Summary:
ZIP code 02745 contains exactly one middle school: Normandin Middle School, a grades 6–8 school with 990 students in the New Bedford district. Because there is only one middle school here, there are no within-ZIP comparisons to make; Normandin can only be measured against its district and the state. The New Bedford district ranks 327th of 351 districts in Massachusetts (7th percentile, 0 stars), and the school's own rank is similarly low: 409th of 478 middle schools in 2025–2026, a 14th percentile position with 1 star. Normandin has held 1 star in each of the last three years, with its percentile slipping from 18 to 14.
In 2025–2026 MCAS Next Generation results, Normandin trailed the state in every tested subject: ELA 20.71% versus 40.03%, math 17.31% versus 41.11%, science 10.87% versus 40.98%, and grade 8 civics 9.32% versus 39.77%. The largest shortfalls are in science and civics, each roughly 30 points. Compared with its own district, the picture is mixed: ELA overall (20.71% versus 19.81%) and math in grades 7 and 8 exceeded district rates, while science (10.87% versus 16.05%), civics (9.32% versus 11.10%), math overall (17.31% versus 19.26%), and grade 6 math (19.49% versus 23.37%) fell short.
Grade 8 is the weakest grade level across ELA (17.24%), math (15.94%), science (10.87%), and civics (9.32%). Year over year, ELA fell 3.50 points, science 1.95 points, and civics 3.10 points, while math improved only slightly, from 17.02% to 17.31%. Enrollment averages roughly 330 students per grade, the student-teacher ratio is 11.8 in 2024–2025, and per-student spending was $16,106 in 2020–2021. The free/reduced-lunch rate for 2024–2025 is blank, so economic context cannot be assessed.
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