Furnace Brook Middle

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Furnace Brook Middle is a public middle school located in Marshfield, MA, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 868 students. The school is part of the Marshfield school district, which is ranked 71 out of 351 districts in Massachusetts and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Furnace Brook Middle consistently performs well on MCAS Next Generation assessments, with a higher percentage of students scoring proficient or better compared to the state average across all grades and subjects. For example, in 2023-2024, 51.69% of Furnace Brook Middle students scored proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 39.17%. In math, 55.01% of Furnace Brook Middle students scored proficient or better, compared to the state average of 40.91%. The school also performs well across various student subgroups, including female students, male students, Hispanic students, White students, special education students, and low socioeconomic status students.

When compared to nearby middle schools, Furnace Brook Middle generally outperforms schools in the Hingham, Rockland, and Whitman-Hanson districts, but lags behind the top-performing schools in Cohasset, Duxbury, Hanover, and Norwell. This suggests Furnace Brook Middle is a strong performer within its local context, but there may be opportunities to learn from the practices of the highest-performing schools in the region.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 500 Furnace Street
       Marshfield, MA  02050


(781) 834-5020

District: Marshfield

SchoolDigger Rank:
93rd of 493 Massachusetts Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,247 Help


Students who attend Furnace Brook Middle usually attend:

High:    Marshfield High

Feeder schools for Furnace Brook Middle:

Elementary:    Daniel Webster
    Eames Way School
    Gov Edward Winslow
    Martinson Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  11.0 Help
Number of students:  868

Racial breakdown:

White:
90.3%
Hispanic:
5.1%
Two or more races:
2.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  14.2% Help


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Compare Details Furnace Brook Middle ranks better than 81.1% of middle schools in Massachusetts. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 79.13. (See more...)
Student Body
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Teachers
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Furnace Brook Middle is $15,247.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Furnace Brook Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Furnace Brook Middle 93rd of 493 Massachusetts public middle schools. (See Furnace Brook Middle in the ranking list.)

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Marshfield:

SchoolDigger ranks Marshfield 71st of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Furnace Brook Middle

