Summary:
ZIP code 03263 has one middle school, Pittsfield Middle School, serving grades 6–8 in the Pittsfield area, with 103 students and a relatively high level of economic need.
Pittsfield Middle School has mixed academic results, with reading as its strongest subject. In 2025–2026, 31% of students were proficient in reading, compared with 17% in math and 15% in science. These results were below New Hampshire averages of 55% in reading, 44% in math, and 38% in science. The school was also below the Pittsfield School District in reading and math, while its eighth-grade science result matched the district’s 15%. For parents, the main takeaway is that the school faces broad academic challenges, especially in math and science, rather than a problem limited to one subject.
Performance varies by grade. Sixth grade had the school’s strongest reading result at 36% and its strongest math result at 21%, while seventh grade was weakest in both subjects, with 28% proficiency in reading and 14% in math. Compared with the prior year, math improved modestly from 14% to 17%, but reading fell from 37% to 31% and science declined sharply from 26% to 15%. The school’s ranking also fell from the 18th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 7th percentile in 2025–2026. More than half of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch, and the small enrollment means yearly percentages may shift noticeably with changes in individual student cohorts. Families may want to ask about seventh-grade supports, math intervention, science instruction, student growth, and how the school is responding to recent declines.
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