Northeast Metro Regional Vocational

Northeast Metro Regional Vocational is a secondary school of substantial scale in Wakefield, Massachusetts, overseen by Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational Technical, enrolling 1,381 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 78% above the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 777 students.

Northeast Metro Regional Vocational sits inside Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational Technical, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Northeast Metro Regional Vocational reports that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 42% White, 5% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 9% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 129 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.4:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Middlesex County indicate median household earnings sit near $130,847, roughly 60% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Middlesex County's 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), Northeast Metro Regional Vocational is one campus in the mix.

Wakefield Memorial High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Northeast Metro Regional Vocational operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 11%: 1,246 students in 2018 compared to 1,381 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 42% across the same window.

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