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Hanover High
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 170 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 171 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 152 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 170 | 26% |
School pathway
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 5 points since 2018, while math scores are down about 9 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 68.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 68.0% |
| 2021-22 | 78.0% | 67.0% |
| 2020-21 | 83.0% | 71.0% |
| 2018-19 | 72.0% | 73.0% |
Where Hanover High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Plymouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #58 of 327 no change | #5 of 29 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #64 of 326 ▼ 32 | #5 of 29 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.0pp | #116 of 315 | #12 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 663 | #191 of 379 | #17 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #273 of 325 | #23 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.4% | #319 of 325 | #27 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #51 of 188 | #6 of 20 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 663 | 50 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 684 | 58.7 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 667 | 59.2 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 762 | 56 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 801 | 61.7 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 808 | 61 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 699 | 60 | 11.7:1 | 5% (36) |
| 2000-01 | 716 | N/A | N/A | 1% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 542 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (801 to 663); teachers down 19% (61.7 to 50).
About Hanover High
Hanover High is a public high school run by Hanover in Hanover, Massachusetts. It had 663 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12.
Hanover High is one of the 4 schools that make up Hanover (2,550 students in total).
White students account for 92% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 3% Hispanic and 3% Asian. Plymouth County's residents are about 77% White, 15 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 15, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Hanover High, there are about 13.3 students; the school has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Massachusetts, 23.4:1, is higher.
In the wider Plymouth County area, the median household earns about $114,201 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Hanover High shares Plymouth County with 140 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Cedar Elementary, is about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 762 to 663, a 13% decline.
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