Best Middle Schools in Massachusetts for African American 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, African American 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 (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 202)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
250007101747	1	Brooke Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	190 Cummins Highway	Roslindale	02131	Suffolk County	Brooke Charter School (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 325-7977	2,208	181	12.1		85 (3.8%)	1,092 (49.5%)	923 (41.8%)	32 (1.4%)	7 (0.3%)	3 (0.1%)	61 (2.8%)	$21,044			$1,944			$19,100	99.5%	91.7%	7.82%
250171000013	2	Raymond J Grey Junior High	Public	7-8	16 Charter Rd	Acton	01720	Middlesex County	Acton-Boxborough	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 264-4700	813	70	11.6		423 (52.0%)	16 (2.0%)	59 (7.3%)	272 (33.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (4.9%)	$17,820			$972			$16,848	99.0%	97.0%	2.05%
250054602780	3	Pioneer Charter School of Science II (Pcss-Ii)	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	97 Main Street	Saugus	01906	Essex County	Pioneer Charter School of Science II (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(781) 666-3945	566	49	11.5		130 (23.0%)	167 (29.5%)	147 (26.0%)	99 (17.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.7%)	$16,308			$960			$15,348	98.5%	88.2%	10.28%
251188000888	4	Mountview Middle	Public	6-8	270 Shrewsbury Street	Holden	01520	Worcester County	Wachusett	No	No	No	No	(508) 829-5577	751	53	14.1		612 (81.5%)	27 (3.6%)	58 (7.7%)	29 (3.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.1%)	$12,986			$427			$12,559	98.0%	77.9%	20.13%
250351000478	5	McCarthy Middle School	Public	7-8	250 North Rd	Chelmsford	01824	Middlesex County	Chelmsford	No	No	No	Yes	(978) 251-5122	782	65	12.1		503 (64.3%)	35 (4.5%)	76 (9.7%)	133 (17.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (4.2%)	$16,745			$845			$15,900	97.5%	79.1%	18.42%
250279000203	6	Boston Latin School	Public	7-12	78 Ave Louis Pasteur	Boston	02115	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-8895	2,401	131	18.3		847 (35.3%)	330 (13.7%)	389 (16.2%)	710 (29.6%)	3 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	111 (4.6%)	$21,850			$1,957			$19,892	97.0%	90.7%	6.36%
250008401847	7	Salem Academy Charter School	Public, Charter	6-12	45 Congress St.	Salem	01970	Essex County	Salem Academy Charter (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(978) 744-2105	488	40	12.2		144 (29.5%)	46 (9.4%)	264 (54.1%)	21 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.3%)	$19,262			$1,412			$17,850	96.5%	49.1%	47.45%
250055702842	8	Springfield Preparatory Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	2071 Roosevelt Ave.	Springfield	01104	Hampden County	Springfield Preparatory Charter School (District)	Yes	No	No	Yes	(413) 231-2722	487	42	11.5		23 (4.7%)	100 (20.5%)	345 (70.8%)	12 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	$16,557			$2,946			$13,611	96.0%	62.5%	33.56%
250717001361	9	Linden	Public	K-8	29 Wescott Street	Malden	02148	Middlesex County	Malden	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 397-7218	825	61	13.5		191 (23.2%)	168 (20.4%)	209 (25.3%)	209 (25.3%)	6 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	39 (4.7%)	$16,160			$1,203			$14,957	95.5%	70.8%	24.75%
250279000205	10	O'Bryant School of Math & Science	Public	7-12	55 Malcolm X Blvd	Roxbury	02120	Suffolk County	Boston	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 635-9932	1,538	96	15.9		181 (11.8%)	482 (31.3%)	562 (36.5%)	268 (17.4%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	38 (2.5%)	$23,107			$2,057			$21,050	95.0%	78.7%	16.35%

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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:

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

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

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.