Summary:
Hanson, Massachusetts has a single middle school in this data set: Hanson Middle School, located at 111 Liberty Street and serving grades 5 through 8 with 442 students as part of the Whitman-Hanson district. Because there is no other middle school in Hanson to compare against, the most useful comparisons are the school versus its district and the state, along with grade-level and year-over-year results.
Science is the school's clearest strength. On the 2025–2026 MCAS Next Generation tests, 43% of students were proficient in Science across all grades, above the district's 40% and the state's 40.98%. Eighth grade Science was notably strong at 42.86% versus 38.93% for the state, and fifth grade Science was essentially at the state level. Eighth grade English Language Arts was also above both district and state at 43.36%. The school earned 3 stars and ranked in the 52nd percentile in 2025–2026, a stronger profile than the district's 2-star, 39th-percentile standing, though school and district rankings are not directly equivalent.
The biggest concern is Mathematics, where all grades reached 31.97% proficient — about 9 points below the state's 41.11% — and every grade level trailed the state, with 6th grade Math at 28.57% versus 42.59%. ELA is uneven and fell sharply from 43.02% in 2024–2025 to 34.77% in 2025–2026, with 6th grade ELA at 26.67% against the state's 40.26%, while 8th grade ELA stayed ahead. Eighth grade Civics was slightly above district but below state. The school's ranking percentile has slipped from 60th in 2023–2024 to 52nd in 2025–2026 while holding 3 stars.
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