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Loker School

Public Grades K-5

35^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 899 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Better than 96% of Massachusetts elementary schools

Summary

Loker School is a K–5 elementary school with 359 students in Wayland Public Schools, a highly ranked Massachusetts district (9th of 351 statewide, 5 stars), in the town of Wayland, MA. In 2025–2026, Loker ranked 35th of 899 elementary schools statewide — the 96th percentile, with 5 stars — and it has held a 5-star rating every year since 2017–2018, ranking in the 95th–98th percentile for most of the past decade.

On the 2025–2026 MCAS Next Generation tests, Loker students were 69.78% proficient in ELA, 74.18% in math, and 79.41% in science — far above the state figures of 40.03%, 41.11%, and 40.98%. ELA and math came in just below the district average (by 1.00 and 1.46 points), while science was above it, which reads as a one-year shift rather than a slide. Fourth-grade math is a standout at 87.10% proficient, compared with 76.71% district and 43.20% state, and higher than the reported fourth-grade math results at nearby Wellesley schools John D Hardy (84.75), Sprague Elementary School (86.05), and Katharine Lee Bates (81.36).

Within Wayland, Loker is close to Happy Hollow School, which has a slight 2025–2026 edge in rank and ELA/math, while Loker leads in science and had the stronger prior-year rank; Claypit Hill School trails Loker in all three subjects. Compared with nearby Natick and Framingham schools, the gaps are wide — Mary E Stapleton Elementary enrolls the same 359 students but ranks 780th of 899, despite a lower student-teacher ratio and higher per-student spending. Free/reduced-lunch data are unavailable and spending figures date to 2020–2021, so those comparisons are contextual only.

359

Students ?

12.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,853

Per pupil spending ?

5.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

47 Loker Street
Wayland, MA 01778-4599

(508) 358-8601

District: Wayland

Students who attend Loker School usually attend:

Middle:	Wayland Middle School
High:	Wayland High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

64.3%

Asian:

15.6%

Hispanic:

10.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 86th percentile in 2016 → 96th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Massachusetts average (73% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 4% of Massachusetts elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school73%

District avg74%

Massachusetts avg41%

35^th of 899

Massachusetts public elementary schools ?

Top 4%▲ up 10 pts since 2016

From top 14% (2016) to top 4% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 3Elementary Schools in the Wayland

9^th of 351Wayland among Massachusetts districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	93.8	35 of 899	96.1%	★★★★★
2025	95.4	18 of 906	98.0%	★★★★★
2024	94.3	27 of 916	97.1%	★★★★★
2023	95.7	16 of 928	98.3%	★★★★★
2022	92.7	43 of 932	95.4%	★★★★★
2021	93.8	31 of 936	96.7%	★★★★★
2019	90.8	51 of 942	94.6%	★★★★★
2018	93.1	24 of 934	97.4%	★★★★★
2017	79.7	173 of 938	81.6%	★★★★☆
2016	83.5	126 of 932	86.5%	★★★★☆
2015	91.2	30 of 914	96.7%	★★★★★
2008	84.9	105 of 908	88.4%	★★★★☆
2007	83.2	131 of 911	85.6%	★★★★☆
2006	78.3	189 of 911	79.3%	★★★★☆
2005	74.8	243 of 887	72.6%	★★★★☆
2004	81.3	158 of 882	82.1%	★★★★☆
2003	77.5	203 of 884	77.0%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	84.4	4 of 149	97.3%	★★★★★
2025	85.0	5 of 142	96.5%	★★★★★
2023	80.9	17 of 145	88.3%	★★★★☆
2021	80.9	16 of 141	88.7%	★★★★☆
2018	71.3	44 of 154	71.4%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2018	97.9	3 of 656	99.5%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	88.6	78 of 869	91.0%	★★★★★
2025	94.2	18 of 869	97.9%	★★★★★
2024	94.2	22 of 886	97.5%	★★★★★
2023	95.2	14 of 887	98.4%	★★★★★
2022	91.5	48 of 901	94.7%	★★★★★
2021	94.4	18 of 898	98.0%	★★★★★
2019	88.6	65 of 902	92.8%	★★★★★
2018	85.3	87 of 893	90.3%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	94.7	18 of 879	98.0%	★★★★★
2025	93.8	23 of 884	97.4%	★★★★★
2024	90.9	48 of 891	94.6%	★★★★★
2023	93.9	29 of 896	96.8%	★★★★★
2022	90.9	56 of 908	93.8%	★★★★★
2021	90.0	66 of 904	92.7%	★★★★★
2019	88.1	68 of 907	92.5%	★★★★★
2018	95.7	3 of 898	99.7%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	85.8	53 of 709	92.5%	★★★★★
2025	97.8	8 of 717	98.9%	★★★★★
2024	85.4	64 of 731	91.2%	★★★★★
2023	98.1	5 of 703	99.3%	★★★★★
2022	91.5	30 of 905	96.7%	★★★★★
2021	93.7	23 of 894	97.4%	★★★★★
2019	85.3	60 of 896	93.3%	★★★★★
2018	90.3	37 of 886	95.8%	★★★★★

