Best Middle Schools In Mass: Where Does Marshall Simonds Middle School Rank?

As the 2017-18 school year kicks off, parents and students heading to their first day of school can see how their middle school stacks up against others in the state as Niche.com has released its annual rankings of best public middle schools in the country.

The 2018 rankings released this month rank elementary, middle and high schools as well as school districts. We put lists together for each. You can see the Best Elementary Schools and Best High Schools in Massachusetts here.

To arrive at these rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data and ratings collected from Niche users. The methodology for each category of ranking varied. (Click here for more information on how Niche calculates its rankings.)

Niche assigns a standardized score for each factor, which is then weighted before an overall score is calculated for each school district. The overall scores are again standardized and some districts are disqualified from receiving a final letter grade if there isn’t enough data. School districts are then ranked numerically and assigned grades.

According to Niche, Burlington's Marshall Simonds Middle School is the 134th best in the state and earned an A-.

Here’s the breakdown:

• Academics: B+
• Teachers: A
• Diversity: B-

Click here for the full report.

Alex Newman contributed to this report.

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