Middle · Maine
Wells Junior High School
Wells Junior High School, a public middle school in Wells, Maine: grades 5–8, 455 students, 11.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Wells-Ogunquit CSD.
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
- 455
- Teachers (FTE)
- 39.1
- Students per teacher
- 11.6
- Grades
- 5–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 62% of middle schools in Maine
Median 11.1 · 84 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 79% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 69% of middle schools in Maine
Median 338 · 84 schools compared
Smaller than 58% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Maine's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Maine: 65%72%proficient
−6.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 80% of middle schools in Maine
Median 65% · 83 middle schools compared
446 students tested, grades 3–8 · Maine Through Year Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Maine: 50%67%proficient
+3.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 93% of middle schools in Maine
Median 39% · 83 middle schools compared
445 students tested, grades 3–8 · Maine Through Year 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 5–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Small suburb
- Run by
- Wells-Ogunquit CSD
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Wells-Ogunquit CSD.
Location
- Address
- 1470 Post RD, Wells, ME 04090
- Phone
- (207)646-5142
- County
- York County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Middle School of the KennebunksFree meals for all | 6–8 | 470 | 9.9 |
Biddeford Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–7 | 542 | 10.3 |
Noble Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–7 | 433 | 11.1 |
York Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 482 | 9.3 |
Sanford Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 920 | 13.7 |
| 6–8 | 286 | 9.7 |
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.
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