Douglas High School

As an one-room-style secondary school in Douglas, Massachusetts, Douglas High School hosts 267 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Douglas. That puts it 66% leaner than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 777 students.

Across the 4 schools in Douglas (1,113 students total), Douglas High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Douglas High School reports that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 23.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Worcester County) reports that median household income runs about $95,939, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Douglas High School is one of 257 public schools in Worcester County (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students).

Nearest neighbor: Douglas Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Douglas High School.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 30%: 382 students in 2018 compared to 267 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 94% to 87% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 7.2:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.