Summary:
ZIP code 02739 in Mattapoisett, MA contains two schools classified as middle level: Old Hammondtown, serving grades 4–6 with 154 students in the Mattapoisett district, and Old Rochester Regional Junior High, serving grades 7–8 with 407 students in the Old Rochester district. Together they enroll 561 students. Because their grade spans do not overlap, these two schools serve different grade bands and tested populations, so direct comparisons should be read with that context in mind.
Old Hammondtown is the academic standout. In 2025–26 it posted ELA proficiency of 59.86% against 40.03% statewide, math of 57.43% against 41.11%, and science of 80.00% against 40.98%, with every shown grade-level score above the state. Old Rochester Regional Junior High is more of a mixed performer: all-grade ELA was 50.00%, about 10 points above the state, and 8th-grade civics was 40.49% versus 39.77% statewide, but all-grade math was 39.07%, below the state's 41.11%. Its 7th-grade math score of 36.45% is the weakest result shown, while 8th-grade math exactly matched the state at 41.67%.
Old Rochester Regional Junior High has also slipped in school rankings, moving from 4 stars and the 78th percentile in 2023–24 to 3 stars and the 65th percentile in 2025–26 — still above median, but trending downward. Old Hammondtown spends more per student ($21,694 in 2020–21 versus $17,934) and has a lower student-teacher ratio (9.6 versus 11), though those figures come from different years. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for both schools, so it is unknown here rather than 0%.
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