Wells Junior High School

Wells Junior High School is a medium-sized middle-grades school with its address in Wells, Maine. It educates 455 students in grades 5 through 8. The school's enrollment is 25% larger than the 364 average for middle schools in Maine.

The 3 schools of Wells-Ogunquit CSD, including Wells Junior High School, enroll 1,440 students.

The large majority of students at Wells Junior High School, 91%, are White. Other reported shares: 4% multiracial. That is close to the 91% White share among all York County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Wells Junior High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 17%.

Its 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.6:1. Middle schools in Maine average about 11.2:1, a similar figure. The school's lunch program data list 23% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in York County averages 37%, higher than here.

allk12 grades Wells Junior High School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Maine public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.

Recent Census Bureau figures for York County show that median household income is about $88,333, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Wells Junior High School is one of 61 public schools in York County, which together enroll about 24,364 students.

Nearby, Wells High School is about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 3.

Locale data from NCES put Wells Junior High School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000 (Suburb: Small).

Federal counts put enrollment at 431 in 2020-21 and 455 in 2024-25, a 6% rise.

Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.