Summary:
Medford, Massachusetts has two middle schools serving grades 6–8: John J. McGlynn Middle School, with 464 students, and Madeleine Dugger Andrews, with 435 students. Both belong to the Medford district, which ranks 189 out of 351 districts in the state, at the 46th percentile with 2 stars. The two schools sit at 8.8 and 8.9 students per teacher respectively, and per-student spending in 2020–2021 was $21,163 at McGlynn and $20,286 at Andrews. Free/reduced lunch data is blank for both schools, so no socioeconomic comparison can be made.
Madeleine Dugger Andrews is the stronger of the two. In 2025–2026 it ranked 150 out of 478, at the 69th percentile with 3 stars, up from the 59th percentile in 2023–2024. It scored above the district in all four reported subjects and above the state in ELA, Science, and Civics, while just trailing the state in Mathematics (40.20% vs 41.11%). Its biggest leads over McGlynn are in Science (55.08% vs 35.38%) and Civics (53.78% vs 34.62%).
John J. McGlynn Middle School ranked 267 out of 478 in 2025–2026, at the 44th percentile with 2 stars — an improvement from the 37th percentile three years earlier, though it remains below both the district and the state in ELA, Math, Science, and Civics. Its one bright spot is 7th grade Mathematics, where it scored 36.62%, above Andrews (31.75%) and the district (33.81%), though still below the state's 37.48%. Both schools posted large year-over-year gains in Science and Civics. Notably, Andrews widened its percentile lead over McGlynn from 22 points to 25 points over three years.
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