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Wakefield Memorial High
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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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