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Meetinghouse, August 2015, Wendell MAPhoto: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0
Schools in Wendell

Wendell’s public schools

New Salem-Wendell School District and Ralph C. Mahar School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Wendell. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Massachusetts’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Massachusetts’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
32%
2021–22
Spent per student
$30.9K
▲ 16% vs MA $26.5K
FY2024 · Ralph C. Mahar
Students per teacher
9.1
MA 11.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
643 students on the public path
In brief

Wendell’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Wendell’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools. Swift River places highest (better than 64%); Ralph C Mahar Regional lowest (27%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Wendell, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Swift RiverNew Salem-Wendell School DistrictB
7–12Ralph C Mahar Regionalin OrangeC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the New Salem-Wendell School District.

Two districts serve Wendell

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

New Salem-Wendell School DistrictGrades PK–6 · 1 schools · 134 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 9.2 per teacher (MA 11.9)
$29,934MA $26,530 · FY2024
C−
Ralph C. Mahar School DistrictGrades 7–12 · 1 schools · 509 students, down 18% since 2020–21 · 9.0 per teacher (MA 11.9)
$30,875MA $26,530 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–6, New Salem-Wendell School District32%
State average 43.7% · 68 students tested
Math · PK–6, New Salem-Wendell School District32%
State average 40.7% · 67 students tested
Reading · 7–12, Ralph C. Mahar School District27%
State average 43.7% · 288 students tested
Math · 7–12, Ralph C. Mahar School District29%
State average 40.7% · 286 students tested

Wendell vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Massachusetts towns that share Wendell’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Wendell—New Salem-Wendell PK–6 · Ralph C. Mahar 7–12
ErvingDErving PK–6 · Gill-Montague School District in Erving
MontagueDGill-Montague
OrangeDOrange PK–6 · Ralph C. Mahar 7–12
New SalemC−New Salem-Wendell PK–6 · Ralph C. Mahar 7–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share Ralph C. Mahar with Wendell for grades 7–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Wendell

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Massachusetts’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Wendellby address
Swift River
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · New Salem
B
134 students9:1Rate it →
Also serving Wendellin other towns
Ralph C Mahar Regional
High · Grades 7–12 · Orange
C
509 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Wendell’s schools

Are Wendell’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Wendell. New Salem-Wendell School District and Ralph C. Mahar School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Wendell. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Massachusetts’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Wendell in?

New Salem-Wendell School District and Ralph C. Mahar School District.

Where do Wendell kids go to high school?

Ralph C Mahar Regional.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.