Summary
Ware Junior/Senior High School is a public high school serving grades 7-12 in Ware, MA, with 471 students. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Massachusetts high schools over the past decade, with a 1-2 star rating from SchoolDigger, and its performance on standardized tests, graduation rates, and other key metrics lag behind the state averages.
Ware Junior/Senior High School significantly underperforms the state averages on MCAS Next Generation assessments across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, only 23.33% of 10th graders were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 50.66%. In math, the school's proficiency rate for all grades was just 9.46%, versus 40.74% statewide. The school's four-year graduation rate has hovered around 77-82% in recent years, well below the state average of over 90%, and its dropout rate of 10-12% is also significantly higher than the state's average. The school struggles to serve its diverse student population, ranking in the bottom quarter of Massachusetts high schools for female, male, white, special education, low-socioeconomic, and disabled student subgroups.
Despite spending more per student than the state average at $16,730 per student in 2020-2021, Ware Junior/Senior High School's outcomes do not reflect this level of investment. The school's ranking has steadily declined over the past decade, from 187th out of 347 Massachusetts high schools in 2013-2014 to 268th out of 349 in 2024-2025. Nearby schools such as Ludlow Senior High, Granby Junior Senior High, and Tantasqua Regional Senior High generally outperform Ware Junior/Senior High School on key metrics, suggesting the school may need to re-evaluate how it allocates its resources to better support student learning and achievement.
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