Best Middle Schools in Massachusetts for Tested in Person 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, Tested in Person students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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 (Tested in Person vs All Students - 2021)
ID	Rank (of 491)	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 (Tested in Person)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Tested in Person)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
250315000422	1	Pierce	Public	K-8	50 School Street	Brookline	02446	Norfolk County	Brookline	No	No	No	No	(617) 730-2583	709	60	11.8		349 (49.2%)	30 (4.2%)	72 (10.2%)	173 (24.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	84 (11.8%)	$23,559			$905			$22,654	99.8%	98.8%	0.99%
250315000418	2	Roland Hayes	Public	K-8	100 Eliot Street	Chestnut Hill	02467	Middlesex County	Brookline	No	No	No	No	(617) 879-4570	477	40	12		277 (58.1%)	23 (4.8%)	39 (8.2%)	82 (17.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (11.7%)	$23,617			$865			$22,752	99.6%	98.6%	0.99%
250684002552	3	Wm Diamond Middle	Public	6-8	99 Hancock Street	Lexington	02420	Middlesex County	Lexington	No	No	No	No	(781) 861-2460	912	89	10.2		376 (41.2%)	34 (3.7%)	33 (3.6%)	392 (43.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (8.4%)	$19,867			$305			$19,561	99.4%	99.4%	0.01%
250315000420	4	Lawrence	Public	K-8	27 Francis Street	Brookline	02446	Norfolk County	Brookline	No	No	No	No	(617) 879-4303	590	54	10.9		263 (44.6%)	33 (5.6%)	49 (8.3%)	179 (30.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	63 (10.7%)	$24,729			$947			$23,782	99.2%	99.6%	0.42%
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	511	47	10.8		355 (69.5%)	22 (4.3%)	25 (4.9%)	69 (13.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (7.8%)	$21,388			$492			$20,896	99.0%	99.2%	0.22%
250333000457	6	Carlisle School	Public	PK, KG-8	83 School Street	Carlisle	01741	Middlesex County	Carlisle	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 369-4102	579	57	10		419 (72.4%)	3 (0.5%)	32 (5.5%)	75 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	49 (8.5%)	$20,751			$564			$20,187	98.8%	98.4%	0.37%
251275000793	7	Weston Middle	Public	6-8	456 Wellesley Street	Weston	02493	Middlesex County	Weston	No	No	No	No	(781) 786-5600	464	44	10.5		286 (61.6%)	29 (6.3%)	38 (8.2%)	81 (17.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.5%)	$29,781			$780			$29,001	98.6%	98.0%	0.57%
250684002551	8	Jonas Clarke Middle	Public	6-8	17 Stedman Rd	Lexington	02421	Middlesex County	Lexington	No	No	No	No	(781) 861-2450	881	90	9.7		390 (44.3%)	35 (4.0%)	36 (4.1%)	373 (42.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (4.9%)	$20,815			$282			$20,532	98.4%	99.0%	0.63%
250279000203	9	Boston Latin School	Public	7-12	78 Ave Louis Pasteur	Boston	02115	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8895	2,483	126	19.7		1,102 (44.4%)	192 (7.7%)	333 (13.4%)	728 (29.3%)	2 (0.1%)	6 (0.2%)	116 (4.7%)	$21,850			$1,957			$19,892	98.2%	99.8%	1.63%
250249000149	10	Winthrop L Chenery Middle	Public	5-6	95 Washington Street	Belmont	02478	Middlesex County	Belmont	No	No	No	No	(617) 993-5800	1,410	84	16.7		875 (62.1%)	49 (3.5%)	58 (4.1%)	308 (21.8%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	115 (8.2%)	$14,953			$609			$14,344	98.0%	97.4%	0.56%

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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:

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

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.