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Wakefield Memorial High
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2018, while math scores are down about 19 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Wakefield Memorial High
Wakefield Memorial High is a 9-12 campus of average-sized scale in Wakefield, Massachusetts, run under Wakefield, serveing 854 students in grades 9 through 12.
Wakefield Memorial High is one of 7 schools operated by Wakefield, a district that works with 3,382 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Wakefield Memorial High reports that White students make up the majority at 79%; the rest looks like 9% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.4:1, putting Wakefield Memorial High tighter than the state norm the norm.
Around the school, census data for Middlesex County shows median household earnings sit near $130,847, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Wakefield Memorial High is one of 386 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students).
Nearest neighbor: Woodville School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Wakefield Memorial High operates from an outer-ring location.
Looking at the recent track record. Wakefield Memorial High's enrollment has declined 17% since 2018, when it stood at 1,028 (now 854). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 88% to 79%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.
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