Summary:
ZIP code 02180, covering Stoneham, Massachusetts, has one public middle school, Stoneham Central Middle School, serving grades 5–8 with 689 students in the Stoneham district. Since it is the only middle school in the ZIP, it is also the only local standout, so parents should compare it mainly with district and state averages. Its reported student-teacher ratio is 10.4 for 2024–2025, per-student spending is $16,907 from 2020–2021, and free/reduced lunch data are not reported in this extract, so socioeconomic context is unknown.
In 2025–2026 all-grade results, the school is far above the state in science (56.21 vs. 40.98) and 8th-grade civics (54.73 vs. 39.77), and above the state in math (44.21 vs. 41.11), but slightly below the state in ELA (39.05 vs. 40.03). Grade 8 is strongest overall, above district and state in ELA, math, science, and civics; grade 8 science is 58.50 vs. the state’s 38.93. Grade 6 is the weakest point: ELA is 25.00 vs. the state’s 40.26, and math is 38.69 vs. the state’s 42.59, though both are very close to district grade 6 results.
Year over year, all-grade math rose from 40.24 to 44.21 (+3.97), science rose from 52.20 to 56.21 (+4.01), while ELA fell from 44.68 to 39.05 (−5.63) and civics slipped from 56.82 to 54.73. The school’s SchoolDigger ranking moved from 140 of 484 (71st percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–2025 to 160 of 478 (67th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026. The Stoneham district is ranked 133 of 351 (62nd percentile, 3 stars). Overall, this is a solid above-state school in math, science, and civics, with 8th grade and science as standout strengths and ELA—especially grade 6—as the main pressure point. Data limits include only one local school and an older spending figure.
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