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AP classes: A problem for Massachusetts high schoolers?

In an era when elite high school students are filling their days with Advanced Placement courses, counselors and admissions officers say there can be too much of a good thing.

    October 07, 2012

AP Class Participation RatesChange in AP test subscription at Massachusetts public high schools and charter schools over the last five years, according to the most recent data available from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Click on a category to sort the table. | Mass. students' AP test results
District School Students takingAP classes2007-08 Totalnumberof students2007-08 Students takingAP classes2011-12 Totalnumberof students2011-12 Pct. ofstudentsin AP classes2007-08 Pct. ofstudentsin AP classes2011-12 Pct.increase2007-08 to2011-2012
Abington Abington High 0 298 78 270 0% 28.9% 0%
Agawam Agawam High 106 606 290 632 17.5% 45.9% 162.3%
Amesbury Amesbury High 73 350 72 306 20.9% 23.5% 12.8%
Andover Andover High 349 834 406 886 41.8% 45.8% 9.5%
Arlington Arlington High 214 575 328 621 37.2% 52.8% 41.9%
Ashland Ashland High 143 353 168 360 40.5% 46.7% 15.2%
Attleboro Attleboro High 1 873 248 849 0.1% 29.2% 25401.1%
Auburn Auburn Senior High 56 307 77 383 18.2% 20.1% 10.2%
Avon Avon Middle High School 5 122 12 113 4.1% 10.6% 159.1%
Barnstable Barnstable High 174 857 245 812 20.3% 30.2% 48.6%
Bedford Bedford High 75 371 89 402 20.2% 22.1% 9.5%
Belchertown Belchertown High 0 362 78 365 0% 21.4% 0%
Bellingham Bellingham High School 86 364 114 337 23.6% 33.8% 43.2%
Bellingham Primavera Junior/Senior High School 0 18 0 15 0% 0% 0%
Belmont Belmont High 329 568 322 530 57.9% 60.8% 4.9%
Beverly Beverly High 164 599 199 576 27.4% 34.5% 26.2%
Billerica Billerica Memorial High School 75 723 157 729 10.4% 21.5% 107.6%
Boston Another Course To College 6 108 27 104 5.6% 26% 367.3%
Boston Boston Adult Academy 0 254 0 295 0% 0% 0%
Boston Boston Arts Academy 0 191 0 176 0% 0% 0%
Boston Boston Community Leadership Academy 71 186 101 212 38.2% 47.6% 24.8%
Boston Boston International High School 0 75 47 129 0% 36.4% 0%
Boston Boston Latin 606 766 719 776 79.1% 92.7% 17.1%
Boston Boston Latin Academy 243 488 316 541 49.8% 58.4% 17.3%
Boston Brighton High 90 652 103 557 13.8% 18.5% 34%
Boston Carter Developmental Center 0 9 0 8 0% 0% 0%
Boston Charlestown High 155 631 80 470 24.6% 17% -30.7%
Boston Community Academy 0 36 1 16 0% 6.3% 0%
Boston Community Academy of Science and Health 22 197 64 217 11.2% 29.5% 164.1%
Boston East Boston High 98 601 164 632 16.3% 25.9% 59.1%
Boston Egleston Community High School 0 74 0 110 0% 0% 0%
Boston Excel High School 18 184 57 369 9.8% 15.4% 57.9%
Boston Fenway High School 0 140 0 154 0% 0% 0%
Boston Horace Mann School for the Deaf 0 15 0 21 0% 0% 0%
Boston Jeremiah E Burke High 62 284 49 317 21.8% 15.5% -29.2%
Boston Madison Park High 0 649 40 510 0% 7.8% 0%
Boston New Mission High School 39 121 62 134 32.2% 46.3% 43.6%
Boston O'Bryant School Math/Science 186 442 291 432 42.1% 67.4% 60.1%
Boston Quincy Upper School 0 96 0 119 0% 0% 0%