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Rank History for all students at Furnace Brook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 73.46 91st 339 73.2%
2004 65.29 126th 344 63.4%
2005 68.28 110th 356 69.1%
2006 66.86 133rd 399 66.7%
2007 72.66 111th 399 72.2%
2008 78.08 92nd 407 77.4%
2009 74.46 108th 409 73.6%
2010 72.41 123rd 434 71.7%
2011 71.25 129th 449 71.3%
2012 69.87 142nd 455 68.8%
2013 73.57 124th 455 72.7%
2014 71.55 138th 455 69.7%
2015 79.14 89th 441 79.8%
2016 69.85 135th 482 72.0%
2017 84.49 62nd 487 87.3%
2018 78.00 103rd 484 78.7%
2019 84.88 72nd 498 85.5%
2021 80.23 81st 501 83.8%
2022 76.34 103rd 497 79.3%
2023 79.31 91st 501 81.8%
2024 79.13 93rd 493 81.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Furnace Brook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.23 125th 467 73.2%
2019 72.69 85th 484 82.4%
2021 49.86 207th 489 57.7%
2022 61.51 137th 503 72.8%
2023 65.18 97th 444 78.2%
2024 67.57 92nd 441 79.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Furnace Brook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.44 57th 438 87.0%
2019 87.26 33rd 452 92.7%
2021 71.85 82nd 462 82.3%
2022 78.45 73rd 489 85.1%
2023 81.40 52nd 481 89.2%
2024 78.86 52nd 469 88.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Furnace Brook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.26 105th 463 77.3%
2019 82.62 76th 478 84.1%
2021 82.86 69th 483 85.7%
2022 77.83 93rd 494 81.2%
2023 77.07 102nd 489 79.1%
2024 78.64 95th 481 80.2%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Furnace Brook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.22 54th 417 87.1%
2019 79.21 56th 424 86.8%
2021 55.02 126th 431 70.8%
2022 56.50 131st 445 70.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Furnace Brook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.54 104th 466 77.7%
2019 84.93 66th 478 86.2%
2021 74.44 103rd 485 78.8%
2022 71.78 116th 497 76.7%
2023 79.19 91st 489 81.4%
2024 77.79 92nd 483 81.0%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at Furnace Brook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 81.33 79th 491 83.9%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at Furnace Brook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 63.25 98th 339 71.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Furnace Brook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 76.15 53rd 335 84.2%
2022 84.42 39th 368 89.4%
2023 66.08 92nd 364 74.7%
2024 53.20 137th 378 63.8%
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Rank History for White students at Furnace Brook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.91 107th 395 72.9%
2019 77.43 77th 396 80.6%
2021 71.67 88th 401 78.1%
2022 65.66 113th 404 72.0%
2023 69.19 104th 403 74.2%
2024 68.04 104th 392 73.5%
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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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Enrollment information for Furnace Brook Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 589 7 7 3 0 n/a n/a 0 606
1989 580 1 9 1 0 n/a n/a 0 591
1990 570 1 7 9 1 n/a n/a 0 588
1991 569 8 6 5 1 n/a n/a 0 589
1992 556 4 4 5 1 n/a n/a 0 570
1993 579 6 1 3 1 n/a n/a 0 590
1994 614 6 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 623
1995 634 14 4 4 1 n/a n/a 0 657
1996 634 14 4 4 1 n/a n/a 0 657
1997 673 7 7 6 0 n/a n/a 0 693
1998 711 6 7 7 0 n/a n/a 0 731
1999 714 4 4 4 0 n/a n/a 0 726
2000 697 6 4 5 1 n/a n/a 0 713
2001 1032 7 9 13 9 n/a n/a 0 1070
2002 1024 4 6 8 1 n/a n/a 0 1043
2003 1024 4 6 8 1 n/a n/a 0 1043
2004 1015 8 4 9 3 n/a n/a 0 1039
2005 1013 5 6 14 4 n/a n/a 0 1042
2006 1062 5 5 18 4 n/a n/a 2 1096
2007 1063 8 8 15 2 n/a n/a 7 1103
2008 1091 8 7 6 1 n/a n/a 8 1121
2009 1051 6 8 10 0 1 7 0 1083
2010 1053 3 9 13 1 1 6 0 1086
2011 1039 5 11 16 1 1 10 0 1083
2012 1040 7 10 14 2 1 9 0 1083
2013 1023 6 7 15 2 1 9 0 1063
2014 1018 8 9 18 4 1 8 0 1066
2015 967 4 12 26 4 1 8 0 1022
2016 979 2 10 26 3 0 11 0 1031
2017 964 1 10 27 1 1 12 0 1016
2018 918 1 9 25 0 1 15 1 970
2019 904 5 10 20 2 1 18 0 960
2020 835 5 11 30 2 1 20 0 904
2021 834 4 11 34 2 1 19 0 905
2022 766 6 10 41 2 2 19 0 846
2023 784 5 10 44 1 2 22 0 868

