John W. McDevitt Middle School

As a middle-of-the-pack middle school in Waltham, Massachusetts, John W. McDevitt Middle School educates 618 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Waltham.

Waltham comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 5,777 students; John W. McDevitt Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, John W. McDevitt Middle School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 23% White, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 9% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, John W. McDevitt Middle School has 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. The state averages around 11.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $130,847 per year, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Middlesex County runs 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), of which John W. McDevitt Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Thomas R Plympton Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John W. McDevitt Middle School.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. John W. McDevitt Middle School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 631 (now 618). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 46% to 62%.

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