Enrollment
93
Massachusetts · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Wales, MA
Wales Elementary
Federal NCES profile for Wales Elementary, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 44/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 251194001956
👥 S:T ratio 59
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 81
📋 Attendance 6
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Wales Elementary earns 44/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 76% of Massachusetts schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Massachusetts.
- 44
- Resource Index · Typical
- 10.3:1
- small classes for Massachusetts
- 93
- students enrolled
Wales Elementary has class sizes smaller than 76% of Massachusetts schools. Computed live against every Massachusetts school reporting to NCES.
School address
Teachers (FTE)
9.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
10.3:1
vs 12.3:1 Massachusetts avg
-16% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Wales Elementary compares with Massachusetts and U.S. medians
What stands out at Wales Elementary
Wales Elementary is a small combined-grade school in Wales, Massachusetts, enrolling 93 students.
Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 10.3:1 puts it in the smaller third of Massachusetts schools by student-teacher ratio.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 95% of Massachusetts schools, with 93 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 1,831 scored Massachusetts schools.
Its student body is predominantly White (88% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 22/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 93 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 37.6% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
Its district draws 19.1% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Wales operates only this one school, so Wales Elementary has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 93 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of Massachusetts's single-school districts.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Wales Elementary compares
Wales Elementary on the metrics families compare, against Massachusetts and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Massachusetts | Massachusetts avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 10.3:1 | ▼ 16% | 12.3:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 93 | top 95% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
10.3:1
Leaner classes than 87% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
93
Bigger than 9% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
10.3:1
students per teacher
- 16% below state mean
Top 24% in Massachusetts - lower ratio than 76% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
37.6%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$20,551
per pupil, district-wide
- below Massachusetts avg of $22,458
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 93 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Overview
- Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
- Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
- F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.
Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.
Student demographics
White 88.2%
Hispanic or Latino 6.5%
African American 4.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1.1%
Largest group: White at 88.2% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 21.6/100
Simpson diversity index - at 21.6, Wales Elementary is less mixed than the Massachusetts school average of 47.3.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Wales, which includes Wales Elementary.
$20,551
Per student
-8%
vs Massachusetts
Avg $22,458
+24%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 1.8%
State 79.1%
Federal 19.1%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Massachusetts, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~93 students)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Wales Elementary
How many students attend Wales Elementary?
Wales Elementary has 93 students enrolled. It is a public school in Wales, MA.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wales Elementary?
The student-teacher ratio at Wales Elementary is 10.3:1, which is 16% lower than the Massachusetts average of 12.3:1 and 34% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Wales Elementary?
The largest demographic group at Wales Elementary is White at 88.2% of enrollment, in Wales, MA.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Wales Elementary?
Wales Elementary has a Resource Investment Index of 44/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
Is Wales Elementary a good school?
Wales Elementary earns 44/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 76% of Massachusetts schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Massachusetts. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
What other schools are in Wales?
None reported; Wales operates only Wales Elementary as a public school district in NCES's records.
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