East Middle School

Summary:

East Middle School is a public middle school located in Braintree, MA, serving grades 5-8 with a student population of 971. The school is part of the Braintree school district, which is ranked 69 out of 351 districts in Massachusetts and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

East Middle School consistently ranks in the top 30% of Massachusetts middle schools, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's MCAS proficiency rates are generally higher than the state averages, particularly in mathematics and science. In 2023-2024, East Middle School's proficiency rates in MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (49.64%) and Science (53.59%) are significantly higher than the state averages (40.91% and 41.95%, respectively). The school's performance on MCAS English Language Arts is also strong, with proficiency rates above the state average in most grade levels. However, the school's performance for its African American and special education student subgroups is more average, ranking in the middle 50% of Massachusetts middle schools.

Compared to nearby schools, South Middle School, another Braintree public middle school, consistently outperforms East Middle School on MCAS assessments, particularly in English Language Arts and Mathematics. Hingham Middle School, a high-performing school in a neighboring district, significantly outperforms East Middle School across all subject areas and grade levels. The Quincy public middle schools show a wide range of performance, with Central Middle standing out as a top-performing school in the region.


Detail:

Public 5-8

 305 River St.
       Braintree, MA  02184


(781) 380-0170

District: Braintree

SchoolDigger Rank:
148th of 493 Massachusetts Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,028 Help


Students who attend East Middle School usually attend:

High:    Braintree High

Feeder schools for East Middle School:

Elementary:    Archie T Morrison
    Donald Ross
    Mary E Flaherty School

Student/teacher ratio:  12.4 Help
Number of students:  971

Racial breakdown:

White:
58.9%
Asian:
24.9%
Hispanic:
7.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  25.4% Help


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Compare Details East Middle School ranks better than 70% of middle schools in Massachusetts. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 65.92. (See more...)
Student Body
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Teachers
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at East Middle School is $15,028.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

East Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks East Middle School 148th of 493 Massachusetts public middle schools. (See East Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Braintree:

SchoolDigger ranks Braintree 69th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for East Middle School