Boston Snowden International School at Copley 24 151 0 160 15.9% 0% 0%
Boston The English High 126 412 62 331 30.6% 18.7% -38.8%
Boston Urban Science Academy 33 120 103 263 27.5% 39.2% 42.4%
Boston William McKinley 0 106 1 111 0% 0.9% 0%
Bourne Bourne High School 89 330 84 303 27% 27.7% 2.8%
Braintree Braintree High 203 734 215 739 27.7% 29.1% 5.2%
Brockton B B Russell Alternative School 0 18 0 27 0% 0% 0%
Brockton Brockton High 139 1935 103 1848 7.2% 5.6% -22.4%
Brockton Goddard Alternative School 0 14 0 20 0% 0% 0%
Brookline Brookline High 375 933 410 891 40.2% 46% 14.5%
Burlington Burlington High 125 503 170 489 24.9% 34.8% 39.9%
Cambridge Cambridge Rindge and Latin 319 765 291 807 41.7% 36.1% -13.5%
Canton Canton High 78 392 152 447 19.9% 34% 70.9%
Chatham Chatham High 25 105 27 102 23.8% 26.5% 11.2%
Chelmsford Chelmsford High 198 859 307 776 23.1% 39.6% 71.6%
Chelsea Chelsea High 125 598 170 570 20.9% 29.8% 42.7%
Chicopee Chicopee Academy 0 35 0 27 0% 0% 0%
Chicopee Chicopee Comprehensive High School 74 628 74 708 11.8% 10.5% -11.3%
Chicopee Chicopee High 59 620 100 580 9.5% 17.2% 81.2%
Clinton Clinton Senior High 71 263 43 238 27% 18.1% -33.1%
Cohasset Cohasset Middle/High School 95 182 100 182 52.2% 54.9% 5.3%
Danvers Danvers High 166 491 221 496 33.8% 44.6% 31.8%
Dartmouth Dartmouth High 141 663 201 553 21.3% 36.3% 70.9%
Dedham Dedham High 94 370 144 390 25.4% 36.9% 45.3%
Douglas Douglas High School 72 227 80 213 31.7% 37.6% 18.4%
Dracut Dracut Senior High 81 531 146 477 15.3% 30.6% 100.7%
Duxbury Duxbury High 260 475 238 513 54.7% 46.4% -15.2%
East Bridgewater East Bridgewater High 99 353 88 248 28% 35.5% 26.5%
Easthampton Easthampton High 30 263 84 204 11.4% 41.2% 261%
East Longmeadow East Longmeadow High 114 465 181 446 24.5% 40.6% 65.5%
Easton Oliver Ames High 218 531 257 591 41.1% 43.5% 5.9%
Everett Everett High 98 869 167 851 11.3% 19.6% 74%
Fairhaven Fairhaven High 34 295 57 295 11.5% 19.3% 67.6%
Fall River B M C Durfee High 211 1137 195 1051 18.6% 18.6% 0%
Falmouth Falmouth High 114 605 104 378 18.8% 27.5% 46%
Fitchburg Fitchburg Alt. ED Program 0 109 0 129 0% 0% 0%
Fitchburg Fitchburg High 121 566 89 491 21.4% 18.1% -15.2%
Foxborough Foxborough High 125 435 127 425 28.7% 29.9% 4%
Framingham Framingham High School 364 1033 393 1031 35.2% 38.1% 8.2%
Franklin Franklin High 163 755 0 812 21.6% 0% 0%
Gardner Gardner High 108 486 88 302 22.2% 29.1% 31.1%
Georgetown Georgetown Middle/High 42 191 51 221 22% 23.1% 4.9%
Gloucester Gloucester High 105 509 69 434 20.6% 15.9% -22.9%
Grafton Grafton High School 71 334 54 311 21.3% 17.4% -18.3%
Granby Granby Jr Sr High School 20 162 50 190 12.3% 26.3% 113.2%
Greenfield Greenfield High 34 226 93 170 15% 54.7% 263.6%
Hadley Hopkins Academy 23 88 40 93 26.1% 43% 64.6%
Hanover Hanover High 116 326 143 349 35.6% 41% 15.2%
Harvard Bromfield 125 201 126 220 62.2% 57.3% -7.9%
Harwich Harwich High 40 205 45 171 19.5% 26.3% 34.9%
Hatfield Smith Academy 12 60 28 64 20% 43.8% 118.8%
Haverhill Haverhill Alternative School 0 15 0 13 0% 0% 0%
Haverhill Haverhill High 142 946 131 808 15% 16.2% 8%
Haverhill TEACH 0 11 0 26 0% 0% 0%
Hingham Hingham High 140 529 171 556 26.5% 30.8% 16.2%
