Top 10 Best Reading/Language Arts Proficiency Public Middle Schools in Massachusetts (2024-25)

Public middle schools in Massachusetts achieve an average reading/language arts proficiency of 42% (2024-25).
The public middle schools with the highest reading/language arts proficiency are listed below (where sufficient data available).
The public middle school with the highest reading/language arts proficiency in Massachusetts is Boston Latin School with 87%.
RLA Proficiency Range: 69% 87% Avg. RLA Proficiency: 74%

Top Reading/Language Arts Proficiency Public Middle Schools in Massachusetts (2024-25)

School
(Math and Reading Proficiency)
RLA Proficiency
Grades
Location
Rank: #11.
Boston Latin School
Magnet School
(Math: 85% | Reading: 87%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 1%
RLA Proficiency: 87%
Grades: 7-12
78 Ave Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 635-8895
Rank: #22.
Jonas Clarke Middle School
Magnet School
(Math: 80% | Reading: 81%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
RLA Proficiency: 81%
Grades: 6-8
17 Stedman Rd
Lexington, MA 02421
(781) 861-2450
Rank: #33.
O'bryant School Of Math & Science
Magnet School
(Math: 80% | Reading: 79%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
RLA Proficiency: 79%
Grades: 7-12
55 Malcolm X Blvd
Roxbury Crossing, MA 02120
(617) 635-9932
Rank: #44.
Wm Diamond Middle School
Magnet School
(Math: 83% | Reading: 78%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
RLA Proficiency: 78%
Grades: 6-8
99 Hancock Street
Lexington, MA 02420
(781) 861-2460
Rank: #5 - 75. - 7.
Bromfield
Magnet School
(Math: 75% | Reading: 77%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
RLA Proficiency: 77%
Grades: 6-12
14 Massachusetts Avenue
Harvard, MA 01451
(978) 456-4152
Rank: #5 - 75. - 7.
Cohasset Middle School
Magnet School
(Math: 58% | Reading: 77%)
Rank:
9/
10
Top 20%
RLA Proficiency: 77%
Grades: 6-8
143 Pond Street
Cohasset, MA 02025
(781) 236-1070
Rank: #5 - 75. - 7.
Heath
Magnet School
(Math: 69% | Reading: 77%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
RLA Proficiency: 77%
Grades: K-8
100 Eliot Street
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
(617) 879-4570
Rank: #8 - 118. - 11.
Boston Latin Academy
Magnet School
(Math: 61% | Reading: 76%)
Rank:
9/
10
Top 20%
RLA Proficiency: 76%
Grades: 7-12
205 Townsend Street
Dorchester, MA 02121
(617) 635-9957
Rank: #8 - 118. - 11.
Hingham Middle School
Magnet School
(Math: 64% | Reading: 76%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
RLA Proficiency: 76%
Grades: 6-8
1103 Main Street
Hingham, MA 02043
(781) 741-1550
Rank: #8 - 118. - 11.
Pierce
Magnet School
(Math: 73% | Reading: 76%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
RLA Proficiency: 76%
Grades: K-8
50 School Street
Brookline, MA 02446
(617) 730-2583
Rank: #8 - 118. - 11.
Weston Middle School
Magnet School
(Math: 76% | Reading: 76%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
RLA Proficiency: 76%
Grades: 6-8
456 Wellesley Street
Weston, MA 02493
(781) 786-5600
Rank: #12 - 1412. - 14.
Blanchard Middle School
Magnet School
(Math: 77% | Reading: 75%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
RLA Proficiency: 75%
Grades: 6-8
14 West Street
Westford, MA 01886
(978) 692-5582
Rank: #12 - 1412. - 14.
Ottoson Middle School
Magnet School
(Math: 73% | Reading: 75%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
RLA Proficiency: 75%
Grades: 7-8
63 Acton Street
Arlington, MA 02476
(781) 316-3745
Rank: #12 - 1412. - 14.
Winthrop L Chenery Middle School
Magnet School
(Math: 80% | Reading: 75%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
RLA Proficiency: 75%
Grades: 5-8
95 Washington Street
Belmont, MA 02478
(617) 993-5800
Rank: #15 - 1815. - 18.
Hopkinton Middle School
Magnet School
(Math: 77% | Reading: 74%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 5%
RLA Proficiency: 74%
Grades: 6-8
88 Hayden Rowe Street
Hopkinton, MA 01748
(508) 497-9831
Rank: #15 - 1815. - 18.
Pollard Middle School
Magnet School
(Math: 76% | Reading: 74%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
RLA Proficiency: 74%
Grades: 7-8
200 Harris Avenue
Needham, MA 02492
(781) 455-0480
Rank: #15 - 1815. - 18.
Wellesley Middle School
Magnet School
(Math: 67% | Reading: 74%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
RLA Proficiency: 74%
Grades: 6-8
50 Kingsbury Street
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
(781) 446-6235
