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Algonquin Regional High
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2018, while math scores are down about 12 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Algonquin Regional High
Located at 79 Bartlett Street, in Northborough, Massachusetts, Algonquin Regional High is a heavily attended secondary school that caters to 1,197 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Northboro-Southboro. Enrollment runs roughly 54% bigger than the state mean of about 777.
Algonquin Regional High is a school of Northboro-Southboro, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
On demographics, Algonquin Regional High logs that 67% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 16% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 111 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.4:1 average.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Worcester County indicate median household earnings sit near $95,939, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Algonquin Regional High is one of 257 public schools in Worcester County (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students).
Nearest neighbor: Marguerite E Peaslee, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Algonquin Regional High operates from a commuter-belt location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Algonquin Regional High has declined 19%, going from 1,471 students in 2018 to 1,197 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 79% to 67% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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