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

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School Overview

Address
200 Sanford Rd
Wells, ME 04090
Phone
(207) 646-7011
District
WELLS-OGUNQUIT CSD
County
YORK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
422
Classroom Teachers
36

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Maine

8

(10 is best)

Better than 75.3% of all ME schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Wells High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
89%
83%
82%
82%
95%
85%
    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
12
12
11
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 117 27.7%
Grade 10 94 22.3%
Grade 11 111 26.3%
Grade 12 100 23.7%
Total 422 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 93.3% 94.4% 90.3%
Black 1.9% 1.2% 4.4%
Hispanic 2.4% 2.1% 3.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.2% 2.1% 1.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.3% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 16.1% 17.5% 36.7%
Free lunch eligible 10.9% 12.2% 31.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.2% 5.3% 5.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 12,363 1,385,340
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 198.1 44
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.2% 4.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 13.4% 16.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 22.2% 29.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.7% 28.3%
65 OR OLDER 28.5% 21.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 5,499 580,172
Single Parent Households With Children 5.5% 6.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.5% 94.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 37.8% 34.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 19.4% 15.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.9% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.0% 13.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.7% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.4% 15.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.2% 12.2%
$15,000 or less 8.4% 8.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,413 $14,505,309 55.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,315 $1,831,795 7.0%
Staff $818 $1,139,474 4.4%
General Administration $620 $863,660 3.3%
School Administration $1,050 $1,462,650 5.6%
Operation $2,154 $3,000,522 11.5%
Transportation $836 $1,164,548 4.5%
Other $242 $337,106 1.3%
Total Support $7,035 $9,799,755 37.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,335 $1,859,655 7.1%
Total Expenditures $18,783 $26,164,719 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,013 $1,557,312,775 50.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,171 $202,240,927 6.5%
Staff $757 $130,713,784 4.2%
General Administration $584 $100,966,397 3.3%
School Administration $887 $153,312,959 4.9%
Operation $1,572 $271,525,927 8.8%
Transportation $761 $131,487,161 4.2%
Other $213 $36,725,172 1.2%
Total Support $5,944 $1,026,977,106 33.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,977 $514,438,405 16.6%
Total Expenditures $17,934 $3,098,714,625 100.0%
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%

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