Holbrook Holbrook Jr Sr High 31 168 34 105 18.5% 32.4% 75.5%
Holliston Holliston High 171 483 124 439 35.4% 28.2% -20.2%
Holyoke Holyoke High 72 498 98 512 14.5% 19.1% 32.4%
Holyoke Wm J Dean Vocational Technical High 0 257 0 216 0% 0% 0%
Hopedale Hopedale Jr Sr High 44 168 55 168 26.2% 32.7% 25%
Hopkinton Hopkinton High 245 466 329 509 52.6% 64.6% 22.9%
Hudson Hudson High 172 430 153 427 40% 35.8% -10.4%
Hull Hull High 0 194 67 175 0% 38.3% 0%
Ipswich Ipswich High 82 323 87 322 25.4% 27% 6.4%
Lawrence Business Management & Finance High School 43 176 25 173 24.4% 14.5% -40.9%
Lawrence Health & Human Services High School 28 217 65 198 12.9% 32.8% 154.4%
Lawrence High School Learning Center 0 105 0 70 0% 0% 0%
Lawrence Humanities & Leadership Development High School 36 180 66 228 20% 28.9% 44.7%
Lawrence International High School 18 172 37 261 10.5% 14.2% 35.5%
Lawrence Math, Science & Technology High School 51 189 65 208 27% 31.3% 15.8%
Lawrence Performing & Fine Arts High School 23 234 63 224 9.8% 28.1% 186.1%
Lawrence School for Exceptional Studies 0 33 0 40 0% 0% 0%
Lee Lee Middle/High School 22 184 0 159 12% 0% 0%
Leicester Leicester High 0 274 62 248 0% 25% 0%
Lenox Lenox Memorial High 39 136 40 138 28.7% 29% 1.1%
Leominster Leominster High School & Center For Technical Education 11 249 11 262 4.4% 4.2% -5%
Leominster Leominster Senior High 168 654 150 627 25.7% 23.9% -6.9%
Lexington Lexington High 444 1022 598 1007 43.4% 59.4% 36.7%
Littleton Littleton High School 64 199 84 212 32.2% 39.6% 23.2%
Longmeadow Longmeadow High 238 511 232 507 46.6% 45.8% -1.8%
Lowell Lowell High 249 1616 362 1501 15.4% 24.1% 56.5%
Ludlow Ludlow Senior High 68 542 103 462 12.5% 22.3% 77.7%
Lunenburg Lunenburg High 55 326 26 261 16.9% 10% -41%
Lynn Classical High 100 685 142 686 14.6% 20.7% 41.8%
Lynn Lynn English High 63 682 80 761 9.2% 10.5% 13.8%
Lynn Lynn Vocational Technical Institute 0 517 26 373 0% 7% 0%
Lynnfield Lynnfield High 120 306 121 307 39.2% 39.4% 0.5%
Malden Malden High 171 787 377 820 21.7% 46% 111.6%
Mansfield Mansfield High 173 670 231 742 25.8% 31.1% 20.6%
Marblehead Marblehead High 0 457 155 437 0% 35.5% 0%
Marlborough Marlborough High 155 538 223 523 28.8% 42.6% 48%
Marshfield Marshfield High 152 624 188 678 24.4% 27.7% 13.8%
Mashpee Mashpee High 75 344 135 229 21.8% 59% 170.4%
Maynard Maynard High 65 182 45 136 35.7% 33.1% -7.4%
Medfield Medfield Senior High 188 438 251 464 42.9% 54.1% 26%
Medford Curtis-Tufts 0 20 0 12 0% 0% 0%
Medford Medford High 176 593 139 516 29.7% 26.9% -9.2%
Medford Medford Vocational Technical High 0 142 0 118 0% 0% 0%
Medway Medway High 91 373 171 424 24.4% 40.3% 65.3%
Melrose Melrose High 84 465 161 510 18.1% 31.6% 74.8%
Methuen Methuen High 66 952 329 848 6.9% 38.8% 459.6%
Middleborough Middleborough High 30 427 129 398 7% 32.4% 361.3%
Milford Milford High 128 583 263 522 22% 50.4% 129.5%
Millbury Millbury Junior/Senior High 41 301 50 226 13.6% 22.1% 62.4%
Millis Millis High School 51 145 71 172 35.2% 41.3% 17.4%
Milton Milton High 252 501 321 524 50.3% 61.3% 21.8%
Monson Monson Innovation High School 0 203 94 169 0% 55.6% 0%
