Summary:
ZIP code 01571 has exactly one middle school, Dudley Middle School in Dudley, Massachusetts, which serves grades 5–8 and enrolls 540 students as part of the Dudley-Charlton Regional district. The school has held a steady 2-star rating and stayed around the 40th–41st percentile in rank history from 2023–2024 through 2025–2026, while the district is rated 1 star at the 27th percentile. It reports a 12.9 student-teacher ratio and $15,466 in per-student spending for 2020–2021; free/reduced lunch data is not provided.
ELA is the school’s strongest relative subject. All-grade ELA proficiency is 37.12%, above the district’s 33.41% and close to the state’s 40.03%. Seventh grade ELA is a standout at 43.57%, higher than both district (35.39%) and state (39.91%). Fifth grade also performs near or above state in ELA (38.84% vs. 38.15%) and math (39.67% vs. 39.50%). The school improved all-grade ELA from 36.57% to 37.12% while district and state ELA declined, and all-grade math improved from 28.46% to 31.35%.
Math remains the clearest overall challenge: all-grade math is 31.35% versus the state’s 41.11%. Eighth grade has the largest gaps, with math at 23.40% (state 41.67%), science at 24.82% (state 38.93%), and civics at 24.11% (state 39.77%). Seventh grade math is also below state at 25.71% versus 37.48%. All-grade science fell sharply from 40.80% in 2024–2025 to 32.82% in 2025–2026, a steeper decline than the district or state. For parents, the main takeaways are relative strength in ELA and grade 5, and a need for support in middle-grade math, science, and civics, especially in grade 8.
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