Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School

Summary:

Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School is a public middle school serving 476 students in grades 6-7 in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, which is part of the Dennis-Yarmouth school district. The school has consistently underperformed compared to the state average on MCAS Next Generation assessments in both English Language Arts and Mathematics, with only 26.89% of students proficient or better in ELA and 23.46% proficient or better in Math, compared to state averages of 39.17% and 40.91%, respectively.

The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups. While the Hispanic and English Language Learner students have performed relatively better, ranking in the top 35% and top 12% of Massachusetts middle schools in recent years, the school's performance for African American, White, and Special Education students has been in the bottom 30-40% of the state. When compared to nearby middle schools, such as Nauset Regional Middle, Monomoy Regional Middle School, and Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School, Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School consistently underperforms on academic measures.

The school's diverse student population, with a racial makeup of 65.13% White, 10.29% African American, 10.71% Hispanic, 2.52% Asian, and 9.03% two or more races, is an interesting characteristic, as the surrounding schools tend to have a larger White student majority. The school's per-student spending has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from $18,536 in 2018-2019 to $23,580 in 2019-2020, and the student-teacher ratio has remained relatively low, ranging from 9.3 to 10.1 over the past three years. However, the consistently low academic performance indicates that the school may need to re-evaluate how these resources are being utilized to support student learning and achievement.


Detail:

Public 6-7

 286 Station Avenue
       South Yarmouth, MA  02664


(508) 778-7979

District: Dennis-Yarmouth

SchoolDigger Rank:
326th of 493 Massachusetts Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $21,467 Help


Students who attend Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School usually attend:

High:    Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High

Feeder schools for Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School:

Elementary:    Ezra H Baker Innovation School
    Marguerite E Small Elementary
    Station Avenue Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  10.1 Help
Number of students:  476

Racial breakdown:

White:
65.1%
Hispanic:
10.7%
African American:
10.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  49.5% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School ranks worse than 66.1% of middle schools in Massachusetts. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 30.88. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (65.1%), Hispanic (10.7%), African American (10.3%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School is 10.1. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School is $21,467.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School 326th of 493 Massachusetts public middle schools. (See Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Dennis-Yarmouth:

