Wellesley
1 high school and 6 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Wellesley
Ranks #4 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 2%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Wellesley is a suburban town about 15 miles west of Boston in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Its single-family assessed home values and per capita income both rank among the highest in the state, reflecting its established residential character. The Wellesley Public Schools serve the town through a single high school, Wellesley High School, alongside its elementary and middle schools. Historically, the town is home to Wellesley College, a private liberal arts college founded in 1870 and known for its campus on Lake Waban, and Wellesley's town center and surrounding neighborhoods retain much of their historic New England character.
How it compares
- Strongest area: SAT scores, in the top 3% of districts. Its high schools average 1299 on the SAT, vs 1113 for the average MA district.
- Top school: Katharine Lee Bates, #2 of 895 Massachusetts elementary schools.
- Trend: MCAS results and attendance have held steady over the past three years.
A district's overall rank is the average statewide percentile of its ranked schools, with a 10% discount for single-school districts. Category standings compare the average of each district's ranked schools and count only districts with data. How we rank
Schools in Wellesley
We rank high schools that report SAT results and elementary schools with grade 3 MCAS results, so some of the district's schools (middle schools, for example) aren't listed. Elementary ELA and Math are 2024–2026 averages of grade 3 results.
MCAS results
Share of students meeting or exceeding expectations, compared with the state. Statewide 10th-grade results dropped after 2024, when passing the MCAS stopped being a graduation requirement. There was no test in 2020.
High school results
Averages of the district's ranked high schools (Wellesley Sr High). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
50.1% female · 49.9% male
Spending & teachers
Spending is total per-pupil expenditure from all sources. Dollar figures aren't adjusted for inflation. "MA median" is the middle district in each year; small districts can spend far more per student, so the median is a fairer yardstick than the average. Salary is the average across 392 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
8.7 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 2.4% missed 20% or more of school days
About Wellesley
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Town figures are FY2026 averages for single-family homes from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Assessed values usually run below recent sale prices. "MA median" is the median of the state's 351 towns.
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