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Lunenburg High
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 19 points since 2018, while math scores are down about 20 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Lunenburg High
Lunenburg High is a senior high of modestly sized scale in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, run under Lunenburg, enrolling 452 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 42% below the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 777 students.
Across the 5 schools in Lunenburg (1,563 students total), Lunenburg High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Lunenburg High reports that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.4:1 average.
Across the wider county, census data for Worcester County shows median household income runs about $95,939, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Worcester County runs 257 public schools (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students), of which Lunenburg High is one.
Nearest neighbor: Lunenburg Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Lunenburg High operates from a bedroom-community location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 442 students in 2018 compared to 452 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 89% to 78% over that span.
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