Best Middle Schools in Whitman, MA

Middle schools in Whitman, Massachusetts include one school, Whitman Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 496 students in the Whitman-Hanson district. As the only middle school in the city, it cannot be compared with another local middle school, but can be compared with district and state averages. The district is ranked 215 of 351 (39th percentile, 2 stars). The record includes 2025–2026 MCAS Next Generation scores and 2024–2025 comparisons, per-student spending of $14,298 (2020–2021), and a student-teacher ratio of 12.4 (2024–2025); free/reduced lunch is unavailable, not zero.

Within the school’s data, strengths are 8th grade science, where 39.73% were proficient versus Massachusetts’ 38.93% and close to the district’s 40.15%; 8th grade English Language Arts at 41.50% versus the state’s 41.70% and slightly above the district’s 41.35%; and 8th grade civics at 37.50%, above the district’s 36.88% but below the state’s 39.77%. The biggest weak spots are 6th grade mathematics at 25.15% versus the state’s 42.59%, a gap of about 17.4 percentage points; all-grade mathematics at 30.26% versus 41.11%, a gap of 10.85 points; and all-grade ELA at 33.33% versus 40.03%, a gap of 6.70 points. ELA improves by grade: 28.92% in 6th, 30.14% in 7th, and 41.50% in 8th. All-grade science is 39.73%, just 1.25 points below the state’s 40.98% and almost even with the district’s 40.00%.

Year-over-year trends are mixed. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, all-grade ELA improved by 1.84 points while district and state scores declined; science improved by 1.36 points while the district declined sharply and the state declined slightly; and math fell by 5.36 points, a larger drop than the district’s decline and opposite the state’s small increase. Rank moved from the 42nd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 50th percentile with 3 stars in 2024–2025, then to the 48th percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026, when it ranked 249 of 478 schools. Overall, Whitman Middle is a mid-pack Massachusetts middle school with pockets of strength in 8th grade science, 8th grade ELA, and civics versus the district, but it remains below state averages in most core metrics, especially math overall and ELA in grades 6–7.