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Shawsheen Valley Vocational Technical High School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Shawsheen Valley Vocational Technical High School
Shawsheen Valley Vocational Technical High School, a well-populated four-year high school in Billerica, Massachusetts, operated by Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical, serves 1,282 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 777 students each, so Shawsheen Valley Vocational Technical High School sits 65% larger than that benchmark.
Shawsheen Valley Vocational Technical High School sits inside Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
Demographically, Shawsheen Valley Vocational Technical High School lists that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 130 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.4:1, putting Shawsheen Valley Vocational Technical High School tighter than the state norm the norm.
Around the school, census data for Middlesex County shows the typical household earns roughly $130,847 per year, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Shawsheen Valley Vocational Technical High School is one of 386 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students).
The closest other public school is Thomas Ditson, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Looking at the recent track record. Shawsheen Valley Vocational Technical High School's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,326 (now 1,282). White enrollment moved from 91% to 82% across the same window.
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