McCarthy Middle School

Students in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, attend McCarthy Middle School, a mid-sized middle school. Its enrollment is 808 students, spread over grades 7 through 8. That compares with an average of about 547 students for middle schools in Massachusetts.

McCarthy Middle School falls under Chelmsford, which has 8 schools enrolling 5,068 students.

Federal enrollment data show McCarthy Middle School is 63% White. Other groups make up 20% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. In Middlesex County overall, the White share is about 67%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.

McCarthy Middle School reports a ratio of 12.4 students per teacher, from 65 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 12.4:1 compares with an average of 11.5:1 for middle schools in Massachusetts.

Among Massachusetts public middle schools, McCarthy Middle School outscored 69%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.

The county, Middlesex County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $130,847 a year, 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Middlesex County has 386 public schools with about 215,896 students, including McCarthy Middle School.

McCarthy Middle School is about 0.5 miles from Chelmsford High, its nearest public school. McCarthy Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 808, compared with 770 in 2020-21.

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