Summary:
Zip code 02653, covering Orleans, Massachusetts, is served by exactly one middle school: Nauset Regional Middle, which enrolls 455 students in grades 6 through 8 as part of the Nauset district. Because it is the only middle school in the area, there is no local comparison to make — this is a single-school profile rather than a contest among neighboring campuses. Statewide, the school ranked 161 of 478 Massachusetts middle schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 66th percentile with 3 stars, or roughly the top third of ranked middle schools in the state.
Nauset Regional Middle's clearest strengths are in Science, Civics, and 6th-grade English. In 2025–2026, Science, All Grades reached 50% proficiency against a state figure of 40.98%, and 8th-grade Science hit 50% versus 38.93% statewide — a gap of +11.07 points. Civics, 8th Grade, came in at 50.39% against the state's 39.77%, and 6th-grade ELA was the strongest single result at 54.74% versus 40.26% statewide, a +14.48 point difference. ELA, All Grades (46.9% vs. 40.03%) was also comfortably above the state. Notably, the school outperformed its own district average in every reported test metric across both years, typically by about one percentage point. Its ranking has also been steady, sitting between the 64th and 67th percentiles with 3 stars in each of the last three years.
Mathematics is the main academic challenge. Math, All Grades, was 38.55% against the state's 41.11%, and 7th-grade Math was the weakest reported result at 33.33% versus 37.48% statewide — 4.15 points below the state. Math did improve year over year, rising +3.68 points, while ELA declined 6.68 points but stayed above the state. Civics posted the largest gain, up 12.59 points. Structurally, the student-teacher ratio is a favorable 8.6, per-student spending was $23,037 (2020–2021), and the free/reduced-price lunch percentage is not reported in this record.
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