Central Middle

Public 6-8

 875 Hancock Street
       Quincy, MA  02170


(617) 984-8725

District: Quincy

SchoolDigger Rank:
56th of 493 Massachusetts Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,397 Help


Students who attend Central Middle usually attend:

High:    North Quincy High

Feeder schools for Central Middle:

Elementary:    Beechwood Knoll Elementary
    Charles A Bernazzani Elementary
    Wollaston School

Student/teacher ratio:  15.4 Help
Number of students:  647

Racial breakdown:

White:
43.6%
Asian:
43.6%
Hispanic:
4.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  35.4% Help


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Compare Details Central Middle ranks better than 88.6% of middle schools in Massachusetts. It also ranks first among 5 ranked middle schools in the Quincy School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 89.5. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Central Middle has the largest middle school student body size in the Quincy School District. Racial makeup is: Asian (43.6%), White (43.6%), Hispanic (4.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Central Middle is 15.4. 3 middle schools in the Quincy School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Central Middle is $15,397. 3 middle schools in the Quincy School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Central Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Central Middle 56th of 493 Massachusetts public middle schools. (See Central Middle in the ranking list.)

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Asian students:
Hispanic students:
White students:


Quincy:

SchoolDigger ranks Quincy 183rd of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Central Middle

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Rank History for all students at Central Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 72.64 97th 339 71.4%
2004 66.34 122nd 344 64.5%
2005 72.81 93rd 356 73.9%
2006 76.98 90th 399 77.4%
2007 81.47 73rd 399 81.7%
2008 80.18 83rd 407 79.6%
2009 77.40 91st 409 77.8%
2010 74.04 113th 434 74.0%
2011 70.25 133rd 449 70.4%
2012 71.42 133rd 455 70.8%
2013 73.91 120th 455 73.6%
2014 68.49 153rd 455 66.4%
2015 71.18 132nd 441 70.1%
2016 65.13 163rd 482 66.2%
2017 87.85 45th 487 90.8%
2018 91.01 30th 484 93.8%
2019 88.92 44th 498 91.2%
2021 87.62 54th 501 89.2%
2022 88.23 60th 497 87.9%
2023 88.92 57th 501 88.6%
2024 89.50 56th 493 88.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Central Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 53.64 47th 98 52.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Central Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.61 10th 127 92.1%
2022 96.94 3rd 154 98.1%
2023 71.19 12th 155 92.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Central Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 98.78 2nd 467 99.6%
2019 97.16 9th 484 98.1%
2021 93.54 20th 489 95.9%
2022 95.71 11th 503 97.8%
2023 87.72 28th 444 93.7%
2024 92.38 21st 441 95.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Central Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 99.27 1st 438 99.8%
2019 97.13 5th 452 98.9%
2021 94.22 10th 462 97.8%
2022 96.69 7th 489 98.6%
2023 97.04 4th 481 99.2%
2024 97.85 3rd 469 99.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Central Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.20 26th 463 94.4%
2019 86.92 45th 478 90.6%
2021 85.41 59th 483 87.8%
2022 88.18 53rd 494 89.3%
2023 87.42 56th 489 88.5%
2024 87.11 59th 481 87.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Central Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.19 55th 417 86.8%
2019 75.80 69th 424 83.7%
2021 72.69 63rd 431 85.4%
2022 70.63 76th 445 82.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Central Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.14 35th 466 92.5%
2019 88.50 42nd 478 91.2%
2021 87.54 54th 485 88.9%
2022 86.46 61st 497 87.7%
2023 88.39 57th 489 88.3%
2024 89.96 44th 483 90.9%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at Central Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 81.44 78th 491 84.1%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at Central Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 95.86 16th 339 95.3%
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Rank History for Asian students at Central Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.81 52nd 119 56.3%
2019 66.34 50th 128 60.9%
2021 57.09 63rd 123 48.8%
2022 61.05 62nd 135 54.1%
2023 63.63 59th 134 56.0%
2024 62.10 59th 120 50.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Central Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 55.63 128th 378 66.1%
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Rank History for White students at Central Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.26 54th 395 86.3%
2019 77.74 75th 396 81.1%
2021 71.31 92nd 401 77.1%
2022 75.54 75th 404 81.4%
2023 71.82 89th 403 77.9%
2024 69.90 97th 392 75.3%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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Enrollment information for Central Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 443 0 45 1 0 n/a n/a 0 489
1989 442 0 32 4 0 n/a n/a 0 478
1990 446 3 47 0 0 n/a n/a 0 496
1991 486 7 34 4 0 n/a n/a 0 531
1992 441 9 63 3 3 n/a n/a 0 519
1993 436 5 59 14 9 n/a n/a 0 523
1994 423 6 67 17 3 n/a n/a 0 516
1995 443 6 75 8 11 n/a n/a 0 543
1996 443 6 75 8 11 n/a n/a 0 543
1997 470 5 87 7 0 n/a n/a 0 569
1998 460 8 105 12 2 n/a n/a 0 587
1999 431 4 117 14 1 n/a n/a 0 567
2000 427 5 131 13 2 n/a n/a 0 578
2001 409 6 149 12 2 n/a n/a 0 578
2002 450 9 157 6 2 n/a n/a 0 624
2003 450 9 157 6 2 n/a n/a 0 624
2004 442 15 154 11 3 n/a n/a 0 625
2005 402 14 151 13 2 n/a n/a 0 582
2006 375 20 155 11 1 n/a n/a 1 563
2007 374 17 162 7 3 n/a n/a 1 564
2008 378 15 185 9 2 n/a n/a 4 593
2009 372 19 184 9 4 0 3 0 591
2010 340 19 186 12 1 0 5 0 563
2011 344 12 181 15 1 0 6 0 559
2012 342 14 210 11 0 0 8 0 585
2013 352 11 206 13 0 1 8 0 591
2014 377 14 198 16 0 1 12 0 618
2015 377 22 212 14 0 2 14 0 641
2016 357 20 253 14 0 3 13 0 660
2017 319 18 265 18 0 3 16 0 639
2018 329 15 252 19 0 2 17 0 634
2019 311 17 247 19 0 3 20 0 617
2020 299 16 264 23 0 5 19 0 626
2021 287 17 266 23 0 5 18 0 616
2022 282 22 282 31 0 4 19 1 641
2023 282 22 282 29 0 6 23 3 647

