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Medford Public Schools | |
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Location | |
United States | |
District information | |
Type | Public School district |
Motto | A caring educational partnership of school, family and community |
Grades | PK-12 |
Superintendent | Dr. Suzanne Galusi (2025 - present) |
Asst. superintendent(s) | Peter Cushing |
Accreditation(s) | NEASC |
Schools | Elementary 4 Middle 2 High 3 |
Budget | $81,387,668 total $17,043 per pupil (2016)[1] |
NCES District ID | 2507560 |
Students and staff | |
Students | 4,514 (2014-2015)[2] |
Teachers | 393.9 (2014-2015)[3] |
Staff | 636.1 (2014-2015)[4] |
Student–teacher ratio | 11.5:1 |
Athletic conference | Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association |
District mascot | Mustang |
Colors | Royal Blue and White |
Other information | |
Website | Homepage |
Medford Public Schools is a school district located in Medford, Massachusetts. The district has 9 schools in the city serving grades K-12. It is led by Superintendent Dr. Suzanne Galusi . The main office is located at 489 Winthrop Street, within the High School/Vocational-Technical High School building.[5]
Brooks Elementary School | |
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Address | |
388 High Street Medford , Massachusetts 02155 United States | |
Coordinates | 42°25′17″N 71°07′41″W / 42.42145°N 71.12815°W |
Information | |
Principal | Ms. Shannon Demos |
Staff | 62.3[6] |
Teaching staff | 39.8[7] |
Grades | preK - 5 |
Enrolment | 553 Students (2013-2014) |
• Pre-kindergarten | 13 |
• Kindergarten | 83 |
• Grade 1 | 76 |
• Grade 2 | 98 |
• Grade 3 | 108 |
• Grade 4 | 86 |
• Grade 5 | 89[8] |
Classes | 204 |
Student to teacher ratio | 13.9:1 [7] |
MCAS average | % proficient and advanced: ELA: 61 ; Math: 55 ; Science: 57 (Spring 2014)[9] |
Website | brooks |
Brooks Elementary School is located in the West Medford section of Medford, Massachusetts. It is named for John Brooks, who was born in Medford, became a Revolutionary War veteran, and was later Governor of Massachusetts from 1816 to 1823.
Missituk Elementary School | |
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Address | |
37 Hicks Avenue Medford , Massachusetts 02155 United States | |
Coordinates | 42°24′04″N 71°06′07″W / 42.401°N 71.102°W |
Information | |
Principal | Nancy Sherman-Hudson |
Staff | 62.4[11] |
Teaching staff | 41.4[12] |
Grades | preK - 5 |
Enrolment | 478 Students (2013-2014) |
• Pre-kindergarten | 9 |
• Kindergarten | 89 |
• Grade 1 | 69 |
• Grade 2 | 89 |
• Grade 3 | 74 |
• Grade 4 | 72 |
• Grade 5 | 66[13] |
Classes | 179 |
Student to teacher ratio | 11.5:1 [12] |
MCAS average | % proficient and advanced: ELA: 46; Math: 39; Science: 51 (Spring 2014)[14] |
Website | missituk |
Missituk Elementary School is located in the South Medford section of Medford, Massachusetts. Since the student population historically has had a large (over fifty percent) portion qualifying for free and reduced lunch, the Missituk School instituted a universal free breakfast program beginning in late 2008. Initial results included better attendance, fewer trips to the nurse and better student behavior.[15]
John J. McGlynn Elementary School | |
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Address | |
3002 Mystic Valley Parkway Medford , Massachusetts 02155 United States | |
Coordinates | 42°24′33″N 71°05′51″W / 42.4093°N 71.0975°W |
Information | |
Principal | Andy O'Brien |
Staff | 61.2[17] |
Teaching staff | 40.9[18] |
Grades | preK - 5 |
Enrolment | 549 Students (2013-2014) |
• Pre-kindergarten | 19 |
• Kindergarten | 91 |
• Grade 1 | 83 |
• Grade 2 | 91 |
• Grade 3 | 86 |
• Grade 4 | 91 |
• Grade 5 | 88[19] |
Classes | 184 |
Student to teacher ratio | 13.4:1 [18] |
MCAS average | % proficient and advanced: ELA: 52; Math: 46; Science: 49 (Spring 2014)[20] |
Website | mcglynnes |
Named after a former mayor of Medford, the John J. McGlynn Elementary School shares a building and campus with the McGlynn Middle School on the eastern bank of the Mystic River, between Medford Square and Wellington Circle. It is also immediately adjacent to the Andrews Middle School.
Milton Fuller Roberts Elementary School | |
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Address | |
35 Court Street Medford , Massachusetts 02155 United States | |
Coordinates | 42°25′19″N 71°05′58″W / 42.422°N 71.0994°W |
Information | |
Established | 2 September 2003[21] |
Principal | Kirk D. Johnson |
Staff | 75.1[22] |
Teaching staff | 43.1[23] |
Grades | preK - 5 |
Enrolment | 565 Students (2013-2014) |
• Pre-kindergarten | 12 |
• Kindergarten | 108 |
• Grade 1 | 76 |
• Grade 2 | 98 |
• Grade 3 | 91 |
• Grade 4 | 95 |
• Grade 5 | 85[24] |
Classes | 207 |
Student to teacher ratio | 13.1:1[23] |
MCAS average | % proficient and advanced: ELA: 41 ; Math: 36 ; Science: 37 (Spring 2014)[25] |
Website | roberts |
The Milton Fuller Roberts Elementary School was named after Lt. Milton F. Roberts, a veteran of the Civil War, Spanish–American War, and World War I. Originally a junior high school[26] or middle school, it opened in that capacity in 1928 in the Glenwood neighborhood of north east Medford. It was converted into an elementary school in September 2003 as part of a series of school renovations across the district.[21]
Madeleine Dugger Andrews Middle School is named after the first African-American member of the Medford School Committee. It was the first new school constructed in the district in eighty years.[27] Located on the eastern bank of the Mystic river, south of Medford Square, it is immediately adjacent to the McGlynn schools.
Fulton Heights Academy which is part of Andrews Middle School is dedicated to special needs children with social/emotional and behavioral/academic disabilities. [32]