Dedham Middle School

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Dedham Middle School is a public middle school serving around 540 students in grades 6-8 in Dedham, MA. The school is part of the Dedham school district, which is ranked 150 out of 351 districts in Massachusetts and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Dedham Middle School performs above the state average in MCAS Next Generation assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grades. The school particularly excels for its Hispanic and disabled student subgroups, ranking in the top 25-35% of Massachusetts middle schools in these categories. However, its performance for low socioeconomic status students is more average, ranking in the middle 50% of schools. Despite spending around $21,939 per student, which is higher than the state average, Dedham Middle School's academic outcomes are only slightly above average statewide.

Compared to nearby schools, Frederick Pilot Middle (Boston) and Ohrenberger School (Boston), Dedham Middle School generally outperforms them on academic metrics. However, it lags behind higher-performing schools in neighboring districts like Charles E. Brown Middle (Newton), Pollard Middle (Needham), and E.W. Thurston Middle (Westwood).


Detail:

Public 6-8

 70 Whiting Avenue
       Dedham, MA  02026


(781) 310-7000

District: Dedham

SchoolDigger Rank:
183rd of 493 Massachusetts Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $21,939 Help


Students who attend Dedham Middle School usually attend:

High:    Dedham High

Feeder schools for Dedham Middle School:

Elementary:    Avery
    Early Childhood Center
    Greenlodge
    Oakdale
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Student/teacher ratio:  9.3 Help
Number of students:  540

Racial breakdown:

White:
62.2%
Hispanic:
20.6%
African American:
9.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  28.7% Help


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Compare Details Dedham Middle School ranks better than 62.9% of middle schools in Massachusetts. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 59.3. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (62.2%), Hispanic (20.6%), African American (9.3%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Dedham Middle School is 9.3. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Dedham Middle School is $21,939.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Dedham Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Dedham Middle School 183rd of 493 Massachusetts public middle schools. (See Dedham Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Dedham:

SchoolDigger ranks Dedham 150th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Dedham Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Dedham Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 47.66 235th 399 41.1%
2007 47.80 238th 399 40.4%
2008 62.64 157th 407 61.4%
2009 56.90 193rd 409 52.8%
2010 57.31 191st 434 56.0%
2011 62.85 170th 449 62.1%
2012 68.95 150th 455 67.0%
2013 67.34 156th 455 65.7%
2014 67.08 157th 455 65.5%
2015 64.66 160th 441 63.7%
2016 67.70 148th 482 69.3%
2017 60.74 186th 487 61.8%
2018 52.62 223rd 484 53.9%
2019 64.01 169th 498 66.1%
2021 60.00 180th 501 64.1%
2022 60.02 176th 497 64.6%
2023 60.06 175th 501 65.1%
2024 59.30 183rd 493 62.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Dedham Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 25.15 65th 92 29.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Dedham Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.42 11th 127 91.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Dedham Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.61 319th 467 31.7%
2019 52.08 200th 484 58.7%
2021 47.43 222nd 489 54.6%
2022 45.59 246th 503 51.1%
2023 43.32 206th 444 53.6%
2024 47.52 169th 441 61.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Dedham Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.38 235th 438 46.3%
2019 50.12 214th 452 52.7%
2021 50.86 193rd 462 58.2%
2022 46.73 244th 489 50.1%
2023 36.75 306th 481 36.4%
2024 49.69 206th 469 56.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Dedham Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.13 198th 463 57.2%
2019 62.54 174th 478 63.6%
2021 62.20 160th 483 66.9%
2022 62.83 158th 494 68.0%
2023 57.37 187th 489 61.8%
2024 63.15 164th 481 65.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Dedham Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.26 196th 417 53.0%
2019 66.97 99th 424 76.7%
2021 57.29 114th 431 73.5%
2022 56.08 134th 445 69.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Dedham Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.80 240th 466 48.5%
2019 63.08 169th 478 64.6%
2021 56.29 192nd 485 60.4%
2022 55.95 189th 497 62.0%
2023 60.33 178th 489 63.6%
2024 52.87 197th 483 59.2%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at Dedham Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 61.80 170th 491 65.4%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at Dedham Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 52.01 134th 339 60.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Dedham Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 63.62 57th 195 70.8%
2021 68.05 36th 193 81.3%
2022 35.39 135th 212 36.3%
2023 56.28 79th 209 62.2%
2024 52.10 84th 202 58.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Dedham Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.23 99th 309 68.0%
2019 60.23 102nd 322 68.3%
2021 60.34 101st 335 69.9%
2022 51.76 136th 368 63.0%
2023 53.49 142nd 364 61.0%
2024 60.43 113th 378 70.1%
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Rank History for White students at Dedham Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.15 199th 395 49.6%
2019 58.88 147th 396 62.9%
2021 55.06 158th 401 60.6%
2022 54.41 170th 404 57.9%
2023 54.49 165th 403 59.1%
2024 52.98 167th 392 57.4%
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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 Dedham Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 613 4 7 3 0 n/a n/a 0 627
1989 584 6 10 2 0 n/a n/a 0 602
1990 547 10 9 4 0 n/a n/a 0 570
1991 535 9 12 8 0 n/a n/a 0 564
1992 561 14 6 2 1 n/a n/a 0 584
1993 576 14 11 11 4 n/a n/a 0 616
1994 558 19 9 20 7 n/a n/a 0 613
1995 605 11 19 23 10 n/a n/a 0 668
1996 605 11 19 23 10 n/a n/a 0 668
1997 418 13 9 22 4 n/a n/a 0 466
1998 407 9 9 17 5 n/a n/a 0 447
1999 424 7 11 17 5 n/a n/a 0 464
2000 419 18 7 16 2 n/a n/a 0 462
2001 445 13 9 22 4 n/a n/a 0 493
2002 399 23 12 12 2 n/a n/a 0 448
2003 399 23 12 12 2 n/a n/a 0 448
2004 405 18 14 29 3 n/a n/a 0 469
2005 402 27 11 32 5 n/a n/a 0 477
2006 572 47 12 47 6 n/a n/a 6 690
2007 564 44 12 33 4 n/a n/a 8 665
2008 577 37 11 39 1 n/a n/a 9 674
2009 547 36 12 47 1 0 11 0 654
2010 521 51 16 63 0 0 12 0 663
2011 502 45 18 66 1 0 11 0 643
2012 490 49 25 70 1 0 14 0 649
2013 486 45 24 71 2 0 14 0 642
2014 490 52 25 76 2 0 13 0 658
2015 510 52 17 80 3 0 18 0 680
2016 493 46 13 95 1 0 18 0 666
2017 461 43 15 90 2 0 20 0 631
2018 442 36 16 90 1 0 18 0 603
2019 458 42 22 100 2 0 23 0 647
2020 476 45 17 106 1 0 29 0 674
2021 460 51 13 103 1 0 31 0 659
2022 390 40 14 100 0 0 28 0 572
2023 336 50 13 111 1 0 29 0 540