Nantucket Nantucket High 61 193 48 180 31.6% 26.7% -15.6%
Natick Natick High 143 616 221 638 23.2% 34.6% 49.2%
Needham Needham High 268 678 273 736 39.5% 37.1% -6.2%
New Bedford New Bedford High 204 1446 167 1213 14.1% 13.8% -2.4%
New Bedford Trinity Day Academy 0 20 0 16 0% 0% 0%
Newburyport Newburyport High 86 380 104 352 22.6% 29.5% 30.5%
Newton Newton North High 441 954 385 901 46.2% 42.7% -7.6%
Newton Newton South High 360 900 410 817 40% 50.2% 25.5%
North Adams Drury High 0 252 63 221 0% 28.5% 0%
Northampton Northampton High 189 444 261 419 42.6% 62.3% 46.3%
North Andover North Andover High 101 669 0 629 15.1% 0% 0%
North Attleborough North Attleboro High 105 642 130 578 16.4% 22.5% 37.5%
Northbridge Northbridge High 55 328 62 308 16.8% 20.1% 20%
North Brookfield North Brookfield High 15 114 2 69 13.2% 2.9% -78%
North Reading North Reading High 116 360 172 342 32.2% 50.3% 56.1%
Norton Norton High 85 345 202 358 24.6% 56.4% 129%
Norwell Norwell High 142 305 174 329 46.6% 52.9% 13.6%
Norwood Norwood High 171 540 154 518 31.7% 29.7% -6.1%
Oxford Oxford High 0 268 43 275 0% 15.6% 0%
Palmer Palmer High 0 224 100 209 0% 47.8% 0%
Peabody Peabody Veterans Memorial High 113 942 313 896 12% 34.9% 191.2%
Pembroke Pembroke High School 120 452 123 434 26.5% 28.3% 6.8%
Pittsfield Pittsfield High 129 460 168 447 28% 37.6% 34%
Pittsfield Taconic High 139 502 129 406 27.7% 31.8% 14.7%
Plymouth Plymouth North High 99 438 116 463 22.6% 25.1% 10.8%
Plymouth Plymouth South High 61 370 132 674 16.5% 19.6% 18.8%
Quincy North Quincy High 204 713 182 703 28.6% 25.9% -9.5%
Quincy Quincy High 166 733 174 705 22.6% 24.7% 9%
Randolph Randolph High 89 401 129 354 22.2% 36.4% 64.2%
Reading Reading Memorial High 100 635 148 623 15.7% 23.8% 50.9%
Revere Revere High 67 667 154 745 10% 20.7% 105.8%
Revere Seacoast School 0 43 0 30 0% 0% 0%
Rockland Rockland Senior High 61 361 52 293 16.9% 17.7% 5%
Rockport Rockport High 57 181 70 142 31.5% 49.3% 56.5%
Salem Salem High 105 583 137 528 18% 25.9% 44.1%
Sandwich Sandwich High 166 519 220 540 32% 40.7% 27.4%
Saugus Saugus High 28 425 75 350 6.6% 21.4% 225.3%
Scituate Scituate High School 113 461 199 437 24.5% 45.5% 85.8%
Seekonk Seekonk High 49 338 104 330 14.5% 31.5% 117.4%
Sharon Sharon High 255 538 260 590 47.4% 44.1% -7%
Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Sr High 228 806 271 803 28.3% 33.7% 19.3%
Somerville Full Circle High School 0 19 0 19 0% 0% 0%
Somerville Somerville High 91 666 137 636 13.7% 21.5% 57.7%
Southbridge Southbridge High 53 168 34 194 31.5% 17.5% -44.4%
South Hadley South Hadley High 113 358 144 320 31.6% 45% 42.6%
Springfield High School Of Commerce 44 551 12 385 8% 3.1% -61%
Springfield High School/Science-Tech 85 595 57 398 14.3% 14.3% 0.3%
Springfield Putnam Vocational Technical High School 23 607 49 670 3.8% 7.3% 93%
Springfield Springfield Central High 159 799 289 825 19.9% 35% 76%
Stoneham Stoneham High 61 402 68 345 15.2% 19.7% 29.9%
Stoughton Stoughton High 115 549 131 526 20.9% 24.9% 18.9%
Sutton Sutton High School 46 208 51 183 22.1% 27.9% 26%
Swampscott Swampscott High 0 419 29 388 0% 7.5% 0%
