Wrentham, Massachusetts
The Wrentham Schools by the Numbers
A snapshot of the elementary district that educates about 981 Wrentham students in two schools, and of where those students go next. Detailed figures come from the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).
District Snapshot
Sources: Massachusetts DESE, school and district profiles.
High needs is a state count, not a score. It includes every student who is from a low income household, learning English, or receiving special education services, and counts each one only once. The median across all 396 Massachusetts districts is 46.7 percent.
District Overview
These figures cover Wrentham Public Schools only. From grade seven a Wrentham student belongs to the King Philip Regional School District, which has its own DESE profile, its own budget and its own elected committee, and the town also belongs to the Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical district in Franklin.
| District | Wrentham |
| Enrollment | 981 |
| Schools | 2 |
| The schools | Charles E Roderick, Delaney |
Student Population
For the precise current breakdown, see the DESE district profile.
| English learners | 2.0% |
| First language not English | 5.8% |
| Students with disabilities | 21.9% |
| High needs | 32.4% |
| Per-pupil spending (in-district) | $19,545.74 |
| Per-pupil spending (total) | $19,644.95 |
Academic Performance & Context
MCAS results and accountability data are published and updated each year by DESE. Because these change annually, this guide links to the live state profile rather than reprinting numbers that quickly go stale. Wrentham Public Schools ends at grade six, so it has no graduation rate of its own; that figure belongs to King Philip Regional.
One number here is a civics fact rather than an education one. Per-pupil spending is not set in this building or by the Superintendent. It is voted at Town Meeting, in the same room, on the same night, by the same registered voters who vote everything else. Wrentham’s fiscal 2027 budget put $15,865,760 into Wrentham Public Schools, $12,339,011 into King Philip Regional, and $2,252,293 into Tri-County and Norfolk Agricultural, and every one of those lines was approved by Town Meeting on June 1, 2026.
That same meeting took up something larger. Article 12 appropriated $106,550,000 to replace Charles E Roderick Elementary School, which has served Wrentham students since 1968, at 120 Taunton Street. The appropriation was written to depend on a second vote, a Proposition 2 1/2 debt exclusion, and the town held a special town election on June 15, 2026 to put that question to every registered voter. A Massachusetts School Building Authority grant would cover no more than 54.33 percent of eligible approved project costs, and the town pays the rest. Two rooms, two votes, one school.
Sources
MA DESE, Wrentham Student Profile (code 03500000). Accessed 2026. Budget and school project figures: Town of Wrentham, Report to Voters for the June 1, 2026 Town Meeting, Articles 5 and 12.