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 Central Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 489 n/a n/a n/a
1989 478 n/a n/a n/a
1990 496 n/a n/a n/a
1991 531 n/a n/a n/a
1992 519 n/a n/a n/a
1993 523 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 516 n/a n/a n/a
1995 543 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 543 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 569 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 587 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 567 n/a 0.0 0
2000 578 n/a 0.0 16.8
2001 578 n/a 0.0 16.3
2002 624 n/a n/a 14.1
2003 624 n/a n/a 14.1
2004 625 40.3 15.5 18.7
2005 582 39.5 14.7 19.4
2006 563 40.5 13.9 22.4
2007 564 40.0 14.1 19.9
2008 593 39.0 15.2 24.6
2009 591 38.6 15.3 26.2
2010 563 39.5 14.2 32.7
2011 559 36.4 15.3 34.2
2012 585 36.1 16.1 36.6
2013 591 37.2 15.8 37.1
2014 618 37.6 16.4 33.2
2015 641 40.0 16.0 35.4
2016 660 42.0 15.7 n/a
2017 639 42.4 15.0 n/a
2018 634 42.3 14.9 n/a
2019 617 42.6 14.4 n/a
2020 626 42.6 14.6 n/a
2021 616 44.0 13.9 n/a
2022 641 43.2 14.8 n/a
2023 647 42.0 15.4 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 Central Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 489 n/a n/a n/a
1989 478 n/a n/a n/a
1990 496 n/a n/a n/a
1991 531 n/a n/a n/a
1992 519 n/a n/a n/a
1993 523 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 516 n/a n/a n/a
1995 543 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 543 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 569 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 587 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 567 n/a 0.0 0
2000 578 n/a 0.0 16.8
2001 578 n/a 0.0 16.3
2002 624 n/a n/a 14.1
2003 624 n/a n/a 14.1
2004 625 40.3 15.5 18.7
2005 582 39.5 14.7 19.4
2006 563 40.5 13.9 22.4
2007 564 40.0 14.1 19.9
2008 593 39.0 15.2 24.6
2009 591 38.6 15.3 26.2
2010 563 39.5 14.2 32.7
2011 559 36.4 15.3 34.2
2012 585 36.1 16.1 36.6
2013 591 37.2 15.8 37.1
2014 618 37.6 16.4 33.2
2015 641 40.0 16.0 35.4
2016 660 42.0 15.7 n/a
2017 639 42.4 15.0 n/a
2018 634 42.3 14.9 n/a
2019 617 42.6 14.4 n/a
2020 626 42.6 14.6 n/a
2021 616 44.0 13.9 n/a
2022 641 43.2 14.8 n/a
2023 647 42.0 15.4 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 Central Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $408 (2.8%) $14,033 (97.2%) $14,440
2020 $368 (2.6%) $14,032 (97.4%) $14,400
2021 $742 (4.8%) $14,655 (95.2%) $15,396

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Central Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 44th of 498 Middle schoolsRanks 57th of 501 Middle schools
 2.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Central Middle)7859.3
 18.7%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Quincy)5740.8
 16.2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5442.3
 11.7%
6th Grade Mathematics (Central Middle)7563.2
 11.8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Quincy)5542
 13.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)5141
 10%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Central Middle)8368.4
 14.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Quincy)6346.4
 16.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)4840.5
 7.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Central Middle)7860.6
 17.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Quincy)5442
 12%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4838.1
 9.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Central Middle)7369.3
 3.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Quincy)5650.8
 5.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5143.7
 7.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Central Middle)6559.3
 5.7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Quincy)5039.3
 10.7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4737.7
 9.3%
8th Grade Science (Central Middle)6363.9
 0.9%
   8th Grade Science (Quincy)4746.1
 0.9%
   8th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4640.9
 5.1%
All Grades English Language Arts (Central Middle)7765.7
 11.3%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Quincy)6044.8
 15.2%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Central Middle)7361
 12%
   All Grades Mathematics (Quincy)5343.3
 9.7%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Central Middle)6363.9
 0.9%
   All Grades Science (Quincy)5146.8
 4.2%
   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 Students617647
 4.9%
African American1722
 29.4%
American Indian00
Asian247282
 14.2%
Hispanic1929
 52.6%
Pacific Islander36
 100%
White311282
 9.3%
Two or More Races2023
 15%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 647 students attended Central Middle.

Students at Central Middle are 44% White, 44% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 3% African American.

Students who attend Central Middle usually go on to attend North Quincy High

Central Middle ranks 56th of 493 Massachusetts middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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