Swampscott Middle

Summary:

Swampscott Middle is a public middle school serving grades 5-8 in Swampscott, MA, part of the Swampscott school district, which is ranked 97 out of 351 districts in Massachusetts and has a 4-star rating. With a student population of 679, Swampscott Middle consistently outperforms the state average on MCAS Next Generation assessments, with 51.05% of students scoring proficient or better in English Language Arts and 49.51% in Math, compared to the state averages of 39.17% and 40.91%, respectively.

Swampscott Middle's strong academic performance is reflected in its high statewide ranking, placing it in the top 25% of Massachusetts middle schools. The school's student subgroups, including Hispanic, male, female, and special education students, also demonstrate above-average achievement. Additionally, Swampscott Middle has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.5, compared to nearby schools ranging from 10.2 to 14.4 students per teacher, and spends approximately $17,795 per student, which is higher than the spending levels of the nearby schools analyzed.

The exceptional quality of education at Swampscott Middle is further highlighted when compared to nearby middle schools, such as Saugus Middle, Breed Middle, and Thurgood Marshall Mid, which have significantly lower academic performance and statewide rankings. This highlights the exceptional quality of education at Swampscott Middle, even within the broader regional context.


Detail:

Public 5-8

 207 Forest Avenue
       Swampscott, MA  01907-2188


(781) 596-8820

District: Swampscott

SchoolDigger Rank:
111th of 493 Massachusetts Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,795 Help


Students who attend Swampscott Middle usually attend:

High:    Swampscott High

Feeder schools for Swampscott Middle:

Elementary:    Clarke
    Hadley
    Stanley

Student/teacher ratio:  11.0 Help
Number of students:  687

Racial breakdown:

White:
77.0%
Hispanic:
12.7%
African American:
3.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  19.2% Help


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Compare Details Swampscott Middle ranks better than 77.5% of middle schools in Massachusetts. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 74.69. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (77%), Hispanic (12.7%), African American (3.8%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Swampscott Middle is 11. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Swampscott Middle is $17,795.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Swampscott Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Swampscott Middle 111th of 493 Massachusetts public middle schools. (See Swampscott Middle in the ranking list.)

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Swampscott:

SchoolDigger ranks Swampscott 97th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Swampscott Middle

