Summary
Webster Middle School is a public middle school in Webster, MA, serving grades 5–8 with 566 students as part of the Webster district, which ranks 342 of 351 Massachusetts districts. In 2025–2026, the school ranked 436 of 478 middle schools statewide — the 9th percentile — with a 0-star rating, its weakest showing in the years shown. Proficiency rates are far below state averages: 14.57% in ELA and 14.60% in math, compared with roughly 40% statewide, plus 18.80% in science and 11.90% in civics. The school trails its own district in ELA and math, and even its relatively stronger science result is less than half the state average.
Compared with nearby schools, Webster Middle has the lowest rank percentile of any listed local peer. The closest comparison is Dudley Middle School, just 2.38 miles away with the same grade span and similar enrollment, where proficiency is dramatically higher in every core subject — 37.12% in ELA, 31.35% in math, 32.82% in science, and 24.11% in civics. Even Southbridge Middle School, whose district ranks lower than Webster's, has a higher school rank percentile (23 vs. 9) and outperforms Webster in ELA, math, and civics. Webster's only advantage over Southbridge is in science. Schools such as Sutton Middle School and Douglas Middle School post proficiency rates roughly two to three times higher.
The weaknesses run across grade levels, but the oldest grade is weakest: 8th-grade ELA is 10.32%, math 12.60%, science 13.60%, and civics 11.90%. The school's strongest internal result is 5th-grade science at 24.00%, still far below the state. ELA proficiency has declined from 21.17% in 2022–2023 to 14.57% in 2025–2026, and math has stayed between roughly 14.4% and 17.5%. Achievement is broadly low across student groups, including English learners, students with disabilities, and low-income students, whose percentile ranks are in the single digits or low teens. Spending and class size offer no easy explanation: per-student spending was $16,086 in 2020–2021 and the 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 12.7, both mid-pack among nearby schools, while some lower-spending peers perform much better.
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