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Wilson Middle
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2016, while math scores are up about 4 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Wilson Middle
Wilson Middle operates as a mid-sized middle school in Natick, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Natick. Current enrollment sits at 727 students spanning grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 33% above the state mean of about 547.
Natick comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,348 students; Wilson Middle is among them.
On the student-mix side, Wilson Middle lists that White students make up the majority at 69%; the rest breaks down as 11% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Wilson Middle has 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.5:1 average.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Middlesex County put median household earnings sit near $130,847, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Middlesex County's 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), Wilson Middle is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Bennett-Hemenway, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wilson Middle.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Wilson Middle's enrollment has ticked down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 945 (now 727). White enrollment moved from 77% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Middlesex County at a glance
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