Rank: #15 - 1815. - 18.
William H Lincoln
Magnet School
(Math: 71% | Reading: 74%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
RLA Proficiency: 74%
Grades: K-8
19 Kennard Rd
Brookline, MA 02445
(617) 879-4600
Rank: #1919.
Lincoln School
Magnet School
(Math: 69% | Reading: 73%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
RLA Proficiency: 73%
Grades: PK-8
6 Ballfield Road
Lincoln, MA 01773
(781) 259-9404
Rank: #20 - 2220. - 22.
Four Rivers Charter Public School
Magnet School
Charter School
(Math: 50-54% | Reading: 70-74%)
Rank:
9/
10
Top 20%
RLA Proficiency: 70-74%
Grades: 7-12
248 Colrain Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
(413) 775-4577
Rank: #20 - 2220. - 22.
Mashpee Middle-high School
Magnet School
(Math: 55-59% | Reading: 70-74%)
Rank:
9/
10
Top 20%
RLA Proficiency: 70-74%
Grades: 7-12
500 Old Barnstable Road
Mashpee, MA 02649
(508) 539-3600
Rank: #20 - 2220. - 22.
Sandwich Middle High School
Magnet School
(Math: 65-69% | Reading: 70-74%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
RLA Proficiency: 70-74%
Grades: 7-12
365 Quaker Meetinghouse Rd
East Sandwich, MA 02537
(508) 888-4900
Rank: #23 - 2423. - 24.
Dover-sherborn Regional Middle School
Magnet School
(Math: 72% | Reading: 72%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
RLA Proficiency: 72%
Grades: 6-8
155 Farm Street
Dover, MA 02030
(508) 785-0635
Rank: #23 - 2423. - 24.
Sarah W Gibbons Middle School
Magnet School
(Math: 71% | Reading: 72%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
RLA Proficiency: 72%
Grades: 7-8
20 Fisher Street
Westborough, MA 01581
(508) 836-7740
Rank: #25 - 2725. - 27.
Charles E Brown Middle School
Magnet School
(Math: 76% | Reading: 71%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
RLA Proficiency: 71%
Grades: 6-8
125 Meadowbrook Rd
Newton Center, MA 02459
(617) 559-6900
Rank: #25 - 2725. - 27.
Lawrence
Magnet School
(Math: 69% | Reading: 71%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
RLA Proficiency: 71%
Grades: K-8
27 Francis Street
Brookline, MA 02446
(617) 879-4303
Rank: #25 - 2725. - 27.
Wayland Middle School
Magnet School
(Math: 74% | Reading: 71%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
RLA Proficiency: 71%
Grades: 6-8
201 Main Street
Wayland, MA 01778
(508) 358-3801
Rank: #28 - 3328. - 33.
Arthur W Coolidge Middle School
Magnet School
(Math: 67% | Reading: 70%)
Rank:
9/
10
Top 20%
RLA Proficiency: 70%
Grades: 6-8
89 Birch Meadow Dr
Reading, MA 01867
(781) 942-9158
Rank: #28 - 3328. - 33.
Carlisle School
Magnet School
(Math: 72% | Reading: 70%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
RLA Proficiency: 70%
Grades: PK-8
83 School Street
Carlisle, MA 01741
(978) 369-4102
Rank: #28 - 3328. - 33.
E W Thurston Middle School
Magnet School
(Math: 67% | Reading: 70%)
Rank:
9/
10
Top 20%
RLA Proficiency: 70%
Grades: 6-8
850 High Street
Westwood, MA 02090
(781) 326-7500
Rank: #28 - 3328. - 33.
Edith C Baker
Magnet School
(Math: 72% | Reading: 70%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
RLA Proficiency: 70%
Grades: K-8
205 Beverly Rd
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
(617) 879-4500
Rank: #28 - 3328. - 33.
Ephraim Curtis Middle School
Magnet School
(Math: 77% | Reading: 70%)
Rank:
10/
10
Top 10%
RLA Proficiency: 70%
Grades: 6-8
22 Pratts Mill Road
Sudbury, MA 01776
(978) 443-1071
Rank: #28 - 3328. - 33.
Miles River Middle School
Magnet School
(Math: 63% | Reading: 70%)
Rank:
9/
10
Top 20%
RLA Proficiency: 70%
Grades: 6-8
787 Bay Rd
South Hamilton, MA 01982
(978) 468-0399
Rank: #34 - 3534. - 35.
John D Runkle
Magnet School
(Math: 67% | Reading: 69%)
Rank:
9/
10
Top 20%
RLA Proficiency: 69%
Grades: PK-8
50 Druce Street
Brookline, MA 02445
(617) 879-4650
Rank: #34 - 3534. - 35.
John F Kennedy
Magnet School
(Math: 63% | Reading: 69%)
Rank:
9/
10
Top 20%
RLA Proficiency: 69%
Grades: PK-8
5 Cherry Street
Somerville, MA 02144
(617) 629-5440
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Massachusetts average public middle schools reading/language arts proficiency?
The Massachusetts average public middle schools reading/language arts proficiency is 42%% for 2024-25.
What are the public middle schools with the highest reading/language arts proficiency in Massachusetts?
The best top ranked public middle schools in Massachusetts include Boston Latin School, Jonas Clarke Middle School and O'bryant School Of Math & Science.

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