Best Middle Schools in Massachusetts for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Massachusetts!

Every year, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Massachusetts test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the MCAS Next Generation test scores by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 441)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
250315000416	1	Edith C Baker	Public	K-8	205 Beverly Rd	Chestnut Hill	02467	Middlesex County	Brookline	No	No	No	No	(617) 879-4500	654	53	12.3		280 (42.8%)	46 (7.0%)	72 (11.0%)	194 (29.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (9.3%)	$25,103			$1,196			$23,907	99.8%	94.9%	4.84%
250684002552	2	Wm Diamond Middle	Public	6-8	99 Hancock Street	Lexington	02420	Middlesex County	Lexington	No	No	No	No	(781) 861-2460	927	98	9.4		348 (37.5%)	31 (3.3%)	56 (6.0%)	410 (44.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	81 (8.7%)	$19,867			$305			$19,561	99.5%	98.6%	0.97%
250005501260	3	Mystic Valley Regional Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	770 Salem Street	Malden	02148	Middlesex County	Mystic Valley Regional Charter (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(781) 388-0222	1,653	101	16.3		559 (33.8%)	296 (17.9%)	209 (12.6%)	512 (31.0%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	72 (4.4%)	$15,001			$501			$14,500	99.3%	88.0%	11.29%
250003800581	4	Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School	Public, Charter	7-12	49 Antietam St	Devens	01434	Middlesex County	Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District)	Yes	No	No	No	(978) 772-3293	370	41	8.9		297 (80.3%)	9 (2.4%)	17 (4.6%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.9%)	$19,432			$920			$18,512	99.1%	86.4%	12.68%
250384000522	5	Concord Middle	Public	6-8	835 Old Marlboro Road	Concord	01742	Middlesex County	Concord	No	No	No	No	(978) 318-1380	654	65	10		471 (72.0%)	31 (4.7%)	54 (8.3%)	52 (8.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (6.9%)	$22,359			$277			$22,082	98.9%	95.5%	3.33%
251221002502	6	Wayland Middle School	Public	6-8	201 Main Street	Wayland	01778	Middlesex County	Wayland	No	No	No	No	(508) 358-3801	667	59	11.2		477 (71.5%)	30 (4.5%)	30 (4.5%)	93 (13.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	36 (5.4%)	$21,127			$606			$20,521	98.6%	98.0%	0.67%
250249002959	7	Belmont Middle School	Public	7-8	225 Concord Avenue	Belmont	02478	Middlesex County	Belmont	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(617) 993-2000	666	47	14.2		386 (58.0%)	32 (4.8%)	23 (3.5%)	149 (22.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	67 (10.1%)								98.4%	99.2%	0.78%
250198000063	8	Ottoson Middle	Public	7-8	63 Acton Street	Arlington	02476	Middlesex County	Arlington	No	No	No	No	(781) 316-3745	941	85	11		646 (68.7%)	31 (3.3%)	74 (7.9%)	132 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	46 (4.9%)	$17,089			$661			$16,428	98.2%	97.6%	0.62%
250315000420	9	Lawrence	Public	K-8	27 Francis Street	Brookline	02446	Norfolk County	Brookline	No	No	No	No	(617) 879-4303	615	47	13		255 (41.5%)	28 (4.6%)	57 (9.3%)	205 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	69 (11.2%)	$24,729			$947			$23,782	98.0%	98.4%	0.42%
251275000793	10	Weston Middle	Public	6-8	456 Wellesley Street	Weston	02493	Middlesex County	Weston	No	No	No	No	(781) 786-5600	428	41	10.5		232 (54.2%)	27 (6.3%)	40 (9.3%)	99 (23.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (6.5%)	$29,781			$780			$29,001	97.7%	95.9%	1.79%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts, MCAS Next Generation Mathematics, MCAS Next Generation Science test scores released by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 25, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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.