Charles S Pierce Middle

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Charles S Pierce Middle is a public middle school in Milton, MA that serves 956 students in grades 6-8. This school consistently ranks among the top 20% of Charles S Pierce Middle in Massachusetts, with impressive academic performance across all subjects and grade levels.

Charles S Pierce Middle boasts significantly higher MCAS proficiency rates than the state average, particularly in science where 65.31% of students were proficient or better in 2023-2024, compared to the state average of 41.95%. The school's student-teacher ratio of 12:1 is also lower than the state average, which may contribute to its academic success. When compared to nearby schools in Quincy and Boston, Charles S Pierce Middle stands out as a high-performing institution, with significantly higher proficiency rates in core subjects.

The consistent high performance and equitable outcomes for students of all backgrounds make Charles S Pierce Middle a standout school in the region. Its 4-star rating from SchoolDigger and ranking in the top 20% of Massachusetts middle schools are a testament to the school's effective teaching practices, curriculum, and support systems that help students succeed.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 451 Central Avenue
       Milton, MA  02186


(617) 696-4568

District: Milton

SchoolDigger Rank:
72nd of 493 Massachusetts Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $16,475 Help


Students who attend Charles S Pierce Middle usually attend:

High:    Milton High

Feeder schools for Charles S Pierce Middle:

Elementary:    Collicot
    Cunningham School
    Glover
    Tucker

Student/teacher ratio:  12.0 Help
Number of students:  956

Racial breakdown:

White:
64.6%
African American:
15.1%
Asian:
8.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  13.9% Help


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Compare Details Charles S Pierce Middle ranks better than 85.4% of middle schools in Massachusetts. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 85.2. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (64.6%), African American (15.1%), Asian (8.1%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Charles S Pierce Middle is 12. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Charles S Pierce Middle is $16,475.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Charles S Pierce Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Charles S Pierce Middle 72nd of 493 Massachusetts public middle schools. (See Charles S Pierce Middle in the ranking list.)

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Milton:

SchoolDigger ranks Milton 38th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Charles S Pierce Middle

