Summary:
ZIP code 01545 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts contains two middle schools — Sherwood Middle School serving grades 5–6 and Oak Middle School serving grades 7–8 — which together enroll 1,865 students in the Shrewsbury district, itself ranked 41st of 351 Massachusetts districts at the 88th percentile with 4 stars.
Oak Middle School is the stronger of the two. In 2025–2026 it ranked 53rd of 478 middle schools (89th percentile, 4 stars), following 47th of 484 (90th percentile, 5 stars) in 2024–2025 and 64th of 493 (87th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024 — a consistent top-decile performer. Oak beat Sherwood in every common subject: ELA 63.57 vs. 52.35, math 67.62 vs. 61.88, and science 63.72 vs. 57.28. Its standout result is 8th-grade math at 75.00% proficient, the highest single score in the data, 33.33 points above the state; 8th-grade ELA is 69.01%, 27.31 points above the state. Oak also exceeded the district in every subject, though its scores dipped slightly across all subjects year over year while remaining highly ranked.
Sherwood Middle School is more mixed but has real strengths: 6th-grade math at 68.91% proficient and science rising from 53.79% to 57.28%, a +3.49 point gain while state science slipped. It also has the lower student-teacher ratio (13.3 vs. 14.2) and higher reported per-pupil spending ($14,100 vs. $13,337, though from 2020–2021). At both schools the older grade outscored the younger in ELA and math, and both remain comfortably above state averages in every reported subject. Free/reduced-lunch data are not reported for either school, so socioeconomic comparisons aren't possible.
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