Middle · Massachusetts
Albert F Ford Middle School
Free meals for allAlbert F Ford Middle School, a public middle school in Acushnet, Massachusetts: grades 5–8, 403 students, 13.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Acushnet.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 403
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.1
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- Grades
- 5–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 76% of middle schools in Massachusetts
Median 11.5 · 303 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 66% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 73% of middle schools in Massachusetts
Median 531 · 303 schools compared
Smaller than 64% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Massachusetts's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Massachusetts: 42%43%proficient
−3.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 51% of middle schools in Massachusetts
Median 42% · 303 middle schools compared
399 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Massachusetts: 41%44%proficient
−3.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 58% of middle schools in Massachusetts
Median 38% · 303 middle schools compared
400 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 5–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Midsize suburb
- Run by
- Acushnet
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Acushnet.
Location
- Address
- 708 Middle Road, Acushnet, MA 02743
- Phone
- (508)998-0265
- County
- Bristol County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normandin Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 990 | 11.8 | 24% | 17% |
Hastings MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 415 | 12.3 | 39% | 40% |
| 4–6 | 154 | 9.6 | 66% | 62% | |
Keith Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 949 | 10.6 | 24% | 21% |
| 6–8 | 699 | 13.2 | 45% | 51% | |
Dartmouth MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 801 | 10.5 | 57% | 58% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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