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Rank History for all students at Charles S Pierce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 70.04 105th 339 69.0%
2004 76.77 85th 344 75.3%
2005 63.50 131st 356 63.2%
2006 73.88 101st 399 74.7%
2007 70.77 120th 399 69.9%
2008 71.49 115th 407 71.7%
2009 70.95 131st 409 68.0%
2010 75.37 105th 434 75.8%
2011 77.25 99th 449 78.0%
2012 78.12 100th 455 78.0%
2013 75.89 108th 455 76.3%
2014 78.33 96th 455 78.9%
2015 81.26 76th 441 82.8%
2016 80.61 74th 482 84.6%
2017 78.14 100th 487 79.5%
2018 78.13 102nd 484 78.9%
2019 83.08 78th 498 84.3%
2021 78.30 96th 501 80.8%
2022 78.89 96th 497 80.7%
2023 85.45 71st 501 85.8%
2024 85.20 72nd 493 85.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Charles S Pierce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 85.41 12th 84 85.7%
2021 74.72 26th 92 71.7%
2022 83.27 19th 102 81.4%
2023 71.15 37th 110 66.4%
2024 79.60 22nd 98 77.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Charles S Pierce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.69 147th 467 68.5%
2019 55.53 182nd 484 62.4%
2021 62.67 126th 489 74.2%
2022 53.86 184th 503 63.4%
2023 76.09 70th 444 84.2%
2024 62.65 114th 441 74.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Charles S Pierce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.53 110th 438 74.9%
2019 68.87 96th 452 78.8%
2021 65.88 116th 462 74.9%
2022 57.92 163rd 489 66.7%
2023 64.99 130th 481 73.0%
2024 67.01 119th 469 74.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Charles S Pierce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.01 118th 463 74.5%
2019 80.34 91st 478 81.0%
2021 79.80 84th 483 82.6%
2022 80.96 85th 494 82.8%
2023 85.21 66th 489 86.5%
2024 85.75 65th 481 86.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Charles S Pierce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.13 58th 417 86.1%
2019 61.26 116th 424 72.6%
2021 64.10 91st 431 78.9%
2022 67.17 82nd 445 81.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Charles S Pierce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.28 97th 466 79.2%
2019 82.68 80th 478 83.3%
2021 73.98 106th 485 78.1%
2022 73.70 102nd 497 79.5%
2023 82.55 77th 489 84.3%
2024 80.81 84th 483 82.6%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at Charles S Pierce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 78.57 90th 491 81.7%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at Charles S Pierce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 73.92 72nd 339 78.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Charles S Pierce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.17 59th 119 50.4%
2019 74.70 33rd 128 74.2%
2021 49.99 71st 123 42.3%
2022 55.70 68th 135 49.6%
2023 61.92 61st 134 54.5%
2024 60.08 61st 120 49.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Charles S Pierce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.26 77th 172 55.2%
2019 66.76 49th 195 74.9%
2021 73.24 26th 193 86.5%
2022 65.11 53rd 212 75.0%
2023 70.46 41st 209 80.4%
2024 64.05 47th 202 76.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Charles S Pierce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.82 18th 309 94.2%
2019 85.85 34th 322 89.4%
2021 70.77 65th 335 80.6%
2022 76.65 60th 368 83.7%
2023 75.77 58th 364 84.1%
2024 78.80 55th 378 85.4%
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Rank History for White students at Charles S Pierce Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.00 76th 395 80.8%
2019 82.61 56th 396 85.9%
2021 73.17 82nd 401 79.6%
2022 73.98 85th 404 79.0%
2023 84.87 52nd 403 87.1%
2024 81.89 59th 392 84.9%
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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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Data source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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Enrollment information for Charles S Pierce Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 528 33 7 7 0 n/a n/a 0 575
1989 523 44 8 1 0 n/a n/a 0 576
1990 561 57 9 1 0 n/a n/a 0 628
1991 570 64 13 7 0 n/a n/a 0 654
1992 581 78 20 15 0 n/a n/a 0 694
1993 605 86 18 9 0 n/a n/a 0 718
1994 632 81 12 8 0 n/a n/a 0 733
1995 709 128 22 8 0 n/a n/a 0 867
1996 709 128 22 8 0 n/a n/a 0 867
1997 748 134 21 14 1 n/a n/a 0 918
1998 806 132 24 15 0 n/a n/a 0 977
1999 778 142 30 14 0 n/a n/a 0 964
2000 779 147 21 26 0 n/a n/a 0 973
2001 711 161 29 22 0 n/a n/a 0 923
2002 652 159 42 21 0 n/a n/a 0 874
2003 652 159 42 21 0 n/a n/a 0 874
2004 678 189 36 24 0 n/a n/a 0 927
2005 652 185 38 24 0 n/a n/a 0 899
2006 634 187 37 24 0 n/a n/a 1 883
2007 607 203 39 24 1 n/a n/a 3 877
2008 575 204 39 40 0 n/a n/a 12 870
2009 568 189 36 40 1 3 14 0 851
2010 594 180 33 31 1 3 18 0 860
2011 583 165 39 34 1 3 22 0 847
2012 574 182 44 27 0 5 25 0 857
2013 589 188 51 32 1 5 29 0 895
2014 600 181 48 47 1 5 29 0 911
2015 616 160 55 49 2 3 30 0 915
2016 632 133 56 50 2 3 26 0 902
2017 647 146 44 43 3 3 29 0 915
2018 646 135 54 45 2 2 30 0 914
2019 659 145 59 45 0 1 26 0 935
2020 686 136 62 49 0 1 45 0 979
2021 679 126 61 47 2 1 41 0 957
2022 627 133 71 49 2 0 46 0 928
2023 618 144 77 59 1 0 57 0 956