Swansea Joseph Case High 39 276 41 271 14.1% 15.1% 7.1%
Taunton Taunton High 126 875 110 814 14.4% 13.5% -6.2%
Tewksbury Tewksbury Memorial High 112 601 84 458 18.6% 18.3% -1.6%
Tyngsborough Tyngsborough High School 169 301 103 249 56.1% 41.4% -26.3%
Uxbridge Uxbridge High 50 243 78 229 20.6% 34.1% 65.5%
Wakefield Wakefield Memorial High 118 504 171 484 23.4% 35.3% 50.9%
Walpole Walpole High 107 544 121 516 19.7% 23.4% 19.2%
Waltham Waltham Sr High 138 776 180 686 17.8% 26.2% 47.5%
Ware Ware Junior/Senior High School 11 128 29 137 8.6% 21.2% 146.3%
Wareham Wareham Cooperative Junior/Senior High School 0 53 0 56 0% 0% 0%
Wareham Wareham Senior High 71 404 70 343 17.6% 20.4% 16.1%
Watertown Watertown High 85 352 92 362 24.1% 25.4% 5.2%
Wayland Wayland High School 141 448 142 445 31.5% 31.9% 1.4%
Webster Bartlett Jr Sr High School 72 245 68 233 29.4% 29.2% -0.7%
Wellesley Wellesley Sr High 321 607 342 636 52.9% 53.8% 1.7%
Westborough Westborough High 185 550 132 490 33.6% 26.9% -19.9%
West Boylston West Boylston Junior/Senior High 0 168 42 147 0% 28.6% 0%
West Bridgewater West Bridgewater Junior/Senior 0 186 54 168 0% 32.1% 0%
Westfield Westfield High 167 814 206 749 20.5% 27.5% 34.1%
Westfield Westfield Vocational Technical High 0 208 0 199 0% 0% 0%
Westford Westford Academy 237 762 284 835 31.1% 34% 9.4%
Weston Weston High 243 356 233 353 68.3% 66% -3.3%
Westport Westport High 23 221 65 219 10.4% 29.7% 185.2%
West Springfield West Springfield High 64 496 142 582 12.9% 24.4% 89.1%
Westwood Westwood High 168 413 176 447 40.7% 39.4% -3.2%
Weymouth Weymouth High School 151 1019 214 1002 14.8% 21.4% 44.1%
Wilmington Wilmington High 52 497 0 480 10.5% 0% 0%
Winchendon Murdock Middle/High 28 179 22 166 15.6% 13.3% -15.3%
Winchester Winchester High School 166 543 224 532 30.6% 42.1% 37.7%
Winthrop Winthrop Sr High 62 229 123 232 27.1% 53% 95.8%
Woburn Woburn High 87 689 96 640 12.6% 15% 18.8%
Worcester Burncoat Senior High 167 607 171 470 27.5% 36.4% 32.2%
Worcester Claremont Academy 22 85 40 113 25.9% 35.4% 36.8%
Worcester Doherty Memorial High 133 719 207 652 18.5% 31.7% 71.6%
Worcester North High 93 553 143 529 16.8% 27% 60.7%
Worcester South High Community 170 677 256 621 25.1% 41.2% 64.2%
Worcester University Pk Campus School 43 74 36 77 58.1% 46.8% -19.5%
Worcester Worcester Technical High 9 532 121 667 1.7% 18.1% 972.3%
Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural Smith Vocational and Agricultural High 0 221 0 220 0% 0% 0%
Academy Of the Pacific Rim Charter Public (District) Academy Of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School 0 70 64 79 0% 81% 0%
Four Rivers Charter Public (District) Four Rivers Charter Public School 0 58 0 65 0% 0% 0%
Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public (District) Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School 0 26 20 36 0% 55.6% 0%
Amesbury Academy Charter Public (District) Amesbury Academy Charter Public School 0 21 0 33 0% 0% 0%
Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter (District) Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter School 0 161 0 207 0% 0% 0%
