Doherty Middle

Summary:

Doherty Middle is a high-performing public middle school located in Andover, MA, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 461. As part of the highly-ranked Andover school district, Doherty Middle has consistently been among the top middle schools in Massachusetts, with a current ranking of 45 out of 493 and a 5-star rating.

Doherty Middle's academic performance is exceptional, consistently outperforming the state and district averages on MCAS Next Generation assessments across all grades and subjects. In the 2023-2024 school year, 67.54% of Doherty Middle students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 63.58% in the Andover district and 39.17% statewide. In Mathematics, 60.39% of Doherty Middle students were proficient or better, compared to 66.98% in Andover and 40.91% statewide. The school also maintains a low student-teacher ratio of 10 students per teacher, which is lower than the nearby Wood Hill Middle and Andover West Middle schools.

Doherty Middle's strong academic performance extends across various student subgroups, including female students, male students, Asian students, Hispanic students, and students with disabilities. This suggests the school is effectively serving the needs of its diverse learners. While Doherty Middle outperforms the nearby middle schools on most metrics, the nearby schools also demonstrate strong performance, indicating a high-quality educational environment throughout the Andover district.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 50 Bartlet Street
       Andover, MA  01810


(978) 247-9400

District: Andover

SchoolDigger Rank:
45th of 493 Massachusetts Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $21,412 Help


Students who attend Doherty Middle usually attend:

High:    Andover High

Feeder schools for Doherty Middle:

Elementary:    Bancroft Elementary
    South Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  10.0 Help
Number of students:  462

Racial breakdown:

White:
80.1%
Asian:
8.4%
Hispanic:
5.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  7.7% Help


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Compare Details Doherty Middle ranks better than 90.9% of middle schools in Massachusetts. It also ranks last among 3 ranked middle schools in the Andover School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 91.25. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (80.1%), Asian (8.4%), Hispanic (5.2%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Doherty Middle is 10. 1 middle schools in the Andover School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Doherty Middle is $21,412. 1 middle schools in the Andover School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Doherty Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Doherty Middle 45th of 493 Massachusetts public middle schools. (See Doherty Middle in the ranking list.)

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Andover:

SchoolDigger ranks Andover 32nd of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Doherty Middle

