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)
250987001561	141	Atlantic Middle	Public	6-8	86 Hollis Avenue	Quincy	02171	Norfolk County	Quincy	No	No	No	No	(617) 984-8727	551	34	16.2		169 (30.7%)	22 (4.0%)	42 (7.6%)	301 (54.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.7%)	$15,339			$508			$14,830	67.9	60.4	174	33
250708002870	142	Lunenburg Middle School	Public	6-8	1079 Massachusetts Avenue	Lunenburg	01462	Worcester County	Lunenburg	No	No	No	No	(978) 582-4710	380	27	14		298 (78.4%)	11 (2.9%)	42 (11.1%)	8 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (5.0%)	$15,285			$666			$14,619	67.2	69.8	139	3
250327002756	143	Vassal Lane Upper School	Public	6-8	158 Spring Street	Cambridge	02141	Middlesex County	Cambridge	No	No	No	No	(617) 349-6550	273	43	6.3		101 (37.0%)	65 (23.8%)	30 (11.0%)	48 (17.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (10.3%)	$32,963			$484			$32,479	67	74.9	118	25
250717001361	144	Linden	Public	K-8	29 Wescott Street	Malden	02148	Middlesex County	Malden	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 397-7218	820	58	14.1		207 (25.2%)	159 (19.4%)	197 (24.0%)	214 (26.1%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (4.4%)	$16,160			$1,203			$14,957	66.8	67.5	144
250279000333	145	Warren-Prescott K-8 School	Public	PK, KG-8	50 School Street	Charlestown	02129	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8346	523	46	11.4		313 (59.8%)	59 (11.3%)	100 (19.1%)	20 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.9%)	$26,377			$2,043			$24,334	66.8	69.9	138	7
250058802888	146	Hampden Charter School of Science West	Public, Charter	6-12	511 Main St.	West Springfield	01089	Hampden County	Hampden Charter School of Science West (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(413) 278-5450	367	34	10.6		207 (56.4%)	43 (11.7%)	105 (28.6%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	$15,327			$2,048			$13,279	66.6	61.1	171	25
250831000947	147	Luther Burbank Middle School	Public	6-8	1 Hollywood Drive	Lancaster	01523	Worcester County	Nashoba	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 365-4558	243	24	10		196 (80.7%)	5 (2.1%)	32 (13.2%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.5%)	$21,890			$1,890			$20,000	66.2	77.8	104	43
250294000364	148	East Middle School	Public	5-8	305 River St.	Braintree	02184	Norfolk County	Braintree	No	No	No	No	(781) 380-0170	971	78	12.4		572 (58.9%)	57 (5.9%)	71 (7.3%)	242 (24.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (2.8%)	$15,028			$520			$14,509	65.9	66.6	149	1
250008601996	149	Community Charter School of Cambridge	Public, Charter	6-12	245 Bent Street	Cambridge	02141	Middlesex County	Community Charter School of Cambridge (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 354-0047	253	33	7.6		12 (4.7%)	179 (70.8%)	41 (16.2%)	13 (5.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.8%)	$26,306			$1,556			$24,750	65.9	47.7	245	96
251086002537	150	Somerset Middle School	Public	6-8	1141 Brayton Avenue	Somerset	02726	Bristol County	Somerset	No	No	No	No	(508) 324-3140	575	44	13		504 (87.7%)	4 (0.7%)	37 (6.4%)	11 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.1%)	$15,768			$555			$15,213	65.8	62.4	168	18

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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.