SchoolDigger ranks Dennis-Yarmouth 281st of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 53.65 165th 339 51.3%
2004 47.11 197th 344 42.7%
2005 56.17 166th 356 53.4%
2006 52.88 201st 399 49.6%
2007 57.08 188th 399 52.9%
2008 58.47 182nd 407 55.3%
2009 55.53 204th 409 50.1%
2010 39.62 287th 434 33.9%
2011 42.34 287th 449 36.1%
2012 25.04 351st 455 22.9%
2013 23.43 359th 455 21.1%
2014 28.40 338th 455 25.7%
2015 40.96 271st 441 38.5%
2016 40.46 292nd 482 39.4%
2017 38.44 310th 487 36.3%
2018 34.98 323rd 484 33.3%
2019 46.08 275th 498 44.8%
2021 46.68 255th 501 49.1%
2022 43.66 264th 497 46.9%
2023 38.76 291st 501 41.9%
2024 30.88 326th 493 33.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.00 80th 84 4.8%
2019 29.42 57th 87 34.5%
2021 47.71 43rd 92 53.3%
2022 31.75 67th 102 34.3%
2023 16.90 88th 110 20.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 59.45 29th 138 79.0%
2021 53.68 26th 135 80.7%
2022 64.44 12th 154 92.2%
2023 49.85 40th 155 74.2%
2024 44.20 63rd 180 65.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.71 275th 467 41.1%
2019 57.46 164th 484 66.1%
2021 57.50 152nd 489 68.9%
2022 52.87 191st 503 62.0%
2023 33.92 266th 444 40.1%
2024 25.82 345th 441 21.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.91 281st 438 35.8%
2019 59.93 156th 452 65.5%
2021 59.91 142nd 462 69.3%
2022 53.19 191st 489 60.9%
2023 49.03 221st 481 54.1%
2024 39.89 264th 469 43.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.51 327th 463 29.4%
2019 45.89 275th 478 42.5%
2021 50.20 222nd 483 54.0%
2022 47.79 238th 494 51.8%
2023 39.79 279th 489 42.9%
2024 35.72 290th 481 39.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.73 266th 417 36.2%
2019 32.95 267th 424 37.0%
2021 34.11 264th 431 38.7%
2022 37.12 241st 445 45.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.39 296th 466 36.5%
2019 43.69 273rd 478 42.9%
2021 42.39 264th 485 45.6%
2022 40.25 279th 497 43.9%
2023 38.84 285th 489 41.7%
2024 26.96 345th 483 28.6%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 47.30 252nd 491 48.7%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 51.68 136th 339 59.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.22 82nd 172 52.3%
2019 61.77 62nd 195 68.2%
2021 40.44 116th 193 39.9%
2022 22.73 176th 212 17.0%
2023 28.13 158th 209 24.4%
2024 27.04 155th 202 23.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.17 103rd 309 66.7%
2019 59.93 104th 322 67.7%
2021 44.12 162nd 335 51.6%
2022 62.01 100th 368 72.8%
2023 56.36 135th 364 62.9%
2024 33.94 238th 378 37.0%
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Rank History for White students at Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.05 312th 395 21.0%
2019 34.38 273rd 396 31.1%
2021 41.56 225th 401 43.9%
2022 36.64 239th 404 40.8%
2023 27.65 296th 403 26.6%
2024 22.79 301st 392 23.2%
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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 Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 482 18 4 11 0 n/a n/a 0 515
1989 553 21 3 13 0 n/a n/a 0 590
1990 571 27 6 14 0 n/a n/a 0 618
1991 574 22 6 29 5 n/a n/a 0 636
1992 601 25 7 24 0 n/a n/a 0 657
1993 627 25 5 17 0 n/a n/a 0 674
1994 654 30 6 32 1 n/a n/a 0 723
1995 601 26 6 38 1 n/a n/a 0 672
1996 601 26 6 38 1 n/a n/a 0 672
1997 605 29 6 30 7 n/a n/a 0 677
1998 588 31 7 17 6 n/a n/a 0 649
1999 600 28 3 29 3 n/a n/a 0 663
2000 622 25 4 35 1 n/a n/a 0 687
2001 605 30 10 29 11 n/a n/a 0 685
2002 609 24 7 16 3 n/a n/a 0 659
2003 609 24 7 16 3 n/a n/a 0 659
2004 616 35 6 13 5 n/a n/a 0 675
2005 582 33 9 3 6 n/a n/a 0 633
2006 546 30 11 29 11 n/a n/a 13 640
2007 502 25 10 41 10 n/a n/a 17 605
2008 460 24 5 50 9 n/a n/a 23 571
2009 437 26 7 44 7 0 24 0 545
2010 421 18 12 50 6 0 28 0 535
2011 385 23 12 38 9 1 26 0 494
2012 295 14 12 28 7 0 20 0 376
2013 250 17 10 34 6 1 21 0 339
2014 339 38 13 41 6 0 32 0 469
2015 337 36 11 37 13 0 27 0 461
2016 318 48 7 47 15 1 25 0 461
2017 311 43 8 36 9 0 16 0 423
2018 310 41 9 52 10 0 25 0 447
2019 298 36 11 67 11 0 27 0 450
2020 291 51 10 80 13 1 22 0 468
2021 260 47 6 67 13 1 37 0 431
2022 287 41 8 43 6 0 43 0 428
2023 310 49 12 51 9 1 43 1 476