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Rank History for all students at Doherty Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 93.51 11th 339 96.8%
2004 94.56 4th 344 98.8%
2005 94.87 4th 356 98.9%
2006 93.08 6th 399 98.5%
2007 89.67 22nd 399 94.5%
2008 91.50 11th 407 97.3%
2009 89.41 24th 409 94.1%
2010 89.19 26th 434 94.0%
2011 90.48 16th 449 96.4%
2012 91.75 7th 455 98.5%
2013 90.44 13th 455 97.1%
2014 83.00 67th 455 85.3%
2015 84.94 51st 441 88.4%
2016 86.38 35th 482 92.7%
2017 78.63 97th 487 80.1%
2018 83.00 68th 484 86.0%
2019 76.66 118th 498 76.3%
2021 84.29 68th 501 86.4%
2022 91.78 42nd 497 91.5%
2023 93.02 34th 501 93.2%
2024 91.25 45th 493 90.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Doherty Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.21 183rd 467 60.8%
2019 45.47 256th 484 47.1%
2021 69.94 87th 489 82.2%
2022 70.93 87th 503 82.7%
2023 81.48 49th 444 89.0%
2024 84.20 38th 441 91.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Doherty Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.58 328th 438 25.1%
2019 31.11 341st 452 24.6%
2021 44.73 234th 462 49.4%
2022 50.82 205th 489 58.1%
2023 48.19 228th 481 52.6%
2024 80.45 49th 469 89.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Doherty Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.44 89th 463 80.8%
2019 74.48 118th 478 75.3%
2021 83.60 63rd 483 87.0%
2022 92.89 27th 494 94.5%
2023 93.06 28th 489 94.3%
2024 90.20 46th 481 90.4%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Doherty Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.43 69th 417 83.5%
2019 64.12 112th 424 73.6%
2021 70.68 71st 431 83.5%
2022 76.04 58th 445 87.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Doherty Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.64 61st 466 86.9%
2019 75.91 109th 478 77.2%
2021 81.51 76th 485 84.3%
2022 86.65 60th 497 87.9%
2023 90.91 42nd 489 91.4%
2024 90.42 43rd 483 91.1%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at Doherty Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 82.79 71st 491 85.5%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at Doherty Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 91.54 28th 339 91.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Doherty Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.88 25th 119 79.0%
2019 73.07 35th 128 72.7%
2021 75.42 31st 123 74.8%
2022 78.02 28th 135 79.3%
2023 76.84 32nd 134 76.1%
2024 73.10 38th 120 68.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Doherty Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 52.83 135th 322 58.1%
2021 68.76 78th 335 76.7%
2022 77.90 56th 368 84.8%
2023 92.23 20th 364 94.5%
2024 74.42 70th 378 81.5%
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Rank History for White students at Doherty Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.85 85th 395 78.5%
2019 65.59 122nd 396 69.2%
2021 74.75 72nd 401 82.0%
2022 86.54 43rd 404 89.4%
2023 87.61 43rd 403 89.3%
2024 84.19 53rd 392 86.5%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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Enrollment information for Doherty Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1990 460 5 22 3 0 n/a n/a 0 490
1991 468 7 23 5 0 n/a n/a 0 503
1992 475 10 28 6 0 n/a n/a 0 519
1993 503 8 39 9 2 n/a n/a 0 561
1994 552 6 32 5 1 n/a n/a 0 596
1995 627 9 47 11 2 n/a n/a 0 696
1996 627 9 47 11 2 n/a n/a 0 696
1997 638 13 55 13 1 n/a n/a 0 720
1998 682 5 39 12 0 n/a n/a 0 738
1999 676 6 49 10 0 n/a n/a 0 741
2000 691 5 49 7 0 n/a n/a 0 752
2001 733 5 44 9 0 n/a n/a 0 791
2002 544 5 17 11 1 n/a n/a 0 578
2003 544 5 17 11 1 n/a n/a 0 578
2004 522 6 17 8 2 n/a n/a 0 555
2005 512 5 29 13 3 n/a n/a 0 562
2006 476 5 43 16 1 n/a n/a 12 553
2007 471 2 51 19 1 n/a n/a 12 556
2008 479 6 47 14 0 n/a n/a 10 556
2009 495 4 39 16 0 0 10 0 564
2010 478 8 40 11 0 0 12 0 549
2011 489 8 40 13 0 0 13 0 563
2012 491 8 47 13 0 0 13 0 572
2013 477 6 47 17 0 0 15 0 562
2014 476 9 43 24 0 0 17 0 569
2015 470 8 53 25 0 0 18 0 574
2016 443 5 62 29 1 0 17 0 557
2017 443 3 76 21 3 0 15 0 561
2018 435 6 69 28 3 0 15 0 556
2019 444 9 68 31 3 1 15 0 571
2020 401 9 50 40 1 1 16 0 518
2021 354 6 51 36 1 1 15 0 464
2022 343 6 52 40 0 0 14 0 455
2023 355 4 49 35 0 0 18 0 461
2024 370 8 39 24 0 0 20 1 462