Community Charter School of Cambridge (District) Community Charter School of Cambridge 0 27 23 63 0% 36.5% 0%
City On A Hill Charter Public (District) City On A Hill Charter Public School 20 106 32 94 18.9% 34% 80.4%
Codman Academy Charter Public (District) Codman Academy Charter Public School 0 41 0 56 0% 0% 0%
Sabis International Charter (District) Sabis International Charter School 37 168 61 220 22% 27.7% 25.9%
Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public (District) Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School 11 43 0 180 25.6% 0% 0%
Foxborough Regional Charter (District) Foxborough Regional Charter School 29 67 48 89 43.3% 53.9% 24.6%
Boston Collegiate Charter (District) Boston Collegiate Charter School 0 40 50 72 0% 69.4% 0%
Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (Horace Mann Charter School) Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (Horace Mann Ch 0 114 69 112 0% 61.6% 0%
Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter (District) Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School 0 63 0 77 0% 0% 0%
Martha's Vineyard Charter (District) Martha's Vineyard Charter School 0 15 0 28 0% 0% 0%
Ma Academy for Math and Science Ma Academy for Math and Science School 0 93 0 91 0% 0% 0%
MATCH Charter Public School (District) MATCH Charter Public School 90 92 86 99 97.8% 86.9% -11.2%
Mystic Valley Regional Charter (District) Mystic Valley Regional Charter School 0 74 0 160 0% 0% 0%
New Leadership Charter (District) New Leadership Charter School 0 74 9 82 0% 11% 0%
North Central Charter Essential (District) North Central Charter Essential School 0 99 0 101 0% 0% 0%
Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District) Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School 0 111 0 132 0% 0% 0%
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District) Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School 0 159 4 134 0% 3% 0%
Salem Academy Charter (District) Salem Academy Charter School 0 7 30 51 0% 58.8% 0%
Prospect Hill Academy Charter (District) Prospect Hill Academy Charter School 77 111 62 113 69.4% 54.9% -20.9%
South Shore Charter Public (District) South Shore Charter Public School 0 65 14 62 0% 22.6% 0%
Sturgis Charter Public (District) Sturgis Charter Public School 0 145 0 199 0% 0% 0%
Phoenix Charter Academy (District) Phoenix Charter Academy 0 20 0 62 0% 0% 0%
Global Learning Charter Public (District) Global Learning Charter Public School 0 39 16 45 0% 35.6% 0%
Acton-Boxborough Acton-Boxborough Regional High 429 974 420 956 44% 43.9% -0.3%
Adams-Cheshire Hoosac Valley High 35 208 45 206 16.8% 21.8% 29.8%
Amherst-Pelham Amherst Regional High 240 618 198 558 38.8% 35.5% -8.6%
Ashburnham-Westminster Oakmont Regional High School 59 350 76 351 16.9% 21.7% 28.4%
Athol-Royalston Athol High 0 259 0 200 0% 0% 0%
Athol-Royalston Ellen Bigelow 0 7 0 6 0% 0% 0%
Berkshire Hills Monument Mt Regional High 0 322 73 273 0% 26.7% 0%
Berlin-Boylston Tahanto Regional High 36 139 55 130 25.9% 42.3% 63.4%
Blackstone-Millville Blackstone Millville RHS 48 299 36 272 16.1% 13.2% -17.6%
Bridgewater-Raynham Bridgewater-Raynham Regional 109 670 164 803 16.3% 20.4% 25.5%
