Summary
Wayland Middle School is a public middle school in Wayland, Massachusetts, serving grades 6–8 with 662 students, part of the Wayland district, which ranks 9th of 351 districts statewide. In 2025–2026 it ranked 9th of 478 Massachusetts middle schools — the 98th percentile, with 5 stars. That is no one-year spike: across the available history the school has never fallen below the 96th percentile and has earned 5 stars every year listed, including a 3rd-place statewide rank in 2024–2025.
Test results are far above state averages. In 2025–2026 MCAS Next Generation results, 74.89% of students met proficiency in English Language Arts, 80.40% in math, 78.49% in science, and 81.53% in civics — roughly 1.9x to 2.1x the statewide rates, which sit near 40% in each subject. Its closest peers are Wellesley Middle (7th of 478) and Weston Middle (8th of 478), both in the same elite band. Wayland trails them slightly in ELA but is essentially tied in math and science, and leads in civics, where it tops all nearby schools. The next-closest nearby schools, Ephraim Curtis Middle, J F Kennedy Middle School, and Wilson Middle, sit 26 to 50 rank positions behind.
Within grades, 8th-grade math (84.06%), 8th-grade civics (81.53%), and 8th-grade science (78.49%) are standouts, while 6th-grade ELA at 69.27% is the relative soft spot — still about 29 points above the state, but below Weston, Wellesley, and High Rock School. Science slipped from 83.17% to 78.49% year over year but remains elite. Special education students rank 4th of 436 statewide, and low-SES students rank 53rd of 461 (89th percentile, 4 stars), down from the 96th percentile the prior year. The school posts these results without the highest spending or smallest classes: Weston spends far more per student and Wellesley has a lower student-teacher ratio, while some Framingham schools spend similar amounts with smaller classes yet score far lower.
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