, Akshat Patel, Dhir Patel, Vasillios Regan, Eric Roberts, Lindsey Rodman, Jason Rowe, Kyle Scanlon, Adam Scerra, Elaine Schmidt, Angela Scott, Kayleigh Scott, Joshua Semedo, Rachel Silverman, Samantha Stephen, Nicholas Strella, Evan Syers, Kyle Thebado, Julia Van Lingen, Hayden Voss, Michael Williams, Lily Wood.