Summary:
ZIP code 02155 has two middle schools serving grades 6–8, both in the Medford district and both on adjacent addresses along Mystic Valley Parkway: John J. McGlynn Middle School with 464 students and Madeleine Dugger Andrews with 435, for 899 middle-school students combined. The two are strikingly similar on inputs: student-teacher ratios of 8.8 and 8.9 in 2024–2025, and per-student spending of $21,163 versus $20,286 in 2020–2021. Both also share the same district-level rating for Medford — 189 of 351, 46th percentile, 2 stars. Free/reduced lunch data is blank for both, so it cannot be used to compare them.
Madeleine Dugger Andrews is the clear standout: 3 stars in each of the last three years, rising from 59th to 69th percentile and ranking 150 of 478 in 2025–2026. Its strengths are Science (55.08) and Civics (53.78), each about 14 points above the state. It also beats John J. McGlynn Middle School in every all-grade subject — ELA by 15.92 points, Math by 8.97, Science by 19.70, and Civics by 19.16. Its one weak spot is 7th grade Math at 31.75, below both the district and state, an outlier against its 6th and 8th grade Math scores of 44.90 and 43.20.
John J. McGlynn Middle School remains 2 stars but is improving, moving from 37th to 44th percentile over three years. Its standout result is 7th grade Math at 36.62 — the only tested area where it beats Andrews (31.75) — and its largest one-year gain came in Science, up 9.14 points to 35.38. Even so, McGlynn stayed below district and state in every all-grade subject, with ELA at 30.92 and 6th grade Math at 25.71 as its biggest opportunity areas. Both schools share a 3-star/2-star split in ratings, and the gap between them remains at 25 percentile points.
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