Summary:
High Schools located in Ralph C Mahar consist of a single school — Ralph C Mahar Regional in Orange, Massachusetts — a High school serving grades 7–12 with 509 students. Because it is a single-school district, school and district test scores are identical, so the district's ranking is effectively the school's ranking.
Recent results show real improvement. Science across all grades rose from 21.05% proficiency in 2024–2025 to 34.55% in 2025–2026, a gain of about 13.5 points while the state slightly declined. Eighth-grade civics improved by more than 8 points, ELA by roughly 4.7 points, and math by about 2.9 points. Results closest to the state are 8th-grade science (34.55% vs. 38.93%) and 8th-grade math (31.43% vs. 41.67%). The school also reports a favorable 9:1 student-teacher ratio and $18,470 per-student spending in 2020–2021, and its graduation rate of 83.3% is above the district's 80.7%.
Challenges remain significant. The district ranks 308 of 351 statewide, in the 12th percentile with 1 star, and proficiency is below the state in every reported 2025–2026 MCAS subject and grade. The widest gaps are at the high school level: 10th-grade science (8.20% vs. 40.50%), 10th-grade math (19.35% vs. 43.73%), 10th-grade ELA (22.97% vs. 45.48%), and Biology End of Course (17.86% vs. 37.68%). The dropout rate is 12.8%, slightly above the district's 12.0%, and the free/reduced-lunch figure is not reported, which limits context. In short: encouraging middle-grade momentum, but high-school outcomes need attention.
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