Dolbeare

Dolbeare is an elementary school located in Wakefield, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County. Its enrollment is 443 students, spread over kindergarten through 4.

Dolbeare belongs to Wakefield, a district of 7 schools and 3,382 students.

Roughly 85% of students at Dolbeare are White. The remaining students are 8% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Middlesex County, the White share is about 67%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dolbeare scores 26%.

There are about 11.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Dolbeare, which has 37.2. The average for elementary schools in Massachusetts is about 12.2:1.

On the allk12 Grade, Dolbeare lands at A, ahead of 85% of Massachusetts public elementary schools.

Looking at the county, Middlesex County, the median household earns about $130,847 a year, 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Dolbeare, Middlesex County has 386 public schools.

Walton, about 1.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 443 in 2020-21, 443 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 13.4:1 to 11.9:1.

This page is set up for the Dolbeare community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.