Whaling City Junior/Senior High School

Whaling City Junior/Senior High School is a four-year high school of rural-scale scale in New Bedford, Massachusetts, part of New Bedford, caters to 200 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 74% below the state mean of about 777.

Whaling City Junior/Senior High School is one of 24 schools operated by New Bedford, a district that educates 12,505 students overall.

On demographics, Whaling City Junior/Senior High School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 24% White, 16% Black, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Bristol County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Whaling City Junior/Senior High School lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. The state averages around 23.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bristol County put the typical household earns roughly $85,625 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Bristol County runs 142 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,897 students), of which Whaling City Junior/Senior High School is one.

The closest other public school is Sgt Wm H Carney Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Whaling City Junior/Senior High School's enrollment has increased 100% since 2018, when it stood at 100 (now 200). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 43% to 51%. Class-load math has rose: from 6.4:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.