Summary:
ZIP code 01864 contains a single middle school: North Reading Middle, which serves grades 6–8 with 494 students and is located at 189 Park Street in North Reading, part of the North Reading district. Because it is the only middle school in the ZIP code, there is no local peer school to compare it against, so the meaningful comparisons are to its own district and to Massachusetts statewide results.
North Reading Middle is a 5-star school in every reported rank year, and its ranking has climbed steadily: 40th of 493 in 2023–2024, 35th of 484 in 2024–2025, and 21st of 478 in 2025–2026 — roughly the top 4% of ranked Massachusetts schools. The North Reading district is also 5 stars, ranked 33rd of 351 districts, at the 91st percentile. In 2025–2026, every reported subject and grade level sits well above the state proficiency rate, with the smallest gap still nearly 28 percentage points.
Mathematics is the strongest area overall: all-grade Mathematics is 75.88% proficient, and 6th and 8th grade Mathematics are near 78–79%. The biggest state-relative result is 8th grade Mathematics, 37.10 points above the state, while 8th grade Civics is the lowest reported subject at 68.16%, still 28.39 points above the state. Year over year, Science made the largest gain (+8.32 points), followed by Mathematics (+6.00), Civics (+5.36), and ELA (+1.33). Two caveats: the free/reduced lunch rate is not reported, so equity context is unavailable, and per-student spending of $17,728 is from 2020–2021, older than the achievement data.
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