Summary:
ZIP code 02382 — Whitman, Massachusetts — has one public middle school, Whitman Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 496 students as part of the Whitman-Hanson district.
For parents, Whitman Middle is a middle-of-the-pack Massachusetts middle school. In 2025–2026, it ranked 249 of 478 schools, placing it in the 48th percentile with 2 stars; the Whitman-Hanson district is ranked 215 of 351 districts, in the 39th percentile with 2 stars. Its strongest relative result is 8th grade science, where 39.73% of students met proficiency, above the 8th grade state rate of 38.93%. 8th grade ELA is 41.50%, essentially at the state rate of 41.70%, and 8th grade civics is 37.50%, above the district’s 36.88% but below the state’s 39.77%. 7th grade math is 30.77%, above the district’s 29.64% but below the state’s 37.48%.
The biggest concern is math. Overall math proficiency is 30.26%, which is 6.25 points below the district and 10.85 points below the state. 6th grade math is 25.15%, 17.44 points below the state, and math declined by 5.36 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. Overall ELA is 33.33%, below the district’s 36.86% and the state’s 40.03%, although it improved by 1.84 points year over year. Science improved by 1.36 points. The school enrolls 496 students, has a student-teacher ratio of 12.4, and reported per-student spending of $14,298 in 2020–2021; free/reduced lunch data is not provided. In short, 8th grade science and ELA are relative strengths, while math — especially in 6th grade — is the clearest area for improvement.
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