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Schools in Wells

Wells’s public schools

Wells Central School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Wells. Each school below is shown with its own results.

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

Tests spring 2022, when 92% of students in New York’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
57%
2021–22
Math proficiency
47%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$41.8K
▲ 21% vs NY $34.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
5.7
NY 11.2 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
128 students on the public path
In brief

Wells’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Wells’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s 4,095 public schools. Wells School places highest (better than 62%); Wells School lowest (62%). 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 Wells, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–12Wells SchoolWells Central School DistrictB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Wells Central School District.

The district

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

Wells Central School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 1 schools · 128 students, down 10% since 2020–21 · 5.7 per teacher (NY 11.2)
$41,812NY $34,607 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading57%
State average 48.9% · 66 students tested
Math47%
State average 46.5% · 63 students tested

Wells vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the New York towns that share Wells’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Wells—Wells Central
Lake Pleasant—Lake Pleasant Central
Speculator—Lake Pleasant Central
Hope—Northville Central PK–12 · Wells Central PK–12
Indian LakeBIndian Lake Central
Benson—Northville Central
Arietta—Wells Central PK–12 · Piseco Common
JohnsburgC−Johnsburg Central
Stony Creek—Hadley-Luzerne Central

2 of the 8 neighbors share Wells Central with Wells, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Wells

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

District schools in Wellsby address
Wells School
Grades PK–12
B
128 students6:1Rate it →

Questions about Wells’s schools

Are Wells’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Wells. Wells Central School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Wells. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Wells in?

Wells Central School District.

Where do Wells kids go to high school?

Wells School.

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What Wells families are saying about school.

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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.