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

327 public high schools in Massachusetts appear in this ranking of the public high schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios, ranked by the fewest students per teacher, a proxy for class size and staffing. Baystate Academy Charter Public School leads the list at 6.7:1, 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

Best Students/teacher

6.7:1

Median Students/teacher

11.3:1

LOWEST RATIO · MASSACHUSETTS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Baystate Academy Charter Public School	Springfield, MA	Baystate Academy Charter Public School	High	388	6.7:1
2	Douglas High School	Douglas, MA	Douglas	High	267	7.2:1
3	Excel High School	South Boston, MA	Boston	High	301	7.3:1
4	Hopkins Academy	Hadley, MA	Hadley	High	203	7.3:1
5	Lenox Memorial High	Lenox, MA	Lenox	High	439	7.6:1
6	Tantasqua Regional Sr High	Fiskdale, MA	Tantasqua	High	632	7.7:1
7	Gateway Regional School	Huntington, MA	Gateway	High	333	7.7:1
8	Libertas Academy Charter School	Springfield, MA	Libertas Academy Charter School	High	563	7.8:1
9	Mt Everett Regional	Sheffield, MA	Southern Berkshire	High	278	7.8:1
10	Charlestown High School	Charlestown, MA	Boston	High	754	8.1:1
11	Minuteman Regional High	Lexington, MA	Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical	High	669	8.2:1
12	Monson High School	Monson, MA	Monson	High	280	8.2:1
13	Rockport Middle High	Rockport, MA	Rockport	High	367	8.3:1
14	Martha's Vineyard Regional High	Oak Bluffs, MA	Martha's Vineyard	High	744	8.5:1
15	South Hadley High	South Hadley, MA	South Hadley	High	479	8.6:1
16	Wareham Senior High	Wareham, MA	Wareham	High	533	8.6:1
17	Boston International High School & Newcomers Academy	Dorchester, MA	Boston	High	490	8.8:1
18	Hull High	Hull, MA	Hull	High	278	8.8:1
19	Palmer High	Palmer, MA	Palmer	High	416	8.9:1
20	Community Charter School of Cambridge	Cambridge, MA	Community Charter School of Cambridge	High	251	9.0:1
21	Cohasset High School	Cohasset, MA	Cohasset	High	381	9.0:1
22	Ipswich High	Ipswich, MA	Ipswich	High	447	9.0:1
23	Sizer School: A North Central Charter Essential School	Fitchburg, MA	Sizer School: A North Central Charter Essential	High	282	9.0:1
24	Smith Vocational and Agricultural High	Northampton, MA	Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural	High	587	9.0:1
25	Ralph C Mahar Regional	Orange, MA	Ralph C Mahar	High	509	9.0:1
26	Brighton High School	Brighton, MA	Boston	High	667	9.1:1
27	Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical	Rochester, MA	Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical	High	554	9.1:1
28	Margarita Muniz Academy	Boston, MA	Boston	High	428	9.1:1
29	Wilmington High	Wilmington, MA	Wilmington	High	619	9.1:1
30	Lee Middle/High School	Lee, MA	Lee	High	328	9.2:1
31	Medford High	Medford, MA	Medford	High	1,195	9.2:1
32	Academy Of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School	Hyde Park, MA	Academy Of the Pacific Rim Charter Public	High	509	9.2:1
33	Monument Mt Regional High	Great Barrington, MA	Berkshire Hills	High	431	9.3:1
34	Four Rivers Charter Public School	Greenfield, MA	Four Rivers Charter Public	High	213	9.3:1
35	Cambridge Rindge and Latin	Cambridge, MA	Cambridge	High	2,072	9.3:1
36	Taconic High	Pittsfield, MA	Pittsfield	High	824	9.3:1
37	Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School	South Hadley, MA	Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public	High	397	9.3:1
38	Sturgis Charter Public School	Hyannis, MA	Sturgis Charter Public	High	825	9.3:1
39	Georgetown High School	Georgetown, MA	Georgetown	High	268	9.3:1
40	Avon Middle High School	Avon, MA	Avon	High	409	9.4:1
41	Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School	Devens, MA	Francis W. Parker Charter Essential	High	388	9.4:1
42	Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School	Adams, MA	Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public	High	364	9.4:1
43	Madison Park Technical Vocational High School	Roxbury, MA	Boston	High	1,121	9.4:1
44	Westfield Technical Academy	Westfield, MA	Westfield	High	557	9.5:1
45	Mohawk Trail Regional School	Shelburne Falls, MA	Mohawk Trail	High	316	9.5:1
46	Bourne High School	Bourne, MA	Bourne	High	341	9.5:1
47	Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (Horace Mann	Boston, MA	Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers: A Horace Mann	High	383	9.6:1
48	Ruth Batson Academy	Dorchester, MA	Boston	High	604	9.6:1
49	East Longmeadow High	East Longmeadow, MA	East Longmeadow	High	753	9.6:1
50	Mashpee Middle-High School	Mashpee, MA	Mashpee	High	600	9.6:1

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