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Wellesley Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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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
50 Kingsbury Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
Phone
(781) 446-6235
District
WELLESLEY
County
NORFOLK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1091
Classroom Teachers
113

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Massachusetts

10

(10 is best)

Better than 91.4% of MA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

10

(10 is best)

Wellesley Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

100 80 60 40 20 0
78%
52%
81%
53%
74%
51%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

80 60 40 20 0
72%
47%
71%
48%
72%
47%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

100 80 60 40 20 0
78%
48%
81%
51%
75%
46%
    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
10
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 6 337 30.9%
Grade 7 382 35.0%
Grade 8 372 34.1%
Total 1091 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 72.2% 73.3% 59.2%
Black 4.5% 4.1% 9.8%
Hispanic 5.7% 5.8% 23.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 17.6% 16.7% 7.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 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 28,747 6,984,723
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,738.0 890
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.5% 5.2%
5-19 YEARS OLD 30.3% 17.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 24.2% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.8% 27.0%
65 OR OLDER 14.3% 16.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 8,326 2,629,963
Single Parent Households With Children 6.3% 9.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.1% 91.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 84.0% 44.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 62.9% 24.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.4% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 5.1% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 8.4% 13.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 5.0% 12.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.9% 9.9%
$15,000 or less 3.4% 9.1%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,436 $66,682,868 55.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,294 $11,385,122 9.5%
Staff $1,793 $8,898,659 7.5%
General Administration $84 $416,892 0.4%
School Administration $888 $4,407,144 3.7%
Operation $1,725 $8,561,175 7.2%
Transportation $631 $3,131,653 2.6%
Other $252 $1,250,676 1.0%
Total Support $7,668 $38,056,284 31.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,942 $14,601,146 12.2%
Total Expenditures $24,046 $119,340,298 100.0%
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%