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 Charles S Pierce Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 575 n/a n/a n/a
1989 576 n/a n/a n/a
1990 628 n/a n/a n/a
1991 654 n/a n/a n/a
1992 694 n/a n/a n/a
1993 718 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 733 n/a n/a n/a
1995 867 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 867 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 918 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 977 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 964 n/a 0.0 4.7
2000 973 n/a 0.0 6.5
2001 923 n/a 0.0 10
2002 874 n/a n/a 8
2003 874 n/a n/a 8
2004 927 67.8 13.7 6.5
2005 899 67.0 13.4 9.3
2006 883 67.1 13.2 10.3
2007 877 70.0 12.5 13.4
2008 870 62.6 13.9 12.7
2009 851 64.2 13.3 16.5
2010 860 66.0 13.0 15.9
2011 847 68.0 12.4 14.5
2012 857 68.7 12.4 17.4
2013 895 69.6 12.8 18.9
2014 911 70.5 12.9 16
2015 915 75.0 12.2 13.9
2016 902 67.0 13.4 n/a
2017 915 68.0 13.4 n/a
2018 914 76.7 11.9 n/a
2019 935 79.3 11.7 n/a
2020 979 78.3 12.5 n/a
2021 957 77.7 12.3 n/a
2022 928 77.6 11.9 n/a
2023 956 79.6 12.0 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 Charles S Pierce Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 575 n/a n/a n/a
1989 576 n/a n/a n/a
1990 628 n/a n/a n/a
1991 654 n/a n/a n/a
1992 694 n/a n/a n/a
1993 718 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 733 n/a n/a n/a
1995 867 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 867 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 918 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 977 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 964 n/a 0.0 4.7
2000 973 n/a 0.0 6.5
2001 923 n/a 0.0 10
2002 874 n/a n/a 8
2003 874 n/a n/a 8
2004 927 67.8 13.7 6.5
2005 899 67.0 13.4 9.3
2006 883 67.1 13.2 10.3
2007 877 70.0 12.5 13.4
2008 870 62.6 13.9 12.7
2009 851 64.2 13.3 16.5
2010 860 66.0 13.0 15.9
2011 847 68.0 12.4 14.5
2012 857 68.7 12.4 17.4
2013 895 69.6 12.8 18.9
2014 911 70.5 12.9 16
2015 915 75.0 12.2 13.9
2016 902 67.0 13.4 n/a
2017 915 68.0 13.4 n/a
2018 914 76.7 11.9 n/a
2019 935 79.3 11.7 n/a
2020 979 78.3 12.5 n/a
2021 957 77.7 12.3 n/a
2022 928 77.6 11.9 n/a
2023 956 79.6 12.0 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 Charles S Pierce Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $335 (2.2%) $14,928 (97.8%) $15,263
2020 $347 (2.3%) $14,686 (97.7%) $15,033
2021 $694 (4.2%) $15,780 (95.8%) $16,474

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Charles S Pierce Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 78th of 498 Middle schoolsRanks 71st of 501 Middle schools
 1.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Charles S Pierce Middle)7765.8
 11.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Milton)7564.5
 10.5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5442.3
 11.7%
6th Grade Mathematics (Charles S Pierce Middle)6859.3
 8.7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Milton)6758.3
 8.7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)5141
 10%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Charles S Pierce Middle)6761.4
 5.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Milton)6659.9
 6.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)4840.5
 7.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Charles S Pierce Middle)6756.6
 10.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Milton)6555.6
 9.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4838.1
 9.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Charles S Pierce Middle)6257.2
 4.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Milton)6157
 4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5143.7
 7.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Charles S Pierce Middle)6751.5
 15.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Milton)6651.3
 14.7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4737.7
 9.3%
8th Grade Science (Charles S Pierce Middle)6269.7
 7.7%
   8th Grade Science (Milton)6269.2
 7.2%
   8th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4640.9
 5.1%
All Grades English Language Arts (Charles S Pierce Middle)6861.8
 6.2%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Milton)7264.1
 7.9%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Charles S Pierce Middle)6756
 11%
   All Grades Mathematics (Milton)6961.5
 7.5%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Charles S Pierce Middle)6269.7
 7.7%
   All Grades Science (Milton)6569.4
 4.3%
   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 Students935956
 2.2%
African American145144
 0.7%
American Indian01
Asian5977
 30.5%
Hispanic4559
 31.1%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White659618
 6.2%
Two or More Races2657
 119.2%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 956 students attended Charles S Pierce Middle.

Charles S Pierce Middle ranks 72nd of 493 Massachusetts middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Charles S Pierce Middle usually go on to attend Milton High

Students at Charles S Pierce Middle are 65% White, 15% African American, 8% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races.


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