Summary:
North Middlesex is a Massachusetts district serving about 2,762 students across six schools: three elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school, covering grades PK through 12. The district as a whole ranks 229th of 351 with a 35th percentile rank and 2 stars, but that overall rating undersells the individual schools — four of the five ranked schools earn 3 stars. Enrollment splits roughly 40% elementary, 34% middle, and 26% high school.
The strongest current performer is Spaulding Memorial (grades 2-4), at the 63rd percentile with 45.89% ELA and 50.96% math proficiency, both above district and state. Varnum Brook (K-4) also exceeds state math at 45.99%. Among middle schools, Nissitissit Middle School (5-8) ranks at the 58th percentile, with ELA 40.82% and science 43.95% above state, though math lags at 35.58%. Hawthorne Brook (4-8) is the clearest concern: 2 stars, 31st percentile, and below district and state in every core subject — ELA 27.08%, math 24.77%, science 30.32%, civics 18.87% — with 6th grade math at 6.67%. Civics is a district-wide middle school weakness, with both middle schools below the state's 39.77%.
North Middlesex Regional High (9-12) has a solid 90.9% graduation rate, above the district's 88.8%, and science above state at 44.27%, but ELA, math, and biology fell below state in 2025-26 after a much stronger 2024-25. Squannacook Early Childhood Center (PK-3) is the smallest school at 89 students, with the highest per-student spending ($21,737) and student-teacher ratio (17.1), but no test or rank data are provided, so its performance cannot be evaluated. Free/reduced lunch data is not reported for any school, so economic context is unavailable.
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