Middle · Massachusetts

James S Daley Middle School

Free meals for all

James S Daley Middle School, a public middle school in Lowell, Massachusetts: grades 5–8, 669 students, 13.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lowell.

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
669
Teachers (FTE)
50.5
Students per teacher
13.2
Grades
5–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 80% of middle schools in Massachusetts

Median 11.5 · 303 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 64% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 73% of middle schools in Massachusetts

Median 531 · 303 schools compared

Larger than 66% 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%

47%proficient

+7.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 60% of middle schools in Massachusetts

Median 42% · 303 middle schools compared

648 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Massachusetts: 41%

52%proficient

+2.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 70% of middle schools in Massachusetts

Median 38% · 303 middle schools compared

645 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
Large suburb
Run by
Lowell

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Lowell.

Location

Address
150 Fleming Street, Lowell, MA 01851
Phone
(978)937-8981
City or town
Lowell

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
5–8152.70.0%8.3%
5–861312.831%39%
7–880812.460%49%
B.F. Butler Middle SchoolFree meals for all
5–851613.126%30%
Dr An Wang SchoolFree meals for all
5–866315.326%26%
5–677812.558%53%

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

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.

NCES 250702001036