Central Berkshire Wahconah Regional High 58 330 51 280 17.6% 18.2% 3.6%
Concord-Carlisle Concord Carlisle High 153 623 155 615 24.6% 25.2% 2.6%
Dennis-Yarmouth Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High 81 518 121 420 15.6% 28.8% 84.2%
Dighton-Rehoboth Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School 62 525 90 505 11.8% 17.8% 50.9%
Dover-Sherborn Dover-Sherborn Regional High 159 292 183 326 54.5% 56.1% 3.1%
Dudley-Charlton Reg Shepherd Hill Regional High 123 597 90 585 20.6% 15.4% -25.3%
Nauset Nauset Regional High 144 519 198 448 27.7% 44.2% 59.3%
Freetown-Lakeville Apponequet Regional High 99 441 121 391 22.4% 30.9% 37.9%
Frontier Frontier Regional 71 248 63 215 28.6% 29.3% 2.4%
Gateway Gateway Regional High 29 195 36 170 14.9% 21.2% 42.4%
Groton-Dunstable Groton Dunstable Regional 0 411 200 433 0% 46.2% 0%
Gill-Montague Turners Fall High 31 174 64 152 17.8% 42.1% 136.3%
Hamilton-Wenham Hamilton-Wenham Regional High 78 365 138 348 21.4% 39.7% 85.6%
Hampden-Wilbraham Minnechaug Regional High 117 661 135 611 17.7% 22.1% 24.8%
Hampshire Hampshire Regional High 59 259 37 250 22.8% 14.8% -35%
King Philip King Philip Regional High 137 589 217 640 23.3% 33.9% 45.8%
Lincoln-Sudbury Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High 0 818 125 809 0% 15.5% 0%
Manchester Essex Regional Manchester Essex Regional High School 0 192 0 223 0% 0% 0%
Marthas Vineyard Marthas Vineyard Regional High 93 392 104 332 23.7% 31.3% 32%
Masconomet Masconomet Regional High School 313 678 288 631 46.2% 45.6% -1.1%
Mendon-Upton Nipmuc Regional High 65 366 155 359 17.8% 43.2% 143.1%
Mount Greylock Mt Greylock Regional High 102 196 80 196 52% 40.8% -21.6%
Mohawk Trail Mohawk Trail Regional High 34 204 27 170 16.7% 15.9% -4.7%
Narragansett Narragansett Regional High 16 236 83 234 6.8% 35.5% 423.2%
Nashoba Nashoba Regional 204 447 228 489 45.6% 46.6% 2.2%
Northboro-Southboro Algonquin Regional High 248 685 292 710 36.2% 41.1% 13.6%
North Middlesex North Middlesex Regional 93 563 129 552 16.5% 23.4% 41.5%
Old Rochester Old Rochester Regional High 75 372 92 352 20.2% 26.1% 29.6%
Pentucket Pentucket Regional Sr High 83 444 141 377 18.7% 37.4% 100.1%
Pioneer Valley Pioneer Valley Regional 33 144 26 162 22.9% 16% -30%
Quabbin Quabbin Regional High School 71 457 100 421 15.5% 23.8% 52.9%
Ralph C Mahar Ralph C Mahar Regional 55 215 47 195 25.6% 24.1% -5.8%
Silver Lake Silver Lake Regional High 126 571 189 600 22.1% 31.5% 42.8%
Southern Berkshire Mt Everett Regional 17 109 17 119 15.6% 14.3% -8.4%
Southwick-Tolland Southwick-Tolland Regional High 26 307 93 281 8.5% 33.1% 290.8%
Spencer-E Brookfield David Prouty High 63 292 58 212 21.6% 27.4% 26.8%
Tantasqua Tantasqua Regional Sr High 129 452 128 429 28.5% 29.8% 4.5%
Tantasqua Tantasqua Regional Vocational 4 145 5 155 2.8% 3.2% 16.9%
Triton Triton Regional High School 0 420 93 371 0% 25.1% 0%
Wachusett Wachusett Regional High 238 972 0 1036 24.5% 0% 0%
Quaboag Regional Quaboag Regional High 35 192 67 166 18.2% 40.4% 121.4%
Whitman-Hanson Whitman Hanson Regional 159 611 181 599 26% 30.2% 16.1%
