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Northbridge High
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 122 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 115 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 138 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 92 | 20% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
School pathway
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 3 points since 2018, while math scores are down about 16 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.0% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 58.0% | 53.0% |
| 2020-21 | 65.0% | 44.0% |
| 2018-19 | 51.0% | 52.0% |
Where Northbridge High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Worcester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #181 of 327 | #23 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #161 of 326 | #22 of 51 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -13.5pp | #49 of 315 | #7 of 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #254 of 379 | #33 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #119 of 325 | #13 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.9% | #209 of 325 | #31 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #56 of 188 | #9 of 26 |
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 | 471 | 43.6 | 10.8:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 43.1 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 45.2 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 46 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 49.9 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 605 | 48 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 638 | 49 | 13.0:1 | 28% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | N/A | N/A | 13% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 835 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
About Northbridge High
Northbridge High is a small high school based in Whitinsville, Massachusetts. The school enrolls 471 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Massachusetts enroll around 777, and this school is 39% below that mark.
Northbridge High is part of Northbridge, where 3 schools serve 1,838 students.
Of every 100 students at Northbridge High, about 77 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black, and 2% Asian. The diversity index for Northbridge High is 38%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.8:1. The school has 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for high schools in Massachusetts is 23.4:1.
In Worcester County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $95,939 a year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Worcester County number 257, with about 121,490 students.
Northbridge High's nearest public school is Northbridge Middle (about 0.5 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Northbridge High.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 471, from 525 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Northbridge High can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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- Northbridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 973 students
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