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 Dedham Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 627 n/a n/a n/a
1989 602 n/a n/a n/a
1990 570 n/a n/a n/a
1991 564 n/a n/a n/a
1992 584 n/a n/a n/a
1993 616 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 613 n/a n/a n/a
1995 668 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 668 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 466 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 447 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 464 n/a 0.0 0
2000 462 n/a 0.0 11.7
2001 493 n/a 0.0 11.2
2002 448 n/a n/a 10.9
2003 448 n/a n/a 10.9
2004 469 45.7 10.3 14.7
2005 477 45.7 10.4 17.4
2006 690 45.9 15.0 20.3
2007 665 65.0 10.2 21.9
2008 674 57.8 11.7 23.2
2009 654 56.6 11.6 22.9
2010 663 54.4 12.1 23.2
2011 643 56.2 11.4 26.3
2012 649 57.4 11.3 22.8
2013 642 57.6 11.1 28.2
2014 658 58.4 11.2 30.2
2015 680 58.0 11.7 28.7
2016 666 60.0 11.1 n/a
2017 631 59.7 10.5 n/a
2018 603 68.9 8.7 n/a
2019 647 60.4 10.7 n/a
2020 674 61.2 11.0 n/a
2021 659 60.8 10.8 n/a
2022 572 57.4 9.9 n/a
2023 540 58.0 9.3 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 Dedham Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 627 n/a n/a n/a
1989 602 n/a n/a n/a
1990 570 n/a n/a n/a
1991 564 n/a n/a n/a
1992 584 n/a n/a n/a
1993 616 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 613 n/a n/a n/a
1995 668 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 668 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 466 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 447 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 464 n/a 0.0 0
2000 462 n/a 0.0 11.7
2001 493 n/a 0.0 11.2
2002 448 n/a n/a 10.9
2003 448 n/a n/a 10.9
2004 469 45.7 10.3 14.7
2005 477 45.7 10.4 17.4
2006 690 45.9 15.0 20.3
2007 665 65.0 10.2 21.9
2008 674 57.8 11.7 23.2
2009 654 56.6 11.6 22.9
2010 663 54.4 12.1 23.2
2011 643 56.2 11.4 26.3
2012 649 57.4 11.3 22.8
2013 642 57.6 11.1 28.2
2014 658 58.4 11.2 30.2
2015 680 58.0 11.7 28.7
2016 666 60.0 11.1 n/a
2017 631 59.7 10.5 n/a
2018 603 68.9 8.7 n/a
2019 647 60.4 10.7 n/a
2020 674 61.2 11.0 n/a
2021 659 60.8 10.8 n/a
2022 572 57.4 9.9 n/a
2023 540 58.0 9.3 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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Dedham Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $182 (1.0%) $18,877 (99.0%) $19,059
2020 $282 (1.5%) $19,140 (98.5%) $19,423
2021 $1,046 (4.8%) $20,893 (95.2%) $21,939

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Dedham Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 169th of 498 Middle schoolsRanks 175th of 501 Middle schools
 1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Dedham Middle School)6243.9
 18.1%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Dedham)6143
 18%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5442.3
 11.7%
6th Grade Mathematics (Dedham Middle School)6244.5
 17.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Dedham)6042.7
 17.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)5141
 10%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Dedham Middle School)4444.2
 0.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Dedham)4342.8
 0.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)4840.5
 7.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Dedham Middle School)5646.2
 9.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Dedham)5346
 7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4838.1
 9.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Dedham Middle School)5444.7
 9.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Dedham)5143.4
 7.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5143.7
 7.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Dedham Middle School)5449.5
 4.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Dedham)5148
 3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4737.7
 9.3%
8th Grade Science (Dedham Middle School)4832.1
 15.9%
   8th Grade Science (Dedham)4731.3
 15.7%
   8th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4640.9
 5.1%
All Grades English Language Arts (Dedham Middle School)5444.3
 9.7%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Dedham)5145.9
 5.1%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Dedham Middle School)5746.8
 10.2%
   All Grades Mathematics (Dedham)5347.3
 5.7%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Dedham Middle School)4832.1
 15.9%
   All Grades Science (Dedham)4734.6
 12.4%
   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 Students647540
 16.5%
African American4250
 19%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian2213
 40.9%
Hispanic100111
 11%
Pacific Islander00
White458336
 26.6%
Two or More Races2329
 26.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Dedham Middle School

In the 2022-23 school year, 540 students attended Dedham Middle School.

Dedham Middle School ranks 183rd of 493 Massachusetts middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Dedham Middle School are 62% White, 21% Hispanic, 9% African American, 5% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Students who attend Dedham Middle School usually go on to attend Dedham High


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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.

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