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The public high schools with the highest student-to-teacher ratios in Massachusetts

Across Massachusetts, 327 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the most students per teacher, a proxy for larger classes. Tantasqua Regional Vocational leads the list at 66.5:1, against a median of 11.3:1 across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

327

Massachusetts

Top Students/teacher

66.5:1

Median Students/teacher

11.3:1

HIGHEST RATIO · MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Tantasqua Regional Vocational	Fiskdale, MA	Tantasqua	High	542	66.5:1
2	Edison Evening Academy	Brockton, MA	Brockton	High	225	51.5:1
3	Roxbury Preparatory Charter School	Roxbury, MA	Roxbury Preparatory Charter	High	1,126	25.8:1
4	Center For Technical Education Innovation	Leominster, MA	Leominster	High	821	20.6:1
5	Boston Latin School	Boston, MA	Boston	High	2,424	18.7:1
6	Bridgewater-Raynham Regional	Bridgewater, MA	Bridgewater-Raynham	High	1,487	18.1:1
7	Boston Latin Academy	Dorchester, MA	Boston	High	1,693	17.9:1
8	Brockton High	Brockton, MA	Brockton	High	3,598	17.0:1
9	Taunton High	Taunton, MA	Taunton	High	2,877	16.6:1
10	Malden High	Malden, MA	Malden	High	1,890	16.1:1
11	Belmont High	Belmont, MA	Belmont	High	1,454	15.8:1
12	Braintree High	Braintree, MA	Braintree	High	1,694	15.7:1
13	North Quincy High	Quincy, MA	Quincy	High	1,520	15.5:1
14	Saugus High	Saugus, MA	Saugus	High	744	15.5:1
15	Winthrop High School	Winthrop, MA	Winthrop	High	568	15.4:1
16	Attleboro High	Attleboro, MA	Attleboro	High	2,030	15.3:1
17	Doherty Memorial High	Worcester, MA	Worcester	High	1,573	15.3:1
18	O'Bryant School of Math & Science	Roxbury, MA	Boston	High	1,509	15.2:1
19	Fredrick Douglass Collegiate Academy	Lynn, MA	Lynn	High	235	15.1:1
20	Lynn English High	Lynn, MA	Lynn	High	2,062	15.0:1
21	New Heights Charter School of Brockton	Brockton, MA	New Heights Charter School of Brockton	High	734	14.9:1
22	Lowell High	Lowell, MA	Lowell	High	3,446	14.8:1
23	Franklin High	Franklin, MA	Franklin	High	1,453	14.8:1
24	Winchester High School	Winchester, MA	Winchester	High	1,404	14.8:1
25	Westford Academy	Westford, MA	Westford	High	1,504	14.7:1
26	Whitman Hanson Regional	Whitman, MA	Whitman-Hanson	High	993	14.7:1
27	Northampton High	Northampton, MA	Northampton	High	875	14.7:1
28	South High Community	Worcester, MA	Worcester	High	1,800	14.6:1
29	North High	Worcester, MA	Worcester	High	1,376	14.4:1
30	Shrewsbury High School	Shrewsbury, MA	Shrewsbury	High	1,891	14.4:1
31	Hopkinton High	Hopkinton, MA	Hopkinton	High	1,267	14.4:1
32	Classical High	Lynn, MA	Lynn	High	1,795	14.4:1
33	Shepherd Hill Regional High	Dudley, MA	Dudley-Charlton Reg	High	942	14.3:1
34	Holbrook Middle High School	Holbrook, MA	Holbrook	High	665	14.3:1
35	Minnechaug Regional High	Wilbraham, MA	Hampden-Wilbraham	High	990	14.2:1
36	Randolph High	Randolph, MA	Randolph	High	765	14.2:1
37	Billerica Memorial High School	Billerica, MA	Billerica	High	1,816	14.1:1
38	Ashland High	Ashland, MA	Ashland	High	884	14.0:1
39	Chelmsford High	North Chelmsford, MA	Chelmsford	High	1,402	14.0:1
40	Medway High	Medway, MA	Medway	High	622	13.8:1
41	Groton Dunstable Regional	Groton, MA	Groton-Dunstable	High	659	13.7:1
42	Oakmont Regional High School	Ashburnham, MA	Ashburnham-Westminster	High	633	13.6:1
43	Lawrence High School	Lawrence, MA	Lawrence	High	3,453	13.6:1
44	Arlington High	Arlington, MA	Arlington	High	1,677	13.6:1
45	Blackstone Millville RHS	Blackstone, MA	Blackstone-Millville	High	534	13.6:1
46	Revere High	Revere, MA	Revere	High	2,115	13.6:1
47	New Bedford High	New Bedford, MA	New Bedford	High	2,878	13.5:1
48	King Philip Regional High	Wrentham, MA	King Philip	High	1,114	13.5:1
49	Gardner High	Gardner, MA	Gardner	High	808	13.5:1
50	Acton-Boxborough Regional High	Acton, MA	Acton-Boxborough	High	1,622	13.5:1

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