Wells Middle

Wells Middle is one of the large junior highs in Dublin, California, overseen by Dublin Unified, with 1,041 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Wells Middle sits 58% larger than that benchmark.

Dublin Unified comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 12,750 students; Wells Middle is among them.

In terms of who attends, Wells Middle logs that 45% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 21% White, 18% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 33% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Alameda County's rate of about 49%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wells Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.1%; this one delivers 56.8%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Alameda County put the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Wells Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: York Alternative Learning Center, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wells Middle at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 70.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wells Middle has stayed largely flat, going from 1,029 students in 2018 to 1,041 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 31% to 45% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 23.9:1 in 2025.

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