Summary:
Schools in Whittier Regional Vocational Technical consist of one public high school, Whittier Regional Vocational, serving grades 9–12 with 1,285 students in Haverhill, MA; because it is the only school in the district, school and district figures generally match for reported metrics.
Whittier’s strongest outcomes are its 99.0% graduation rate and 0.6% dropout rate in 2024–2025. In 2024–2025 MCAS Next Generation results, it beat the state in every reported subject: 10th Grade ELA 61.73% vs. 50.66%, Mathematics 49.39% vs. 44.60%, Science 50.50% vs. 45.89%, and Biology All Grades 41.79% vs. 39.02%. In 2025–2026, it remained above the state in 10th Grade Science, 42.09% vs. 40.50%, and Biology End of Course, 38.58% vs. 37.68%. The student-teacher ratio was 10.3 in 2024–2025, and per-student spending was $21,631 in 2020–2021. Free/reduced-lunch data is not reported, so economic disadvantage cannot be measured from this excerpt. Rank history shows a peak of 114 of 349 (3 stars) in 2024–2025, then 171 of 353 (52nd percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026; the district-level rank shown is 205 of 351 (42nd percentile, 2 stars), which appears to be a different calculation or snapshot.
The main concern is a sharp 2025–2026 MCAS decline. ELA fell to 41.03% vs. the state’s 45.48%, and Mathematics fell to 40.18% vs. 43.73%. Compared with 2024–2025, 10th Grade ELA dropped from 61.73% to 41.03%, a 20.70-point decline; Mathematics fell from 49.39% to 40.18%, a 9.21-point decline; and Science fell from 50.50% to 42.09%, an 8.41-point decline. The state’s ELA decline was smaller, from 50.66% to 45.48% (-5.18 points), so Whittier’s relative performance also slipped. Even with that drop, science and biology stayed above the state, and graduation/dropout outcomes remain very strong. Overall, Whittier is a mixed profile: excellent completion outcomes and relative science strength, but recent ELA and math results below the state and a rank decline from its 2024–2025 peak.
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