High Schools in Winchendon

The town of Winchendon, Massachusetts is home to two high schools: Murdock High School and Murdock Academy for Success. Both schools have faced challenges in recent years, with Murdock High School seeing a decline in its statewide ranking and relatively low proficiency rates on standardized tests. Murdock Academy for Success, a smaller school, also struggles with a high student-teacher ratio and similar graduation and dropout rates as its larger counterpart.

Murdock High School is ranked 239 out of 349 Massachusetts high schools and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. Its proficiency rates in MCAS Next Generation assessments are significantly lower than the state averages, with only 39.29% of 10th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts, 24.07% in Mathematics, and 39.58% in Science. The school also has a high dropout rate of 13.3% and spends $16,266 per student, which is higher than the state average.

In contrast, Murdock Academy for Success is a much smaller school with only 20 students enrolled. While it has the same graduation and dropout rates as Murdock High School, it spends significantly less per student at $10,526 and has a very high student-teacher ratio of 74:1. The overall performance of Winchendon schools, as reflected in the district-wide MCAS proficiency rates, is also lower than the state averages across all subject areas.