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)
251227002029	11	Wellesley Middle	Public	6-8	50 Kingsbury Street	Wellesley	02481	Norfolk County	Wellesley	No	No	No	No	(781) 446-6235	922	105	8.8		580 (62.9%)	40 (4.3%)	57 (6.2%)	157 (17.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	88 (9.5%)	$23,154			$1,242			$21,911	96.4	96.6	6	5
250198000063	12	Ottoson Middle	Public	7-8	63 Acton Street	Arlington	02476	Middlesex County	Arlington	No	No	No	No	(781) 316-3745	922	82	11.1		648 (70.3%)	37 (4.0%)	65 (7.0%)	100 (10.8%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	62 (6.7%)	$17,089			$661			$16,428	96.4	96	10	2
250588002955	13	The Bromfield Middle School	Public	6-8	14 Massachusetts Avenue	Harvard	01451	Worcester County	Harvard	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(978) 456-4140	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								96.4			(n/a)
250315000421	14	Michael Driscoll	Public	PK, KG-8	725 Washington St	Brookline	02446	Norfolk County	Brookline	No	No	No	No	(617) 879-4250	456	39	11.6		230 (50.4%)	27 (5.9%)	48 (10.5%)	88 (19.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (13.8%)	$24,432			$947			$23,485	96	95	22	8
250171000013	15	Raymond J Grey Junior High	Public	7-8	16 Charter Rd	Acton	01720	Middlesex County	Acton-Boxborough	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 264-4700	825	73	11.3		409 (49.6%)	27 (3.3%)	61 (7.4%)	296 (35.9%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	27 (3.3%)	$17,820			$972			$16,848	95.8	95.7	14	1
251311002167	16	McCall Middle	Public	6-8	458 Main Street	Winchester	01890	Middlesex County	Winchester	No	No	No	No	(781) 721-7026	1,037	90	11.5		716 (69.0%)	14 (1.4%)	39 (3.8%)	190 (18.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (7.2%)	$15,527			$215			$15,312	95.5	94.7	25	9
251266000170	17	Blanchard Middle	Public	6-8	14 West Street	Westford	01886	Middlesex County	Westford	No	No	No	No	(978) 692-5582	543	47	11.5		296 (54.5%)	6 (1.1%)	35 (6.4%)	197 (36.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.1%)	$15,857			$484			$15,372	95.5	95.4	19	2
250429000575	18	Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School	Public	6-8	155 Farm Street	Dover	02030	Norfolk County	Dover-Sherborn	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 785-0635	482	47	10.2		347 (72.0%)	10 (2.1%)	28 (5.8%)	60 (12.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.7%)	$21,388			$492			$20,896	95.2	93.6	33	15
251188001553	19	Thomas Prince	Public	K-8	170 Sterling Road	Princeton	01541	Worcester County	Wachusett	No	No	No	No	(978) 464-2110	342	25	13.4		318 (93.0%)	6 (1.8%)	14 (4.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$13,889			$427			$13,462	95.1	95.5	16	3
251275000793	20	Weston Middle	Public	6-8	456 Wellesley Street	Weston	02493	Middlesex County	Weston	No	No	No	No	(781) 786-5600	444	43	10.2		251 (56.5%)	24 (5.4%)	41 (9.2%)	92 (20.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (7.9%)	$29,781			$780			$29,001	95.1	95.7	15	5

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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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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.