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Daniel L Joyce Middle School
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 13 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 12 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Daniel L Joyce Middle School
Set in Woburn, Massachusetts, Daniel L Joyce Middle School is a cozy intermediate school, run under Woburn. It enrolls 455 students across grades 6 through 8.
Daniel L Joyce Middle School is one of 10 schools operated by Woburn, a district that teaches 4,520 students overall.
On demographics, Daniel L Joyce Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 69%. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Middlesex County as a whole.
On the resource side, The school reports having 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.3:1. The state averages around 11.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.
In the broader community, census data for Middlesex County shows median household income runs about $130,847, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Middlesex County runs 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), of which Daniel L Joyce Middle School is one.
Clyde Reeves is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Daniel L Joyce Middle School.
Daniel L Joyce Middle School operates from a residential location.
Five-year trend. Daniel L Joyce Middle School's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 524 (now 455). The White share of enrollment edged down from 77% to 69% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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