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The public middle schools with the biggest test-score declines in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

69 public middle schools in Middlesex County, Massachusetts appear in this ranking of the public middle schools with the biggest test-score declines, ranked by the 3-year drop in composite math + reading proficiency. Winthrop L Chenery Upper Elementary leads the list at -11.0pp, against a median of +2.5pp across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Best 3-yr change

-11.0pp

Median 3-yr change

+2.5pp

BIGGEST DECLINES · MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	Students	3 yrs ago	Latest	Change
1	Winthrop L Chenery Upper Elementary	Belmont, MA	Belmont	1,023	77.5%	66.5%	-11.0pp
2	Hawthorne Brook	Townsend, MA	North Middlesex	449	42.5%	32.5%	-10.0pp
3	Cameron Middle School	Framingham, MA	Framingham	592	25.5%	17.5%	-8.0pp
4	John F Kennedy Middle School	Woburn, MA	Woburn	521	40.5%	34.5%	-6.0pp
5	Nissitissit Middle School	Pepperell, MA	North Middlesex	494	42.5%	37.0%	-5.5pp
6	Blanchard Middle	Westford, MA	Westford	541	76.0%	70.5%	-5.5pp
7	Stoneham Central Middle School	Stoneham, MA	Stoneham	689	47.5%	42.5%	-5.0pp
8	John F. Ryan	Tewksbury, MA	Tewksbury	500	40.0%	36.0%	-4.0pp
9	Wm Diamond Middle	Lexington, MA	Lexington	936	80.5%	77.0%	-3.5pp
10	Walsh Middle	Framingham, MA	Framingham	785	36.5%	33.5%	-3.0pp
11	David J. Quinn Middle School	Hudson, MA	Hudson	546	32.0%	29.0%	-3.0pp
12	Dr An Wang School	Lowell, MA	Lowell	663	28.5%	26.0%	-2.5pp
13	Oak Hill Middle	Newton, MA	Newton	649	70.5%	68.0%	-2.5pp
14	Watertown Middle	Watertown, MA	Watertown	583	47.5%	45.5%	-2.0pp
15	1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School	Marlborough, MA	Marlborough	965	23.5%	22.0%	-1.5pp
16	Fowler School	Maynard, MA	Maynard	451	40.0%	38.5%	-1.5pp
17	Daniel L Joyce Middle School	Woburn, MA	Woburn	455	35.5%	34.0%	-1.5pp
18	Melrose Middle	Melrose, MA	Melrose	886	55.5%	54.5%	-1.0pp
19	John W. Wynn Middle	Tewksbury, MA	Tewksbury	539	51.5%	50.5%	-1.0pp
20	John Glenn Middle	Bedford, MA	Bedford	604	69.0%	68.5%	-0.5pp
21	Groton Dunstable Regional Middle	Groton, MA	Groton-Dunstable	739	58.0%	57.5%	-0.5pp
22	Madeleine Dugger Andrews	Medford, MA	Medford	435	41.5%	41.5%	+0.0pp
23	Weston Middle	Weston, MA	Weston	451	76.0%	76.0%	+0.0pp
24	McCarthy Middle School	Chelmsford, MA	Chelmsford	808	54.0%	54.5%	+0.5pp
25	F A Day Middle	Newtonville, MA	Newton	860	70.0%	70.5%	+0.5pp
26	Gibbs School	Arlington, MA	Arlington	529	69.5%	70.5%	+1.0pp
27	John J. McGlynn Middle School	Medford, MA	Medford	464	29.5%	30.5%	+1.0pp
28	J F Kennedy Middle School	Natick, MA	Natick	911	64.5%	65.5%	+1.0pp
29	Ephraim Curtis Middle	Sudbury, MA	Sudbury	816	73.5%	74.5%	+1.0pp
30	Ashland Middle	Ashland, MA	Ashland	685	59.0%	60.5%	+1.5pp
31	Galvin Middle School	Wakefield, MA	Wakefield	1,056	51.0%	52.5%	+1.5pp
32	John W. McDevitt Middle School	Waltham, MA	Waltham	618	36.0%	37.5%	+1.5pp
33	Jonas Clarke Middle	Lexington, MA	Lexington	796	80.5%	82.5%	+2.0pp
34	Robert H. Adams Middle School	Holliston, MA	Holliston	626	64.0%	66.5%	+2.5pp
35	Stony Brook School	Westford, MA	Westford	546	69.5%	72.0%	+2.5pp
36	Ayer Shirley Regional Middle School	Shirley, MA	Ayer Shirley School District	410	40.0%	43.0%	+3.0pp
37	Cambridge Street Upper School	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	301	39.0%	42.0%	+3.0pp
38	John F Kennedy Middle	Waltham, MA	Waltham	635	47.5%	50.5%	+3.0pp
39	Marshall Simonds Middle	Burlington, MA	Burlington	848	51.5%	55.0%	+3.5pp
40	Col Moses Parker School	Chelmsford, MA	Chelmsford	778	52.0%	55.5%	+3.5pp
41	Hopkinton Middle School	Hopkinton, MA	Hopkinton	996	75.5%	79.0%	+3.5pp
42	James Sullivan Middle School	Lowell, MA	Lowell	625	18.0%	21.5%	+3.5pp
43	Christa McAuliffe Charter School	Framingham, MA	Christa McAuliffe Charter School	284	27.0%	31.0%	+4.0pp
44	Ottoson Middle	Arlington, MA	Arlington	963	74.0%	78.0%	+4.0pp
45	Wilson Middle	Natick, MA	Natick	727	63.0%	67.0%	+4.0pp
46	Fuller Middle	Framingham, MA	Framingham	592	15.0%	19.5%	+4.5pp
47	Justus C. Richardson Middle School	Dracut, MA	Dracut	916	35.5%	40.5%	+5.0pp
48	B.F. Butler Middle School	Lowell, MA	Lowell	516	23.0%	28.0%	+5.0pp
49	Bigelow Middle	Newton, MA	Newton	434	63.0%	68.0%	+5.0pp
50	Arthur W Coolidge Middle	Reading, MA	Reading	405	68.5%	73.5%	+5.0pp

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