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

This ranking covers the public middle schools with the biggest test-score declines in Massachusetts, drawn from 299 qualifying public middle schools. Plouffe Middle School leads the list at -18.5pp, against a median of +1.5pp across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

299

Massachusetts

Best 3-yr change

-18.5pp

Median 3-yr change

+1.5pp

BIGGEST DECLINES · MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	Students	3 yrs ago	Latest	Change
1	Plouffe Middle School	Brockton, MA	Brockton	627	34.5%	16.0%	-18.5pp
2	Quaboag Regional Middle Innovation School	Warren, MA	Quaboag Regional	196	39.0%	23.0%	-16.0pp
3	Joseph Metcalf School	Holyoke, MA	Holyoke	213	22.0%	7.5%	-14.5pp
4	Winthrop L Chenery Upper Elementary	Belmont, MA	Belmont	1,023	77.5%	66.5%	-11.0pp
5	Matthew J Kuss Middle	Fall River, MA	Fall River	646	22.5%	11.5%	-11.0pp
6	Morse Pond School	Falmouth, MA	Falmouth	472	55.5%	44.5%	-11.0pp
7	Quabbin Regional Middle School	Barre, MA	Quabbin	510	39.5%	29.0%	-10.5pp
8	Leonard Middle School	Lawrence, MA	Lawrence	310	17.0%	7.0%	-10.0pp
9	Hawthorne Brook	Townsend, MA	North Middlesex	449	42.5%	32.5%	-10.0pp
10	Randolph Community Middle	Randolph, MA	Randolph	640	30.5%	20.5%	-10.0pp
11	Springfield Realization Academy	Springfield, MA	Springfield	212	18.5%	8.5%	-10.0pp
12	Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School	East Harwich, MA	Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter	251	53.0%	43.5%	-9.5pp
13	Overlook Middle School	Ashburnham, MA	Ashburnham-Westminster	576	50.0%	40.5%	-9.5pp
14	Charlton Middle School	Charlton, MA	Dudley-Charlton Reg	631	41.5%	32.0%	-9.5pp
15	Theodore Herberg Middle	Pittsfield, MA	Pittsfield	587	33.5%	24.5%	-9.0pp
16	Gardner Middle School	Gardner, MA	Gardner	514	24.5%	16.0%	-8.5pp
17	Cameron Middle School	Framingham, MA	Framingham	592	25.5%	17.5%	-8.0pp
18	Georgetown Middle School	Georgetown, MA	Georgetown	187	39.0%	31.0%	-8.0pp
19	John T. Nichols Middle	Middleborough, MA	Middleborough	688	38.5%	30.5%	-8.0pp
20	Masconomet Regional Middle School	Boxford MA, MA	Masconomet	553	60.5%	53.0%	-7.5pp
21	Bridgewater Middle School	Bridgewater, MA	Bridgewater-Raynham	828	47.5%	40.5%	-7.0pp
22	Pentucket Regional Middle	West Newbury, MA	Pentucket	335	53.0%	46.0%	-7.0pp
23	STEM Middle Academy	Springfield, MA	Springfield	269	22.0%	15.0%	-7.0pp
24	Point Webster Middle	Quincy, MA	Quincy	377	36.0%	29.5%	-6.5pp
25	Sutton Middle School	Sutton, MA	Sutton	313	48.0%	41.5%	-6.5pp
26	Abington Middle School	Abington, MA	Abington	668	43.0%	37.0%	-6.0pp
27	Breed Middle School	Lynn, MA	Lynn	1,265	19.5%	13.5%	-6.0pp
28	Rumney Marsh Academy	Revere, MA	Revere	587	28.5%	22.5%	-6.0pp
29	Kiley Academy	Springfield, MA	Springfield	268	15.5%	9.5%	-6.0pp
30	John F Kennedy Middle School	Woburn, MA	Woburn	521	40.5%	34.5%	-6.0pp
31	Oliver Middle School	Lawrence, MA	Lawrence	348	18.5%	13.0%	-5.5pp
32	Nissitissit Middle School	Pepperell, MA	North Middlesex	494	42.5%	37.0%	-5.5pp
33	Blanchard Middle	Westford, MA	Westford	541	76.0%	70.5%	-5.5pp
34	Joseph A. Browne School	Chelsea, MA	Chelsea	487	18.0%	13.0%	-5.0pp
35	Great Falls Middle	Montague, MA	Gill-Montague	228	23.0%	18.0%	-5.0pp
36	Pickering Middle	Lynn, MA	Lynn	583	28.5%	23.5%	-5.0pp
37	Stoneham Central Middle School	Stoneham, MA	Stoneham	689	47.5%	42.5%	-5.0pp
38	West Springfield Middle	West Springfield, MA	West Springfield	909	34.5%	29.5%	-5.0pp
39	Chestnut Hill Community School	Belchertown, MA	Belchertown	494	42.5%	38.0%	-4.5pp
40	Ohrenberger School	West Roxbury, MA	Boston	477	33.0%	28.5%	-4.5pp
41	Gateway Regional Middle School	Huntington, MA	Gateway	196	28.0%	23.5%	-4.5pp
42	Leicester Middle	Leicester, MA	Leicester	394	33.5%	29.0%	-4.5pp
43	Tantasqua Regional Jr High	Fiskdale, MA	Tantasqua	576	49.0%	44.5%	-4.5pp
44	Dudley Middle School	Dudley, MA	Dudley-Charlton Reg	540	36.5%	32.5%	-4.0pp
45	Saugus Middle School	Saugus, MA	Saugus	616	31.0%	27.0%	-4.0pp
46	John F. Ryan	Tewksbury, MA	Tewksbury	500	40.0%	36.0%	-4.0pp
47	Auburn Middle	Auburn, MA	Auburn	628	46.0%	42.5%	-3.5pp
48	Barnstable Intermediate School	Hyannis, MA	Barnstable	642	27.0%	23.5%	-3.5pp
49	Miles River Middle	Hamilton, MA	Hamilton-Wenham	391	66.5%	63.0%	-3.5pp
50	Wm Diamond Middle	Lexington, MA	Lexington	936	80.5%	77.0%	-3.5pp

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