Summary:
ZIP code 01915, covering Beverly, Massachusetts, has exactly one public middle school: Beverly Middle School, which serves grades 5–8 with 1,388 students and belongs to the Beverly district. Because it is the only middle school in the area, families in this ZIP code have a single local public option, and the district itself is rated 4 stars and ranked 89th of 351 districts, in the 75th percentile.
Academically, the school's clearest strengths are math and science. Sixth grade math reaches 59.38% proficient, which is 16.79 points above the state and 2.31 points above the district. All-grade science sits at 48.54% proficient (7.56 points above the state) and all-grade math at 48.42% (7.31 points above the state). Fifth grade science is 50.15% proficient and eighth grade science 46.97%, both well above state levels. All-grade English Language Arts is 42.18% proficient, 2.15 points above the state but 3.20 points below the district all-grade figure. The standout concern is 7th grade ELA at 34.38% proficient — the only current-year grade and subject result below the state, by 5.53 points. Eighth grade civics, at 40.46%, is slightly above both the state and district.
The school has ranked 164th of 478 Massachusetts middle schools in 2025–2026, the 66th percentile with 3 stars, consistent with its 64th–67th percentile, 3-star results the two prior years. Year over year, science made the biggest gain, rising 4.86 points, while ELA improved 1.19 points as the state declined 1.50 points; math rose 1.83 points, and civics slipped 1.37 points but remains above state. The student-teacher ratio is 12.4, and per-student spending was $14,209 in 2020–2021. Free and reduced lunch data is unavailable. Grade-level results consistently top the district, while all-grade ELA and math trail district aggregates, likely reflecting differences in how those totals are weighted.
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