Summary:
The city of Bellingham, Massachusetts has only one middle school, the Bellingham Memorial School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school has consistently performed below the state average in academic proficiency, ranking in the bottom 40-50% of Massachusetts middle schools over the past three years and earning a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Bellingham Memorial School's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, and Science are all significantly lower than the state averages. In ELA, the school's proficiency rates range from 14.86% to 32.03%, compared to the state average of 38.37% to 41.95%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates range from 30.99% to 43.08%, below the state average of 38.88% to 42.7%. The school's 5th-grade Science proficiency rate of 43.26% is also slightly below the state average of 45.83%. Despite these academic challenges, the school has a relatively small student-teacher ratio of 14.5, which could be a positive factor in providing more individualized attention for students.
While the data does not provide the specific free/reduced lunch rate for Bellingham Memorial School, the presence of such recipients suggests the school may be serving a population with lower socioeconomic status, which can often be a factor in academic performance. Overall, the data indicates that Bellingham Memorial School is struggling to meet academic standards and provide a high-quality education for its students, and further investigation would be needed to determine the root causes of the school's performance and identify potential areas for improvement.
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