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Schools in Cochituate · Wayland School District

Cochituate’s public schools beat 95% of Massachusetts districts

The public schools Cochituate’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 95% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

85%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
76%
▲ 28 pts vs MA 49%
2020–21
Math proficiency
68%
▲ 32 pts vs MA 36%
2020–21
Graduate on time
97%
▲ 8 pts vs MA 89%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$24.7K
▼ 7% vs MA $26.5K
FY2024
Schools
0
In brief

The short version on Cochituate’s schools

Which school depends on your street

With three elementary schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. After that, everyone goes to Wayland Middle School and Wayland High School. Wayland sends its kids to all the same schools. See the path ↓

Well above the state in reading and math

Reading proficiency is 76%, 28 points above the state. Math is 68%, 32 points above the state. Test scores ↓

The strongest schools in the area

Cochituate outscores all three towns that border it. The lowest nearby is Framingham (C−). Compare ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.

The School Grade

How Cochituate compares

A+ Test scoresB+ Graduation
Massachusetts school districts we grade (397)Better than 95%
Lower resultsHigher results
Massachusetts towns with similar household incomes (108)Better than 85%
High confidence. Built on 1,429 tested students and a graduating class of 207; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Massachusetts’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Massachusetts only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Cochituate.

The path, start to finish
K–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Wayland Middle Schoolin Wayland
9–12Wayland High Schoolin Wayland

Parts of Cochituate are served by Natick School District.

The district

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading76%
State average 48.5%
Math68%
State average 36%

Cochituate vs. its neighbors

Cochituate’s schools rank 1st of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Massachusetts districts.

Every school in Cochituate

0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.

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Within reach

Colleges near Cochituate

There’s no college in Cochituate, but 40 are within 30 miles. The closest is Pope St John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, 2.3 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Cochituate. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 30 more within 30 miles.

School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Massachusetts. Stars are from neighbors.

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