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Wareham Senior High
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 120 | 23% |
| Grade 9 | 115 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 107 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 77 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 12 | 2% |
School pathway
Test scores
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.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 17.1% |
| 2023-24 | 33.8% | 21.7% |
| 2022-23 | 27.7% | 19.7% |
| 2021-22 | 25.1% | 11.8% |
| 2020-21 | 42.1% | 24.4% |
| 2018-19 | 37.1% | 28.0% |
Where Wareham Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Plymouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #281 of 327 ▼ 9 | #28 of 29 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #277 of 326 ▼ 14 | #28 of 29 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.1pp | #34 of 315 | #6 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #237 of 379 | #25 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.6:1 | #16 of 325 | #1 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #95 of 325 | #1 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.4% | #44 of 133 | #2 of 7 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 533 | 62 | 8.6:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 583 | 63 | 9.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 626 | 62.8 | 10.0:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 585 | 59 | 9.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 458 | 53.7 | 8.5:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 54 | 10.1:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 782 | 63 | 12.4:1 | 44% (344) |
| 2000-01 | 921 | N/A | N/A | 15% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 639 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (458 to 533); teachers up 16% (53.7 to 62).
About Wareham Senior High
Wareham Senior High, located in Wareham, Massachusetts, is a low-enrollment high school. The school enrolls 533 students in grades 8 through 12. That compares with an average of about 777 students for high schools in Massachusetts.
The 4 schools in Wareham enroll 1,916 students altogether, Wareham Senior High among them.
Federal enrollment data show Wareham Senior High is 63% White. Other groups make up 15% multiracial, 11% Black, and 9% Hispanic. Plymouth County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school's share is lower. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at Wareham Senior High are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Wareham Senior High totals 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 8.6:1. The average for high schools in Massachusetts, 23.4:1, is higher.
The school's county is Plymouth County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $114,201 a year, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Plymouth County number 141, with about 76,427 students.
Wareham Senior High's nearest public school is Wareham Cooperative Alternative School (less than a tenth of a mile). There are 4 more public schools inside five miles.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 9% decline took enrollment from 585 in 2020-21 to 533 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 9.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 8.6:1.
The Wareham Senior High discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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