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Southbridge High School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Southbridge High School
Southbridge High School is a senior high of modestly sized scale in Southbridge, Massachusetts, overseen by Southbridge, works with 419 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 46% below the state mean of about 777.
Across the 6 schools in Southbridge (1,828 students total), Southbridge High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Southbridge High School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 27% White, 5% Black. By comparison, Worcester County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.4:1 average.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Worcester County) shows that median household income runs about $95,939, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Worcester County runs 257 public schools (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students), of which Southbridge High School is one.
The closest other public school is Southbridge Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Southbridge High School operates from a countryside location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 500 students in 2018 compared to 419 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 42% to 27% across the same window.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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