Middle Schools in Amesbury

There is exactly one middle school in Amesbury, Massachusetts: Amesbury Middle, located at 220 Main Street. It serves grades 6–8 with 364 students and a student-teacher ratio of 9.1, which is relatively low by common K–12 standards. Per-student spending was $17,999 in 2020–2021, the only spending year available, and the free/reduced-lunch percentage is not reported, so economic context cannot be assessed. The school sits within the Amesbury district, which ranks 245 of 351 statewide, at the 30th percentile with 2 stars.

The clearest strength is grade 7. In 2025–2026, grade 7 ELA was 50% proficient — about 10.1 percentage points above the state — and grade 7 math was 45.83%, about 8.4 points above the state. It is the only grade where both subjects beat state averages. In 2024–2025, science (43.75%) and 8th-grade civics (45.67%) were also above state levels.

The weak spots are concentrated in grade 8 and grade 6. In 2025–2026, 8th-grade math was 26.98%, roughly 14.7 points below the state, the largest negative gap in the data. Sixth-grade ELA was 27.78%, about 12.5 points below state, and 8th-grade ELA was 31.78%, about 9.9 points below. Science and civics reversed sharply: science fell 11.78 points to 31.97% and civics fell 14.22 points to 31.45%, both now below state averages — though these reflect different grade cohorts. Overall, all-grades math improved from 32.49% to 34.77% while ELA declined from 40.79% to 35.33%. The school ranked at the 49th percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026, down from the 58th percentile and 3 stars the prior year. Note that "all grades" comparisons may cover broader grade spans than grades 6–8, so by-grade figures are more directly comparable.