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Rank History for all students at Swampscott Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 77.48 81st 339 76.1%
2004 78.11 82nd 344 76.2%
2005 63.44 132nd 356 62.9%
2006 67.28 130th 399 67.4%
2007 69.67 124th 399 68.9%
2008 74.66 104th 407 74.4%
2009 76.45 98th 409 76.0%
2010 77.77 92nd 434 78.8%
2011 78.47 91st 449 79.7%
2012 78.34 97th 455 78.7%
2013 74.99 113th 455 75.2%
2014 79.81 88th 455 80.7%
2015 80.03 82nd 441 81.4%
2016 80.50 77th 482 84.0%
2017 68.06 148th 487 69.6%
2018 69.92 140th 484 71.1%
2019 67.07 155th 498 68.9%
2021 75.86 105th 501 79.0%
2022 70.03 133rd 497 73.2%
2023 58.08 189th 501 62.3%
2024 74.69 111th 493 77.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Swampscott Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.14 145th 467 69.0%
2019 49.12 225th 484 53.5%
2021 57.36 153rd 489 68.7%
2022 55.07 177th 503 64.8%
2023 41.45 223rd 444 49.8%
2024 59.06 126th 441 71.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Swampscott Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.96 98th 438 77.6%
2019 60.98 150th 452 66.8%
2021 64.30 124th 462 73.2%
2022 60.19 156th 489 68.1%
2023 54.07 203rd 481 57.8%
2024 58.35 164th 469 65.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Swampscott Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.91 153rd 463 67.0%
2019 59.57 194th 478 59.4%
2021 70.04 129th 483 73.3%
2022 63.82 153rd 494 69.0%
2023 51.62 217th 489 55.6%
2024 69.43 133rd 481 72.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Swampscott Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.96 104th 417 75.1%
2019 45.72 178th 424 58.0%
2021 41.54 220th 431 49.0%
2022 46.59 176th 445 60.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Swampscott Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.12 137th 466 70.6%
2019 71.87 132nd 478 72.4%
2021 78.55 86th 485 82.3%
2022 73.96 99th 497 80.1%
2023 62.42 166th 489 66.1%
2024 77.28 95th 483 80.3%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at Swampscott Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 75.79 104th 491 78.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Swampscott Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.86 53rd 309 82.8%
2019 65.26 90th 322 72.0%
2021 69.15 74th 335 77.9%
2022 62.73 98th 368 73.4%
2023 64.73 94th 364 74.2%
2024 78.73 56th 378 85.2%
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Rank History for White students at Swampscott Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.67 137th 395 65.3%
2019 57.69 155th 396 60.9%
2021 71.32 91st 401 77.3%
2022 63.34 125th 404 69.1%
2023 47.32 195th 403 51.6%
2024 65.55 111th 392 71.7%
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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 Swampscott Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1991 319 13 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 333
1992 483 17 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 502
1993 499 18 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 518
1994 495 18 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 516
1995 517 7 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 526
1996 517 7 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 526
1997 569 10 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 582
1998 616 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 626
1999 591 9 3 2 0 n/a n/a 0 605
2000 570 12 5 5 0 n/a n/a 0 592
2001 551 17 6 4 11 n/a n/a 0 589
2002 584 15 7 10 0 n/a n/a 0 616
2003 584 15 7 10 0 n/a n/a 0 616
2004 573 13 8 17 0 n/a n/a 0 611
2005 523 14 7 15 1 n/a n/a 0 560
2006 521 10 10 18 0 n/a n/a 3 562
2007 496 12 12 15 0 n/a n/a 9 544
2008 603 22 18 16 0 n/a n/a 8 667
2009 710 18 13 10 1 1 2 0 755
2010 653 18 10 14 0 2 4 0 701
2011 655 23 10 28 0 2 6 0 724
2012 664 23 11 37 0 5 10 0 750
2013 621 29 10 58 0 5 12 0 735
2014 621 25 14 70 0 3 12 0 745
2015 634 27 19 81 0 1 14 0 776
2016 627 22 17 91 1 0 12 0 770
2017 617 30 21 88 2 0 15 0 773
2018 603 26 24 79 4 0 17 0 753
2019 591 26 16 75 4 0 20 0 732
2020 581 28 18 84 2 0 23 1 737
2021 546 26 20 80 3 0 26 0 701
2022 520 25 24 89 2 0 20 2 682
2023 513 27 25 90 2 0 20 2 679
2024 529 26 23 87 2 0 20 0 687

