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Best Middle Schools in Suffolk County, MA

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Schools

4,614

Students

Districts

Top rankedWinthrop Middle School128^th of 484 Massachusetts middle schools

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Biggest riser

Ohrenberger School up 43 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Frederick Pilot Middle School 6.7 students per teacher

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2025)							MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2025)							MCAS Next Generation Science (2025)			MCAS Next Generation Civics (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Civics 8th Grade	Total
Ohrenberger School	Public	3-8	175 W Boundary Road	West Roxbury	02132	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8157	477	42	11.2		72 (15.1%)	183 (38.4%)	189 (39.6%)	14 (2.9%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.9%)	22.1	378^th of 484 public middle schools	21.9%		15.9	421^st of 493 public middle schools	14.6%	43	41.7	22.4	26.6	34.3	15.3	16.7	26.1	34.4	44.0	38.5	31.4	12.1	22.1	31.0	23.4	13.6	18.5	18.2	$37,211
Frederick Pilot Middle School	Public	7-8	270 Columbia Road	Dorchester	02121	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-1650	215	32	6.7		4 (1.9%)	82 (38.1%)	120 (55.8%)	5 (2.3%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)	6.2	476^th of 484 public middle schools	1.7%		7	476^th of 493 public middle schools	3.4%						6.0	9.7	8.3					1.5	2.6	2.2		2.6	2.6	3.5	$37,031
Higginson-Lewis K-8 School	Public	3-8	131 Walnut Avenue	Roxbury	02119	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8247	213	23	9.2		10 (4.7%)	78 (36.6%)	117 (54.9%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)	9.4	451^st of 484 public middle schools	6.8%		6.6	483^rd of 493 public middle schools	2.0%	32	0.0	9.5	0.0	26.5	7.3	5.3	8.6	3.6	4.8	0.0	17.7	0.0	2.6	4.8	8.0	5.3	6.4	8.3	$41,639
Clark Avenue School	Public	5-8	8 Clark Avenue	Chelsea	02150	Suffolk County	Chelsea	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 466-5100	673	53	12.7		25 (3.7%)	26 (3.9%)	616 (91.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	9.2	456^th of 484 public middle schools	5.8%		8.1	467^th of 493 public middle schools	5.3%	11			19.5	8.1	12.9	14.1	13.6			19.3	3.8	11.6	9.6	11.0	16.7	6.4	11.4	9.8	$21,648
Eugene Wright Science and Technology Academy	Public	5-8	180 Walnut Street	Chelsea	02150	Suffolk County	Chelsea	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 466-5240	436	45	9.7		40 (9.2%)	23 (5.3%)	369 (84.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	18.8	397^th of 484 public middle schools	18.0%		19.9	390^th of 493 public middle schools	20.9%	7			26.1	24.1	32.7	22.7	26.4			11.5	8.1	23.1	5.3	12.1	23.9	11.6	17.5	15.6	$25,598
Joseph A. Browne School	Public	5-8	180 Walnut Street	Chelsea	02150	Suffolk County	Chelsea	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 466-5235	487	54	9.0		27 (5.5%)	36 (7.4%)	419 (86.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	11.8	438^th of 484 public middle schools	9.5%		10.8	453^rd of 493 public middle schools	8.1%	15			17.4	17.0	12.4	16.1	15.4			16.2	8.0	6.9	16.2	11.2	29.4	12.0	18.4	13.6	$23,450
Rumney Marsh Academy	Public	6-8	140 American Legion Highway	Revere	02151	Suffolk County	Revere	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 388-3500	587	57	10.3		148 (25.2%)	20 (3.4%)	388 (66.1%)	22 (3.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	26.1	349^th of 484 public middle schools	27.9%		20.9	385^th of 493 public middle schools	21.9%	36				27.9	29.8	27.2	28.3				19.6	19.6	13.3	17.5		22.1	22.1	32.2	$19,447
Garfield Middle School	Public	6-8	176 Garfield Avenue	Revere	02151	Suffolk County	Revere	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 286-8298	542	50	10.7		116 (21.4%)	15 (2.8%)	370 (68.3%)	25 (4.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.8%)	27	339^th of 484 public middle schools	30.0%		26.9	351^st of 493 public middle schools	28.8%	12				25.2	34.1	24.3	28.0				18.2	22.5	27.7	22.9		14.2	14.2	28.4	$18,800
Susan B. Anthony Middle School	Public	6-8	107 Newhall Street	Revere	02151	Suffolk County	Revere	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 388-7520	545	61	8.9		147 (27.0%)	15 (2.8%)	351 (64.4%)	24 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	26.2	347^th of 484 public middle schools	28.3%		26.5	354^th of 493 public middle schools	28.2%	7				20.6	31.3	30.4	27.4				24.1	19.2	21.2	21.5		17.2	17.2	29.4	$22,296
Winthrop Middle School	Public	6-8	60 Payson Street	Winthrop	02152	Suffolk County	Winthrop	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 846-5507	439	33	13.2		409 (93.2%)	19 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	70.4	128^th of 484 public middle schools	73.6%		71.4	129^th of 493 public middle schools	73.8%	1				55.0	54.7	58.1	56.0				49.3	46.4	62.8	53.1		36.5	36.5	36.5	$18,194

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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