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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 01605

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School

839

Students

Top rankedForest Grove Middle364^th of 478 Massachusetts middle schools

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Summary:

ZIP code 01605 contains a single listed middle school, Forest Grove Middle, a grades 7–8 school with 839 students on Grove Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. It belongs to the Worcester district, which ranks 304 of 351 districts — the 13th percentile, with 1 star. Because it is the only middle school in this ZIP code, there are no within-area school-to-school comparisons; the most useful benchmarks are the Worcester district average and the Massachusetts state average on the MCAS Next Generation exams, which are reported as percent proficient. Resource figures show a student-teacher ratio of 11.4 for 2024–2025 and per-student spending of $17,632 for 2020–2021, while the free/reduced lunch percentage is not provided and should be treated as unknown.

The school's relative strengths are Civics and, to a lesser degree, English Language Arts. In 2025–2026, 8th-grade Civics reached 26.25 percent proficient, above the Worcester district average of 21.02 and the smallest gap to the state (39.77) among reported subjects. ELA, All Grades was 25.98 versus a district average of 24.98, but still far below the state's 40.03. Mathematics is the clearest weakness: All Grades Math was 18.52, below the district's 24.25 and 22.59 points under the state's 41.11, with 7th-grade Math the weakest reported cell at 15.25. Science, All Grades came in at 20.57, slightly under the district's 23.97 and well below the state's 40.98.

Trends matter here. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Forest Grove Middle declined in every reported subject — ELA by 4.98 points, Math by 3.74, Science by 3.99, and Civics by 2.86 — while the Worcester district improved in Math, Science, and Civics, so the drop was not simply a district or state trend. Rank history reflects one good year rather than a sustained climb: the school reached the 34th percentile with 2 stars in 2024–2025, then returned to the 24th percentile with 1 star in 2025–2026, matching its 2023–2024 percentile. Overall, families should note strengths in Civics and a modest ELA edge over the district, alongside significant Math and Science gaps and proficiency below state averages in every reported subject.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2026)			MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2026)			MCAS Next Generation Science (2026)		MCAS Next Generation Civics (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Civics 8th Grade	Total
Forest Grove Middle	Public	7-8	495 Grove Street	Worcester	01605	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3420	839	73	11.4	60.9%	264 (31.5%)	129 (15.4%)	355 (42.3%)	53 (6.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	34 (4.1%)	24	364^th of 478 public middle schools	23.8%		31.4	319^th of 484 public middle schools	34.1%	45	26.2	25.8	26.0	15.3	22.2	18.5	20.6	20.6	26.3	$22,156

Cities Near Zip Code 01605

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Worcester	0.5 mi	51	328^th
Shrewsbury	2.33 mi	9	48^th
Holden	3.67 mi	5	73^rd
Boylston	4.24 mi	2	46^th
Auburn	4.42 mi	7	195^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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