Summary:
ZIP code 02339 covers Hanover, Massachusetts, and contains exactly one listed middle school: Hanover Middle, which serves grades 5–8 with an enrollment of 826 students. It is the only middle school in the Hanover district, so families here have a single public middle school option rather than a choice among several. Because there is only one school, the most useful comparisons are Hanover Middle against its own district, against the state, and across grade levels and years.
Hanover Middle is a consistently high-performing, 4-star school. It ranked 75th of 478 Massachusetts middle schools in 2025–2026 (84th percentile), 86th of 484 in 2024–2025 (82nd percentile), and 70th of 493 in 2023–2024 (86th percentile), placing it in roughly the top 14–18% of middle schools statewide each year. The Hanover district as a whole is also strong, ranking 60th of 351 statewide with 4 stars. In 2025–2026, school-wide proficiency was 56.43% in ELA, 55.04% in math, and 57.94% in science — each well above state averages of about 40%. Its standout results are 7th grade math at 65.53% (versus 37.48% statewide) and 8th grade science at 62.21% (versus 38.93% statewide).
Grade 5 is the comparatively lower point: 44.88% proficient in ELA and 42.72% in math, still above state but the smallest margins in the school. Grades 6–8 are the academic peaks, with ELA 6, ELA 7, ELA 8, Math 6, Math 7, and Science 8 all far above state. Civics in 8th grade rose from 41.84% to 47.34%, and science improved year over year, while ELA and math dipped slightly. Notably, free/reduced lunch data is not reported, so economic context cannot be assessed, and the $14,134 per-student spending figure dates to 2020–2021.
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