Tested In Person

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2021	93.3	33 of 925	96.4%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	86.5	56 of 734	92.4%	★★★★★
2025	89.0	46 of 737	93.8%	★★★★★
2024	86.3	66 of 753	91.2%	★★★★★
2023	92.2	26 of 762	96.6%	★★★★★
2022	89.5	35 of 764	95.4%	★★★★★
2021	89.2	37 of 765	95.2%	★★★★★
2019	84.6	70 of 780	91.0%	★★★★★
2018	93.6	4 of 772	99.5%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Disabled (2018)100th percentile~ school

Male (2026)98th percentile~ school

Asian (2026)97th percentile~ school

Tested In Person (2021)96th percentile~ school

Special Education (2026)93rd percentile-4 vs school

White (2026)92nd percentile-4 vs school

Female (2026)91st percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs Massachusetts (2025-2026) ?

Science79%+38 vs state

Mathematics74%+33 vs state

English Language Arts70%+30 vs state

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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)		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	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2015)	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 All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	Total
Loker School	Public	K-5	47 Loker Street	Wayland	01778	Middlesex County	Wayland	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 358-8601	359	29	12.4	5.3%	231 (64.3%)	6 (1.7%)	37 (10.3%)	56 (15.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.8%)	93.8	35^th of 899 public elementary schools	96.1%		95.4	18^th of 906 public elementary schools	98.0%	17	71.2	66.1	72.1	69.8	67.3	87.1	67.7	74.2	79.4	79.4	$21,853
Happy Hollow School	Public	K-5	63 Pequot Rd	Wayland	01778	Middlesex County	Wayland	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 358-8641	330	28	11.5	10.0%	212 (64.2%)	8 (2.4%)	22 (6.7%)	59 (17.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (8.8%)	94.7	25^th of 899 public elementary schools	97.2%		93.7	40^th of 906 public elementary schools	95.6%	15	69.4	69.0	74.6	71.2	73.5	77.6	74.6	75.3	77.8	77.8	$22,360
Bennett-Hemenway	Public	K-4	22 East Evergreen Rd	Natick	01760	Middlesex County	Natick	No	No	No	No	(508) 647-6580	504	39	13.0	9.0%	333 (66.1%)	10 (2.0%)	58 (11.5%)	71 (14.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.0%)	87.3	109^th of 899 public elementary schools	87.9%		79.2	189^th of 906 public elementary schools	79.1%	80	72.0	53.8		60.8	72.0	67.2		69.1			$20,938
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	2.9%	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	$25,910
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	4.3%	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	$27,923
Lilja Elementary	Public	K-4	41 Bacon Street	Natick	01760	Middlesex County	Natick	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 647-6570	445	38	11.7	11.6%	293 (65.8%)	8 (1.8%)	62 (13.9%)	49 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.4%)	58.9	364^th of 899 public elementary schools	59.5%		59.2	368^th of 906 public elementary schools	59.4%	4	43.8	41.8		42.8	49.4	51.7		50.6			$20,501
Mary E Stapleton Elementary	Public	K-5	25 Elm Street	Framingham	01701	Middlesex County	Framingham	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 626-9143	359	36	9.9	43.9%	89 (24.8%)	42 (11.7%)	199 (55.4%)	13 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.5%)	15.5	780^th of 899 public elementary schools	13.2%		13.5	803^rd of 906 public elementary schools	11.4%	23	22.4	19.1	25.0	22.3	19.0	19.1	18.8	18.9	22.9	22.9	$26,507
Claypit Hill School	Public	K-5	40 Adams Lane	Wayland	01778	Middlesex County	Wayland	No	No	No	No	(508) 358-3851	495	45	10.9	7.3%	355 (71.7%)	16 (3.2%)	23 (4.6%)	62 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.9%)	89.6	78^th of 899 public elementary schools	91.3%		85.6	119^th of 906 public elementary schools	86.9%	41	58.2	65.3	66.0	63.5	72.2	70.5	65.0	69.0	71.1	71.1	$24,180
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	6.8%	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	$27,482
Brown	Public	K-4	1 Jean Burke Drive	Natick	01760	Middlesex County	Natick	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 647-6660	494	39	12.6	12.0%	264 (53.4%)	14 (2.8%)	75 (15.2%)	110 (22.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.1%)	87.1	111^th of 899 public elementary schools	87.7%		86.6	110^th of 906 public elementary schools	87.9%	1	64.6	55.6		59.5	67.0	71.4		69.5			$19,667

Frequently Asked Questions about Loker School

How many students attend Loker School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 359 students attended Loker School.

Is Loker School a good school?

Yes! Loker School is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 35^th of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools.

What district is Loker School in?

Wayland

What is the racial makeup of Loker School?

Students at Loker School are 64% White, 16% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of Loker School attend?

Students who attend Loker School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Wayland Middle School
High : Wayland High School

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