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The public middle schools with the most improved test scores in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

69 public middle schools in Middlesex County, Massachusetts appear in this ranking of the public middle schools with the most improved test scores, ranked by the 3-year gain in composite math + reading proficiency. Putnam Avenue Upper School leads the list at +15.0pp, against a median of +2.5pp across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Top 3-yr change

+15.0pp

Median 3-yr change

+2.5pp

MOST IMPROVED · MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	Students	3 yrs ago	Latest	Change
1	Putnam Avenue Upper School	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	283	42.0%	57.0%	+15.0pp
2	Concord Middle	Concord, MA	Concord	643	61.0%	76.0%	+15.0pp
3	Littleton Middle School	Littleton, MA	Littleton	373	52.0%	67.0%	+15.0pp
4	Locke Middle	Billerica, MA	Billerica	531	37.0%	50.5%	+13.5pp
5	Kathryn P. Stoklosa Middle School	Lowell, MA	Lowell	613	24.5%	35.0%	+10.5pp
6	Rindge Avenue Upper School	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	292	58.0%	67.0%	+9.0pp
7	Vassal Lane Upper School	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	298	44.0%	52.5%	+8.5pp
8	Hale	Stow, MA	Nashoba	247	61.5%	69.5%	+8.0pp
9	Wilmington Middle School	Wilmington, MA	Wilmington	782	43.0%	50.5%	+7.5pp
10	Marshall Middle School	Billerica, MA	Billerica	596	40.5%	47.5%	+7.0pp
11	North Reading Middle	North Reading, MA	North Reading	494	64.0%	71.0%	+7.0pp
12	Walter S Parker Middle	Reading, MA	Reading	467	55.0%	62.0%	+7.0pp
13	James S Daley Middle School	Lowell, MA	Lowell	669	43.0%	49.5%	+6.5pp
14	Tyngsborough Middle	Tyngsborough, MA	Tyngsborough	395	35.5%	41.5%	+6.0pp
15	Raymond J Grey Junior High	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	824	72.5%	78.0%	+5.5pp
16	Henry J Robinson Middle	Lowell, MA	Lowell	600	13.0%	18.5%	+5.5pp
17	Charles E Brown Middle	Newton Centre, MA	Newton	713	73.5%	79.0%	+5.5pp
18	McCall Middle	Winchester, MA	Winchester	1,036	68.0%	73.5%	+5.5pp
19	Justus C. Richardson Middle School	Dracut, MA	Dracut	916	35.5%	40.5%	+5.0pp
20	B.F. Butler Middle School	Lowell, MA	Lowell	516	23.0%	28.0%	+5.0pp
21	Bigelow Middle	Newton, MA	Newton	434	63.0%	68.0%	+5.0pp
22	Arthur W Coolidge Middle	Reading, MA	Reading	405	68.5%	73.5%	+5.0pp
23	Wayland Middle School	Wayland, MA	Wayland	662	72.5%	77.5%	+5.0pp
24	Fuller Middle	Framingham, MA	Framingham	592	15.0%	19.5%	+4.5pp
25	Christa McAuliffe Charter School	Framingham, MA	Christa McAuliffe Charter School	284	27.0%	31.0%	+4.0pp
26	Ottoson Middle	Arlington, MA	Arlington	963	74.0%	78.0%	+4.0pp
27	Wilson Middle	Natick, MA	Natick	727	63.0%	67.0%	+4.0pp
28	Marshall Simonds Middle	Burlington, MA	Burlington	848	51.5%	55.0%	+3.5pp
29	Col Moses Parker School	Chelmsford, MA	Chelmsford	778	52.0%	55.5%	+3.5pp
30	Hopkinton Middle School	Hopkinton, MA	Hopkinton	996	75.5%	79.0%	+3.5pp
31	James Sullivan Middle School	Lowell, MA	Lowell	625	18.0%	21.5%	+3.5pp
32	Ayer Shirley Regional Middle School	Shirley, MA	Ayer Shirley School District	410	40.0%	43.0%	+3.0pp
33	Cambridge Street Upper School	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	301	39.0%	42.0%	+3.0pp
34	John F Kennedy Middle	Waltham, MA	Waltham	635	47.5%	50.5%	+3.0pp
35	Robert H. Adams Middle School	Holliston, MA	Holliston	626	64.0%	66.5%	+2.5pp
36	Stony Brook School	Westford, MA	Westford	546	69.5%	72.0%	+2.5pp
37	Jonas Clarke Middle	Lexington, MA	Lexington	796	80.5%	82.5%	+2.0pp
38	Ashland Middle	Ashland, MA	Ashland	685	59.0%	60.5%	+1.5pp
39	Galvin Middle School	Wakefield, MA	Wakefield	1,056	51.0%	52.5%	+1.5pp
40	John W. McDevitt Middle School	Waltham, MA	Waltham	618	36.0%	37.5%	+1.5pp
41	Gibbs School	Arlington, MA	Arlington	529	69.5%	70.5%	+1.0pp
42	John J. McGlynn Middle School	Medford, MA	Medford	464	29.5%	30.5%	+1.0pp
43	J F Kennedy Middle School	Natick, MA	Natick	911	64.5%	65.5%	+1.0pp
44	Ephraim Curtis Middle	Sudbury, MA	Sudbury	816	73.5%	74.5%	+1.0pp
45	McCarthy Middle School	Chelmsford, MA	Chelmsford	808	54.0%	54.5%	+0.5pp
46	F A Day Middle	Newtonville, MA	Newton	860	70.0%	70.5%	+0.5pp
47	Madeleine Dugger Andrews	Medford, MA	Medford	435	41.5%	41.5%	+0.0pp
48	Weston Middle	Weston, MA	Weston	451	76.0%	76.0%	+0.0pp
49	John Glenn Middle	Bedford, MA	Bedford	604	69.0%	68.5%	-0.5pp
50	Groton Dunstable Regional Middle	Groton, MA	Groton-Dunstable	739	58.0%	57.5%	-0.5pp

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