Summary
B M C Durfee High is a public high school in Fall River, MA, serving grades 9–12 at 460 Elsbree Street with 2,642 students — by far the largest school in this comparison group. It belongs to the Fall River district, which ranks 331st of 351 districts statewide (6th percentile, 0 stars). Durfee's own statewide rank in 2025–2026 is 301st of 353 schools (15th percentile, 1 star), placing it below nearly every nearby school except the much smaller same-district alternative, Resiliency Preparatory Academy.
Academically, Durfee's 2025–2026 MCAS proficiency rates trail state averages substantially: 31.89% in ELA, 16.94% in math, 17.58% in science, 10.87% in Biology EOC, and 4.96% in Physics EOC, against state rates of 45.48%, 43.73%, 40.5%, 37.68%, and 46.58%. Physics is the most severe weakness — Durfee reported 0% proficient in Physics for three straight years before the 2025–2026 result, while nearby Joseph Case High and Somerset Berkley Regional High School report Physics EOC rates around 50% and 47.56%. Every listed nearby 10th-grade math and science score is higher, including at Diman Regional Vocational Technical High and Gr New Bedford Vocational Technical.
Durfee's 2024–2025 graduation rate of 83.6% is above the Fall River district's 76.8%, and its 11.7% dropout rate is below the district's 14.9%, but most nearby schools graduate 92.4–98.9% of students with dropout rates of 0.6–5.6%. A notable bright spot: English Language Learner students ranked in the 81st percentile (20 of 105, 4 stars) in 2025–2026 and 84th percentile the year before, far above the school's overall 15th percentile. Per-student spending was $17,532 in 2020–2021 and the student-teacher ratio is 11.3 — midpack among neighbors, so resources alone don't explain the gaps. Durfee has ranked between the 8th and 18th percentile for the past decade.
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