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The public middle schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in Massachusetts

296 public middle schools in Massachusetts appear in this ranking of the public middle schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios, ranked by the fewest students per teacher, a proxy for class size and staffing. Frederick Pilot Middle School leads the list at 6.7:1, against a median of 11.5:1 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

296

Massachusetts

Best Students/teacher

6.7:1

Median Students/teacher

11.5:1

LOWEST RATIO · MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Frederick Pilot Middle School	Dorchester, MA	Boston	Middle	215	6.7:1
2	Vassal Lane Upper School	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Middle	298	7.0:1
3	Cambridge Street Upper School	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Middle	301	8.3:1
4	Daniel L Joyce Middle School	Woburn, MA	Woburn	Middle	455	8.3:1
5	Fuller Middle	Framingham, MA	Framingham	Middle	592	8.6:1
6	Nauset Regional Middle	Orleans, MA	Nauset	Middle	455	8.6:1
7	Agawam Junior High	Feeding Hills, MA	Agawam	Middle	527	8.8:1
8	John J. McGlynn Middle School	Medford, MA	Medford	Middle	464	8.8:1
9	Susan B. Anthony Middle School	Revere, MA	Revere	Middle	545	8.9:1
10	Bourne Middle School	Bourne, MA	Bourne	Middle	394	8.9:1
11	Wood Hill Middle School	Andover, MA	Andover	Middle	317	8.9:1
12	Putnam Avenue Upper School	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Middle	283	9.0:1
13	Ipswich Middle School	Ipswich, MA	Ipswich	Middle	377	9.0:1
14	Guilmette Middle School	Lawrence, MA	Lawrence	Middle	457	9.0:1
15	Madeleine Dugger Andrews	Medford, MA	Medford	Middle	435	9.0:1
16	Wellesley Middle	Wellesley, MA	Wellesley	Middle	919	9.0:1
17	Joseph A. Browne School	Chelsea, MA	Chelsea	Middle	487	9.0:1
18	Amesbury Middle	Amesbury, MA	Amesbury	Middle	364	9.2:1
19	Annie Sullivan Middle School	Franklin, MA	Franklin	Middle	322	9.2:1
20	Manchester Essex Regional Middle School	Manchester, MA	Manchester Essex Regional	Middle	279	9.2:1
21	Higginson-Lewis K-8 School	Roxbury, MA	Boston	Middle	213	9.2:1
22	Amherst Regional Middle School	Amherst, MA	Amherst-Pelham	Middle	366	9.3:1
23	Southbridge Middle School	Southbridge, MA	Southbridge	Middle	380	9.3:1
24	Dedham Middle School	Dedham, MA	Dedham	Middle	555	9.3:1
25	Rupert A Nock Middle	Newburyport, MA	Newburyport	Middle	470	9.3:1
26	1 LT Charles W. Whitcomb School	Marlborough, MA	Marlborough	Middle	965	9.3:1
27	John F Kennedy Middle	Springfield, MA	Springfield	Middle	366	9.3:1
28	John T Reid Middle	Pittsfield, MA	Pittsfield	Middle	407	9.3:1
29	Jonas Clarke Middle	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Middle	796	9.4:1
30	Rindge Avenue Upper School	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	Middle	292	9.4:1
31	Spark Academy	Lawrence, MA	Lawrence	Middle	443	9.4:1
32	Wm Diamond Middle	Lexington, MA	Lexington	Middle	936	9.4:1
33	Walter S Parker Middle	Reading, MA	Reading	Middle	467	9.5:1
34	Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School	Dover, MA	Dover-Sherborn	Middle	471	9.5:1
35	Chestnut Accelerated Middle School (Talented and Gifted)	Springfield, MA	Springfield	Middle	265	9.5:1
36	Wilmington Middle School	Wilmington, MA	Wilmington	Middle	782	9.5:1
37	Dupont Middle	Chicopee, MA	Chicopee	Middle	683	9.5:1
38	Bellamy Middle	Chicopee, MA	Chicopee	Middle	776	9.6:1
39	John W. McDevitt Middle School	Waltham, MA	Waltham	Middle	618	9.6:1
40	Oak Hill Middle	Newton, MA	Newton	Middle	649	9.6:1
41	Harold L Qualters Middle	Mansfield, MA	Mansfield	Middle	750	9.6:1
42	Concord Middle	Concord, MA	Concord	Middle	643	9.7:1
43	Triton Regional Middle School	Byfield, MA	Triton	Middle	297	9.7:1
44	Hoosac Valley Middle School	Cheshire, MA	Hoosac Valley Regional	Middle	304	9.7:1
45	Lawrence	Falmouth, MA	Falmouth	Middle	474	9.7:1
46	North Reading Middle	North Reading, MA	North Reading	Middle	494	9.7:1
47	Great Falls Middle	Montague, MA	Gill-Montague	Middle	228	9.8:1
48	Monomoy Regional Middle School	Chatham, MA	Monomoy Regional School District	Middle	395	9.8:1
49	Christa McAuliffe Charter School	Framingham, MA	Christa McAuliffe Charter School	Middle	284	9.8:1
50	Eugene Wright Science and Technology Academy	Chelsea, MA	Chelsea	Middle	436	9.8:1

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