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 Swampscott Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1991 333 n/a n/a n/a
1992 502 n/a n/a n/a
1993 518 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 516 n/a n/a n/a
1995 526 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 526 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 582 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 626 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 605 n/a 0.0 0
2000 592 n/a 0.0 3.7
2001 589 n/a 0.0 4.8
2002 616 n/a n/a 2.1
2003 616 n/a n/a 2.1
2004 611 36.8 16.6 3.3
2005 560 40.6 13.8 2.1
2006 562 44.2 12.7 10
2007 544 45.0 12.1 10.3
2008 667 57.2 11.7 6.8
2009 755 58.9 12.8 6.9
2010 701 60.8 11.5 10.1
2011 724 59.4 12.1 11.6
2012 750 58.8 12.7 14.3
2013 735 59.4 12.3 16.3
2014 745 60.2 12.3 16
2015 776 60.0 12.9 19.2
2016 770 64.0 12.0 n/a
2017 773 64.2 12.0 n/a
2018 753 64.5 11.6 n/a
2019 732 61.8 11.8 n/a
2020 737 64.1 11.4 n/a
2021 701 64.3 10.8 n/a
2022 682 63.3 10.7 n/a
2023 679 64.0 10.5 n/a
2024 687 62.1 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 Swampscott Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1991 333 n/a n/a n/a
1992 502 n/a n/a n/a
1993 518 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 516 n/a n/a n/a
1995 526 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 526 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 582 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 626 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 605 n/a 0.0 0
2000 592 n/a 0.0 3.7
2001 589 n/a 0.0 4.8
2002 616 n/a n/a 2.1
2003 616 n/a n/a 2.1
2004 611 36.8 16.6 3.3
2005 560 40.6 13.8 2.1
2006 562 44.2 12.7 10
2007 544 45.0 12.1 10.3
2008 667 57.2 11.7 6.8
2009 755 58.9 12.8 6.9
2010 701 60.8 11.5 10.1
2011 724 59.4 12.1 11.6
2012 750 58.8 12.7 14.3
2013 735 59.4 12.3 16.3
2014 745 60.2 12.3 16
2015 776 60.0 12.9 19.2
2016 770 64.0 12.0 n/a
2017 773 64.2 12.0 n/a
2018 753 64.5 11.6 n/a
2019 732 61.8 11.8 n/a
2020 737 64.1 11.4 n/a
2021 701 64.3 10.8 n/a
2022 682 63.3 10.7 n/a
2023 679 64.0 10.5 n/a
2024 687 62.1 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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Swampscott Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $273 (1.7%) $16,248 (98.3%) $16,521
2020 $308 (1.9%) $16,262 (98.1%) $16,571
2021 $727 (4.1%) $17,068 (95.9%) $17,795

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Swampscott Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 155th of 498 Middle schoolsRanks 189th of 501 Middle schools
 6.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
5th Grade English Language Arts (Swampscott Middle)6952.7
 16.3%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Swampscott)6952.6
 16.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5243.8
 8.2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Swampscott Middle)5846.2
 11.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Swampscott)5646.3
 9.7%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.9
 8.2%
5th Grade Science (Swampscott Middle)5945.5
 13.6%
   5th Grade Science (Swampscott)5944.8
 14.2%
   5th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4841.6
 6.4%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Swampscott Middle)5538.8
 16.2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Swampscott)5537.7
 17.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5442.3
 11.7%
6th Grade Mathematics (Swampscott Middle)5627.6
 28.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Swampscott)5526.8
 28.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)5141
 10%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Swampscott Middle)4430.6
 13.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Swampscott)4330.6
 12.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)4840.5
 7.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Swampscott Middle)6245.1
 16.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Swampscott)6044.4
 15.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4838.1
 9.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Swampscott Middle)6458.5
 5.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Swampscott)6557.7
 7.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5143.7
 7.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Swampscott Middle)6046.7
 13.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Swampscott)6046.2
 13.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4737.7
 9.3%
8th Grade Science (Swampscott Middle)5746.7
 10.3%
   8th Grade Science (Swampscott)5746.2
 10.9%
   8th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4640.9
 5.1%
All Grades English Language Arts (Swampscott Middle)5844.9
 13.2%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Swampscott)6247.4
 14.6%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Swampscott Middle)5941.9
 17.1%
   All Grades Mathematics (Swampscott)5546.3
 8.7%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Swampscott Middle)5846.1
 11.9%
   All Grades Science (Swampscott)5745.5
 11.5%
   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 Students732679
 7.2%
African American2627
 3.8%
American Indian42
 50%
Asian1625
 56.3%
Hispanic7590
 20%
Pacific Islander00
White591513
 13.2%
Two or More Races2020


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In the 2023-24 school year, 687 students attended Swampscott Middle.

Students at Swampscott Middle are 77% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% African American, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

Swampscott Middle ranks 111th of 493 Massachusetts middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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


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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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