Leicester Middle

Summary:

Leicester Middle is a public middle school serving 409 students in grades 5-8 in Leicester, Massachusetts. While the school has consistently ranked in the middle to lower range of Massachusetts middle schools over the past decade, typically ranking between 200-350 out of around 500 middle schools statewide, there are opportunities for improvement with the right strategies and resources.

Academically, Leicester Middle's MCAS proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are consistently below the state averages across all grades. Compared to nearby schools, Leicester Middle generally performs worse than higher-ranked schools like Charlton Middle, Central Tree Middle, Mountview Middle, and Auburn Middle, but better than lower-ranked schools like Burncoat Middle, Worcester East Middle, and Knox Trail Middle.

The performance gaps between Leicester Middle and higher-ranked schools are more pronounced for student subgroups like Hispanic, special education, and economically disadvantaged students, indicating potential equity issues that the Leicester school district may need to address. Additionally, the relatively lower per-student spending at Leicester Middle compared to some nearby schools may be a contributing factor to its academic underperformance, suggesting that ensuring adequate and equitable funding could be an area for improvement.


Detail:

Public 5-8

 174 Paxton Street
       Leicester, MA  01524


(508) 892-7050

District: Leicester

SchoolDigger Rank:
276th of 493 Massachusetts Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,467 Help


Students who attend Leicester Middle usually attend:

High:    Leicester High

Feeder schools for Leicester Middle:

Elementary:    Leicester Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  13.2 Help
Number of students:  409

Racial breakdown:

White:
70.9%
Hispanic:
14.9%
African American:
5.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  36.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Leicester Middle ranks worse than 56% of middle schools in Massachusetts. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 40.82. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (70.9%), Hispanic (14.9%), African American (5.6%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Leicester Middle is 13.2. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Leicester Middle is $14,467.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Leicester Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Leicester Middle 276th of 493 Massachusetts public middle schools. (See Leicester Middle in the ranking list.)

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Leicester:

SchoolDigger ranks Leicester 267th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Leicester Middle

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Rank History for all students at Leicester Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 50.96 178th 339 47.5%
2004 52.32 178th 344 48.3%
2005 47.36 199th 356 44.1%
2006 58.95 166th 399 58.4%
2007 50.09 227th 399 43.1%
2008 58.91 180th 407 55.8%
2009 65.06 150th 409 63.3%
2010 61.94 169th 434 61.1%
2011 56.12 212th 449 52.8%
2012 60.25 192nd 455 57.8%
2013 42.60 285th 455 37.4%
2014 46.70 260th 455 42.9%
2015 33.76 313th 441 29.0%
2016 37.00 314th 482 34.9%
2017 28.67 347th 487 28.7%
2018 34.37 326th 484 32.6%
2019 39.53 311th 498 37.6%
2021 46.62 256th 501 48.9%
2022 48.17 235th 497 52.7%
2023 43.93 267th 501 46.7%
2024 40.82 276th 493 44.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Leicester Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.26 375th 467 19.7%
2019 34.49 333rd 484 31.2%
2021 36.89 303rd 489 38.0%
2022 35.98 317th 503 37.0%
2023 32.35 280th 444 36.9%
2024 29.73 300th 441 32.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Leicester Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.83 347th 438 20.8%
2019 35.70 307th 452 32.1%
2021 43.86 244th 462 47.2%
2022 38.73 296th 489 39.5%
2023 36.74 307th 481 36.2%
2024 31.96 328th 469 30.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Leicester Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.54 298th 463 35.6%
2019 41.45 298th 478 37.7%
2021 48.81 234th 483 51.6%
2022 52.75 205th 494 58.5%
2023 46.71 245th 489 49.9%
2024 31.70 317th 481 34.1%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Leicester Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.06 190th 417 54.4%
2019 38.29 235th 424 44.6%
2021 32.78 274th 431 36.4%
2022 39.72 224th 445 49.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Leicester Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.08 333rd 466 28.5%
2019 36.51 307th 478 35.8%
2021 45.40 250th 485 48.5%
2022 45.27 252nd 497 49.3%
2023 42.34 271st 489 44.6%
2024 50.19 216th 483 55.3%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at Leicester Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 49.44 236th 491 51.9%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at Leicester Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 40.40 186th 339 45.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Leicester Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.71 148th 309 52.1%
2019 30.39 237th 322 26.4%
2021 53.85 127th 335 62.1%
2022 45.79 170th 368 53.8%
2023 35.29 223rd 364 38.7%
2024 36.00 222nd 378 41.3%
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Rank History for White students at Leicester Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.86 333rd 395 15.7%
2019 26.56 313th 396 21.0%
2021 35.94 258th 401 35.7%
2022 40.86 214th 404 47.0%
2023 33.75 262nd 403 35.0%
2024 29.27 269th 392 31.4%
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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.

