Miles River Middle

Families in Hamilton, Massachusetts, are served by Miles River Middle, a small middle school. Enrollment is 391 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Massachusetts is about 547 students, so this school is 29% smaller than average.

Hamilton-Wenham serves 1,669 students across 5 schools.

Miles River Middle enrolls a student body that is 84% White. The rest of enrollment is 7% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Essex County's population at about 68%. The chance that two students picked at random at Miles River Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 28%.

Dividing enrollment by its 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 10.3:1. Among middle schools in Massachusetts, the typical ratio is 11.5:1.

Census Bureau estimates for Essex County show that median household income is about $101,883, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. A total of 221 public schools operate in Essex County, serving about 113,427 students.

Hamilton-Wenham Regional High is the public school closest to Miles River Middle, about 0.1 miles away. Miles River Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.

Miles River Middle had 393 students in 2020-21 and 391 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.7:1 in 2020-21 to 10.3:1 in 2024-25.

Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.