Wellesley Public Schools: Fiscal Year 2026 Budget
Average Number of Pupils per Classroom - Grades K-5
Class Size Guidelines
20-21 COVID
Grade
17-18 19.88 19.61 19.61 20.78 21.53 20.11
18-19
19-20
21-22
22-23
23-24 17.93 17.80 18.29 19.78 18.50 18.00
24-25 18.85 17.81 17.37 20.00 19.21 18.82
K 1 2 3 4 5
18-22 18-22 18-22 22-24 22-24 22-24
19.06 18.17 13.69 17.94 17.71 21.06 18.39 13.38 17.13 17.59 19.89 21.53 18.53 16.94 17.87 19.61 19.94 21.25 17.11 18.31 20.72 19.17 20.75 18.82 17.06 21.53 20.33 19.00 17.89 20.00
At the Middle and High Schools, the class size guidelines vary by subject. Although most subjects have a guideline of 22 students, the range is low of 16 for Family and Consumer Science to a high of 25 in Fitness and Health. English and Guidance are based on an overall student load. English has a student load of 90 students per teacher while guidance is 200 to 225 middle school students and 180 to 225 high school students per counselor. The tables below provide the historical class size averages for the five (5) core subjects. Average Number of Pupils per Classroom - Grades 6-12
Oct. 2023 18.4 19.1 16.4 16.5 18.4 Oct. 2023 19.5 20.7 18.7 17.3 19.0
Oct. 2024 17.6 19.1 15.9 15.9 19.1 Oct. 2024 18.6 21.4 17.3 16.5 21.1
Middle School
Class Size Guideline 90 Stud.
Oct. 2017 20.5 21.3 20.1 19.1 21.4 Oct. 2016 19.8 19.8 19.9 18.1 22.3
Oct. 2018 21.5 22.4 20.8 20.2 21.8 Oct. 2017 19.8 20.3 20.7 18.5 21.6
Oct. 2019 21.5 22.2 20.7 19.4 22.1 Oct. 2018 18.4 19.5 20.4 18.4 21.1
Oct. 2020 19.9 20.7 18.7 17.2 20.7 Oct. 2019 21.3 21.8 20.0 18.7 20.7
Oct. 2021 19.5 19.9 18.7 16.2 19.9 Oct. 2020 19.9 21.6 17.5 18.2 20.0
Oct. 2022 18.5 19.1 16.5 16.1 19.1 Oct. 2022 19.7 20.3 18.1 17.4 18.7
English
Social Studies Mathematics World Lang.
22.0 22.0 22.0 22.0
Science
High School
Class Size Guideline 90 Stud.
English History
22.0 22.0 22.0 22.0
Mathematics World Lang.
Science
Comparable Community Data
Wellesley Public Schools have, like many other public schools, emphasized the use of data to drive decision-making. This section will focus on a couple of data points and compare Wellesley data to our comparable communities. Per Pupil Expenditure (In-District Only): Each fall, the Director of Finance and Business Operations submits the End of Year (EOY) report to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MA DESE). As described by DESE, “[The EOY report] shows all school operating expenditures including those outside the general fund such as grants, private donations, and revolving accounts. They include payments for local resident pupils who are being educated in schools outside the district. As well as showing the overall cost per pupil, they provide detail about how schools spend their funds in specific functional areas such as teaching, maintenance, and administration.”
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