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Doherty Memorial High

Q: Is Doherty Memorial High a good school?

Doherty Memorial High ranks 222 nd of 349 Massachusetts high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

222^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 349 Massachusetts High Schools

Better than 36% of Massachusetts high schools

Summary

Doherty Memorial High is a public high school located in Worcester, Massachusetts, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,398 students. The school is part of the Worcester school district, which is ranked 302 out of 348 districts in Massachusetts and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Doherty Memorial High has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Massachusetts high schools, ranging from 222nd to 272nd out of 342-349 schools over the past 10 years. The school's performance on MCAS Next Generation assessments is below the state and Worcester district averages across all subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, only 45.38% of 10th-grade students at Doherty Memorial High were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 50.66% and the Worcester district average of 33.15%. The school's four-year graduation rate has ranged from 85.2% to 89.1% over the past few years, which is slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate has been between 6.3% and 7.9% during the same period, which is higher than the state average.

Doherty Memorial High's performance is generally lower than the nearby schools in the Worcester district, such as Burncoat Senior High, South High Community, and North High. However, it outperforms the nearby Claremont Academy, which has even lower academic performance and student outcomes. The nearby Ma Academy for Math and Science School, a specialized public school, significantly outperforms Doherty Memorial High and all other Worcester district high schools.

1,573

Students ?

15.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,608

Per pupil spending ?

58.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

299 Highland Street
Worcester, MA 01602

(508) 799-3270

District: Worcester

Feeder schools for Doherty Memorial High:

Elementary:	Elm Park Community
	Flagg Street
	May Street
	Midland Street
	More...
	Tatnuck
	West Tatnuck
Middle:	Forest Grove Middle

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

35.5%

White:

35.3%

African American:

17.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 22nd percentile in 2015 → 36th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 14 percentile points since 2015

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Worcester

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (34% vs 45% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Biology scores 15 pts below the Massachusetts average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school34%

District avg26%

Massachusetts avg45%

222^nd of 349

Massachusetts public high schools ?

Bottom 36%▲ up 15 pts since 2015

From bottom 22% (2015) to bottom 36% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 7High Schools in the Worcester

302^nd of 348Worcester among Massachusetts districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	38.4	222 of 349	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.9	240 of 348	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.0	266 of 347	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.8	272 of 342	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.6	229 of 285	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.7	255 of 351	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.5	270 of 345	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	37.9	262 of 348	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	32.7	275 of 351	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	32.3	277 of 354	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	37.0	262 of 347	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	33.2	276 of 344	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	29.4	275 of 340	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	36.5	259 of 340	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	26.7	278 of 335	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	22.5	275 of 322	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	23.6	272 of 319	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	30.8	237 of 316	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	21.8	258 of 314	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	26.8	236 of 311	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	19.1	244 of 307	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	41.2	190 of 304	37.5%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	33.9	97 of 148	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	54.4	61 of 160	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	43.9	77 of 142	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.5	68 of 133	48.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	39.4	59 of 94	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	56.9	58 of 137	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	30.0	100 of 134	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	2.7	88 of 91	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.5	87 of 98	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	7.9	87 of 96	9.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.5	81 of 93	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.7	55 of 68	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.2	77 of 97	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.0	80 of 91	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2022	17.4	261 of 295	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.6	187 of 202	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.1	267 of 299	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.9	265 of 299	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	38.1	48 of 83	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.4	48 of 86	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.2	37 of 84	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	39.4	43 of 77	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	32.0	42 of 46	8.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.2	62 of 82	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	39.2	45 of 77	41.6%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	35.1	226 of 337	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.9	239 of 342	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	20.9	277 of 339	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.7	235 of 340	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	26.5	221 of 281	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.7	259 of 342	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.3	259 of 339	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	31.6	164 of 245	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.7	166 of 249	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	17.7	206 of 241	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.0	192 of 217	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.0	129 of 149	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.4	164 of 206	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.5	148 of 193	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	79.2	2 of 19	89.5%	★★★★★
2024	58.5	10 of 28	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	51.3	5 of 23	78.3%	★★★★☆
2022	44.8	7 of 17	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	45.1	4 of 11	63.6%	★★★★☆
2019	81.7	4 of 23	82.6%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	30.7	239 of 334	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.7	236 of 338	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.8	266 of 338	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.2	277 of 332	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.0	223 of 253	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.5	268 of 330	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.8	284 of 330	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	36.9	205 of 339	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.1	231 of 342	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.6	252 of 343	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.1	283 of 339	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.7	226 of 281	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.6	249 of 346	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.4	285 of 343	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	14.4	77 of 89	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.9	79 of 87	9.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.4	69 of 82	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.2	63 of 78	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.1	54 of 58	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	45.8	35 of 55	36.4%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	22.1	255 of 302	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.0	170 of 289	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.2	243 of 301	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.2	270 of 339	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.0	243 of 268	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	31.3	267 of 348	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.5	284 of 344	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	52.7	134 of 298	55.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	41.1	182 of 302	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.6	182 of 301	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.0	190 of 300	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	28.6	203 of 249	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	51.8	149 of 302	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	44.0	198 of 303	34.7%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2025)89th percentile+53 vs school

White (2025)55th percentile+19 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)42nd percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)40th percentile+3 vs school

