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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Northeast Metro Regional Vocational administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,381
High
STATE 777
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHEAST METROPOLITAN REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL·NCES 250896002283
Northeast Metro Regional Vocational
100 Hemlock Rd, Wakefield, MA 01880 · (781) 246-0810 · Middlesex County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL1,381 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
129 FTE teachers
STATE 23.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
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Title I proxy
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
44.0%
MA avg 43.8% . +14.0pp since 2018
Math
42.0%
MA avg 42.2% . +16.0pp since 2018
What this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2018, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Source: MCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,381
+135 (+11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 10.8:1
% White
42%
was 63%
% Hispanic
48%
was 30%
% Black
5%
was 3%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
Inside the community feed, members of the Northeast Metro Regional Vocational community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,638,365
Census ACS
Median income
$130,847
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
60%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
386
215,896 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wakefield
- Galvin Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,056 students
- Wakefield Memorial HighHigh · 854 students
- Woodville SchoolElementary · 456 students
- DolbeareElementary · 443 students
- GreenwoodElementary · 227 students
- WaltonElementary · 218 students
Nearby schools
- Wakefield Memorial High0.3 mi · 854
- Woodville School0.4 mi · 456
- Galvin Middle School1.4 mi · 1,056
- Greenwood1.4 mi · 227
- Early Childhood Center at the Doyle School1.9 mi · 128
- Horace Mann2.0 mi · 254
Frequently asked questions
About Northeast Metro Regional VocationalHow large is Northeast Metro Regional Vocational?
Northeast Metro Regional Vocational enrolls approximately 1,381 students in grades 09-12.
Is Northeast Metro Regional Vocational an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northeast Metro Regional Vocational is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northeast Metro Regional Vocational?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northeast Metro Regional Vocational is approximately 10.7:1 (129 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Northeast Metro Regional Vocational?
Student demographics at Northeast Metro Regional Vocational are roughly 42% White, 48% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Northeast Metro Regional Vocational public or private?
Northeast Metro Regional Vocational is a public K-12 school, overseen by Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational Technical.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.