Summary:
Scituate, Massachusetts has exactly one public middle school in this data set: Gates Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 639 students as part of the Scituate district. With only one middle school in the city, Gates represents the entire middle-school landscape for local families.
Gates is a strong, four-star school that performs well above Massachusetts averages. In 2025–2026 it ranked 80th of 478 middle schools statewide, in the 83rd percentile, and the Scituate district ranked 56th of 351 districts, in the 84th percentile. Every reported 2025–2026 subject and grade-level test scored above the state average by double digits. Its standout areas are 8th grade mathematics at 66.51% proficient versus 41.67% statewide (+24.84 points) and 8th grade science at 62.56% versus 38.93% (+23.63 points). Math proficiency also climbs steadily by grade — 53.74% in 6th, 57.08% in 7th, and 66.51% in 8th — and science held essentially flat at 62.56% while the district's science results fell.
Two areas are worth watching. English language arts remains well above the state (56.30% all grades versus 40.03%) but slipped 4.77 points from the prior year, leaving all-grades ELA slightly below the district. Civics is now the lowest proficiency area at 52.11%, still 12.34 points above the state but down 5.99 points. The school's rank has drifted modestly from 69th of 493 to 80th of 478, though it stays in the top 17% with 4 stars each year. Finally, free/reduced lunch is not reported for 2024–2025, and per-student spending is only available for 2020–2021 at $17,457, so equity and current funding cannot be assessed.
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