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Sarah W Gibbons Middle
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Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 2 points since 2016, while math scores have held steady.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Sarah W Gibbons Middle
As a mid-sized middle school in Westborough, Massachusetts, Sarah W Gibbons Middle caters to 610 students from grades 7 through 8, overseen by Westborough.
Within Westborough, which oversees 6 schools and 3,831 students, Sarah W Gibbons Middle is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Sarah W Gibbons Middle shows that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 37% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Worcester County indicate median household income runs about $95,939, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Worcester County runs 257 public schools (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students), of which Sarah W Gibbons Middle is one.
Nearest neighbor: J Harding Armstrong, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sarah W Gibbons Middle has showed little movement, going from 600 students in 2018 to 610 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 58% to 42% over that span.
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Related schools
- Westborough HighHigh · 1,213 students
- Mill Pond SchoolMiddle · 834 students
- Elsie A Hastings ElementaryElementary · 478 students
- J Harding ArmstrongElementary · 391 students
- Annie E FalesElementary · 305 students
- Westborough HighHigh · 1,213 students
- Mill Pond SchoolMiddle · 834 students
- Elsie A Hastings ElementaryElementary · 478 students
- J Harding ArmstrongElementary · 391 students
- Annie E FalesElementary · 305 students
- Central AreaCombined
- J Harding Armstrong0.1 mi · 391
- Westborough High0.6 mi · 1,213
- Elsie A Hastings Elementary1.3 mi · 478
- Annie E Fales1.4 mi · 305
- Mill Pond School1.6 mi · 834
- Fannie E Proctor2.6 mi · 238