Summary:
Zip code 02332 contains one middle school, Duxbury Middle, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 599 students in the Duxbury district, so it is the only middle-level option in the area. It is a 4-star school: district rank 46 of 351 (87th percentile) and 2025–2026 school rank 86 of 478 (82nd percentile), though its percentile slipped from 85 in 2024–2025 to 82. The school has an 11:1 student-teacher ratio and per-student spending of $16,997 in 2020–2021. The free/reduced lunch figure is blank for 2024–2025, so socioeconomic context is unknown, not zero.
On 2025–2026 MCAS, Duxbury Middle is above the state in every tested subject. All-grade ELA is 65.69% proficient, +4.26 points vs. the Duxbury district and +25.66 vs. the state. All-grade math is 51.03%, which is 6.81 points below the district all-grade figure but +9.92 vs. the state. Science is 57.44%, slightly above the district and +16.46 vs. the state. Grade-level results are more apples-to-apples: ELA 6 is 74.87%, ELA 7 is 58.46%, ELA 8 is 63.92%; math is 43.16% in grade 6, 46.94% in grade 7, and 62.63% in grade 8; science 8 is 57.44% and civics 8 is 53.50%. 8th grade is a standout, with math +20.96, science +18.51, and civics +13.73 vs. state. Math grade-level results are very close to district (+0.38 in grade 6, -0.30 in grade 7, +0.94 in grade 8), suggesting the all-grade math gap may not be fully like-for-like.
Year over year, ELA fell 2.04 points at the school vs. 4.96 in the district; math fell 2.00 vs. 3.81 in the district; science fell 0.94 while district science dropped 7.98, moving the school from below to slightly above district science; civics fell 9.77 while the district fell 9.17, and it remains 13.73 points above the state. Overall, Duxbury Middle is a high-performing 4-star school with strong ELA, science, civics, and 8th-grade results. Its main relative question mark is math, especially 6th-grade math, though grade-level comparisons show it generally in line with the district. Parents should note the blank free/reduced lunch data means poverty-related context cannot be assessed from this record.
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