Assabet Valley Regional Vocational Technical Assabet Valley Vocational High School 18 448 50 482 4% 10.4% 158.2%
Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical Blackstone Valley 0 483 105 555 0% 18.9% 0%
Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical 0 413 0 412 0% 0% 0%
Bristol-Plymouth Regional Vocational Technical Bristol-Plymouth Vocational Technical 0 531 24 580 0% 4.1% 0%
Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical Cape Cod Region Vocational Technical 0 359 0 336 0% 0% 0%
Franklin County Regional Vocational Technical Franklin County Technical 0 263 0 251 0% 0% 0%
Greater Fall River Regional Vocational Technical Diman Regional Vocational Technical High 0 652 0 641 0% 0% 0%
Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical Gr Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical 0 589 4 596 0% 0.7% 0%
Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical Gr New Bedford Vocational Technical 0 920 44 1011 0% 4.4% 0%
Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical Gr Lowell Regional Vocational Technical 0 928 0 969 0% 0% 0%
South Middlesex Regional Vocational Technical Joseph P Keefe Technical High School 0 310 0 330 0% 0% 0%
Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical Minuteman Regional High 0 316 0 271 0% 0% 0%
Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical 0 632 0 679 0% 0% 0%
Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical Charles McCann Vocational Technical 0 232 0 218 0% 0% 0%
Nashoba Valley Regional Vocational Technical Nashoba Valley Technical High School 10 282 46 336 3.5% 13.7% 286.1%
Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational Technical Northeast Metro Regional Vocational 0 591 0 599 0% 0% 0%
North Shore Regional Vocational Technical North Shore Regional Vocational 0 210 0 224 0% 0% 0%
Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical 0 271 0 267 0% 0% 0%
Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical Pathfinder Vocational Technical 0 308 0 304 0% 0% 0%
Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical Shawsheen Valley Vocational Technical High School 0 604 0 648 0% 0% 0%
Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical 0 554 2 596 0% 0.3% 0%
South Shore Regional Vocational Technical So Shore Vocational Technical High 0 283 0 290 0% 0% 0%
Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational Technical Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School 0 489 23 493 0% 4.7% 0%
Tri County Regional Vocational Technical Tri County Regional Vocational Technical 14 417 21 460 3.4% 4.6% 36%
Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical Upper Cape Cod Vocational Technical 12 301 17 313 4% 5.4% 36.2%
Whittier Regional Vocational Technical Whittier Regional Vocational 0 477 0 610 0% 0% 0%
Bristol County Agricultural Bristol County Agricultural High 0 202 0 210 0% 0% 0%
Essex Agricultural Technical Essex Agricultural and Technical Institute 14 202 18 234 6.9% 7.7% 11%
Norfolk County Agricultural Norfolk County Agricultural 0 225 0 244 0% 0% 0%
Source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
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