Best Middle Schools in Massachusetts for Tested Remotely 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 Remotely 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 Remotely vs All Students - 2021)
ID	Rank (of 339)	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 Remotely)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Tested Remotely)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
250684002551	1	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	99.7%	99.0%	0.70%
250171000013	2	Raymond J Grey Junior High	Public	7-8	16 Charter Rd	Acton	01720	Middlesex County	Acton-Boxborough	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 264-4700	831	73	11.4		415 (49.9%)	28 (3.4%)	53 (6.4%)	298 (35.9%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	30 (3.6%)	$17,820			$972			$16,848	99.4%	97.8%	1.61%
250837001308	3	Pollard Middle	Public	7-8	200 Harris Avenue	Needham	02492	Norfolk County	Needham	No	No	No	No	(781) 455-0480	901	77	11.6		703 (78.0%)	20 (2.2%)	74 (8.2%)	63 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (4.6%)	$20,095			$443			$19,652	99.1%	97.0%	2.11%
251134001872	4	Ephraim Curtis Middle	Public	6-8	22 Pratts Mill Road	Sudbury	01776	Middlesex County	Sudbury	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 443-1071	910	77	11.8		669 (73.5%)	30 (3.3%)	43 (4.7%)	98 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	66 (7.3%)	$19,571			$584			$18,987	98.8%	96.8%	2.01%
250684002552	5	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	98.5%	99.4%	0.88%
250633000468	6	Hopkinton Middle School	Public	6-8	88 Hayden Rowe Street	Hopkinton	01748	Middlesex County	Hopkinton	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 497-9831	922	69	13.3		618 (67.0%)	7 (0.8%)	39 (4.2%)	212 (23.0%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (4.7%)	$15,272			$560			$14,712	98.2%	98.2%	0.03%
251260002604	7	Sarah W Gibbons Middle	Public	7-8	20 Fisher Street	Westborough	01581	Worcester County	Westborough	No	No	No	No	(508) 836-7740	620	58	10.6		331 (53.4%)	17 (2.7%)	42 (6.8%)	213 (34.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.7%)	$17,992			$756			$17,237	97.9%	96.6%	1.33%
251266000170	8	Blanchard Middle	Public	6-8	14 West Street	Westford	01886	Middlesex County	Westford	No	No	No	No	(978) 692-5582	533	41	12.9		301 (56.5%)	14 (2.6%)	16 (3.0%)	176 (33.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.3%)	$15,857			$484			$15,372	97.6%	95.2%	2.43%
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	97.3%	99.8%	2.46%
251062002560	10	Sharon Middle	Public	6-8	75 Mountain Street	Sharon	02067	Norfolk County	Sharon	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 784-1560	871	70	12.4		439 (50.4%)	40 (4.6%)	47 (5.4%)	281 (32.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	61 (7.0%)	$18,262			$1,014			$17,248	97.1%	92.4%	4.63%

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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:

Public School Districts and Their Services: 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.