Summary:
Wakefield has a single public high school, Wakefield Memorial High, a grades 9–12 school with 854 students in the Wakefield district, located at 60 Farm Street in Wakefield, MA. Because it is the only listed high school in the area, there is no in-town peer comparison; the useful benchmarks are how the school performs against its district and against the state.
The school is on a clear upward trajectory. Its state rank improved for three consecutive reported years, from 116th of 348 (67th percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–2024 to 97th of 349 (72nd percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–2025, and then to 56th of 353 (84th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026 — a 60-rank and 17-percentile-point gain. Outcomes also look strong: the 2024–2025 graduation rate was 96.7% (above the district's 95.5%), with a 2.3% dropout rate matching the district. The student-teacher ratio was 10.5 in 2024–2025, and spending per student was $17,717 in 2020–2021.
Academically, Wakefield Memorial High outperformed the state in every reported MCAS area. In 2025–2026, 10th-grade proficiency was 62.79% in English Language Arts, 61.97% in Mathematics, and 59.61% in Science, while Biology End of Course reached 71.08% — about 33.4 points above the state's 37.68%. Mathematics rose 12.21 points year over year (49.76% to 61.97%), while Science fell 8.37 points (67.98% to 59.61%) yet remained 19.11 points above the state. The notable anomaly is Physics in 2024–2025, reported at 0% proficient for the school and district versus 44.25% statewide — a figure worth asking the school about. Free/reduced lunch data is not reported here.
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