Summary:
ZIP code 01603 has just one public middle school option: Sullivan Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 940 students in the Worcester district. That means families here have no local middle-school choice in the supplied data — the only comparisons available are between this school and its district, the state, and its own past performance. The district as a whole ranks 304 of 351 districts in Massachusetts (13th percentile, 1 star), while Sullivan Middle has held a 2-star rating for three straight reported years, sitting at the 34th percentile statewide in both 2025–2026 and 2024–2025, down slightly from the 38th percentile in 2023–2024.
Academically, Sullivan Middle generally beats its district but trails the state. In 2025–2026, All Grades ELA was 32.44% proficient versus 24.98% for Worcester and 40.03% statewide; All Grades math was 30.70% versus 24.25% district and 41.11% state. The same pattern held in 2024–2025. Science and civics are the weakest spots relative to the state: 8th-grade science was 21.79% versus 38.93% statewide, and 8th-grade civics was 22.48% versus 39.77% statewide — each about a 17-point gap. Against the district, however, the school edged ahead in both.
A notable bright spot: the 2025–2026 6th-grade results are striking — 84% proficient in ELA and 94% in math, far above both district and state. But because All Grades scores are much lower, those figures may reflect a small cohort or a reporting quirk, so treat them cautiously. The school improved year over year in math (+2.48 points), science (+1.32), and civics (+3.92), while ELA slipped 1.79 points. Reported resources include a student-teacher ratio of 12.7 and per-student spending of $17,673 (2020–2021); free/reduced lunch data is not available, so socioeconomic context cannot be assessed.
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