Summary:
ZIP code 02492 in Needham, Massachusetts is served by two middle-level schools — Pollard Middle (grades 7–8, 867 students) and High Rock School (grade 6, 441 students) — which together enroll 1,308 middle-grade students in the Needham district, a 5-star district ranked 20th of 351 statewide (94th percentile). Pollard Middle accounts for roughly two-thirds of that enrollment; High Rock School accounts for about one-third.
Pollard Middle is the standout, with a state rank history placing it in the top 2–4% of Massachusetts middle schools: 18th of 478 (96th percentile, 5 stars) in 2025–2026, 15th of 484 (97th percentile) in 2024–2025, and 9th of 493 (98th percentile) in 2023–2024. High Rock School has no school-level rank history in this data, but its 2025–2026 results are strong: 72.88% proficient in ELA and 78.71% in math. Pollard Middle posted 73.85% ELA, 79.93% math, 67.06% science, and 71.86% civics. Both schools far exceed the state's 40.03% ELA and 41.11% math, and both top the Needham district averages of 69.08% ELA and 73.33% math.
Pollard Middle's strongest single result is 8th-grade math at 80.56% proficient, while science (67.06%) sits essentially level with the district's 67.13% — a relative weak spot only within a very high-performing district. High Rock School spends more per student ($22,242 in 2020–21) than Pollard Middle ($20,095), yet its student-teacher ratio is slightly higher (11.7 versus 10.9); those figures cover different years. ELA proficiency fell at both schools from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 (Pollard down 2.48 points, High Rock down 2.93), but the district and state also declined, so the drop is not unique to them. Free/reduced-lunch percentages are blank for both schools, so socioeconomic context is unknown rather than zero.
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