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Rank History for all students at East Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 70.65 104th 339 69.3%
2004 69.30 112th 344 67.4%
2005 66.67 115th 356 67.7%
2006 60.75 160th 399 59.9%
2007 67.06 132nd 399 66.9%
2008 70.68 120th 407 70.5%
2009 73.09 116th 409 71.6%
2010 79.70 84th 434 80.6%
2011 84.04 58th 449 87.1%
2012 81.03 82nd 455 82.0%
2013 80.57 78th 455 82.9%
2014 80.90 80th 455 82.4%
2015 88.24 30th 441 93.2%
2016 87.89 31st 482 93.6%
2017 75.74 113th 487 76.8%
2018 71.04 132nd 484 72.7%
2019 70.86 140th 498 71.9%
2021 74.91 111th 501 77.8%
2022 72.05 125th 497 74.8%
2023 66.63 149th 501 70.3%
2024 65.92 148th 493 70.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at East Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 55.78 25th 154 83.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at East Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.47 48th 467 89.7%
2019 66.04 110th 484 77.3%
2021 70.90 82nd 489 83.2%
2022 67.77 104th 503 79.3%
2023 45.46 192nd 444 56.8%
2024 34.58 254th 441 42.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at East Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.26 52nd 438 88.1%
2019 65.67 121st 452 73.2%
2021 75.78 66th 462 85.7%
2022 73.77 85th 489 82.6%
2023 68.46 110th 481 77.1%
2024 66.81 120th 469 74.4%
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Rank History for Female students at East Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.46 135th 463 70.8%
2019 69.40 144th 478 69.9%
2021 76.96 95th 483 80.3%
2022 75.82 102nd 494 79.4%
2023 69.34 134th 489 72.6%
2024 67.96 142nd 481 70.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at East Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.08 86th 417 79.4%
2019 55.70 133rd 424 68.6%
2021 52.57 138th 431 68.0%
2022 40.54 218th 445 51.0%
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Rank History for Male students at East Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.43 132nd 466 71.7%
2019 70.58 143rd 478 70.1%
2021 70.53 122nd 485 74.8%
2022 65.49 145th 497 70.8%
2023 61.78 172nd 489 64.8%
2024 62.17 156th 483 67.7%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at East Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 71.60 128th 491 73.9%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at East Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 89.02 33rd 339 90.3%
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Rank History for Asian students at East Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.20 64th 119 46.2%
2019 60.10 61st 128 52.3%
2021 59.71 59th 123 52.0%
2022 54.96 70th 135 48.1%
2023 41.66 88th 134 34.3%
2024 37.52 81st 120 32.5%
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Rank History for African American students at East Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 45.01 105th 195 46.2%
2021 36.54 127th 193 34.2%
2022 41.49 118th 212 44.3%
2023 33.80 143rd 209 31.6%
2024 42.32 110th 202 45.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at East Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.46 106th 309 65.7%
2019 53.37 129th 322 59.9%
2021 66.75 81st 335 75.8%
2022 54.71 124th 368 66.3%
2023 66.63 88th 364 75.8%
2024 41.95 190th 378 49.7%
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Rank History for White students at East Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.89 157th 395 60.3%
2019 58.63 148th 396 62.6%
2021 61.01 130th 401 67.6%
2022 57.97 147th 404 63.6%
2023 48.44 192nd 403 52.4%
2024 49.07 185th 392 52.8%
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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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for East Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 572 20 14 2 0 n/a n/a 0 608
1989 568 26 19 4 0 n/a n/a 0 617
1990 586 26 14 3 0 n/a n/a 0 629
1991 648 21 8 0 4 n/a n/a 0 681
1992 653 23 12 3 0 n/a n/a 0 691
1993 665 28 19 4 0 n/a n/a 0 716
1994 638 26 18 3 0 n/a n/a 0 685
1995 670 17 10 0 0 n/a n/a 0 697
1996 670 17 10 0 0 n/a n/a 0 697
1997 671 19 7 5 0 n/a n/a 0 702
1998 652 16 10 3 0 n/a n/a 0 681
1999 610 24 13 12 0 n/a n/a 0 659
2000 620 20 11 12 0 n/a n/a 0 663
2001 628 22 28 13 0 n/a n/a 0 691
2002 564 40 36 12 1 n/a n/a 0 653
2003 564 40 36 12 1 n/a n/a 0 653
2004 581 38 39 13 3 n/a n/a 0 674
2005 572 34 38 18 3 n/a n/a 0 665
2006 577 31 50 30 3 n/a n/a 2 693
2007 571 30 42 30 3 n/a n/a 3 679
2008 608 33 56 29 1 n/a n/a 3 730
2009 585 43 49 31 1 1 4 0 714
2010 579 40 64 36 0 1 3 0 723
2011 538 51 63 34 0 4 4 0 694
2012 557 47 64 32 0 2 3 0 705
2013 538 57 69 37 0 2 8 0 711
2014 581 51 72 38 0 1 6 0 749
2015 571 56 85 31 0 0 8 0 751
2016 594 39 95 32 0 0 10 0 770
2017 539 50 99 28 3 0 14 0 733
2018 515 41 106 36 4 0 12 1 715
2019 478 60 137 45 1 1 8 1 731
2020 482 58 158 49 0 1 7 0 755
2021 618 80 217 72 0 1 17 0 1005
2022 631 64 228 72 1 1 24 0 1021
2023 572 57 242 71 1 0 27 1 971

