Summary:
ZIP code 01469, which covers Townsend, Massachusetts, contains one middle school: Hawthorne Brook, serving grades 4 through 8 with 449 students. It belongs to the North Middlesex district, has a student-teacher ratio of 12, and spent $17,000 per student in 2020–2021. Its free- and reduced-lunch percentage is not reported in this file, so that context is unknown.
In 2025–2026, Hawthorne Brook scored below both North Middlesex and Massachusetts averages in all four reported subjects: English language arts (27.08% proficient), mathematics (24.77%), science (30.32%), and 8th grade civics (18.87%). The gaps against the state are largest in civics (20.90 points) and mathematics (16.34 points). The clearest bright spot is 8th grade mathematics, where the school's 37.04% proficient is the only grade-subject result above the district's 34.19%; 8th grade ELA (35.19%) is also comparatively strong. The sharpest weakness is 6th grade mathematics at 6.67% proficient, 35.92 percentage points below the state.
Results slipped noticeably from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Science fell from 43.33% to 30.32%, losing the school's edge over both district and state; ELA dropped 10.83 points and civics 9.70 points. After two years at the 47th percentile in state rankings, Hawthorne Brook dropped to the 31st percentile in 2025–2026, still holding 2 stars. The North Middlesex district is ranked 229 out of 351, at the 35th percentile, so the school's decline comes within a district that also sits below the state average.
Thank you for your feedback!