📍 100 Putnam Avenue, Cambridge, Middlesex County, 02139
Putnam Avenue Upper School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Cambridge, Middlesex County. The school has 251 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cambridge school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 6.8:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Putnam Avenue Upper School enrolls 251 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 6.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 31% Black or African American, 26% White and 16% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 77 | 31% |
| White | 66 | 26% |
| Asian | 40 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 34 | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 31 | 12% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Putnam Avenue Upper School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MA-70, state senate district 27, state house district 142.
Putnam Avenue Upper School is one of 17 schools in Cambridge, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The district serves 7,027 students district-wide and employs 759 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 251 students, Putnam Avenue Upper School is smaller than the district average of about 413 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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