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Waltham Sr High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
617 Lexington Street
Waltham, MA 02452
Phone
(781) 314-5445
District
WALTHAM
County
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1620
Classroom Teachers
128

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Massachusetts

4

(10 is best)

Better than 30.4% of MA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

6

(10 is best)

Waltham Sr High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
46%
58%
46%
60%
45%
57%
46%
58%
46%
60%
45%
57%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 415 25.6%
Grade 10 428 26.4%
Grade 11 389 24.0%
Grade 12 387 23.9%
Total 1620 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 41.9% 41.4% 59.2%
Black 10.5% 9.4% 9.8%
Hispanic 43.7% 43.7% 23.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.9% 5.4% 7.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 62,597 6,984,723
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 4,579.4 890
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.0% 5.2%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.2% 17.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 44.1% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 21.2% 27.0%
65 OR OLDER 14.5% 16.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 23,891 2,629,963
Single Parent Households With Children 4.3% 9.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.4% 91.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 52.5% 44.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 26.3% 24.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.5% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.9% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.5% 13.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.4% 12.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.8% 9.9%
$15,000 or less 6.5% 9.1%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,099 $79,419,667 57.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,170 $12,223,610 8.9%
Staff $1,092 $6,151,236 4.5%
General Administration $284 $1,599,772 1.2%
School Administration $1,095 $6,168,135 4.5%
Operation $2,200 $12,392,600 9.0%
Transportation $812 $4,573,996 3.3%
Other $426 $2,399,658 1.7%
Total Support $8,079 $45,509,007 33.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,327 $13,107,991 9.5%
Total Expenditures $24,505 $138,036,665 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,596 $10,569,374,598 52.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,484 $1,352,382,632 6.7%
Staff $951 $866,478,186 4.3%
General Administration $218 $198,784,787 1.0%
School Administration $880 $802,180,114 4.0%
Operation $1,620 $1,476,806,420 7.4%
Transportation $938 $854,571,701 4.3%
Other $322 $293,118,043 1.5%
Total Support $6,412 $5,844,290,100 29.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,034 $3,677,202,127 18.3%
Total Expenditures $22,042 $20,090,784,405 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%

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