Middle · Massachusetts
Gibbs School
Gibbs School, a public middle school in Arlington, Massachusetts: grade 6, 529 students, 12.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Arlington.
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
- 529
- Teachers (FTE)
- 42.6
- Students per teacher
- 12.4
- Grades
- 6
- Middle
More students per teacher than 65% of middle schools in Massachusetts
Median 11.5 · 303 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 72% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 50% of middle schools in Massachusetts
Median 531 · 303 schools compared
Larger than 51% 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%71%proficient
+3.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 90% of middle schools in Massachusetts
Median 42% · 303 middle schools compared
506 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Massachusetts: 41%70%proficient
+2.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 91% of middle schools in Massachusetts
Median 38% · 303 middle schools compared
503 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 · Grade 6
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Arlington
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Arlington.
Location
- Address
- 41 Foster Street, Arlington, MA 02474
- Phone
- (781)316-9003
- City or town
- Arlington
- County
- Middlesex 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7–8 | 742 | 15.5 | 75% | 77% | |
Rindge Avenue Upper SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 292 | 9.4 | 69% | 65% |
| 7–8 | 963 | 11.4 | 80% | 76% | |
| 4–6 | 1,023 | 13.8 | 66% | 67% | |
Madeleine Dugger AndrewsFree meals for all | 6–8 | 435 | 9.0 | 45% | 38% |
John J. McGlynn Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 464 | 8.8 | 31% | 30% |
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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