Massachusetts Middle School Rankings

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The list is updated annually upon the release of test scores by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The most recent update was on 9/29/2022.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2022 vs 2021)
ID	Rank (of 497)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Rank (2021)	Rank Change from 2021	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)
250222002567	141	Auburn Middle	Public	6-8	9 West Street	Auburn	01501	Worcester County	Auburn	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 832-7722	647	45	14.3		505 (78.1%)	22 (3.4%)	74 (11.4%)	26 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.1%)	$14,589			$565			$14,024	68.2	68.6	141
250879002280	142	Hawthorne Brook	Public	5-8	64 Brookline Rd	Townsend	01469	Middlesex County	North Middlesex	No	No	No	No	(978) 597-6914	475	41	11.4		416 (87.6%)	8 (1.7%)	28 (5.9%)	8 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.2%)	$17,000			$661			$16,339	68.2	65	158	16
250279000230	143	Eliot Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	16 Charter Street	Boston	02113	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8545	796	56	14.2		491 (61.7%)	42 (5.3%)	116 (14.6%)	94 (11.8%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	50 (6.3%)	$24,377			$2,140			$22,237	67.9	66.4	147	4
251122001857	144	Stoneham Central Middle School	Public	5-8	101 Central Street	Stoneham	02180	Middlesex County	Stoneham	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 279-3840	709	66	10.7		572 (80.7%)	15 (2.1%)	67 (9.4%)	29 (4.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.2%)	$16,907			$691			$16,217	67.5	70	134	10
250708002870	145	Lunenburg Middle School	Public	6-8	1079 Massachusetts Avenue	Lunenburg	01462	Worcester County	Lunenburg	No	No	No	No	(978) 582-4115	402	29	13.7		326 (81.1%)	9 (2.2%)	39 (9.7%)	10 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	16 (4.0%)	$15,285			$666			$14,619	66.7	66	152	7
250465000625	146	Oak Bluffs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	50 TradeWinds Road	Oak Bluffs	02557	Dukes County	Oak Bluffs	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 693-0951	427	49	8.6		228 (53.4%)	13 (3.0%)	150 (35.1%)	8 (1.9%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.6%)	$25,839			$07			$25,831	66.6	68.5	142	4
250501000871	147	Remington Middle	Public	6-8	628 Washington Street	Franklin	02038	Norfolk County	Franklin	No	No	No	No	(508) 541-2130	378	39	9.7		308 (81.5%)	10 (2.6%)	27 (7.1%)	27 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	$17,192			$959			$16,233	66.6	73.1	119	28
250750000105	148	Fowler School	Public	4-8	3 Tiger Drive	Maynard	01754	Middlesex County	Maynard	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 897-6700	456	42	10.9		347 (76.1%)	11 (2.4%)	69 (15.1%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.6%)	$18,906			$639			$18,267	66.4	54.7	205	57
250987001561	149	Atlantic Middle	Public	6-8	86 Hollis Avenue	Quincy	02171	Norfolk County	Quincy	No	No	No	No	(617) 984-8727	521	36	14.6		161 (30.9%)	26 (5.0%)	40 (7.7%)	278 (53.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.7%)	$15,339			$508			$14,830	66	64.5	162	13
250420000400	150	Dighton Middle School	Public	5-8	1250R Somerset Avenue	Dighton	02715	Bristol County	Dighton-Rehoboth	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 669-4200	386	30	12.9		328 (85.0%)	13 (3.4%)	19 (4.9%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.2%)	$15,776			$576			$15,200	66	45.4	261	111

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts, MCAS Next Generation Mathematics, MCAS Next Generation Science test scores released by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 29, 2022, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.