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Wellesley

At a glance

5^thof 351 Massachusetts districts▲ 2

Better than 98% of Massachusetts districts

Elementary 6 Middle 1 High 1Grades PK, KG-12

40 Kingsbury Street
Wellesley, MA 02481-4827·(781) 446-6210·All Massachusetts district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 98.6% of districts

Schools

3,986

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedJohn D Hardy2^nd of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Hunnewell up 25 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Wellesley Middle 8.9 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

5★

1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Wellesley, MA is home to eight public schools — six elementary schools serving grades K–5, one middle school for grades 6–8, and one high school for grades 9–12 — with a combined enrollment of 3,899 students. Elementary students make up about 44% of that total (1,718 students), the middle school enrolls 919 (about 24%), and the high school enrolls 1,262 (about 32%). Wellesley as a district is ranked 5th of 351 in Massachusetts at the 99th percentile with 5 stars, and every one of its schools is also a 5-star school with recent rank histories in the top percentiles of the state.

John D Hardy is the strongest elementary school in the data, ranking #2 of 899 elementary schools in 2025–26 and #1 in 2024–25. It is the only elementary school above the district in all three all-grade subjects, with especially high math (85.16%) and science (86.67%) scores. Katharine Lee Bates and Joseph E Fiske are the ELA leaders at 83.77% and 84.30% respectively, though both trail the district in science and Fiske trails in math. Hunnewell excels in science (85.42%) but is below district in ELA and math, while Sprague Elementary School and Schofield have lower science results — still well above state. Wellesley Middle ranks #7 of 478 middle schools with strong math (80.95%) and science (78.62%), while Wellesley Senior High ranks #17 of 353 with a 96.7% graduation rate and 84.29% in 10th-grade math.

Science is the most variable elementary subject, and several elementary schools saw science declines from 2024–25 to 2025–26, which may partly reflect cohort differences since elementary science is tested in 5th grade. Spending and student-teacher ratios show no simple relationship with outcomes across these eight schools, and spending figures date to 2020–2021. Free/reduced-lunch data is unavailable for every school, so this analysis cannot address socioeconomic context or equity gaps.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2026)								MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2026)								MCAS Next Generation Science (2026)				MCAS Next Generation Physics (2026)	MCAS Next Generation Civics (2026)	Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Physics End of Course	MCAS Next Generation Civics 8th Grade	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
Sprague Elementary School	Public	K-5	401 School Street	Wellesley	02482	Norfolk County	Wellesley	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 263-1965	289	25	11.7	11.1%	160 (55.4%)	11 (3.8%)	32 (11.1%)	58 (20.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (9.7%)	92.8	42^nd of 899 public elementary schools	95.3%		91.6	53^rd of 906 public elementary schools	94.2%	11	85.0	72.7	75.6					77.5	73.2	86.1	68.9					76.0	56.8			56.8			100%	0%	$27,482
Hunnewell	Public	K-5	28 Cameron Street	Wellesley	02482	Norfolk County	Wellesley	No	No	No	No	(781) 446-6275	294	28	10.5	7.5%	207 (70.4%)	7 (2.4%)	20 (6.8%)	32 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (9.5%)	94	31^st of 899 public elementary schools	96.6%		91.2	56^th of 906 public elementary schools	93.8%	25	74.4	68.4	72.9					71.5	82.1	63.8	77.1					73.1	85.4			85.4			98%	0%	$29,139
John D Hardy	Public	K-5	293 Weston Rd	Wellesley	02482	Norfolk County	Wellesley	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 446-6270	280	27	10.5	7.1%	150 (53.6%)	2 (0.7%)	24 (8.6%)	88 (31.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.7%)	98	2^nd of 899 public elementary schools	99.8%		97.3	1^st of 906 public elementary schools	99.9%	1	78.4	77.6	80.0					78.6	86.3	84.8	84.4					85.2	86.7			86.7			100%	0%	$27,923
Joseph E Fiske	Public	K-5	45 Hastings Street	Wellesley	02481	Norfolk County	Wellesley	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 446-6265	278	24	11.3	11.5%	152 (54.7%)	14 (5.0%)	23 (8.3%)	77 (27.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.3%)	96.1	13^th of 899 public elementary schools	98.6%		96.3	11^th of 906 public elementary schools	98.8%	2	79.2	92.1	82.9					84.3	68.8	84.2	74.3					75.2	80.0			80.0			100%	0%	$24,897
Katharine Lee Bates	Public	K-5	116 Elmwood Rd	Wellesley	02481	Norfolk County	Wellesley	No	No	No	No	(781) 446-6260	286	22	12.9	1.7%	217 (75.9%)	7 (2.4%)	21 (7.3%)	18 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (8.0%)	96.2	11^th of 899 public elementary schools	98.8%		94.9	24^th of 906 public elementary schools	97.4%	13	87.5	83.1	79.5					83.8	82.1	81.4	69.2					78.6	66.7			66.7			100%	0%	$25,910
Wellesley Middle	Public	6-8	50 Kingsbury Street	Wellesley	02481	Norfolk County	Wellesley	No	No	No	No	(781) 446-6235	919	102	8.9	7.7%	559 (60.8%)	42 (4.6%)	64 (7.0%)	180 (19.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (7.9%)	97.2	7^th of 478 public middle schools	98.5%		96.2	12^th of 484 public middle schools	97.5%	5				72.5	72.1	81.4		75.4				82.9	78.5	81.5		81.0		78.6		78.6		77.6			$29,465
Wellesley Senior High	Public	9-12	50 Rice Street	Wellesley	02481	Norfolk County	Wellesley	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 446-6290	1,262	117	10.7	8.6%	795 (63.0%)	59 (4.7%)	80 (6.3%)	235 (18.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	91 (7.2%)	95.3	17^th of 353 public high schools	95.2%		94.6	19^th of 349 public high schools	94.6%	2							77.5								84.3				81.4		74.0				$26,941
Schofield	Public	K-5	27 Cedar Street	Wellesley	02481	Norfolk County	Wellesley	No	No	No	No	(781) 446-6280	291	27	10.9	10.0%	190 (65.3%)	8 (2.7%)	29 (10.0%)	45 (15.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (6.2%)	93.6	37^th of 899 public elementary schools	95.9%		90.6	61^st of 906 public elementary schools	93.3%	24	68.1	76.4	74.6					73.3	74.5	75.9	71.2					73.8	67.8			67.8			100%	0%	$26,407
Preschool at Wellesley Schools	Public	PK	63 Hastings Street	Wellesley	02481	Norfolk County	Wellesley	No	No	No	No	(781) 446-6222	87	9	9.6	8.0%	45 (51.7%)	2 (2.3%)	12 (13.8%)	16 (18.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (13.8%)								(n/a)																									$46,257

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District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
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Weston	2.39 mi	5	8^th
Needham	2.59 mi	8	20^th
Wayland	3.06 mi	6	9^th
Newton	3.6 mi	22	30^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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