Summary:
Saugus Middle School is the only middle school serving the city of Saugus, Massachusetts, educating 616 students in grades 6–8 as part of the Saugus district. Because there is just one middle school in the city, there are no cross-school comparisons to make; instead, the most useful picture comes from comparing the school's subject and grade-level results against its own district and the state of Massachusetts.
On the 2025–2026 MCAS Next Generation tests, 8th grade Mathematics is the standout: 53.98% proficiency, which is 12.31 points above the state average and also above the district average. Science also improved dramatically year over year, rising from 27.27% to 36.25%, a gain of nearly 9 percentage points even as district and state science averages slipped. In most other subjects the school trails the state — ELA is 16.07 points below, Math 8.75 points below, Science 4.73 points below, and Civics 9.45 points below — but nearly every individual grade-level result in 2025–2026 edges past the district average. The clearest area of concern is 7th grade, where ELA (19.70%) and Math (17.86%) each sit roughly 20 points below the state.
The school's statewide ranking has climbed steadily, from 348th of 493 (29th percentile, 1 star) in 2023–2024 to 298th of 478 (38th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–2026, though it remains below the statewide midpoint; the district overall ranks 271st of 351. Staffing context shows a student-teacher ratio of 13.6 and per-student spending of $17,864 (2020–2021). Free/reduced-lunch data is not reported, so family-income context cannot be assessed. In short: real momentum in science and 8th grade math, with 7th grade as the biggest priority.
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