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Burlington 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 55 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 4 points since 2018, while math scores are down about 11 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Burlington High
Set in Burlington, Massachusetts, Burlington High is a mid-tier four-year high school, operated by Burlington. It caters to 1,019 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 31% larger than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 777 students.
Burlington runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,510 students. Burlington High is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Burlington High shows that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 20% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.4:1, putting Burlington High tighter than the state norm the norm.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) reports that median household earnings sit near $130,847, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Burlington High is one of 386 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students).
Nearest neighbor: Memorial, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Burlington High operates from a commuter-belt location.
Over the past 7-year window. Burlington High's enrollment has shrank 4% since 2018, when it stood at 1,064 (now 1,019). Over the same period, the White share fell from 70% to 54%.
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