B M C Durfee High

As a big 9-12 campus in Fall River, Massachusetts, B M C Durfee High teaches 2,642 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Fall River. Enrollment runs roughly 240% above the state mean of about 777.

Within Fall River, which oversees 19 schools and 11,089 students, B M C Durfee High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, B M C Durfee High reports that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 14% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Bristol County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, B M C Durfee High has 233 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.4:1 average.

In the broader community, census data for Bristol County shows the typical household earns roughly $85,625 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Bristol County runs 142 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,897 students), of which B M C Durfee High is one.

The closest other public school is Spencer Borden, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around B M C Durfee High.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 25%: 2,112 students in 2018 compared to 2,642 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 58% to 41% across the same window.

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