Summary:
The East End School District is served by a single high school, Bigelow High School, which enrolls 317 students in grades 7 through 12 and has shown strong overall improvement in recent years.
Bigelow High School is a standout performer in advanced math and science, with 49% of all students proficient in Algebra (compared to the state average of 36.9%) and 57.4% proficient in Biology (versus 42.7% statewide). The school’s 8th graders achieved an exceptional 92.8% proficiency rate in Algebra. The school has also improved its state ranking from the 59th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 72nd percentile in 2025-2026, earning a 4-star rating. With a very low student-teacher ratio of 7.4:1 and spending of $13,226 per student, the school provides small class sizes that likely support individualized attention. Despite 67.19% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, the school outperforms state averages in English Language Arts (46.1% vs. 39.4%), Reading (46.1% vs. 40.4%), and Mathematics (45.3% vs. 44.1%), while maintaining a low dropout rate of 0.9%.
However, the school has a notable weakness in Geometry, where only 21.1% of all students are proficient (below the state average of 26.4%), and just 8.6% of 10th graders are proficient. Performance also varies by grade, with 8th graders excelling in Reading at 54.2% proficiency, while 9th graders lag at 34.6%. The school is on a clear upward trajectory, with year-over-year gains of 7.7 percentage points in ELA and 9.7 points in Math from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, making the Geometry gap the primary area for targeted improvement.
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