Summary:
Bourne has one middle school serving grades 6–8: Bourne Middle School, with 394 students in the Bourne district.
Bourne Middle School is the only middle school in the area, so it is the local standout by default. Its statewide rank improved from 316th of 493 in 2023–2024 to 283rd of 484 in 2024–2025 to 263rd of 478 in 2025–2026, and its percentile rose from 36 to 45. It still earns 2 stars. In 2025–2026, it outperforms the district in every reported all-grade subject—English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Civics—but trails the Massachusetts state average in all of them. The student-teacher ratio is 8.9, and per-student spending was $20,439 in 2020–2021; free/reduced lunch data is not available.
English Language Arts is the school’s strongest relative core subject: 36.15% proficient versus 32.57% in the district and 40.03% statewide. Mathematics is weaker at 30.75% versus 27.26% in the district and 41.11% statewide; 7th-grade Math is the sharpest weak spot at 23.21% versus 37.48% statewide, while 8th-grade Math is a relative bright spot at 38.13%, only 3.54 points below the state. Civics has the largest state gap, 23.57% at the school versus 39.77% statewide. Science improved year over year from 29.20% to 34.29%, moving above the district. ELA is stable across grades, ranging from 35.21% in Grade 8 to 37.60% in Grade 6. Overall, the school is improving in rank and beating its district, but its main challenges are below-state proficiency in every subject, especially Civics and middle-grade Mathematics.
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