Summary:
Nauset contains a single middle school, Nauset Regional Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 455 students in Orleans, Massachusetts as part of the Nauset district. The school holds 3 stars and ranked 161 of 478 schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 66th percentile — consistent with its 2024–2025 (64th percentile) and 2023–2024 (67th percentile) showings. The district itself sits at 154 of 351, or the 56th percentile, suggesting the middle school is a relative strength within its district.
Academically, the school outperforms the state in most subjects. In 2025–2026, 46.9% of students were proficient in English language arts versus 40.03% statewide, 50% in science versus 40.98%, and 50.39% in 8th grade civics versus 39.77%. Mathematics is the clear weak spot at 38.55% proficient against 41.11% statewide. Seventh grade is the softest area overall — math 7 at 33.33% (state 37.48%) and ELA 7 at 38.16% (state 39.91%). Sixth grade ELA is the brightest spot at 54.74%, roughly 14.5 points above the state. The school scored above the district in every reported subject and grade.
Year over year, civics posted the largest gain, rising 12.59 points from 37.8% to 50.39% and moving from below to well above the state. Math and science also improved (up 3.68 and 3.66 points), while ELA fell 6.68 points to 46.9% — still above the state average. Context worth noting: the student/teacher ratio is 8.6, and per-student spending was $23,037 in 2020–2021. Free/reduced-price lunch data for 2024–2025 is unavailable, which limits any analysis of economic-disadvantage context.
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