Summary:
Canton, Massachusetts is served by a single middle school, Wm H Galvin Middle, which enrolls 716 students in grades 6–8 and belongs to the Canton district. Because it is the only middle school in the city, there is no cross-town comparison to make — families in Canton all attend this one school, located at 55 Pecunit Street.
Wm H Galvin Middle is a consistent high performer statewide. It earned 4 stars in each of the last three ranking years and placed between the 83rd and 85th statewide percentile, meaning it sits in roughly the top 15–17% of Massachusetts middle schools. In 2025–2026 it ranked 77th of 478 schools at the 84th percentile; in 2024–2025 it ranked 71st of 484 at the 85th percentile; and in 2023–2024 it ranked 83rd of 493 at the 83rd percentile.
Academically, the standout is 8th grade mathematics, where 75.88% of students were proficient — the highest reported figure in the file, 34.21 percentage points above the state and 2.88 points above the district. All-grades mathematics (60.71%) and ELA (58.31%) also far exceed state rates of 41.11% and 40.03%, and 8th grade civics is strong at 60.62%. Science is the relative lag at 49.78%; it still beats the state by 8.80 points but trails the district by 1.95 points, the only all-grades subject where the school falls below the district. Year over year, ELA dropped 3.96 points and science 4.88 points, while mathematics held essentially flat. Contextually, the school reports a 10.5:1 student-teacher ratio and $18,425 per-student spending (2020–2021); free/reduced lunch data is not reported, so economic comparisons cannot be made from this file.
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