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Braintree High
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 20 points since 2018, while math scores are down about 16 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Braintree High
Braintree High operates as a sprawling 9-12 campus in Braintree, Massachusetts, overseen by Braintree. Current enrollment sits at 1,694 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 777 students per school, that is 118% larger than typical.
Braintree High is one of 10 schools operated by Braintree, a district that works with 5,392 students overall.
Demographically, Braintree High records that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 29% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Norfolk County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Braintree High has 108 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.4:1, putting Braintree High tighter than the state norm the norm.
Around the school, Norfolk County reports that median household income runs about $130,739, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Norfolk County runs 198 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,300 students), of which Braintree High is one.
Nearest neighbor: Monatiquot Kindergarten Center, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 6%: 1,801 students in 2018 compared to 1,694 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 54% across the same window.
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