Best Middle Schools in Massachusetts for Asian 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, Asian 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 (Asian vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 120)	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 (Asian)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Asian)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
250429000575	1	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	99.2%	96.3%	2.82%
250315000416	2	Edith C Baker	Public	K-8	205 Beverly Rd	Chestnut Hill	02467	Middlesex County	Brookline	No	No	No	No	(617) 879-4500	672	57	11.7		291 (43.3%)	45 (6.7%)	64 (9.5%)	188 (28.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (12.4%)	$25,103			$1,196			$23,907	98.3%	94.9%	3.40%
250249002959	3	Belmont Middle School	Public	7-8	225 Concord Avenue	Belmont	02478	Middlesex County	Belmont	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(617) 993-2000	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								97.5%	99.2%	1.69%
251221002502	4	Wayland Middle School	Public	6-8	201 Main Street	Wayland	01778	Middlesex County	Wayland	No	No	No	No	(508) 358-3801	621	58	10.7		433 (69.7%)	43 (6.9%)	22 (3.5%)	89 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (5.2%)	$21,127			$606			$20,521	96.7%	98.0%	1.30%
250684002551	5	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	95.8%	99.6%	3.76%
250753001156	6	Thomas Blake Middle	Public	6-8	24 Pound Street	Medfield	02052	Norfolk County	Medfield	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 359-2396	582	56	10.4		485 (83.3%)	11 (1.9%)	35 (6.0%)	29 (5.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.1%)	$19,331			$758			$18,573	95.0%	92.9%	2.10%
251275000793	7	Weston Middle	Public	6-8	456 Wellesley Street	Weston	02493	Middlesex County	Weston	No	No	No	No	(781) 786-5600	444	43	10.2		251 (56.5%)	24 (5.4%)	41 (9.2%)	92 (20.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (7.9%)	$29,781			$780			$29,001	94.2%	95.9%	1.78%
250834001305	8	Wilson Middle	Public	5-8	22 Rutledge Rd	Natick	01760	Middlesex County	Natick	No	No	No	No	(508) 647-6670	778	76	10.1		565 (72.6%)	33 (4.2%)	60 (7.7%)	65 (8.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	52 (6.7%)	$16,383			$619			$15,764	93.3%	89.7%	3.68%
250633000468	9	Hopkinton Middle School	Public	6-8	88 Hayden Rowe Street	Hopkinton	01748	Middlesex County	Hopkinton	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 497-9831	972	67	14.5		616 (63.4%)	6 (0.6%)	35 (3.6%)	270 (27.8%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (4.1%)	$15,272			$560			$14,712	92.5%	98.8%	6.28%
250210000938	10	Ashland Middle	Public	6-8	87 West Union Street	Ashland	01721	Middlesex County	Ashland	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 881-0167	682	56	12.2		434 (63.6%)	19 (2.8%)	114 (16.7%)	89 (13.0%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	22 (3.2%)	$14,104			$607			$13,497	91.7%	86.2%	5.46%

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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.