Middle Schools in Maynard

Maynard has just one middle school: Fowler School, which serves grades 4 through 8 and enrolls 451 students as part of the Maynard district. With no other middle schools in the area to compare against, the most meaningful benchmarks are how Fowler School compares with its own district, with Massachusetts state averages, and with its own results over the past three years.

Overall, Fowler School sits slightly above its district but below the state. In 2025–26 it outperformed the district in ELA (36.61% vs. 35.67%) and math (35.25% vs. 34.14%) and was essentially even in science, yet it trailed the state in all three core subjects: ELA by 3.42 points, math by 5.86 points, and science by 1.97 points. Grade 8 is the clear bright spot, scoring above state in ELA, math, science, and civics — science at 48.42% vs. the state's 38.93%, and civics at 44.21% vs. 39.77%. Grade 5 is the weakest area: math at 20.69% vs. the state's 39.50%, science at 28.74% vs. 43.07%, and ELA at 31.03% vs. 38.15%. Grade 6 ELA also lags at 29.21%, about 11 points below the state's 40.26%.

The most important trend to watch is a decline in relative standing. Fowler School's rank moved from 133 of 493 (73rd percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–24 to 192 of 478 (60th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–26 — still above the median, but a 13-point percentile drop. Science proficiency fell from 51.11% to 39.01% while state science was nearly flat, and Grade 8 civics dropped from 61.80% to 44.21% even though state civics rose slightly; both remain above state. Context data is limited: free/reduced lunch is not available here, per-student spending is from 2020–21 ($18,906), and the 10.8 student-teacher ratio has no state benchmark in this dataset.