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Lunenburg High
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 109 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 116 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 123 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 104 | 23% |
School pathway
Test scores
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.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 62.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 65.0% |
| 2021-22 | 68.0% | 63.0% |
| 2020-21 | 84.0% | 78.0% |
| 2018-19 | 77.0% | 73.0% |
Where Lunenburg High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Worcester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #95 of 327 | #12 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #101 of 326 | #16 of 51 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.0pp | #82 of 315 | #13 of 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #258 of 379 | #37 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #237 of 325 | #32 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.8% | #219 of 325 | #35 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.3% | #111 of 133 | #19 of 24 |
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 | 452 | 36.5 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 37 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 35.8 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 30 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 34.6 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 549 | 44 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 536 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 12% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 562 | N/A | N/A | 3% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 410 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
About Lunenburg High
Federal records list Lunenburg High as a high school in Lunenburg, Massachusetts. In all, 452 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. That is 42% below the average of about 777 students for high schools in Massachusetts.
Lunenburg is made up of 5 schools with 1,563 students in all.
More than half of enrollment at Lunenburg High is White: 78%. The next largest groups are 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 37%.
On staff are 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.4:1. High schools in Massachusetts average 23.4:1, 11.0 more students per teacher than here.
In Worcester County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $95,939, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 257 public schools in the county, enrolling about 121,490, Lunenburg High among them.
Lunenburg High's nearest public school is Lunenburg Middle School (less than a tenth of a mile). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A 5% decline took enrollment from 474 in 2020-21 to 452 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.4:1.
The Lunenburg High discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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