Summary:
Middle schools in the Hamilton-Wenham area are served by a single school, Miles River Middle, located at 787 Bay Rd in South Hamilton, Massachusetts and enrolling 391 students in grades 6–8. It belongs to the Hamilton-Wenham district, which itself ranks 32nd of 351 districts statewide — 91st percentile with 5 stars — so families here are choosing between one middle school and its surrounding high-performing district rather than comparing several campuses.
Miles River is a top-decile Massachusetts middle school. It ranked 44th of 478 middle schools in 2025–2026 (91st percentile, 5 stars), after 64th of 484 (87th percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–2025 and 37th of 493 (92nd percentile, 5 stars) in 2023–2024. In 2025–2026, all-grade proficiency was 66.58% in ELA, 67.26% in math, and 67.41% in science — each roughly 26 points above the state. Civics stood out at 74.07% proficient versus 39.77% statewide (a 34.30-point gap), and 2024–2025 civics was 76.27%, or 37.11 points above state. The school also generally edges above its own district average, such as 5.24 points higher in 2025–2026 science.
Results vary by grade and subject. Eighth grade is strongest: 76.30% ELA, 74.81% math, 74.07% civics, and 67.41% science in 2025–2026, with ELA and math both more than 33 points above state. Seventh grade is the relative weak spot at 57.14% ELA and 60.32% math, still above state by 17.23 and 22.84 points. Math rebounded sharply, up 8.19 points from 2024–2025, while science slipped 5.70 points. Free/reduced-lunch data is unavailable; spending was $18,217 per student in 2020–2021 and the student-teacher ratio is 10.3.
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