Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 01778

ZIP code 01778 in Wayland, Massachusetts is served by three public elementary schools — Claypit Hill School, Loker School, and Happy Hollow School — all serving grades K–5 within the Wayland Public Schools district, which ranks 9th out of 351 Massachusetts districts, at the 97th percentile with 5 stars. Combined enrollment is 1,184 students, with Claypit Hill the largest at 495, Loker at 359, and Happy Hollow the smallest at 330.

Each school has a distinct profile. Happy Hollow School posts the highest current all-grade English Language Arts proficiency at 71.18% and the highest current math score at 75.29%, and it exceeds the district average in every 2025–2026 grade-level result shown. Loker School leads in science at 79.41% and holds the single highest grade-level score in the data, 87.10% in 4th grade math. Claypit Hill School is the largest, has the most favorable student-teacher ratio at 10.9, and improved to 78th of 899 in 2025–2026, though its current all-grade ELA, math, and science results trail its two peers relative to the district benchmark.

All three schools far exceed state averages — current ELA gaps over the state range from +23.44 to +31.15 points, math from +27.89 to +34.18, and science from +30.15 to +38.43. Relative to the district, however, results are more mixed: Happy Hollow is above or even with the district in all-grade ELA and math, Loker is above in science but slightly below in ELA and math, and Claypit Hill is below in all three. Student-teacher ratios average 11.6, per-student spending averages about $19,346, and free/reduced-lunch data is blank for all three schools, so socioeconomic context cannot be analyzed.