Hale
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 93 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 65 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 89 | 36% |
School pathway
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2016, while math scores are down about 11 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 64.0% |
| 2022-23 | 71.0% | 65.0% |
| 2021-22 | 62.0% | 61.0% |
| 2020-21 | 66.0% | 59.0% |
| 2018-19 | 77.0% | 75.0% |
| 2017-18 | 76.0% | 82.0% |
| 2016-17 | 70.0% | 80.0% |
Where Hale ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #30 of 304 ▲ 14 | #20 of 70 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #31 of 304 ▲ 5 | #19 of 70 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #25 of 299 | #8 of 69 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 247 | #288 of 310 | #70 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #120 of 296 | #37 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.6% | #215 of 296 | #65 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #48 of 204 | #6 of 41 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 247 | 22.3 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 237 | 25 | 9.5:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 270 | 26 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 300 | 28 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 301 | 23.4 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 288 | 22 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 295 | 19 | 15.5:1 | 5% (14) |
| 2000-01 | 256 | N/A | N/A | 1% (3) |
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (301 to 247); teachers down 5% (23.4 to 22.3).
About Hale
Hale, a small middle school, is located in Stow, Massachusetts. It reported 247 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. By comparison, middle schools in Massachusetts enroll about 547 students on average.
Nashoba is responsible for 6 schools, Hale included, with 2,990 students in all.
The student body at Hale is 80% White. After that, the student body is 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 6% Asian. Among all residents of Middlesex County, the White share is about 67%. A diversity index of 35% means there is a 35% chance two randomly chosen students at Hale are from different groups.
Based on 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, Hale has a ratio of 11.1:1. It is about the same as the 11.5:1 average for middle schools in Massachusetts.
Middlesex County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $130,847 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 60% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Hale shares Middlesex County with 385 other public schools.
Hale's closest public school neighbor is Center School, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
In the federal locale system, Hale is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 247 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 300.
Hale has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Middlesex County at a glance
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