Summary:
Zip code 01752 is served by a single public middle school: 1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School, located at 25 Union Street in Marlborough, serving grades 6–8 with 965 students. Because it is the only middle school in this zip code, there are no local peer schools to compare it against; the useful benchmarks are its district, Marlborough, and the state of Massachusetts. With 965 students spread across three grades, the average grade size is roughly 322 students, making this a large middle school.
Academically, the school outperforms its district in every matching middle-grade test but trails the state everywhere. In 2025–26, grade-level proficiency beat district results in ELA grades 6–8, Math grades 6–8, Science grade 8, and Civics grade 8, though the margins were small—between +0.36 and +1.13 percentage points, averaging about +0.70. Against the state, however, the gaps are large: all-grade ELA was 24.86% versus the state's 40.03%, Math was 22.63% versus 41.11%, and Science was 14.34% versus 40.98%. Matching grade-level tests sit roughly 18 percentage points below state averages on average. Note that district "All Grades" figures include grades outside 6–8, so grade-specific comparisons are more meaningful here.
Looking at trends, Math is the clearest bright spot: all-grade proficiency rose 3.94 points year over year, from 18.69% to 22.63%, narrowing the state gap by 3.57 points, and 8th grade Math (27.44%) is the school's strongest absolute result. Science is the biggest concern at 14.34%, down from 15.83%, and Civics also slipped from 21.94% to 20.00%. The school has held a 1-star rating at roughly the 21st–22nd percentile for three years, ranking 372 of 478 in 2025–26, while the district ranks 290 of 351. The student-teacher ratio of 9.3 is relatively low, and spending was $17,568 per student in 2020–21; free/reduced-lunch data is unavailable, so socioeconomic context is unknown.
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