Summary:
Milton has one public middle school, Charles S Pierce Middle, serving grades 6 through 8 with 1,002 students as part of the Milton district. Because it is the only middle school in the area, the most useful comparisons are between the school and its district and state averages rather than between schools. Both the school and the district rank well — the district places 35th of 351 districts statewide, at the 90th percentile with 5 stars.
Pierce's strongest subject is Science, where 74.31% of students scored proficient in 2025–2026, compared with 70.16% in the district and 40.98% statewide — more than 33 points above the state. ELA also stands out at 65.24%, versus 40.03% statewide, and Math reached 59.06%, still nearly 18 points above the state's 41.11%, though slightly below the district's all-grade Math figure. At the individual grade level, the school matched or exceeded the district in every reported comparison. Grade 7 was the lowest-performing grade in both ELA (58.10%) and Math (52.06%), yet both remained above state averages.
Scores improved across the board from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: Science rose 5.10 points, ELA 2.45, Math 1.04, and grade-8 Civics jumped 10.25 points to 65.95%. The school's rank has also climbed steadily, from 72nd of 493 in 2023–2024 to 61st of 478 in 2025–2026. Other facts parents may find useful: a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1 and per-student spending of $16,475 (from 2020–2021). Free and reduced lunch data is not available, so no socioeconomic breakdown is possible.
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