Summary:
ZIP code 01730, covering Bedford, Massachusetts, has just one public middle school: John Glenn Middle, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 604 students — roughly 200 per grade — within the Bedford district.
John Glenn Middle is a top-decile Massachusetts school. It earned 5 out of 5 stars in each of the last three years and ranked in the 92nd–94th percentile of state middle schools. In 2025-2026, proficiency was 68.50 in English language arts, 67.53 in math, 63.98 in science, and 69.95 in 8th-grade civics — every subject well above the state, with margins ranging from about 23 points (science) to about 30 points (civics). The school tracks its district almost exactly, staying within roughly 2 points in each subject, so it performs at the level of an already high-performing system: Bedford ranks 25th of 351 districts statewide, at the 93rd percentile with 5 stars. In science, the school's 8th-grade result (63.98) actually edges the district's own 8th-grade figure (63.08), so that subject is best read as a strength, not a gap.
Two things stand out for families. First, 7th grade is a clear dip: ELA falls from 71.51 in 6th grade to 62.96 in 7th before rebounding to 70.89 in 8th, and math follows the same shape (73.03 → 64.92 → 65.26) — an 8-point swing in both subjects. Second, subject trends diverged this year: math rose 2.05 points and civics 2.02, while ELA fell 3.32 — a steeper drop than the district's 1.26 decline. Context is favorable: a student-teacher ratio of 10.2 and per-student spending of $20,281 (2020-2021, the oldest figure here). Free/reduced-lunch data is not reported for 2024-2025, so economic context for these results cannot be assessed.
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