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 East Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 608 n/a n/a n/a
1989 617 n/a n/a n/a
1990 629 n/a n/a n/a
1991 681 n/a n/a n/a
1992 691 n/a n/a n/a
1993 716 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 685 n/a n/a n/a
1995 697 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 697 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 702 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 681 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 659 n/a 0.0 0
2000 663 n/a 0.0 10.3
2001 691 n/a 0.0 11.3
2002 653 n/a n/a 9.2
2003 653 n/a n/a 9.2
2004 674 48.2 14.0 15
2005 665 51.0 13.0 16.1
2006 693 50.7 13.7 19.4
2007 679 57.0 11.9 18.3
2008 730 54.6 13.4 15.1
2009 714 56.2 12.7 15.8
2010 723 58.2 12.4 17.3
2011 694 55.1 12.5 20.7
2012 705 56.1 12.5 20.4
2013 711 55.3 12.8 21
2014 749 56.6 13.2 25.1
2015 751 54.0 13.9 25.4
2016 770 58.0 13.2 n/a
2017 733 59.8 12.2 n/a
2018 715 59.0 12.1 n/a
2019 731 57.0 12.8 n/a
2020 755 57.0 13.2 n/a
2021 1005 84.1 11.9 n/a
2022 1021 77.2 13.2 n/a
2023 971 77.8 12.4 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 East Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 608 n/a n/a n/a
1989 617 n/a n/a n/a
1990 629 n/a n/a n/a
1991 681 n/a n/a n/a
1992 691 n/a n/a n/a
1993 716 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 685 n/a n/a n/a
1995 697 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 697 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 702 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 681 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 659 n/a 0.0 0
2000 663 n/a 0.0 10.3
2001 691 n/a 0.0 11.3
2002 653 n/a n/a 9.2
2003 653 n/a n/a 9.2
2004 674 48.2 14.0 15
2005 665 51.0 13.0 16.1
2006 693 50.7 13.7 19.4
2007 679 57.0 11.9 18.3
2008 730 54.6 13.4 15.1
2009 714 56.2 12.7 15.8
2010 723 58.2 12.4 17.3
2011 694 55.1 12.5 20.7
2012 705 56.1 12.5 20.4
2013 711 55.3 12.8 21
2014 749 56.6 13.2 25.1
2015 751 54.0 13.9 25.4
2016 770 58.0 13.2 n/a
2017 733 59.8 12.2 n/a
2018 715 59.0 12.1 n/a
2019 731 57.0 12.8 n/a
2020 755 57.0 13.2 n/a
2021 1005 84.1 11.9 n/a
2022 1021 77.2 13.2 n/a
2023 971 77.8 12.4 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 East Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $19 (0.1%) $16,840 (99.9%) $16,859
2020 $27 (0.2%) $15,184 (99.8%) $15,211
2021 $520 (3.5%) $14,508 (96.5%) $15,028

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

Impact of COVID-19 on East Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 140th of 498 Middle schoolsRanks 149th of 501 Middle schools
 1.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (East Middle School)6640.3
 25.7%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Braintree)6443.2
 20.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5442.3
 11.7%
6th Grade Mathematics (East Middle School)6360.1
 2.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Braintree)6560.8
 4.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)5141
 10%
7th Grade English Language Arts (East Middle School)5740.3
 16.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Braintree)6147.2
 13.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)4840.5
 7.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (East Middle School)6150.4
 10.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Braintree)5955
 4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4838.1
 9.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (East Middle School)6048.8
 11.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Braintree)5852.4
 5.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5143.7
 7.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (East Middle School)4745.8
 1.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Braintree)4748.9
 1.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4737.7
 9.3%
8th Grade Science (East Middle School)5646.3
 9.7%
   8th Grade Science (Braintree)5650.1
 5.9%
   8th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4640.9
 5.1%
All Grades English Language Arts (East Middle School)6245.5
 16.5%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Braintree)6552.1
 12.9%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (East Middle School)5652.4
 3.6%
   All Grades Mathematics (Braintree)5955.6
 3.4%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (East Middle School)5652.7
 3.3%
   All Grades Science (Braintree)6655.8
 10.2%
   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 Students731971
 32.8%
African American6057
 5%
American Indian11
Asian137242
 76.6%
Hispanic4571
 57.8%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White478572
 19.7%
Two or More Races827
 237.5%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 971 students attended East Middle School.

Students at East Middle School are 59% White, 25% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% African American, 3% Two or more races.

East Middle School ranks 148th of 493 Massachusetts middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students who attend East Middle School usually go on to attend Braintree High


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