Middle · Connecticut
Michael F. Wallace Middle School
Free meals for allMichael F. Wallace Middle School, a public middle school in Waterbury, Connecticut: grades 4–8, 1,059 students, 11.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Waterbury School District.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 1,059
- Teachers (FTE)
- 92.8
- Students per teacher
- 11.4
- Grades
- 4–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 55% of middle schools in Connecticut
Median 11.1 · 178 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 81% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 98% of middle schools in Connecticut
Median 498 · 178 schools compared
Larger than 93% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Connecticut's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Connecticut: 50%36%proficient
+5.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 84% of middle schools in Connecticut
Median 57% · 177 middle schools compared
1,070 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Connecticut: 46%20%proficient
+3.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 87% of middle schools in Connecticut
Median 50% · 178 middle schools compared
1,056 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced Assessment; 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.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 4–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Midsize city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Waterbury School District.
Location
- Address
- 3465 East Main St., Waterbury, CT 06705
- Phone
- (203)574-8140
- City or town
- Waterbury
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–8 | 498 | 9.2 | 62% | 54% | |
| 6–8 | 434 | 11.1 | 64% | 58% | |
| 7–8 | 660 | 12.5 | 80% | 74% | |
| 6–8 | 659 | 12.2 | 68% | 64% | |
West Side Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 848 | 10.6 | 28% | 13% |
ACES at ChaseFree meals for all | 6–9 | 556 | 13.4 | 43% | 35% |
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
- 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).
- 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.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
NCES 090483000983