Rindge Avenue Upper School

Rindge Avenue Upper School is a middle school of compact scale in Cambridge, Massachusetts, overseen by Cambridge, caters to 292 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 47% below the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 547 students.

Within Cambridge, which oversees 17 schools and 7,027 students, Rindge Avenue Upper School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Rindge Avenue Upper School records that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 19% Black, 11% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.5:1, putting Rindge Avenue Upper School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $130,847 per year, roughly 60% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Rindge Avenue Upper School is one.

The closest other public school is Peabody, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rindge Avenue Upper School.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 9%: 267 students in 2018 compared to 292 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 29% to 19%.

On this page, members of the Rindge Avenue Upper School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.