Best Middle Schools in Massachusetts for Asian Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Massachusetts!

Every year, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Asian students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Massachusetts test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the MCAS Next Generation test scores by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The most recent update was on Monday, September 29, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (Asian vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 127)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Asian)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Asian)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Hingham Middle School	Public	6-8	1103 Main Street	Hingham	02043	Plymouth County	Hingham	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 741-1550	798	69	11.6		678 (85.0%)	11 (1.4%)	48 (6.0%)	26 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.4%)	$20,960							99.2%	92.4%	6.86%			250609000875
2	Wayland Middle School	Public	6-8	201 Main Street	Wayland	01778	Middlesex County	Wayland	No	No	No	No	(508) 358-3801	662	59	11.2		475 (71.8%)	26 (3.9%)	40 (6.0%)	80 (12.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (6.0%)	$21,767							98.4%	99.4%	0.95%			251221002502
3	Jonas Clarke Middle	Public	6-8	17 Stedman Rd	Lexington	02421	Middlesex County	Lexington	No	No	No	No	(781) 861-2450	796	85	9.4		314 (39.4%)	42 (5.3%)	41 (5.2%)	338 (42.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (7.5%)	$19,067							97.6%	99.8%	2.16%			250684002551
4	John Glenn Middle	Public	6-8	99 McMahon Road	Bedford	01730	Middlesex County	Bedford	No	No	No	No	(781) 275-3201	604	59	10.2		337 (55.8%)	47 (7.8%)	39 (6.5%)	134 (22.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (7.8%)	$23,504							96.9%	91.7%	5.11%			250240000130
5	Ephraim Curtis Middle	Public	6-8	22 Pratts Mill Road	Sudbury	01776	Middlesex County	Sudbury	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 443-1071	816	82	9.9		588 (72.1%)	30 (3.7%)	48 (5.9%)	89 (10.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	57 (7.0%)	$23,235							96.1%	96.3%	0.22%			251134001872
6	Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School	Public	6-8	155 Farm Street	Dover	02030	Norfolk County	Dover-Sherborn	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 785-0635	471	50	9.4		340 (72.2%)	22 (4.7%)	14 (3.0%)	61 (13.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (6.8%)	$26,484							95.3%	94.4%	0.85%			250429000575
7	Carlisle School	Public	PK, KG-8	83 School Street	Carlisle	01741	Middlesex County	Carlisle	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 369-4102	612	60	10.2		438 (71.6%)	2 (0.3%)	39 (6.4%)	73 (11.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	57 (9.3%)	$24,412							94.5%	99.6%	5.10%			250333000457
8	Raymond J Grey Junior High	Public	7-8	16 Charter Rd	Acton	01720	Middlesex County	Acton-Boxborough	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 264-4700	824	67	12.2		405 (49.2%)	18 (2.2%)	80 (9.7%)	268 (32.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (5.8%)	$21,757							93.7%	96.5%	2.79%			250171000013
9	Belmont Middle School	Public	7-8	225 Concord Ave	Belmont	02478	Middlesex County	Belmont	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(617) 993-2000	742	48	15.5		436 (58.8%)	26 (3.5%)	30 (4.0%)	179 (24.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	65 (8.8%)	$19,126							92.9%	98.8%	5.85%			250249002959
10	Pollard Middle	Public	7-8	200 Harris Avenue	Needham	02492	Norfolk County	Needham	No	No	No	No	(781) 455-0480	867	79	10.9		625 (72.1%)	33 (3.8%)	55 (6.3%)	105 (12.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (5.5%)	$24,168							92.1%	96.9%	4.77%			250837001308

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts, MCAS Next Generation Mathematics, MCAS Next Generation Science, MCAS Next Generation Civics test scores released by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 29, 2025, 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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Public School Districts and Their Services: A Comprehensive Guide

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.