Best Middle Schools in Massachusetts

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Massachusetts test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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)
250279000952	471	Henderson K-12 Inclusion School Upper	Public, Alternative	2-12	18 Croftland Av	Dorchester	02124	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-6365	666	84	7.9		89 (13.4%)	294 (44.1%)	204 (30.6%)	48 (7.2%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	23 (3.5%)	$28,124			$2,169			$25,955	7.7	11	459	12
250055002784	472	Baystate Academy Charter Public School	Public, Charter	6-12	2001 Roosevelt Avenue	Springfield	01104	Hampden County	Baystate Academy Charter Public School (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(413) 366-5100	402	56	7.1		19 (4.7%)	116 (28.9%)	259 (64.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	$17,162			$1,992			$15,170	7.6	9.4	466	6
250279002721	473	Mario Umana Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	312 Border Street	East Boston	02128	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8481	581	58	10		23 (4.0%)	10 (1.7%)	536 (92.3%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	$26,091			$2,289			$23,802	7.5	8.5	475	2
250279001692	474	Boston Community Leadership Academy	Public	7-12	655 Metropolitan Ave	Hyde Park	02136	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8937	598	63	9.4		22 (3.7%)	189 (31.6%)	344 (57.5%)	25 (4.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.2%)	$27,579			$2,143			$25,436	7.3	6.7	484	10
250279000261	475	Burke High School	Public	7-12	60 Washington Street	Dorchester	02121	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-9837	420	45	9.4		13 (3.1%)	227 (54.0%)	151 (36.0%)	8 (1.9%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.3%)	$28,702			$2,550			$26,152	7.3	6.6	485	10
250279002013	476	Frederick Pilot Middle School	Public	6-8	270 Columbia Road	Dorchester	02121	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-1650	323	42	7.6		8 (2.5%)	109 (33.7%)	169 (52.3%)	28 (8.7%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.9%)	$30,979			$2,436			$28,543	7	5.1	491	15
250279000273	477	Lee K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	155 Talbot Avenue	Dorchester	02124	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8687	541	58	9.3		23 (4.3%)	291 (53.8%)	180 (33.3%)	26 (4.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.3%)	$31,540			$2,241			$29,299	6.9	5.1	492	15
250279002725	478	TechBoston Academy	Public	6-12	9 Peacevale Road	Dorchester	02124	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-1615	871	76	11.5		23 (2.6%)	502 (57.6%)	284 (32.6%)	19 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (4.8%)	$26,922			$2,263			$24,659	6.9	8.7	472	6
250627001178	479	Joseph Metcalf School	Public	6-8	2019 Northampton Street	Holyoke	01040	Hampden County	Holyoke	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 534-2104	373	33	11.3		72 (19.3%)	8 (2.1%)	288 (77.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	$17,366			$1,949			$15,417	6.8	20.9	392	87
250279000342	480	Melvin H. King South End Academy	Public, Alternative	2-12	90 Warren Avenue	Boston	02116	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-9976	158	52	3		13 (8.2%)	73 (46.2%)	60 (38.0%)	3 (1.9%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.4%)	$65,799			$6,657			$59,142	6.8	8.4	477	3

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.