Middle · Massachusetts

McCarthy Middle School

McCarthy Middle School, a public middle school in Chelmsford, Massachusetts: grades 7–8, 808 students, 12.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Chelmsford.

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
808
Teachers (FTE)
65.0
Students per teacher
12.4
Grades
7–8
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

Larger than 86% of middle schools in Massachusetts

Median 531 · 303 schools compared

Larger than 79% 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%

60%proficient

+7.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 78% of middle schools in Massachusetts

Median 42% · 303 middle schools compared

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

Math

Massachusetts: 41%

49%proficient

+0.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 64% of middle schools in Massachusetts

Median 38% · 303 middle schools compared

778 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 7–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Large suburb

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

Location

Address
250 North Rd, Chelmsford, MA 01824
Phone
(978)251-5122

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
5–677812.558%53%
James S Daley Middle SchoolFree meals for all
5–866913.247%52%
Dr An Wang SchoolFree meals for all
5–866315.326%26%
5–8152.70.0%8.3%
5–861312.831%39%
B.F. Butler Middle SchoolFree meals for all
5–851613.126%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

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 250351000478