Elementary · Massachusetts

Wessagusset

Free meals for all

Wessagusset, a public elementary school in North Weymouth, Massachusetts: grades k–5, 329 students, 12.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Weymouth.

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
329
Teachers (FTE)
25.6
Students per teacher
12.8
Grades
K–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 64% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 12.1 · 1,022 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 70% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 61% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 373 · 1,022 schools compared

Smaller than 67% 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%

42%proficient

−0.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 50% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 42% · 926 elementary schools compared

168 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Massachusetts: 41%

45%proficient

−6.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 54% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 43% · 926 elementary schools compared

165 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 K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large suburb
Run by
Weymouth

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Weymouth.

Location

Address
75 Pilgrim Road, North Weymouth, MA 02191
Phone
(781)335-2210
City or town
Weymouth Town

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–538012.821%24%
Atherton HoughFree meals for all
K–525610.524%29%
Academy AvenueFree meals for all
K–535715.153%46%
K–453512.346%43%
Lawrence W PingreeFree meals for all
K–526613.448%51%
Pre-K–540212.574%75%

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

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 251284002122