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Wareham Senior High
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 11 points since 2018, while math scores are down about 11 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Wareham Senior High
Wareham Senior High operates as a cozy secondary school in Wareham, Massachusetts, run under Wareham. Current enrollment sits at 533 students spanning grades 8 through 12. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 777 students each, so Wareham Senior High sits 31% leaner than that benchmark.
Across the 4 schools in Wareham (1,916 students total), Wareham Senior High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Wareham Senior High logs that 63% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 15% multiracial, 11% Black, 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.4:1, putting Wareham Senior High tighter than the state norm the norm.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Plymouth County put median household income runs about $114,201, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Wareham Senior High is one of 141 public schools in Plymouth County (combined enrollment of about 76,427 students).
Wareham Cooperative Alternative School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.
Over the past 7-year window. Wareham Senior High's enrollment has increased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 458 (now 533). White enrollment moved from 69% to 63% across the same window.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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Related schools
- Wareham Elementary SchoolElementary · 912 students
- Wareham MiddleMiddle · 432 students
- Wareham Cooperative Alternative SchoolHigh · 39 students
- Wareham Elementary SchoolElementary · 912 students
- Wareham MiddleMiddle · 432 students
- Wareham Cooperative Alternative SchoolHigh · 39 students
- Wareham Cooperative Alternative School0.0 mi · 39
- Wareham Middle0.3 mi · 432
- Wareham Elementary School1.7 mi · 912
- Sippican4.4 mi · 369
- Old Rochester Regional High6.4 mi · 643
- Old Rochester Regional Jr High6.5 mi · 407