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Wilmington Public Schools

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

Methodology:   Only NeighborhoodScout gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location. Read more about Scout's School Data


Wilmington School District details

Wilmington School District
161 Church Street
Wilmington, MA 01887

2,801 Students enrolled in District

8 Schools in District

11 Students Per Classroom (State average is 12)

Wilmington School District School Quality Ratings

District Quality Compared to Massachusetts

8

(10 is best)

Better than 71.3% of all MA school districts.

District Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Better than 90.2% of all U.S. school districts.



Public School Test Scores

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
51%
42%
48%
43%
54%
40%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math

Schools in this District

School Grades
Boutwell School
17 Boutwell Avenue
Wilmington, MA, 01887
PK-KG
North Intermediate School
320 Salem Street
Wilmington, MA, 01887
04-05
Shawsheen Elementary School
298 Shawsheen Avenue
Wilmington, MA, 01887
01-03
West Intermediate School
22 Carter Lane
Wilmington, MA, 01887
04-05
Wildwood School
182 Wildwood Street
Wilmington, MA, 01887
PK-KG
Wilmington High School
159 Church Street
Wilmington, MA, 01887
09-12
Wilmington Middle School
25 Carter Lane
Wilmington, MA, 01887
06-08
Woburn Street School
227 Woburn Street
Wilmington, MA, 01887
01-03

School District Enrollment by Group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 87.0% 58.3%
Black 1.4% 9.8%
Hispanic 5.5% 24.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 6.0% 7.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported

Educational Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,098 $38,302,268 53.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,593 $5,043,438 7.0%
Staff $648 $2,051,568 2.8%
General Administration $226 $715,516 1.0%
School Administration $1,096 $3,469,936 4.8%
Operation $2,014 $6,376,324 8.8%
Transportation $701 $2,219,366 3.1%
Other $453 $1,434,198 2.0%
Total Support $6,730 $21,307,180 29.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,004 $12,676,664 17.5%
Total Expenditures $22,832 $72,286,112 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,021 $10,957,524,359 51.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,684 $1,534,703,819 7.2%
Staff $914 $833,015,705 3.9%
General Administration $276 $251,849,785 1.2%
School Administration $979 $892,630,457 4.2%
Operation $1,659 $1,511,998,563 7.1%
Transportation $848 $773,223,628 3.6%
Other $478 $436,154,533 2.1%
Total Support $6,839 $6,233,540,894 29.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,416 $4,024,919,077 19.0%
Total Expenditures $23,275 $21,215,885,470 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%