Wood Hill Middle School

Wood Hill Middle School is a public school serving grades 6 through 8 in Andover, Massachusetts, with 331 students enrolled. A student-teacher ratio of 9.2:1 keeps class sizes small and gives students frequent, direct access to teachers across all three grade levels. MySchoolScout rates Wood Hill Exceptional — a composite score of 9.0 out of 10, with an academic score of 8.9 and a growth score of 9.2.

The growth figure is particularly telling: it reflects how much students advance relative to expected trajectories, not just whether they score well on a single test. That combination of strong absolute performance and strong improvement puts Wood Hill at #6 among 305 Massachusetts middle schools — a top-2% finish among schools at the same level statewide. Measured against all 1,791 public schools in Massachusetts, Wood Hill ranks #49, outperforming 97% of the state's public schools.

Within Andover, it holds third place among eleven public schools. For families evaluating middle school options in the region, those numbers make Wood Hill one of the most consistently strong performers in the state.

With a student-teacher ratio of 9.2:1, Wood Hill Middle School 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.