Summary:
Wells Middle is a public middle school located in Dublin, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 963 students. It is part of the Dublin Unified School District, which is ranked 102 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. Over the past several years, Wells Middle has consistently ranked in the top 15-20% of California middle schools, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
While Wells Middle students consistently outperform the state average in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics, the school lags behind the Dublin Unified district average in these assessments by around 15-20 percentage points in proficiency rates. Additionally, in CAST Science assessments, Wells Middle's proficiency rates are significantly lower than the district average, by around 25-30 percentage points. The school performs well for female and male students, ranking in the top 15-20% of California middle schools, but struggles with its performance for certain minority subgroups, such as African American and Hispanic students, where it ranks in the bottom 25-30% of California middle schools. However, the school excels in supporting English Language Learners, ranking in the top 5-10% of California middle schools for this subgroup.
Interestingly, Wells Middle's academic performance, particularly in English Language Arts and Mathematics, lags behind several nearby middle schools in the San Ramon Valley Unified and Pleasanton Unified districts, which consistently rank in the top 5-10% of California middle schools. Schools like Windemere Ranch Middle, Gale Ranch Middle, and Harvest Park Middle outperform Wells Middle by a significant margin, with proficiency rates that are 15-20 percentage points higher. Additionally, Wells Middle has seen a steady increase in chronic absenteeism rates, from 5.0% in 2017-2018 to 14.9% in 2021-2022, which is significantly higher than the district average of around 8-9% during the same period.
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Detail:
Public 6-8
District:
Dublin Unified
SchoolDigger Rank:
462nd of 2,777 California Middle Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,085
Students who attend Wells Middle usually attend:
Feeder schools for Wells Middle:
Student/teacher ratio: 20.3
Number of students: 963
Racial breakdown:
Asian:
39.0%
White:
25.5%
Hispanic:
18.7%
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Two or more races:
11.2%
African American:
4.4%
Pacific Islander:
0.9%
American Indian:
0.2%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 13.8%
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