Best Middle Schools in Massachusetts for Homeless Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Massachusetts!

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, Homeless 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 (Homeless vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 36)	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 (Homeless)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Homeless)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
250702001036	1	James S Daley Middle School	Public	5-8	150 Fleming Street	Lowell	01851	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 937-8981	674	49	13.7		159 (23.6%)	30 (4.5%)	128 (19.0%)	325 (48.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.6%)	$15,927			$1,424			$14,504	97.2%	64.5%	32.72%
250366000722	2	Dupont Middle	Public	6-8	650 Front Street	Chicopee	01013	Hampden County	Chicopee	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 594-1881	696	69	10		310 (44.5%)	36 (5.2%)	318 (45.7%)	10 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.9%)	$15,694			$1,165			$14,530	94.4%	38.9%	55.50%
251323002223	3	Sullivan Middle	Public	6-8	140 Apricot Street	Worcester	01603	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3350	827	69	11.9		218 (26.4%)	130 (15.7%)	359 (43.4%)	79 (9.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (4.7%)	$17,673			$1,255			$16,418	91.7%	37.9%	53.74%
250006301453	4	Roxbury Preparatory Charter School	Public, Charter	5-12	120 Fisher Avenue	Roxbury	02120	Suffolk County	Roxbury Preparatory Charter (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 566-2361	1,295	114	11.3		13 (1.0%)	714 (55.1%)	526 (40.6%)	8 (0.6%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	29 (2.2%)	$19,636			$2,528			$17,108	88.9%	39.4%	49.54%
250678002045	5	Sky View Middle School	Public	6-8	500 Kennedy Way	Leominster	01453	Worcester County	Leominster	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 534-7780	886	59	15		341 (38.5%)	79 (8.9%)	395 (44.6%)	17 (1.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (5.9%)	$13,011			$873			$12,138	86.1%	48.7%	37.43%
250702001955	6	Kathryn P. Stoklosa Middle School	Public	5-8	560 Broadway Street	Lowell	01854	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 275-6330	633	53	11.9		74 (11.7%)	21 (3.3%)	225 (35.5%)	290 (45.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.0%)	$15,732			$1,427			$14,306	83.3%	40.6%	42.77%
250702002761	7	Rogers STEM Academy	Public	K-8	43 Highland Street	Lowell	01852	Middlesex County	Lowell	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 674-4331	835	68	12.2		170 (20.4%)	72 (8.6%)	393 (47.1%)	163 (19.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	34 (4.1%)	$14,642			$1,475			$13,167	80.6%	23.1%	57.43%
250489001523	8	Memorial Middle School	Public	6-8	615 Rollstone Street	Fitchburg	01420	Worcester County	Fitchburg	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 345-3295	581	48	12.1		168 (28.9%)	30 (5.2%)	324 (55.8%)	17 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (6.9%)	$15,529			$1,590			$13,939	77.8%	45.8%	31.94%
250843001334	9	Keith Middle School	Public	6-8	225 Hathaway Blvd	New Bedford	02740	Bristol County	New Bedford	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 997-4511	870	92	9.4		329 (37.8%)	156 (17.9%)	306 (35.2%)	6 (0.7%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (7.9%)	$16,577			$1,291			$15,285	75.0%	26.2%	48.83%
250366000491	10	Bellamy Middle	Public	6-8	314 Pendleton Avenue	Chicopee	01020	Hampden County	Chicopee	No	No	No	Yes	(413) 594-3527	776	78	9.9		391 (50.4%)	41 (5.3%)	307 (39.6%)	8 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	27 (3.5%)	$16,431			$1,122			$15,309	72.2%	35.1%	37.13%

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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:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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

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.