Middle Schools in Wayland

In the Wayland school district in Massachusetts, there is one middle school: Wayland Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 662 students. The school is at 201 Main Street, Wayland, MA 01778-3198. It is part of a district ranked 9th of 351 statewide, at the 97th percentile with 5 stars. Over the last three reported years, the school has earned 5 stars each year and ranked in the top 10 statewide: 10th of 493 in 2023–2024, 3rd of 484 in 2024–2025, and 9th of 478 in 2025–2026.

For 2025–2026, Wayland Middle School posts proficiency rates far above state averages in every major subject. Math is 80.4% versus 41.1% statewide, Civics is 81.5% versus 39.8%, Science is 78.5% versus 41.0%, and ELA is 74.9% versus 40.0%. Compared with its own district, the school is slightly above in ELA (74.89 vs. 70.78), Math (80.40 vs. 75.64), and Science (78.49 vs. 76.24), while Civics is essentially tied (81.53 vs. 81.60). Grade-level results show 8th-grade Math at 84.06%, the highest single figure, and 6th-grade ELA at 69.27%, the lowest, though still 29.01 points above the state. Context includes a student-teacher ratio of 11.2 and per-student spending of $21,127 in 2020–2021; free/reduced lunch data is not available.

Parents should know that Wayland Middle School is a top-tier Massachusetts middle school, consistently in the top 1–2% of schools and roughly double the state average in proficiency. The main watch items are a Science decline from 83.17% in 2024–2025 to 78.49% in 2025–2026, a drop of 4.68 points, and relatively lower 6th-grade ELA, though both remain far above state benchmarks. Math improved by 2.03 points year over year, and ELA and Civics dipped slightly. Small classes and significant resources may support outcomes, but the data do not prove causation, and missing free/reduced lunch data limits socioeconomic analysis. Since this is the only middle school in the Wayland district, there are no other local middle schools to compare it with.