Fitchburg High

Fitchburg High is a high school of substantial scale in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, overseen by Fitchburg, instructing 1,220 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 57% above the state mean of about 777.

Within Fitchburg, which oversees 8 schools and 5,234 students, Fitchburg High is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Fitchburg High lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder breaks down as 19% White, 10% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Fitchburg High has 103 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.4:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Worcester County shows median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Worcester County runs 257 public schools (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students), of which Fitchburg High is one.

The closest other public school is Crocker Elementary, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Fitchburg High's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 1,205 (now 1,220). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 31% to 19% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Fitchburg High community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.