Best Middle Schools in Massachusetts for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 469)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
250007101747	1	Brooke Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	190 Cummins Highway	Roslindale	02131	Suffolk County	Brooke Charter School (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 325-7977	2,223	176	12.6		93 (4.2%)	1,142 (51.4%)	882 (39.7%)	33 (1.5%)	5 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	59 (2.7%)	$21,044			$1,944			$19,100	99.8%	91.7%	8.10%
250054602780	2	Pioneer Charter School of Science II (Pcss-Ii)	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	97 Main Street	Saugus	01906	Essex County	Pioneer Charter School of Science II (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(781) 666-3945	462	37	12.3		118 (25.5%)	138 (29.9%)	107 (23.2%)	78 (16.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.1%)	$16,308			$960			$15,348	99.6%	88.2%	11.34%
250987001564	3	Central Middle	Public	6-8	875 Hancock Street	Quincy	02170	Norfolk County	Quincy	No	No	No	No	(617) 984-8725	647	42	15.4		282 (43.6%)	22 (3.4%)	29 (4.5%)	282 (43.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	23 (3.6%)	$15,397			$742			$14,655	99.4%	88.6%	10.72%
250279000203	4	Boston Latin School	Public	7-12	78 Ave Louis Pasteur	Boston	02115	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8895	2,423	125	19.4		922 (38.1%)	296 (12.2%)	368 (15.2%)	704 (29.1%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	117 (4.8%)	$21,850			$1,957			$19,892	99.1%	90.7%	8.48%
250429000575	5	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	98.9%	96.3%	2.59%
250004301927	6	West Tisbury Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	401 Old County Road	West Tisbury	02575	Dukes County	Up-Island Regional	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 696-7738	342	44	7.8		246 (71.9%)	7 (2.0%)	55 (16.1%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.8%)	$29,119			$105			$29,014	98.7%	81.9%	16.77%
250005501260	7	Mystic Valley Regional Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	770 Salem Street	Malden	02148	Middlesex County	Mystic Valley Regional Charter (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(781) 388-0222	1,608	97	16.6		589 (36.6%)	289 (18.0%)	184 (11.4%)	461 (28.7%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	79 (4.9%)	$15,001			$501			$14,500	98.5%	88.0%	10.48%
250051802632	8	Pioneer Charter School of Science	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	51-59 Summer Street	Everett	02149	Middlesex County	Pioneer Charter School of Science (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 389-7277	783	74	10.6		305 (39.0%)	181 (23.1%)	210 (26.8%)	56 (7.2%)	10 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (2.7%)	$16,081			$1,148			$14,933	98.3%	79.9%	18.38%
250684002551	9	Jonas Clarke Middle	Public	6-8	17 Stedman Rd	Lexington	02421	Middlesex County	Lexington	No	No	No	No	(781) 861-2450	823	88	9.3		329 (40.0%)	37 (4.5%)	35 (4.3%)	365 (44.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (6.7%)	$20,815			$282			$20,532	98.1%	99.6%	1.51%
251266002080	10	Stony Brook School	Public	6-8	9 Farmer Way	Westford	01886	Middlesex County	Westford	No	No	No	No	(978) 692-2708	612	49	12.6		396 (64.7%)	4 (0.7%)	14 (2.3%)	186 (30.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (1.8%)	$15,678			$484			$15,194	97.9%	94.1%	3.75%

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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.

Educational resources:

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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.