Jonas Clarke Middle

Jonas Clarke Middle serves 810 students in grades six through eight as a regular public school in Lexington, Massachusetts. The school carries a composite score of 9.0 out of 10 — an Exceptional rating — anchored by an academic subscore of 9.8 and a growth score of 8.6. The academic score measures current student performance; the growth score reflects how much students are advancing year to year, and at 8.6 it's nearly as strong as the academic mark itself.

Clarke's statewide standing is hard to match. It ranks 8th out of 305 middle schools in Massachusetts and 53rd among all 1,791 public schools in the state — outperforming 97% of them. Within Lexington, Clarke places 5th of 11 schools.

For parents comparing options across communities, those numbers remove ambiguity: this is one of the strongest public middle schools in the commonwealth by any measure. At 810 students, Clarke operates with a 9.1:1 student-teacher ratio — tight for a school this size and a meaningful factor in day-to-day classroom attention. Families prioritizing both academic ceiling and consistent student growth will find Clarke among a very short list of public middle schools in Massachusetts that deliver on both.

With a student-teacher ratio of 9.1:1, Jonas Clarke Middle offers a notably low ratio compared to the national average. This typically means smaller class sizes and more opportunities for one-on-one interaction between students and teachers.