Summary:
ZIP code 01880 contains one middle school: Galvin Middle School in Wakefield, Massachusetts, a grade 5–8 school with 1,056 students in the Wakefield district. With only one middle school serving the area, there are no local peer comparisons to make; the most useful benchmarks are the Wakefield district and Massachusetts state averages.
Galvin stands out against both. It is a 4-star school ranked 101st of 478 ranked middle schools in Massachusetts, in the 79th percentile, while the Wakefield district ranks 53rd of 351 districts (85th percentile, 4 stars). The school scores above the state average in every reported MCAS Next Generation subject and grade level. Its largest advantages appear in 5th grade ELA (58.95% proficient vs. 38.15% state), 5th grade Science (61.40% vs. 43.07%), all-grades Science (57.99% vs. 40.98%), and 6th grade Math (58.61% vs. 42.59%). Every core subject also improved slightly year over year: ELA +0.22 points, Math +1.03, and Science +1.54.
A few items are worth watching. In 2025–2026, all-grades Math (51.42%) sits below the district's 54.57%, even though every reported grade-level Math score is above its district counterpart — likely an aggregation or weighting difference rather than a real lag. Eighth grade is comparatively weaker, with Civics 8 at 47.23%, Math 8 at 47.81%, and Math 5 at 48.77%, though all remain above state. Civics 8 fell 6.94 points year over year, the largest decline in the data. Rank also slipped modestly, from 90th of 493 in 2023–2024 to 101st of 478 now. Free/reduced-price lunch status is not provided, and per-student spending ($16,897) and the 10.9 student-teacher ratio lack comparison benchmarks.
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