Summary:
Middle schools in Saugus, Massachusetts come down to a single school: Saugus Middle School, which serves grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 616 students — roughly 205 per grade — in the Saugus district, which is ranked 271 of 351 districts statewide (23rd percentile, 1 star). Because there is only one middle school here, there is no local rival to compare against; the useful benchmarks are the district and the state.
Academically, the picture is mixed but improving. 8th grade math is the standout: 53.98% of students were proficient, above the district's 52.20% and well above the state's 41.67%. Science also improved sharply, from 27.27% to 36.25% — an 8.98 percentage-point gain — putting the school above the district (32.33%) and within 4.73 points of the state (40.98%). The school's rank rose from 348 of 493 (29th percentile, 1 star) in 2023–2024 to 298 of 478 (38th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–2026, though it still sits below the median.
The weak spots are English language arts and 7th grade. All-grades ELA was 23.96% proficient versus 40.03% statewide, 16.07 points behind, and ELA trailed the state in every grade. Seventh grade posted the lowest results in the data: 19.70% in ELA and 17.86% in math, each roughly 20 points below state. Eighth grade civics was 30.32%, above the district's 29.19% but 9.45 points under the state's 39.77%. For context, the student-teacher ratio is 13.6:1 and spending was $17,864 per student in 2020–2021, while free/reduced lunch is not reported, so that economic context is unknown.
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