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Winchester High School
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 5 points since 2018, while math scores are down about 8 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Winchester High School
Winchester High School is one of the large high schools in Winchester, Massachusetts, overseen by Winchester, with 1,404 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 777 students each, so Winchester High School sits 81% bigger than that benchmark.
Within Winchester, which oversees 7 schools and 4,391 students, Winchester High School is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Winchester High School reports that 64% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 21% Asian, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Middlesex County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 95 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.4:1 average.
In the surrounding community, Middlesex County reports that median household income runs about $130,847, roughly 60% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Middlesex County runs 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), of which Winchester High School is one.
The closest other public school is Lincoln Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 4%: 1,351 students in 2018 compared to 1,404 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 64% across the same window.
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