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Ashland High
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 227 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 219 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 226 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 212 | 24% |
School pathway
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 10 points since 2018, while math scores are down about 9 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 76.0% |
| 2021-22 | 77.0% | 77.0% |
| 2020-21 | 87.0% | 85.0% |
| 2018-19 | 83.0% | 82.0% |
Where Ashland High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #36 of 327 ▲ 4 | #18 of 58 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #45 of 326 ▲ 6 | #20 of 58 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.0pp | #180 of 315 | #30 of 58 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 884 | #129 of 379 | #34 of 63 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #290 of 325 | #50 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #85 of 325 | #23 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.0% | #47 of 133 | #7 of 27 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 884 | 63.1 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 870 | 61.8 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 840 | 58.4 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 805 | 56 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 769 | 56 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 739 | 50 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 718 | 50 | 14.4:1 | 9% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 587 | N/A | N/A | 3% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 452 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (769 to 884); teachers up 13% (56 to 63.1).
About Ashland High
Ashland High is a mid-sized high school in Massachusetts, located in Ashland. It has an enrollment of 884 students in grades 9 through 12.
Ashland High is run by Ashland, whose 5 schools enroll 2,909 students.
More than half of the students at Ashland High are White (60%). Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ashland High scores 58%.
There are 63.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.0:1. Compared with the 23.4:1 average for high schools in Massachusetts, this school's ratio is lower.
The county, Middlesex County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $130,847, about 60% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 386 public schools and about 215,896 students.
Measured in a straight line, David Mindess is about 0.7 miles from Ashland High. The five-mile area around Ashland High holds at least 8 other public schools.
In the federal locale system, Ashland High is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count increased 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Ashland High. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Middlesex County at a glance
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5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Ashland High. Ashland High is the 2nd largest of the 6.
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- William Pittaway Elementary0.8 mi · 86
- Joseph P Keefe Technical High School1.1 mi · 896
- Barbieri Elementary1.4 mi · 671
- Henry E Warren Elementary1.4 mi · 584
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