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Next Wave Junior High

PublicMiddleGrades 7–8Alternative Education School

81 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA 02143 · (617) 629-5640 · Part of Somerville School District

Somerville’s School Grade C better than 30% of Massachusetts school districts

Directions
Students
16
Students per teacher
3:1
Setting
Suburb
Grades
7–8
The gist

What stands out about Next Wave Junior High

  • Math proficiency 12 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 25 pts below the state
  • Small classes: 3 students per teacher

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency24%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts24%
State average 49.3%

Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

81 Highland Ave, Somerville

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 77
Grade 89
Enrollment over time
15’20
18’21
15’22
13’23
16’24

Up 6.7% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 38%Hispanic 38%Black 13%Two or more races 13%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Next Wave Junior High from Somerville families.

Other schools in Somerville School District

The district →
E Somerville Community
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
C−
747 students13:1
Albert F. Argenziano School at Lincoln Park
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
C+
553 students13:1
Arthur D Healey
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
C−
482 students12:1
John F Kennedy
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
B+
439 students14:1
West Somerville Neighborhood
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
C+
397 students14:1
Winter Hill Community
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
D
388 students8:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Massachusetts’s other public schools; Somerville’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.