School district · Massachusetts

Wakefield

Wakefield in Massachusetts: 7 public schools with 3,382 students and 11.4 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $23,742 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 7
Students: 3,382
Students per teacher: 11.4; MA 11.9 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $23,742; MA $26.5K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 296
Counselors (FTE): 9.0
Students per counselor: 376; MA 334 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 7.0; Librarians (FTE): 1.8

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$14.8K15

$15.0K16

$15.8K17

$16.8K18

$17.7K19

$18.7K20

$19.7K21

$21.0K22

$23.0K23

$23.7K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 5.6% · $4.3M
State: 24% · $18.1M
Local: 71% · $54.5M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $15,572
Support services: $7,411
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $2.1M
Long-term debt: $1.6M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Pre-K centers: 1Elementary schools: 4Middle schools: 1High schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Early Childhood Center at the Doyle School	Pre-K	128	14.1	Wakefield
Dolbeare	K–4	443	11.9	Wakefield
Greenwood	K–4	227	12.4	Wakefield
Walton	K–4	218	13.6	Wakefield
Woodville SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	456	12.1	Wakefield
Galvin Middle School	5–8	1,056	11.0	Wakefield
Wakefield Memorial High	9–12	854	10.5	Wakefield

Sources

Address: 60 Farm Street, Wakefield, MA 01880
Phone: (781)246-6400

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).