Middleton

Middleton, MA is a two-school elementary district serving grades K–6, with Fuller Meadow covering K–2 and Howe-Manning covering grades 3–6, together enrolling 730 students in a district ranked 102 of 351 statewide (71st percentile, 4 stars).

Howe-Manning is the academic standout and the only school here with test-score data. In 2025–2026, its all-grade proficiency was 49.24% in ELA, 53.57% in Math, and 64.71% in Science — above both the Middleton district (48.52%, 52.72%, 64.08%) and well above the state (40.03%, 41.11%, 40.98%). Science is its strongest area, at least 23 points above the state, and Grade 6 Math is a clear high point at 69.32% proficient — 26.73 points above the state. Grade 4 is the relative soft spot: ELA came in at 38.46% and Math at 42.72%, both slightly under district and roughly at or just under state. Year over year, Math rose 1.91 points while ELA fell 2.55 and Science fell 5.94, though Science remains far above the state. Its rank history is steady: 70th percentile and 4 stars in each of the last three years.

Fuller Meadow has no MCAS scores listed, consistent with a K–2 school where testing typically begins in grade 3, so the two schools can't be compared academically. It stands out operationally instead: 269 students, a student-teacher ratio of 9.0 versus 11.7 at Howe-Manning, and per-student spending of $19,676 in 2020–2021, slightly below Howe-Manning's $19,976. Enrollment splits about 63% at Howe-Manning and 37% at Fuller Meadow. Free/reduced lunch data is blank for both schools, so no socioeconomic comparison is available.