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Grafton High School
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 11 points since 2018, while math scores are down about 21 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Grafton High School
As a middle-of-the-pack high school in Grafton, Massachusetts, Grafton High School enrolls 914 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Grafton.
Grafton comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,089 students; Grafton High School is among them.
In terms of who attends, Grafton High School logs that 73% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 11% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. Compared to Worcester County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages around 23.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Worcester County put median household income runs about $95,939, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Grafton High School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Grafton Middle, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Over the past 7-year window. Grafton High School's enrollment has rose 9% since 2018, when it stood at 835 (now 914). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 83% to 73%.
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Related schools
- Millbury Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- North Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Grafton MiddleMiddle · 478 students
- South Grafton ElementaryElementary · 280 students
- North Grafton ElementaryElementary · 257 students
- Millbury Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- North Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Grafton MiddleMiddle · 478 students
- Grafton Middle0.1 mi · 478
- North Street Elementary School0.9 mi · 575
- Millbury Street Elementary School1.2 mi · 585
- North Grafton Elementary1.9 mi · 257
- South Grafton Elementary2.2 mi · 280
- Millbury Junior/Senior High3.8 mi · 722