Summary:
ZIP code 02148 covers Malden, Massachusetts, and lists seven schools: five “elementary” schools that actually serve grades K–8, one high school, and one “alternative” school that is in fact a K–12 charter. They belong to two systems — Malden (six schools) and Mystic Valley Regional Charter (District) (one school). Total enrollment is 7,814 students. The largest schools are Malden High (1,890) and Mystic Valley Regional Charter School (1,698); the smallest is Forestdale (539).
Mystic Valley Regional Charter School is the academic standout: in 10th grade ELA, 92.7% of students were proficient versus 45.5% statewide, with math at 91.5% and science at 79.3%. It also reports a 96.1% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, compared with Malden High’s 85.7% and 9.2%. Among Malden’s K–8 schools, Forestdale is strongest — the only district school with a 3-star rating, ranking 379th of 899 schools, up from 497th. Beebe leads in science (44.9%) and 8th grade civics (57.3%), and Ferryway has the second-highest ELA (41.9%). Salemwood is the lowest performer: 23.7% ELA, 29.1% math, 20.9% science, with 1 star.
Across the area, math is the weakest subject — no Malden K–8 school reaches the state’s 41.1% math proficiency, with Beebe closest at 41.0%. Forestdale has the highest per-student spending ($17,913) and lowest student-teacher ratio (10.4), while Malden High has the lowest spending and largest enrollment. Trends differ: Forestdale improved from 2 to 3 stars, while Beebe slipped from 3 stars in 2023–24 to 2. Free/reduced-lunch data are blank for all schools, so poverty context is unavailable, and spending figures are from 2020–21.
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