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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

70 public middle schools in Middlesex County, Massachusetts appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public middle schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Jonas Clarke Middle leads the list at 83.0%, against a median of 57.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Top % Proficient (Reading)

83.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

57.0%

BEST IN READING · MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Jonas Clarke Middle	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Middle	796	83.0%
2	Ottoson Middle	Arlington, MA	Arlington	Middle	963	80.0%
3	Concord Middle	Concord, MA	Concord	Middle	643	80.0%
4	Wayland Middle School	Wayland, MA	Wayland	Middle	662	77.0%
5	Hopkinton Middle School	Hopkinton, MA	Hopkinton	Middle	996	76.0%
6	Charles E Brown Middle	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	Middle	713	76.0%
7	Weston Middle	Weston, MA	Weston	Middle	451	76.0%
8	Raymond J Grey Junior High	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	Middle	824	75.0%
9	Wm Diamond Middle	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Middle	936	75.0%
10	Belmont Middle School	Belmont, MA	Belmont	Middle	742	75.0%
11	Littleton Middle School	Littleton, MA	Littleton	Middle	373	73.0%
12	Ephraim Curtis Middle	Sudbury, MA	Sudbury	Middle	816	73.0%
13	John Glenn Middle	Bedford, MA	Bedford	Middle	604	72.0%
14	North Reading Middle	North Reading, MA	North Reading	Middle	494	72.0%
15	Arthur W Coolidge Middle	Reading, MA	Reading	Middle	405	72.0%
16	Gibbs School	Arlington, MA	Arlington	Middle	529	71.0%
17	Bigelow Middle	Newton, MA	Newton	Middle	434	71.0%
18	McCall Middle	Winchester, MA	Winchester	Middle	1,036	71.0%
19	Hale	Stow, MA	Nashoba	Middle	247	70.0%
20	F A Day Middle	Newtonville, MA	Newton	Middle	860	70.0%
21	Rindge Avenue Upper School	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Middle	292	69.0%
22	Blanchard Middle	Westford, MA	Westford	Middle	541	67.0%
23	Stony Brook School	Westford, MA	Westford	Middle	546	67.0%
24	Winthrop L Chenery Upper Elementary	Belmont, MA	Belmont	Middle	1,023	66.0%
25	Robert H. Adams Middle School	Holliston, MA	Holliston	Middle	626	66.0%
26	Wilson Middle	Natick, MA	Natick	Middle	727	66.0%
27	Oak Hill Middle	Newton, MA	Newton	Middle	649	65.0%
28	Walter S Parker Middle	Reading, MA	Reading	Middle	467	65.0%
29	J F Kennedy Middle School	Natick, MA	Natick	Middle	911	64.0%
30	Putnam Avenue Upper School	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Middle	283	62.0%
31	Ashland Middle	Ashland, MA	Ashland	Middle	685	61.0%
32	McCarthy Middle School	Chelmsford, MA	Chelmsford	Middle	808	60.0%
33	Groton Dunstable Regional Middle	Groton, MA	Groton-Dunstable	Middle	739	60.0%
34	Col Moses Parker School	Chelmsford, MA	Chelmsford	Middle	778	58.0%
35	Melrose Middle	Melrose, MA	Melrose	Middle	886	57.0%
36	John W. Wynn Middle	Tewksbury, MA	Tewksbury	Middle	539	57.0%
37	Marshall Simonds Middle	Burlington, MA	Burlington	Middle	848	55.0%
38	Galvin Middle School	Wakefield, MA	Wakefield	Middle	1,056	55.0%
39	John F Kennedy Middle	Waltham, MA	Waltham	Middle	635	55.0%
40	Vassal Lane Upper School	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Middle	298	54.0%
41	Locke Middle	Billerica, MA	Billerica	Middle	531	50.0%
42	Marshall Middle School	Billerica, MA	Billerica	Middle	596	49.0%
43	Cambridge Street Upper School	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Middle	301	47.0%
44	James S Daley Middle School	Lowell, MA	Lowell	Middle	669	47.0%
45	Wilmington Middle School	Wilmington, MA	Wilmington	Middle	782	47.0%
46	Ayer Shirley Regional Middle School	Shirley, MA	Ayer Shirley School District	Middle	410	46.0%
47	Watertown Middle	Watertown, MA	Watertown	Middle	583	46.0%
48	Madeleine Dugger Andrews	Medford, MA	Medford	Middle	435	45.0%
49	Stoneham Central Middle School	Stoneham, MA	Stoneham	Middle	689	45.0%
50	Justus C. Richardson Middle School	Dracut, MA	Dracut	Middle	916	44.0%

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