Summary:
Wakefield, Massachusetts has seven public schools — four elementary, one middle, and two high schools — serving roughly 4,635 students, with six schools in the Wakefield district and one regional vocational high school, Northeast Metro Regional Vocational, operating under the Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational Technical district. Enrollment ranges from 218 students at Walton to 1,381 at Northeast Metro, with the Wakefield district enrolling 3,254 students overall.
The biggest standouts are the elementary schools. Walton ranks 50th of 899 statewide (94th percentile, 5 stars) — a dramatic climb from the 68th percentile three years earlier — and posts the city's highest math proficiency at 79.01% versus the state's 41.11%, along with 63.75% in ELA. Greenwood ranks 88th of 899 (90th percentile, 5 stars) with the strongest all-grade ELA at 65.56% and 70.00% in math. Woodville and Dolbeare also earn 4 stars, with math above 56% at both. Every elementary school beats the state in math and ELA.
At the secondary level, Wakefield Memorial High ranks in the 84th percentile with 4 stars and 10th-grade scores well above state: 62.79% ELA, 61.97% math, 59.61% science, and 71.08% in Biology. Galvin Middle School has held steady near the 79th–82nd percentile for three years and beats state in ELA, math, science, and civics. Northeast Metro Regional Vocational has the highest graduation rate (98.4%) and lowest dropout rate (1.2%), yet its proficiency is below state in every subject despite the highest per-student spending ($21,830). Walton achieves top results with the lowest spending ($15,706) and highest student-teacher ratio (13.5), showing spending alone does not explain outcomes. Free/reduced-lunch data is unavailable for all schools.
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