Summary:
The Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter (District) has just one middle school, Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School, located in East Harwich on Cape Cod and serving grades 6–8 with 251 students. Because it is the district’s only middle school, district results and school results are the same, so there are no other local middle schools to compare it with. In 2025–2026, it ranked 147th of 478 Massachusetts middle schools, placing in the 69th percentile with 3 stars. Its rank has improved steadily: 218th of 493 in 2023–2024, 169th of 484 in 2024–2025, and 147th of 478 in 2025–2026.
Academically, the school’s strongest subject is English Language Arts. In 2025–2026, 54.58% of students were proficient in ELA versus 40.03% statewide, and every grade beat the state: 6th grade 60.71% vs. 40.26%, 7th grade 51.22% vs. 39.91%, and 8th grade 51.35% vs. 41.70%. Science was also above the state at 51.35% vs. 40.98%, a large jump from 2024–2025, when it was 38.10% and below the state’s 41.51%. Civics remained above the state at 49.32% vs. 39.77%, though it declined from 58.33% vs. 39.16% the prior year. Mathematics is the clear weak spot: 35.42% proficient overall vs. 41.11% statewide, with 6th grade at 35.71% vs. 42.59% and 8th grade at 31.08% vs. 41.67%. Only 7th-grade math exceeded the state, 39.02% vs. 37.48%.
For parents, this means a small school with strong reading and science results, solid civics, and a rising statewide rank, but math—especially in grades 6 and 8—is the main area to watch. The student-teacher ratio is 11.7:1 in 2024–2025, suggesting relatively small classes. Per-student spending is listed only for 2020–2021 at $19,966, and free/reduced-price lunch data for 2024–2025 is not reported in the supplied data. The school has maintained a 3-star rating while improving its rank, with ELA, Science, and Civics above state averages and Mathematics below.
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