High Schools in Hopedale

Hopedale, MA has just one listed high school: Hopedale Junior Senior High, which serves grades 7–12 with 456 students and is part of the Hopedale district. Because it is the only school in the list, there are no in-town comparisons to make — instead, the most useful context comes from comparing the school's results with state averages and grade-level peers. One important limitation for parents: the free/reduced lunch percentage is not reported, so socioeconomic context cannot be assessed from this data, and per-student spending of $16,267 is from 2020–2021 only.

The school's strengths are clearest in high school math and English. Tenth grade Math is 63.93% proficient, which is 20.20 percentage points above the state's 43.73%, and 10th grade ELA is 59.68%, or 14.20 points above the state's 45.48%. Math is above the state in every reported grade, including 7th grade (+5.89 points) and 8th grade (+0.72 points). Eighth grade Science is a standout at 51.11% versus 38.93% statewide, a 12.18-point gap, and Biology End of Course is 43.28%, which is 5.60 points above the state. Graduation outcomes look strong too: a 96.8% graduation rate, a 3.2% dropout rate, and a favorable student-teacher ratio of 10.1.

The clearest academic concern is 10th grade Science, at 32.14% proficient, which is 8.36 points below the state's 40.50%. That gap matters because the strong all-grade Science figure of 51.11% exactly matches the 8th grade score, suggesting middle-school science is driving the overall number. All-grade ELA sits essentially at the state level (40.00% vs. 40.03%) but below the district's 43.17%, while 8th grade ELA is slightly under the state and Civics is nearly even (-0.21 points). The school's rank history shows a dip and partial rebound: a 4-star, 77th-percentile position in 2023–2024, a fall to 3 stars and 56th percentile in 2024–2025, then a recovery to the 67th percentile in 2025–2026 — respectable, but not yet back to its prior peak.