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

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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 Furnace Brook Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 606 n/a n/a n/a
1989 591 n/a n/a n/a
1990 588 n/a n/a n/a
1991 589 n/a n/a n/a
1992 570 n/a n/a n/a
1993 590 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 623 n/a n/a n/a
1995 657 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 657 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 693 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 731 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 726 n/a 0.0 0
2000 713 n/a 0.0 8.4
2001 1070 n/a 0.0 6.6
2002 1043 n/a n/a 8
2003 1043 n/a n/a 8
2004 1039 70.6 14.7 9.5
2005 1042 74.4 14.0 6.1
2006 1096 75.6 14.5 8.7
2007 1103 75.0 14.7 10.3
2008 1121 74.8 15.0 9.9
2009 1083 74.8 14.5 10.3
2010 1086 74.8 14.5 13.9
2011 1083 74.7 14.4 14.9
2012 1083 75.5 14.3 12.4
2013 1063 74.5 14.2 15.7
2014 1066 74.6 14.2 15.7
2015 1022 77.0 13.2 14.2
2016 1031 76.0 13.5 n/a
2017 1016 75.6 13.4 n/a
2018 970 76.2 12.7 n/a
2019 960 75.1 12.7 n/a
2020 904 77.0 11.7 n/a
2021 905 80.4 11.2 n/a
2022 846 80.2 10.5 n/a
2023 868 78.6 11.0 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 Furnace Brook Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 606 n/a n/a n/a
1989 591 n/a n/a n/a
1990 588 n/a n/a n/a
1991 589 n/a n/a n/a
1992 570 n/a n/a n/a
1993 590 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 623 n/a n/a n/a
1995 657 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 657 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 693 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 731 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 726 n/a 0.0 0
2000 713 n/a 0.0 8.4
2001 1070 n/a 0.0 6.6
2002 1043 n/a n/a 8
2003 1043 n/a n/a 8
2004 1039 70.6 14.7 9.5
2005 1042 74.4 14.0 6.1
2006 1096 75.6 14.5 8.7
2007 1103 75.0 14.7 10.3
2008 1121 74.8 15.0 9.9
2009 1083 74.8 14.5 10.3
2010 1086 74.8 14.5 13.9
2011 1083 74.7 14.4 14.9
2012 1083 75.5 14.3 12.4
2013 1063 74.5 14.2 15.7
2014 1066 74.6 14.2 15.7
2015 1022 77.0 13.2 14.2
2016 1031 76.0 13.5 n/a
2017 1016 75.6 13.4 n/a
2018 970 76.2 12.7 n/a
2019 960 75.1 12.7 n/a
2020 904 77.0 11.7 n/a
2021 905 80.4 11.2 n/a
2022 846 80.2 10.5 n/a
2023 868 78.6 11.0 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 Furnace Brook Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $272 (2.1%) $12,434 (97.9%) $12,707
2020 $412 (2.9%) $13,903 (97.1%) $14,315
2021 $484 (3.2%) $14,763 (96.8%) $15,247

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Furnace Brook Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 72nd of 498 Middle schoolsRanks 91st of 501 Middle schools
 3.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Furnace Brook Middle)7263.8
 8.2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Marshfield)7162.9
 8.1%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5442.3
 11.7%
6th Grade Mathematics (Furnace Brook Middle)7763.1
 13.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Marshfield)7662.9
 13.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)5141
 10%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Furnace Brook Middle)7055.2
 14.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Marshfield)6955.1
 13.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)4840.5
 7.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Furnace Brook Middle)7359.4
 13.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Marshfield)7258.1
 13.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4838.1
 9.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Furnace Brook Middle)7461.9
 12.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Marshfield)7561.3
 13.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5143.7
 7.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Furnace Brook Middle)6548.2
 16.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Marshfield)6547.5
 17.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4737.7
 9.3%
8th Grade Science (Furnace Brook Middle)5437.9
 16.1%
   8th Grade Science (Marshfield)5437.4
 16.6%
   8th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4640.9
 5.1%
All Grades English Language Arts (Furnace Brook Middle)7260.5
 11.6%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Marshfield)7358
 15%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Furnace Brook Middle)7257.1
 14.9%
   All Grades Mathematics (Marshfield)7157.8
 13.2%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Furnace Brook Middle)5437.9
 16.1%
   All Grades Science (Marshfield)6243.1
 18.9%
   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 Students960868
 9.6%
African American55
American Indian21
 50%
Asian1010
Hispanic2044
 120%
Pacific Islander12
 100%
White904784
 13.3%
Two or More Races1822
 22.2%


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Students who attend Furnace Brook Middle usually go on to attend Marshfield High

Furnace Brook Middle ranks 93rd of 493 Massachusetts middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at Furnace Brook Middle are 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 868 students attended Furnace Brook Middle.


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