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Westborough High
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 2 points since 2018, while math scores are down about 3 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Westborough High
As a sizable secondary school in Westborough, Massachusetts, Westborough High works with 1,213 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Westborough. Compared to the state average of about 777 students per school, that is 56% bigger than typical.
Westborough comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,831 students; Westborough High is among them.
Demographically, Westborough High lists that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 34% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Worcester County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 95 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.4:1 average.
Zooming out to the county, Worcester County reports that median household earnings sit near $95,939, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Westborough High is one of 257 public schools in Worcester County (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students).
J Harding Armstrong is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.
Looking at the recent track record. Westborough High's enrollment has ticked up 7% since 2018, when it stood at 1,131 (now 1,213). Over the same period, the White share fell from 68% to 50%.
On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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Related schools
- Mill Pond SchoolMiddle · 834 students
- Sarah W Gibbons MiddleMiddle · 610 students
- Elsie A Hastings ElementaryElementary · 478 students
- J Harding ArmstrongElementary · 391 students
- Annie E FalesElementary · 305 students
- Mill Pond SchoolMiddle · 834 students
- Sarah W Gibbons MiddleMiddle · 610 students
- Elsie A Hastings ElementaryElementary · 478 students
- J Harding ArmstrongElementary · 391 students
- Annie E FalesElementary · 305 students
- Central AreaCombined
- J Harding Armstrong0.5 mi · 391
- Sarah W Gibbons Middle0.6 mi · 610
- Annie E Fales0.9 mi · 305
- Elsie A Hastings Elementary1.3 mi · 478
- Mill Pond School1.7 mi · 834
- Fannie E Proctor3.2 mi · 238