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Westford Academy 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
30 Patten Road
Westford, MA 01886
Phone
(978) 692-5570
District
WESTFORD
County
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1645
Classroom Teachers
117

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Massachusetts

10

(10 is best)

Better than 92.0% of all MA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Westford Academy School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
86%
58%
84%
60%
87%
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
14
14
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 384 23.3%
Grade 10 424 25.8%
Grade 11 390 23.7%
Grade 12 444 27.0%
Total 1645 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 68.5% 65.5% 59.2%
Black 1.2% 1.4% 9.8%
Hispanic 1.9% 2.6% 23.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 28.3% 30.4% 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 24,566 6,984,723
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 783.7 890
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.2% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.9% 17.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 24.8% 33.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 32.9% 26.9%
65 OR OLDER 13.2% 16.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 8,544 2,714,448
Single Parent Households With Children 6.2% 7.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.1% 91.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 69.4% 45.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 49.8% 27.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.6% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 7.4% 11.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 8.6% 13.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 4.1% 11.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.0% 9.5%
$15,000 or less 3.4% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,187 $51,637,903 59.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,157 $5,864,833 6.8%
Staff $729 $3,695,301 4.3%
General Administration $124 $628,556 0.7%
School Administration $701 $3,553,369 4.1%
Operation $1,364 $6,914,116 8.0%
Transportation $708 $3,588,852 4.1%
Other $218 $1,105,042 1.3%
Total Support $5,002 $25,355,138 29.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,898 $9,620,962 11.1%
Total Expenditures $17,087 $86,614,003 100.0%
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%