Leicester Middle Test Scores
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Data source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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Enrollment information for Leicester Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 371 0 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 374
1989 354 2 3 4 2 n/a n/a 0 365
1990 353 2 4 8 0 n/a n/a 0 367
1991 383 2 5 8 0 n/a n/a 0 398
1992 407 4 4 7 0 n/a n/a 0 422
1993 401 1 3 9 0 n/a n/a 0 414
1994 421 5 1 7 0 n/a n/a 0 434
1995 399 4 3 11 0 n/a n/a 0 417
1996 399 4 3 11 0 n/a n/a 0 417
1997 400 3 2 8 0 n/a n/a 0 413
1998 452 2 1 7 0 n/a n/a 0 462
1999 448 4 2 7 0 n/a n/a 0 461
2000 432 4 3 8 0 n/a n/a 0 447
2001 438 4 4 5 1 n/a n/a 0 452
2002 462 4 7 11 2 n/a n/a 0 486
2003 462 4 7 11 2 n/a n/a 0 486
2004 442 10 9 11 4 n/a n/a 0 476
2005 417 10 4 13 5 n/a n/a 0 449
2006 414 7 6 16 4 n/a n/a 4 451
2007 421 6 7 17 2 n/a n/a 1 454
2008 426 6 10 17 1 n/a n/a 3 463
2009 402 6 10 22 1 0 4 0 445
2010 377 11 9 22 0 0 5 0 424
2011 382 12 8 24 0 0 6 0 432
2012 361 13 7 21 0 0 4 0 406
2013 357 14 6 16 0 0 5 0 398
2014 355 11 6 14 0 0 7 0 393
2015 339 7 7 23 0 1 5 0 382
2016 376 10 8 25 1 0 7 0 427
2017 326 16 8 41 0 0 11 0 402
2018 332 17 12 36 0 0 15 0 412
2019 286 19 12 37 0 0 16 0 370
2020 358 25 14 52 0 0 17 0 466
2021 318 23 12 57 0 0 15 0 425
2022 308 23 11 58 0 0 12 0 412
2023 290 23 16 61 1 0 17 1 409

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 Leicester Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 374 n/a n/a n/a
1989 365 n/a n/a n/a
1990 367 n/a n/a n/a
1991 398 n/a n/a n/a
1992 422 n/a n/a n/a
1993 414 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 434 n/a n/a n/a
1995 417 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 417 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 413 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 462 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 461 n/a 0.0 20.4
2000 447 n/a 0.0 13.2
2001 452 n/a 0.0 13.1
2002 486 n/a n/a 10.5
2003 486 n/a n/a 10.5
2004 476 33.4 14.3 14.7
2005 449 33.6 13.4 14
2006 451 32.7 13.8 18.1
2007 454 33.0 13.8 15.7
2008 463 32.0 14.5 18.3
2009 445 30.0 14.8 17.5
2010 424 28.6 14.8 20
2011 432 25.4 16.9 30.1
2012 406 25.8 15.7 36
2013 398 25.8 15.4 34.9
2014 393 25.0 15.6 37.4
2015 382 25.0 15.2 36.6
2016 427 26.0 16.4 n/a
2017 402 28.1 14.2 n/a
2018 412 30.0 13.7 n/a
2019 370 30.0 12.3 n/a
2020 466 33.0 14.0 n/a
2021 425 30.0 14.1 n/a
2022 412 29.8 13.8 n/a
2023 409 30.9 13.2 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 Leicester Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 374 n/a n/a n/a
1989 365 n/a n/a n/a
1990 367 n/a n/a n/a
1991 398 n/a n/a n/a
1992 422 n/a n/a n/a
1993 414 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 434 n/a n/a n/a
1995 417 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 417 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 413 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 462 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 461 n/a 0.0 20.4
2000 447 n/a 0.0 13.2
2001 452 n/a 0.0 13.1
2002 486 n/a n/a 10.5
2003 486 n/a n/a 10.5
2004 476 33.4 14.3 14.7
2005 449 33.6 13.4 14
2006 451 32.7 13.8 18.1
2007 454 33.0 13.8 15.7
2008 463 32.0 14.5 18.3
2009 445 30.0 14.8 17.5
2010 424 28.6 14.8 20
2011 432 25.4 16.9 30.1
2012 406 25.8 15.7 36
2013 398 25.8 15.4 34.9
2014 393 25.0 15.6 37.4
2015 382 25.0 15.2 36.6
2016 427 26.0 16.4 n/a
2017 402 28.1 14.2 n/a
2018 412 30.0 13.7 n/a
2019 370 30.0 12.3 n/a
2020 466 33.0 14.0 n/a
2021 425 30.0 14.1 n/a
2022 412 29.8 13.8 n/a
2023 409 30.9 13.2 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 Leicester Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $127 (0.9%) $14,580 (99.1%) $14,706
2020 $99 (0.8%) $12,799 (99.2%) $12,898
2021 $657 (4.5%) $13,811 (95.5%) $14,467

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Leicester Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 311th of 498 Middle schoolsRanks 267th of 501 Middle schools
 9.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Leicester Middle)3735.7
 1.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Leicester)3735.2
 1.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5442.3
 11.7%
6th Grade Mathematics (Leicester Middle)4540.5
 4.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Leicester)4338.6
 4.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)5141
 10%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Leicester Middle)3934.4
 4.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Leicester)4033
 7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)4840.5
 7.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Leicester Middle)4438
 6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Leicester)4336.5
 6.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4838.1
 9.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Leicester Middle)3734
 3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Leicester)3633.3
 2.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5143.7
 7.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Leicester Middle)4327.7
 15.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Leicester)4227
 15%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4737.7
 9.3%
8th Grade Science (Leicester Middle)4433.3
 10.7%
   8th Grade Science (Leicester)4232.7
 9.3%
   8th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4640.9
 5.1%
All Grades English Language Arts (Leicester Middle)3831.4
 6.6%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Leicester)4032.7
 7.3%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Leicester Middle)4432.5
 11.5%
   All Grades Mathematics (Leicester)3932.3
 6.7%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Leicester Middle)4430.8
 13.2%
   All Grades Science (Leicester)4430.2
 13.8%
   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 Students370409
 10.5%
African American1923
 21.1%
American Indian01
Asian1216
 33.3%
Hispanic3761
 64.9%
Pacific Islander00
White286290
 1.4%
Two or More Races1617
 6.3%


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Students who attend Leicester Middle usually go on to attend Leicester High

Leicester Middle ranks 276th of 493 Massachusetts middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Leicester Middle are 71% White, 15% Hispanic, 6% African American, 4% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 409 students attended Leicester Middle.


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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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