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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 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 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
1504
Classroom Teachers
118

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Massachusetts

10

(10 is best)

Better than 94.9% of MA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

10

(10 is best)

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

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
87%
59%
85%
60%
89%
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
13
12
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 376 25.0%
Grade 10 350 23.3%
Grade 11 393 26.1%
Grade 12 380 25.3%
Total 1504 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 78.0% 75.0% 60.3%
Black 4.1% 4.0% 9.5%
Hispanic 4.6% 5.5% 22.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 13.2% 15.5% 7.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 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 7,029,917
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,738.0 895
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.0% 5.2%
5-19 YEARS OLD 29.4% 17.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 24.5% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.3% 27.0%
65 OR OLDER 14.8% 16.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 8,449 2,646,980
Single Parent Households With Children 5.2% 9.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.9% 91.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 83.8% 44.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 60.6% 24.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.0% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 5.8% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 7.4% 13.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 4.7% 12.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.9% 9.9%
$15,000 or less 3.7% 9.1%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,149 $65,824,000 56.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,181 $10,917,000 9.4%
Staff $1,657 $8,296,000 7.1%
General Administration $79 $396,000 0.3%
School Administration $674 $3,375,000 2.9%
Operation $1,828 $9,152,000 7.9%
Transportation $602 $3,015,000 2.6%
Other $288 $1,441,000 1.2%
Total Support $7,310 $36,592,000 31.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,810 $14,065,000 12.1%
Total Expenditures $23,268 $116,481,000 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,619 $10,073,171,000 52.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,333 $1,264,777,000 6.6%
Staff $904 $857,898,000 4.5%
General Administration $199 $188,621,000 1.0%
School Administration $739 $701,244,000 3.7%
Operation $1,464 $1,388,867,000 7.3%
Transportation $854 $810,163,000 4.2%
Other $438 $415,688,000 2.2%
Total Support $5,932 $5,627,258,000 29.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,598 $3,412,797,000 17.9%
Total Expenditures $20,149 $19,113,226,000 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,069 $358,201,987,000 50.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $716 $36,303,849,544 5.1%
Staff $569 $28,839,133,000 4.1%
General Administration $233 $11,807,269,000 1.7%
School Administration $680 $34,450,660,000 4.8%
Operation $1,094 $55,418,509,000 7.8%
Transportation $494 $25,019,268,456 3.5%
Other $430 $21,796,799,000 3.1%
Total Support $4,216 $213,635,488,000 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,767 $140,198,177,000 19.7%
Total Expenditures $14,052 $712,035,652,000 100.0%

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