How does Wells Middle compare to other middle schools in Dublin?

Wells Middle has a SchoolScope composite score of 52.8/100, placing it at the 78th percentile statewide. 33% of students exceed standard, with a total of 2,022 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Wells Middle?

33.3% of students at Wells Middle exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 61.1% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Wells Middle improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Wells Middle's proficiency rate decreases by 12.8 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This pattern in test scores may reflect a variety of factors beyond the school itself.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Wells Middle?

9.4% of students at Wells Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Wells Middle

Middle School

Dublin Unified DublinAlameda County94568

📍 6800 Penn Drive

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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Composite scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

1,022 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

23:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

16%

Teachers

44 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Increased Significantly

+20.5 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Increased Significantly

+16.1 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

36.0%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 50 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic20.1%

White24.0%

Asian35.2%

Black4.6%

Other16.1%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Wells Middle
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	33.3%
Met Standard	27.8%
Below Standard	38.9%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "61% proficient" for Wells Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

33.3% of students exceeded standard while 27.8% met it. That exceeded rate is 16.0 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 15.0 points below the Dublin Unified district average of 48.3%. The 4 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 54.5% exceeded — 21.2 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Proficiency drops by 12.8 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased significantly and Math increased significantly year-over-year. 36.0% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 9.4%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

33.3%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

61.1%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

-12.8pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

9.4%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

5.4%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

2,022

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

Math Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	371	39.1%	32.1%	13.2%	15.6%	71.2%
7th	326	26.7%	35.0%	19.0%	19.3%	61.7%
8th	313	26.8%	38.0%	15.3%	19.8%	64.9%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	371	46.4%	20.5%	17.8%	15.4%	66.8%
7th	327	30.6%	23.9%	25.1%	20.5%	54.4%
8th	314	30.3%	17.2%	20.7%	31.9%	47.5%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Frederiksen Elementary

62.486th pctile

Also serves area

J. M. Amador Elementary

77.399th pctile

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Middle

Wells Middle

52.878th pctile

This school

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High School

Dublin High

76.496th pctile

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.