Summary:
There is one middle school in Salem, Massachusetts in this data set: Collins Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 611 students and located at 29 Highland Avenue, Salem, MA 01970. Because it is the only Salem middle school listed, there is no other Salem middle school to compare it with; the useful comparisons are to the broader Salem district and Massachusetts state averages, and to the school’s own results over time. The school’s student-to-teacher ratio was 12.6 in 2024–2025, and per-student spending was $20,031 in 2020–2021. Free/reduced-lunch information was not available in the provided record.
In 2025–2026, Collins Middle outperformed the Salem district in all-grades ELA, Science, and Civics, but trailed the state in every subject. Math was the clearest weakness: all-grades math was 23.14% proficient, 17.97 points below the state and 2.32 points below the district. Grade 7 math was the lowest reported result at 18.22% proficient, 19.26 points below the state. Grade 7 ELA was the relative bright spot: 37.21% proficient, only 2.70 points below the state. Grade 8 ELA was 26.96% proficient, 14.74 points below the state.
Year over year, math improved by 2.27 points and Civics by 2.93 points, while ELA fell 0.59 points and Science fell 1.67 points. The school’s statewide rank improved from 381 of 493, at the 23rd percentile with 1 star, in 2023–2024 to 316 of 478, at the 34th percentile with 2 stars, in 2025–2026, with most of that gain happening between 2023–2024 and 2024–2025. The Salem district is listed at 288 of 351, 18th percentile, 1 star. Overall, Collins Middle shows progress and relative strength against its district, but still faces substantial gaps to state proficiency, especially in mathematics and 8th grade ELA.
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