School district · Massachusetts
Waltham
Waltham in Massachusetts: 11 public schools with 5,777 students and 10.2 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $29,405 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 5,777
- Students per teacher
- 10.2
- MA 11.9 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $29,405
- 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)
- 567
- Counselors (FTE)
- 16.0
- Students per counselor
- 361
- MA 334 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 4.0
- Librarians (FTE): 9.8
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Massachusetts's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Massachusetts: 42%41%proficient
+5.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 55% of school districts in Massachusetts
Median 44% · 351 school districts compared
2,486 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Massachusetts: 41%39%proficient
+3.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 53% of school districts in Massachusetts
Median 40% · 351 school districts compared
2,480 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
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.
- Federal
- 5.8% · $11.4M
- State
- 32% · $63M
- Local
- 62% · $122.2M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $18,015
- Support services
- $10,421
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $25.7M
- Long-term debt
- $4.7M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Douglas MacArthur Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 475 | 11.5 | 46% | 47% |
Dual Language SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 222 | 13.1 | 35% | 38% |
Henry Whittemore Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 372 | 9.1 | 27% | 34% |
James Fitzgerald Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 350 | 10.0 | 42% | 50% |
Northeast Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 527 | 10.7 | 28% | 38% |
Thomas R Plympton Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 357 | 10.1 | 37% | 36% |
William F. Stanley Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 381 | 8.5 | 31% | 32% |
John F Kennedy MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 635 | 10.3 | 55% | 46% |
John W. McDevitt Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 618 | 9.6 | 41% | 34% |
Waltham Sr HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,791 | 10.4 | — | — |
Waltham Valor High SchoolAlternative | 9–12 | 49 | 9.8 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 617 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA 02452
- Phone
- (781)314-5405
- 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).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.