Malden Public Schools Earn B Grade In New National Ranking

MALDEN, MA — The Malden Public Schools earned an overall grade of B in a new batch of nationwide rankings and report cards this week from the education platform Niche.

Niche shared its rankings on Tuesday, giving Malden an A+ grade for diversity and an A- grade for college prep. Malden received a B+ for sports and B grades for teachers, clubs, activities and administration.

Niche gave Malden a B- for academics, resources and facilities and a C+ for food to round out the total B grade.

Niche ranked Malden as the 110th best school district out of 219 in Massachusetts.

Niche awarded individual school-level scores as follows:

• Malden High School: B+
• Linden STEAM Academy: B
• Ferryway School: B
• Beebe School: B-
• Forestdale School: B-
• Salemwood School: B-

Outside of the Malden Public Schools, Malden Catholic High School earned an A+ rating, ranking 11th out of 38 Catholic high schools in Massachusetts.

The school saw A+ grades for clubs, activities and sports, A grades for academics, diversity and college prep and a B+ for teachers.

Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, which serves Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Stoneham and Wakefield received a B+ ranking to place 11th out of 38 charter schools in the state.

Mystic Valley earned an A for diversity, an A- for academics and college prep, a B+ for sports and a B- for teachers. Clubs, activities, resources, facilities received a C- while the administration received a D to produce the total B+ ranking.

Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational High School, which serves students in Chelsea, Malden, Melrose, North Reading, Reading, Revere, Saugus, Stoneham, Wakefield, Winchester, Winthrop and Woburn, received a C grade.

It earned an A for sports, an A- for diversity and a B for resources, facilities and food. The school received a B- for teachers, clubs and activities and a C for academics, college prep and administration.

The Cheverus Centennial School in Malden earned an A grade.

Niche rankings this month classified 92,743 public schools, 30,112 private schools, and 11,820 school districts across the U.S.

In Massachusetts, top districts included the Weston Public Schools, the Hopkinton Public Schools and the Wellesley Public Schools.

The organization arrives at its grades and placements via analysis of a series of public data sets and reviews, as noted in a methodologies page on its website.

Niche said its rankings aim to provide families with quantitative and qualitative information to assess schools in their area or in areas they’re not yet familiar with.

See the full Niche rankings here.