Cambridge Street Upper School
Public · Grades 6–8 · 301 students
Putnam Avenue Upper School
100 Putnam Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
Grades
6–8
Middle
Students
283
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
9 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Cambridge
Middlesex County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 296 Massachusetts middle schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Massachusetts middle schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Putnam Avenue Upper School
Putnam Avenue Upper School is a public middle school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, serving grades 6–8. It is part of Cambridge. The school is located in a midsize city in Middlesex County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 283 students were enrolled, with about 9 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Massachusetts middle school (11.5 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 296 Massachusetts middle schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 6–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- Middle
- Grades offered
- 6–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 283 students
- Students per teacher
- 9 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Midsize
- School district
- Cambridge
- County
- Middlesex County
- NCES school ID
- 250327002768
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.