Georgetown High School
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Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 38 points since 2018, while math scores are down about 49 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Georgetown High School
As an one-room-style senior high in Georgetown, Massachusetts, Georgetown High School enrolls 268 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Georgetown. Enrollment runs roughly 66% smaller than the state mean of about 777.
Georgetown runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,197 students. Georgetown High School is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Georgetown High School records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 14% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Georgetown High School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.4:1, putting Georgetown High School tighter than the state norm the norm.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Essex County) logs that median household income runs about $101,883, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Georgetown High School is one of 221 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 113,427 students).
The closest other public school is Georgetown Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 33%: 401 students in 2018 compared to 268 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 82% across the same window.
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