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 Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 515 n/a n/a n/a
1989 590 n/a n/a n/a
1990 618 n/a n/a n/a
1991 636 n/a n/a n/a
1992 657 n/a n/a n/a
1993 674 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 723 n/a n/a n/a
1995 672 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 672 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 677 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 649 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 663 n/a 0.0 0
2000 687 n/a 0.0 24.7
2001 685 n/a 0.0 22.2
2002 659 n/a n/a 36.1
2003 659 n/a n/a 36.1
2004 675 83.3 8.1 38.1
2005 633 75.3 8.4 45.7
2006 640 49.0 13.1 34.8
2007 605 52.0 11.6 36.2
2008 571 48.1 11.9 33.8
2009 545 44.9 12.1 38.5
2010 535 44.8 11.9 38.9
2011 494 44.8 11.0 40.3
2012 376 37.8 9.9 48.4
2013 339 41.3 8.1 53.7
2014 469 54.5 8.5 43.9
2015 461 52.0 8.8 49.5
2016 461 50.0 9.2 n/a
2017 423 47.5 8.8 n/a
2018 447 44.2 10.0 n/a
2019 450 41.5 10.8 n/a
2020 468 43.9 10.6 n/a
2021 431 44.1 9.7 n/a
2022 428 45.7 9.3 n/a
2023 476 46.6 10.1 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 Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 515 n/a n/a n/a
1989 590 n/a n/a n/a
1990 618 n/a n/a n/a
1991 636 n/a n/a n/a
1992 657 n/a n/a n/a
1993 674 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 723 n/a n/a n/a
1995 672 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 672 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 677 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 649 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 663 n/a 0.0 0
2000 687 n/a 0.0 24.7
2001 685 n/a 0.0 22.2
2002 659 n/a n/a 36.1
2003 659 n/a n/a 36.1
2004 675 83.3 8.1 38.1
2005 633 75.3 8.4 45.7
2006 640 49.0 13.1 34.8
2007 605 52.0 11.6 36.2
2008 571 48.1 11.9 33.8
2009 545 44.9 12.1 38.5
2010 535 44.8 11.9 38.9
2011 494 44.8 11.0 40.3
2012 376 37.8 9.9 48.4
2013 339 41.3 8.1 53.7
2014 469 54.5 8.5 43.9
2015 461 52.0 8.8 49.5
2016 461 50.0 9.2 n/a
2017 423 47.5 8.8 n/a
2018 447 44.2 10.0 n/a
2019 450 41.5 10.8 n/a
2020 468 43.9 10.6 n/a
2021 431 44.1 9.7 n/a
2022 428 45.7 9.3 n/a
2023 476 46.6 10.1 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 Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $323 (1.7%) $18,213 (98.3%) $18,536
2020 $990 (4.2%) $22,590 (95.8%) $23,580
2021 $853 (4.0%) $20,614 (96.0%) $21,467

Data source: Massachusetts Department of Education
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Impact of COVID-19 on Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 275th of 498 Middle schoolsRanks 291st of 501 Middle schools
 2.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School)5842.9
 15.1%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Dennis-Yarmouth)5742.3
 14.7%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5442.3
 11.7%
6th Grade Mathematics (Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School)4831.3
 16.8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Dennis-Yarmouth)4730.3
 16.7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)5141
 10%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School)3732.1
 5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Dennis-Yarmouth)3631.7
 4.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)4840.5
 7.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School)4120.4
 20.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Dennis-Yarmouth)4020
 20%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4838.1
 9.9%
All Grades English Language Arts (Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School)4837.4
 10.6%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Dennis-Yarmouth)4332.5
 10.5%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School)4425.8
 18.2%
   All Grades Mathematics (Dennis-Yarmouth)4128
 13.1%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students450476
 5.8%
African American3649
 36.1%
American Indian119
 18.2%
Asian1112
 9.1%
Hispanic6751
 23.9%
Pacific Islander01
White298310
 4%
Two or More Races2743
 59.3%


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Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School ranks 326th of 493 Massachusetts middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School usually go on to attend Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High

In the 2022-23 school year, 476 students attended Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School.

Students at Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School are 65% White, 11% Hispanic, 10% African American, 9% Two or more races, 3% Asian, 2% American Indian.


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