Summary:
Westwood, MA has one middle school in this data set, E W Thurston Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 664 students in the Westwood district. The district is highly rated: 5 stars, rank 13 of 351, 96th percentile. The school is also 5 stars each reported rank year, but its statewide middle-school rank slipped from 24 of 493 (95th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 30 of 484 (94th) in 2024–2025 to 41 of 478 (91st) in 2025–2026. It remains top-decile.
In 2025–2026, its all-grade proficiency was 70.06% ELA, 72.58% math, 68.52% science, and 55.35% 8th grade civics, versus state rates of 40.03%, 41.11%, 40.98%, and 39.77%. That is roughly 1.7x–1.8x the state in ELA, math, and science, and about 1.4x in civics. Strongest results are 6th grade: ELA 77.42% vs. 40.26% state; math 75.27% vs. 42.59% state. Weakest core result is 8th grade ELA at 62.91%, still above state 41.70% and district 62.21%. In every provided 2025–2026 grade-level row, the school is above the district, though all-grade ELA, math, and science are slightly below district; the all-grade science gap should be read cautiously because aggregation may differ.
Year over year, math rose 2.40 points, better than district +1.28 and state +0.37. ELA fell 2.53 points, steeper than district −0.87 and state −1.50; science fell 3.54, steeper than district −1.65 and state −0.53; civics fell 3.36 while state rose 0.61. ELA also declines by grade: 77.42% in 6th, 70.78% in 7th, 62.91% in 8th (14.51-point drop), while math is steadier (75.27% to 72.48% to 70.37%, a 4.90-point drop). Civics is relatively weakest but above district and state. Enrollment is 664; student-teacher ratio 13:1 (2024–2025); per-student spending $20,525 (2020–2021); free/reduced-lunch is blank, so unknown. With only one middle school, no within-district comparisons exist, and spending/ratio lack benchmarks here. Overall, high-performing but rank slide and ELA, science, civics declines are worth monitoring.
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