Summary:
Wellfleet is home to a single elementary school in this data set: Wellfleet Elementary, which serves grades K–5 and enrolls 78 students. The school operates within the Wellfleet district, which ranks 130th out of 351 Massachusetts districts — the 63rd percentile — and holds a 3-star rating. Because it is the only school in this list for that district, school and district MCAS results are identical, so district scores essentially reflect this one school. Other notable context: the student-teacher ratio is just 6.5 students per teacher, and per-student spending was $35,597 in 2020–2021, a high figure for a small school.
Academically, English Language Arts and science are the clear strengths. In 2025–2026, ELA proficiency was 52.83% and science 52.63%, both well above state averages of 40.03% and 40.98%. Every tested grade exceeded the state in ELA, by roughly 11 to 15 points, and science was above the state as well. Math is more mixed: 42.31% in 2025–2026 versus 41.11% statewide — slightly above — but 35.19% versus 40.74% in 2024–2025, when it fell below the state. Grade-level math results in 2025–2026 split sharply: grade 5 math was strong at 52.63% and grade 3 was modestly above the state, but grade 4 math was 30.00% against 43.20% statewide.
Recent rankings show fluctuation: 77th percentile in 2023–2024, 58th in 2024–2025, and 64th in 2025–2026, so the school remains below its strongest recent year. With only 78 students, a few students can shift percentages by several points, so year-to-year changes and grade-level gaps should be read with caution. Free/reduced lunch data for 2024–2025 is not reported in this data set, so socioeconomic context is unavailable and should not be treated as 0%. The most actionable finding is grade 4 mathematics; the most consistent strengths are ELA and science.
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