Doherty Memorial High

Doherty Memorial High is a large high school for students in Worcester, Massachusetts. It teaches 1,573 students in grades 9 through 12. It has 102% more students than the average for high schools in Massachusetts (about 777).

Doherty Memorial High reports to Worcester, which has 47 schools and 24,778 students.

The student body at Doherty Memorial High has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 36%. The next largest groups are 35% White, 17% Black, 6% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 22 points above the 14% share among Worcester County residents. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at Doherty Memorial High are from different groups.

Doherty Memorial High lists 103 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.3 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for high schools in Massachusetts is 23.4:1.

In Worcester County, home to about 867,788 people, median household income comes to about $95,939, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 257 public schools in the county, enrolling about 121,490, Doherty Memorial High among them.

Doherty Memorial High is about 0.3 miles from Midland Street, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

The school's enrollment rose 9% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.3:1 to 15.3:1.

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