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Doherty Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1990 490 n/a n/a n/a
1991 503 n/a n/a n/a
1992 519 n/a n/a n/a
1993 561 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 596 n/a n/a n/a
1995 696 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 696 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 720 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 738 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 741 n/a 0.0 0
2000 752 n/a 0.0 2.8
2001 791 n/a 0.0 3.7
2002 578 n/a n/a 3.1
2003 578 n/a n/a 3.1
2004 555 38.2 14.5 2.5
2005 562 43.2 13.0 3.4
2006 553 43.3 12.8 4.3
2007 556 45.0 12.4 5
2008 556 43.1 12.9 4.6
2009 564 43.6 12.9 5.1
2010 549 42.8 12.8 5.1
2011 563 43.8 12.8 6
2012 572 42.8 13.3 5.8
2013 562 41.4 13.5 5.5
2014 569 46.3 12.2 7.9
2015 574 49.0 11.7 7.7
2016 557 52.0 10.7 n/a
2017 561 49.0 11.4 n/a
2018 556 46.0 12.0 n/a
2019 571 48.0 11.8 n/a
2020 518 49.0 10.5 n/a
2021 464 48.3 9.6 n/a
2022 455 48.5 9.3 n/a
2023 461 45.8 10.0 n/a
2024 462 46.1 10.0 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Doherty Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1990 490 n/a n/a n/a
1991 503 n/a n/a n/a
1992 519 n/a n/a n/a
1993 561 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 596 n/a n/a n/a
1995 696 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 696 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 720 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 738 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 741 n/a 0.0 0
2000 752 n/a 0.0 2.8
2001 791 n/a 0.0 3.7
2002 578 n/a n/a 3.1
2003 578 n/a n/a 3.1
2004 555 38.2 14.5 2.5
2005 562 43.2 13.0 3.4
2006 553 43.3 12.8 4.3
2007 556 45.0 12.4 5
2008 556 43.1 12.9 4.6
2009 564 43.6 12.9 5.1
2010 549 42.8 12.8 5.1
2011 563 43.8 12.8 6
2012 572 42.8 13.3 5.8
2013 562 41.4 13.5 5.5
2014 569 46.3 12.2 7.9
2015 574 49.0 11.7 7.7
2016 557 52.0 10.7 n/a
2017 561 49.0 11.4 n/a
2018 556 46.0 12.0 n/a
2019 571 48.0 11.8 n/a
2020 518 49.0 10.5 n/a
2021 464 48.3 9.6 n/a
2022 455 48.5 9.3 n/a
2023 461 45.8 10.0 n/a
2024 462 46.1 10.0 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Doherty Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $128 (0.8%) $16,866 (99.2%) $16,994
2020 $142 (0.7%) $18,854 (99.2%) $18,997
2021 $416 (1.9%) $20,996 (98.1%) $21,412

Data source: Massachusetts Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Doherty Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 118th of 498 Middle schoolsRanks 34th of 501 Middle schools
 16.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Doherty Middle)6470.7
 6.7%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Andover)6866.3
 1.7%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5442.3
 11.7%
6th Grade Mathematics (Doherty Middle)5058
 8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Andover)6361.4
 1.6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)5141
 10%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Doherty Middle)6670
 4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Andover)6664.5
 1.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)4840.5
 7.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Doherty Middle)6063.4
 3.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Andover)6461.9
 2.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4838.1
 9.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Doherty Middle)7378
 5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Andover)7171.4
 0.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5143.7
 7.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Doherty Middle)5868.6
 10.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Andover)6470.6
 6.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4737.7
 9.3%
8th Grade Science (Doherty Middle)7287.2
 15.2%
   8th Grade Science (Andover)7078
 8%
   8th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4640.9
 5.1%
All Grades English Language Arts (Doherty Middle)6772.7
 5.7%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Andover)7066.8
 3.2%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Doherty Middle)5663.2
 7.2%
   All Grades Mathematics (Andover)6764.5
 2.5%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Doherty Middle)7287.2
 15.2%
   All Grades Science (Andover)7474.2
 0.2%
   All Grades Science (Massachusetts)4741.2
 5.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students571461
 19.3%
African American94
 55.6%
American Indian30
 100%
Asian6849
 27.9%
Hispanic3135
 12.9%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White444355
 20%
Two or More Races1518
 20%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Doherty Middle

Students who attend Doherty Middle usually go on to attend Andover High

Yes. Doherty Middle ranks in the top 9.1% of Massachusetts middle schools.

In the 2023-24 school year, 462 students attended Doherty Middle.

Students at Doherty Middle are 80% White, 8% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% African American.


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