Full Circle High School

Full Circle High School is a very small four-year high school in Somerville, Massachusetts, operated by Somerville. The school teaches 67 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 91% leaner than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 777 students.

Full Circle High School is one of 11 schools operated by Somerville, a district that teaches 4,952 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Full Circle High School shows that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 22% White, 16% Black, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Full Circle High School has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.4:1, putting Full Circle High School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Middlesex County put median household earnings sit near $130,847, roughly 60% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Middlesex County's 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), Full Circle High School is one campus in the mix.

Somerville High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 29%: 52 students in 2018 compared to 67 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 44% to 55% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 4.8:1 in 2018 to 5.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Full Circle High School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.