Summary:
Middle schools in ZIP code 02720 (Fall River, MA) include exactly one public school serving grades 6–8: Morton Middle, located at 1135 North Main Street. It enrolls 751 students and has a 13:1 student-teacher ratio, with 2020–2021 spending of $16,556 per student; free/reduced lunch data is not provided. Because it is the only middle school in the ZIP, families have no other public middle-school option locally. Its district is Fall River.
Morton Middle ranks near the bottom of Massachusetts middle schools: 419 of 478 in 2025–2026, 12th percentile, 1 star. The Fall River district ranks 331 of 351, 6th percentile, 0 stars. In 2025–2026 MCAS, the school’s proficiency is below the state in every reported subject and grade. ELA all grades is 19.91% versus district 18.24% and state 40.03%; math is 16.16% versus district 18.24% and state 41.11%; science is 7.39% versus district 15.29% and state 40.98%; 8th grade civics is 10.29% versus district 10.05% and state 39.77%.
Relative bright spots are 8th grade ELA (22.82% proficient, above the district’s 17.28% but below the state’s 41.70%), 6th grade math (22.12% above district 16.20% but below state 42.59%), and civics, which is just above the district. Weakest areas are science and math overall, especially 7th grade math (12.92%) and 8th grade math (13.17%). Year over year, ELA fell from 22.40% to 19.91%, science from 11.30% to 7.39%, and civics from 15.97% to 10.29%; math rose slightly from 15.49% to 16.16%. The school’s percentile rank slipped from 16 to 15 to 12 across the last three years, while its star rating remained 1 star. No test scores were suppressed in this dataset.
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