Elementary · Massachusetts
Wales Elementary
Free meals for allWales Elementary, a public elementary school in Wales, Massachusetts: grades pre-k–6, 93 students, 8.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Wales.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary 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
- 93
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10.8
- Students per teacher
- 8.6
- Grades
- Pre-K–6
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 95% of elementary schools in Massachusetts
Median 12.1 · 1,022 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 97% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 98% of elementary schools in Massachusetts
Median 373 · 1,022 schools compared
Smaller than 96% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
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%27%proficient
+5.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 76% of elementary schools in Massachusetts
Median 42% · 926 elementary schools compared
48 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Massachusetts: 41%33%proficient
+2.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 66% of elementary schools in Massachusetts
Median 43% · 926 elementary schools compared
48 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.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–6
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Distant rural area
- Run by
- Wales
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Wales.
Location
- Address
- 41 Main Street, Wales, MA 01081
- Phone
- (413)245-7748
- County
- Hampden County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Holland ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 212 | 10.6 |
Brimfield ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 258 | 9.3 |
Granite Valley SchoolFree meals for all | 1–6 | 400 | 12.2 |
Quarry Hill Community SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–K | 120 | 11.9 |
| Pre-K–8 | 49 | 6.2 | |
Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public SchoolCharterFree meals for all | K–8 | 356 | 14.5 |
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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