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Wellesley 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 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
50 Rice Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
Phone
(781) 446-6290
District
WELLESLEY
County
NORFOLK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1406
Classroom Teachers
118

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Massachusetts

10

(10 is best)

Better than 96.4% of all MA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

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

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
84%
52%
83%
57%
84%
48%
    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
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 9 342 24.3%
Grade 10 357 25.4%
Grade 11 360 25.6%
Grade 12 336 23.9%
Total 1406 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 74.5% 72.6% 58.3%
Black 4.6% 4.1% 9.8%
Hispanic 5.7% 6.2% 24.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 15.1% 17.1% 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 29,365 6,981,974
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,796.9 889
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.6% 5.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 30.0% 17.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 23.9% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.3% 26.6%
65 OR OLDER 14.2% 17.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 8,668 2,740,995
Single Parent Households With Children 5.0% 7.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.1% 91.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 84.9% 45.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 63.3% 30.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 10.7% 17.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 5.4% 11.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 7.8% 12.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 4.4% 10.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.2% 8.8%
$15,000 or less 4.2% 8.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,202 $69,050,124 56.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,437 $11,848,694 9.7%
Staff $1,901 $9,242,662 7.5%
General Administration $119 $578,578 0.5%
School Administration $977 $4,750,174 3.9%
Operation $1,599 $7,774,338 6.3%
Transportation $588 $2,858,856 2.3%
Other $339 $1,648,218 1.3%
Total Support $7,959 $38,696,658 31.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,029 $14,726,998 12.0%
Total Expenditures $25,190 $122,473,780 100.0%
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%