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Scituate High School
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 9 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Scituate High School
Scituate High School is an average-sized four-year high school in Scituate, Massachusetts, overseen by Scituate. The school enrolls 725 students in grades 9 through 12.
Scituate runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,744 students. Scituate High School is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Scituate High School shows that nearly all students (88%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.
On the resource side, Scituate High School shows 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.4:1 average.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Plymouth County put median household income runs about $114,201, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Scituate High School is one of 141 public schools in Plymouth County (combined enrollment of about 76,427 students).
The closest other public school is Gates Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Scituate High School operates from a suburban location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 21%: 921 students in 2018 compared to 725 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 94% to 88%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.
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- Gates Middle SchoolMiddle · 639 students
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- Gates Middle SchoolMiddle · 639 students
- Wampatuck ElementaryElementary · 424 students
- Cushing ElementaryElementary · 352 students
- Jenkins Elementary SchoolElementary · 341 students
- Hatherly ElementaryElementary · 263 students
- Gates Middle School0.1 mi · 639
- Cushing Elementary0.3 mi · 352
- Hatherly Elementary1.2 mi · 263
- Wampatuck Elementary1.6 mi · 424
- Jenkins Elementary School2.1 mi · 341
- William G Vinal2.2 mi · 556