Best Middle Schools in Massachusetts

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the MCAS Next Generation test scores by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 493)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
250420000400	191	Dighton Middle School	Public	5-8	1250R Somerset Avenue	Dighton	02715	Bristol County	Dighton-Rehoboth	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 669-4200	367	26	14.3		303 (82.6%)	8 (2.2%)	30 (8.2%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.4%)	$15,776			$576			$15,200	57.1	65.7	153	38
250219000096	192	Robert J. Coelho Middle School	Public	5-8	99 Brown Street	Attleboro	02703	Bristol County	Attleboro	No	No	No	No	(508) 761-7551	577	37	15.5		370 (64.1%)	52 (9.0%)	81 (14.0%)	30 (5.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (7.1%)	$13,342			$690			$12,652	56.7	52.7	215	23
250909001469	193	Edgartown Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	35 Robinson Road	Edgartown	02539	Dukes County	Edgartown	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 627-3316	386	46	8.3		238 (61.7%)	18 (4.7%)	103 (26.7%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.4%)	$28,252			$08			$28,244	56.6	37.4	300	107
250054202737	194	Ayer Shirley Regional Middle School	Public	6-8	1 Hospital Road	Shirley	01464	Middlesex County	Ayer Shirley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 772-8600	379	33	11.4		272 (71.8%)	17 (4.5%)	54 (14.2%)	12 (3.2%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (5.5%)	$17,653			$1,352			$16,302	56.3	58.7	187	7
251293001286	195	Hanson Middle School	Public	5-8	111 Liberty Street	Hanson	02341	Plymouth County	Whitman-Hanson	No	No	No	No	(781) 618-7575	424	36	11.6		377 (88.9%)	6 (1.4%)	22 (5.2%)	7 (1.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (2.1%)	$15,574			$698			$14,876	56.2	55.3	201	6
251083001721	196	Silver Lake Regional Middle School	Public	7-8	256 Pembroke Street	Kingston	02364	Plymouth County	Silver Lake	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 582-3555	563	43	13		530 (94.1%)	7 (1.2%)	17 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	$19,270			$1,109			$18,161	55.8	67.2	145	51
250003500569	197	Martha's Vineyard Charter Public School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	424 State Road	West Tisbury	02575	Dukes County	Martha's Vineyard Charter Public School (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(508) 693-9900	175	22	8		136 (77.7%)	6 (3.4%)	14 (8.0%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (9.1%)	$35,079			$1,834			$33,245	55.8	58.9	185	12
250906001468	198	Dr. Philip O. Coakley Middle School	Public	6-8	1315 Washington Street	Norwood	02062	Norfolk County	Norwood	No	No	No	No	(781) 762-7880	791	72	10.9		441 (55.8%)	121 (15.3%)	155 (19.6%)	45 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)	24 (3.0%)	$18,945			$678			$18,267	55	46.1	257	59
250007602086	199	Four Rivers Charter Public School	Public, Charter	7-12	248 Colrain Road	Greenfield	01301	Franklin County	Four Rivers Charter Public (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(413) 775-4577	214	18	11.9		180 (84.1%)	3 (1.4%)	14 (6.5%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.2%)	$20,325			$1,205			$19,120	54.7	72.7	124	75
250756001638	200	Madeleine Dugger Andrews	Public	6-8	3000 Mystic Valley Pkwy	Medford	02155	Middlesex County	Medford	No	No	No	No	(781) 393-2228	452	47	9.5		282 (62.4%)	45 (10.0%)	53 (11.7%)	34 (7.5%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (6.4%)	$20,286			$707			$19,580	54.6	59.9	177	23

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts, MCAS Next Generation Mathematics, MCAS Next Generation Science test scores released by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 25, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.