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C+

Woburn School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12

Serves Woburn.

Woburn’s School Grade C+ better than 41% of Massachusetts school districts

Students
4,520
Schools
10
Spent per student
$24,695
MA $26,530
Students per teacher
11:1
The gist

What stands out about Woburn School District

  • Its letter, C+: results better than 41% of Massachusetts districts
  • Spends 7% less per student than the MA average
  • 11 students per teacher
  • Enrollment up 5.6% since 2020–21
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C+: better than 41% of the 394 Massachusetts school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math close to the state, 2021–22
C+
GraduationFour-year graduation close to the state, class of 2023
C
The town it serves, and its School Grade
C+Woburn 43,962

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Woburn. Grade by grade →

K–57 elementary schoolsThis district
6–82 middle schoolsThis district
9–12Woburn HighThis district

Test scores vs. MA

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency39%
State average 40.7% · 2,183 students tested
Reading / language arts43%
State average 43.7% · 2,173 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)90%
State average 89.2% · 291 in the class

100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$24,695 per student · 7% below MA
Spending
Classroom instruction 62%Support & administration 38%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 69%State 25%Federal 7%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
4,279’20
4,295’21
4,276’22
4,424’23
4,520’24

Up 5.6% since 2020–21.

Students
White 60%Hispanic 19%Black 10%Asian 6%Two or more races 4%American Indian/Alaska Native 1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

Schools in the district

10 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Massachusetts’s other public schools.

Clyde Reeves
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Woburn
B
451 students14:1
Shamrock
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Woburn
C+
284 students10:1
Hurld-Wyman Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Woburn
B
418 students13:1
Goodyear Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Woburn
C
352 students11:1
Malcolm White
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Woburn
C+
323 students11:1
Mary D Altavesta
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Woburn
B
248 students10:1
Linscott-Rumford
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Woburn
B+
209 students15:1
John F Kennedy Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Woburn
B−
521 students10:1
Daniel L Joyce Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Woburn
C+
455 students8:1
Woburn High
High · Grades 9–12 · Woburn
A−
1,259 students11:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Burlington School DistrictBurlington
$27,508per student
Lexington School DistrictLexington
$29,148per student
Reading School DistrictReading
$21,137per student
Stoneham School DistrictStoneham
$22,611per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Massachusetts.