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The fastest-declining public middle schools by enrollment in Massachusetts

Across Massachusetts, 204 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the steepest enrollment decline between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Forest Park Middle leads the list at -60.4%, against a median of -11.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

204

Massachusetts

Best Enrollment change

-60.4%

Median Enrollment change

-11.4%

FASTEST DECLINING · MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Forest Park Middle	Springfield, MA	Springfield	712	282	-60.4%
2	Frederick Pilot Middle School	Dorchester, MA	Boston	494	215	-56.5%
3	Amesbury Middle	Amesbury, MA	Amesbury	677	364	-46.2%
4	Northbridge Middle	Whitinsville, MA	Northbridge	723	394	-45.5%
5	Bourne Middle School	Bourne, MA	Bourne	683	394	-42.3%
6	Wareham Middle	Wareham, MA	Wareham	726	432	-40.5%
7	Van Sickle Academy	Springfield, MA	Springfield	403	262	-35.0%
8	Millis Middle	Millis, MA	Millis	407	267	-34.4%
9	North Middle School	Brockton, MA	Brockton	629	427	-32.1%
10	South End Middle School	Springfield, MA	Springfield	240	163	-32.1%
11	Higginson-Lewis K-8 School	Roxbury, MA	Boston	308	213	-30.8%
12	Pembroke Community Middle School	Pembroke, MA	Pembroke	496	353	-28.8%
13	Triton Regional Middle School	Byfield, MA	Triton	416	297	-28.6%
14	Christa McAuliffe Charter School	Framingham, MA	Christa McAuliffe Charter School	395	284	-28.1%
15	Winthrop L Chenery Upper Elementary	Belmont, MA	Belmont	1,421	1,023	-28.0%
16	Annie Sullivan Middle School	Franklin, MA	Franklin	446	322	-27.8%
17	Chocksett Middle School	Sterling, MA	Wachusett	364	264	-27.5%
18	Ohrenberger School	West Roxbury, MA	Boston	648	477	-26.4%
19	1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School	Marlborough, MA	Marlborough	1,308	965	-26.2%
20	John T Reid Middle	Pittsfield, MA	Pittsfield	550	407	-26.0%
21	Hingham Middle School	Hingham, MA	Hingham	1,075	798	-25.8%
22	Manchester Essex Regional Middle School	Manchester, MA	Manchester Essex Regional	372	279	-25.0%
23	Old Hammondtown	Mattapoisett, MA	Mattapoisett	205	154	-24.9%
24	Hoosac Valley Middle School	Cheshire, MA	Hoosac Valley Regional	401	304	-24.2%
25	Ottoson Middle	Arlington, MA	Arlington	1,258	963	-23.4%
26	Charles E Roderick	Wrentham, MA	Wrentham	466	357	-23.4%
27	Clinton Middle School	Clinton, MA	Clinton	746	573	-23.2%
28	Wilson Middle	Natick, MA	Natick	945	727	-23.1%
29	Wood Hill Middle School	Andover, MA	Andover	411	317	-22.9%
30	Ware Middle School	Ware, MA	Ware	335	261	-22.1%
31	Southbridge Middle School	Southbridge, MA	Southbridge	483	380	-21.3%
32	Normandin Middle School	New Bedford, MA	New Bedford	1,254	990	-21.1%
33	Lawrence	Falmouth, MA	Falmouth	599	474	-20.9%
34	Joseph A. Browne School	Chelsea, MA	Chelsea	615	487	-20.8%
35	Pentucket Regional Middle	West Newbury, MA	Pentucket	422	335	-20.6%
36	Harold L Qualters Middle	Mansfield, MA	Mansfield	941	750	-20.3%
37	Narragansett Middle	Baldwinville, MA	Narragansett	457	366	-19.9%
38	Paul R Baird Middle	Ludlow, MA	Ludlow	638	513	-19.6%
39	Duxbury Middle	Duxbury, MA	Duxbury	743	599	-19.4%
40	Remington Middle	Franklin, MA	Franklin	441	358	-18.8%
41	Georgetown Middle School	Georgetown, MA	Georgetown	230	187	-18.7%
42	John F Kennedy Middle	Springfield, MA	Springfield	450	366	-18.7%
43	South Middle School	Brockton, MA	Brockton	489	398	-18.6%
44	Bellingham Memorial School	Bellingham, MA	Bellingham	719	586	-18.5%
45	Eugene Wright Science and Technology Academy	Chelsea, MA	Chelsea	535	436	-18.5%
46	Wellesley Middle	Wellesley, MA	Wellesley	1,128	919	-18.5%
47	Douglas Middle School	Douglas, MA	Douglas	348	284	-18.4%
48	Hale	Stow, MA	Nashoba	301	247	-17.9%
49	Dorothy L Beckwith	Rehoboth, MA	Dighton-Rehoboth	583	479	-17.8%
50	Joseph Metcalf School	Holyoke, MA	Holyoke	259	213	-17.8%

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