African American (2025)34th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)33rd percentile-3 vs school

Female (2025)33rd percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)28th percentile-8 vs school

Special Education (2025)16th percentile-21 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)13th percentile-23 vs school

Disabled (2022)12th percentile-9 vs school

Asian (2025)3rd percentile-33 vs school

By subject vs Massachusetts (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts45%-5 vs state

Science34%-12 vs state

Mathematics33%-12 vs state

Biology24%-15 vs state

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by a parent
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

One of the worst schools in MA. Tyrannical staff. Students take "weed brownies" in the school's cafeteria and no one does anything about it. Although there are great teachers that would make the school a bit better, they are so obedient to the system that they keep the school the way it is. Fingers can also be pointed at the district as whole, since they do not listen to the complaints they relieve. Doherty's principals most famous slogan is "it has been this way forever, why change it?" The students' slogan is "who cares?" Need I say more? I didn't think so. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2025)				MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2025)				MCAS Next Generation Science (2025)			MCAS Next Generation Biology (2025)	MCAS Next Generation Physics (2025)	MCAS Next Generation Civics (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Biology All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Physics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Civics 8th Grade	Total
Doherty Memorial High	Public	9-12	299 Highland Street	Worcester	01602	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3270	1,573	103	15.2		556 (35.3%)	274 (17.4%)	559 (35.5%)	93 (5.9%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	89 (5.7%)	38.4	222^nd of 349 public high schools	36.4%		34.9	240^th of 348 public high schools	31.0%	18			45.4				32.6			34.1		23.7			$21,608
Claremont Academy	Public	7-12	15 Claremont Street	Worcester	01610	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3077	474	36	13.0		34 (7.2%)	49 (10.3%)	354 (74.7%)	27 (5.7%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	6 (1.3%)	12.7	314^th of 349 public high schools	10.0%		10.3	317^th of 348 public high schools	8.9%	3	12.5	14.8	19.6	13.8	6.8	8.0	13.0	7.4	6.8	26.9	6.8	5.1		1.1	$23,407
Ma Academy for Math and Science School	Public	11-12	85 Prescott Street	Worcester	01605	Worcester County	Ma Academy for Math and Science	No	No	No	No	(508) 831-5859	99	6	16.5		29 (29.3%)	3 (3.0%)	6 (6.1%)	57 (57.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.0%)								(n/a)															$00
University Pk Campus School	Public	7-12	12 Freeland Street	Worcester	01603	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3591	233	20	11.4		23 (9.9%)	30 (12.9%)	149 (63.9%)	21 (9.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.9%)	31.6	242^nd of 349 public high schools	30.7%		38.8	232^nd of 348 public high schools	33.3%	10	23.1	15.4	38.9	19.2	20.5	28.2	37.8	24.4	5.1	20.6	5.1	29.7		18.0	$20,671
Worcester Alternative High School	Public	9-12	11 McKeon Road	Worcester	01610	Worcester County	Worcester	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(508) 799-3245	36	13	2.8		4 (11.1%)	3 (8.3%)	24 (66.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (13.9%)								(n/a)
Worcester Technical High	Public	9-12	1 Manny Familia Way	Worcester	01605	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-1940	1,442	118	12.2		390 (27.0%)	297 (20.6%)	614 (42.6%)	89 (6.2%)	5 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (3.3%)	28.8	252^nd of 349 public high schools	27.8%		27.8	262^nd of 348 public high schools	24.7%	10			34.8				25.1			35.5		28.3	5.1		$25,514
Burncoat Senior High	Public	9-12	179 Burncoat Street	Worcester	01606	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3300	1,073	81	13.2		305 (28.4%)	217 (20.2%)	449 (41.8%)	52 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (4.4%)	20.5	284^th of 349 public high schools	18.6%		24.6	273^rd of 348 public high schools	21.6%	11			28.7				24.2			24.3		24.7			$22,479
South High Community	Public	9-12	170 Apricot Street	Worcester	01603	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3325	1,800	123	14.6		405 (22.5%)	358 (19.9%)	792 (44.0%)	168 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (4.3%)	37	229^th of 349 public high schools	34.4%		24.2	275^th of 348 public high schools	21.0%	46			43.4				33.1			33.1		20.3			$20,630
North High	Public	9-12	140 Harrington Way	Worcester	01604	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3370	1,376	95	14.4		232 (16.9%)	320 (23.3%)	701 (50.9%)	73 (5.3%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (3.1%)	8.3	328^th of 349 public high schools	6.0%		6.9	328^th of 348 public high schools	5.7%				17.1				11.0			10.9		5.0			$20,869
Auburn Senior High	Public	9-12	99 Auburn Street	Auburn	01501	Worcester County	Auburn	No	No	No	No	(508) 832-7711	834	69	12.0		595 (71.3%)	53 (6.4%)	113 (13.5%)	54 (6.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.2%)	51.8	173^rd of 349 public high schools	50.4%		72.1	102^nd of 348 public high schools	70.7%	71			44.1				46.1			45.8		38.5			$16,844

Frequently Asked Questions about Doherty Memorial High

What is the racial makeup of Doherty Memorial High?

Students at Doherty Memorial High are 36% Hispanic, 35% White, 17% African American, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more races.

Is Doherty Memorial High a good school?

Doherty Memorial High ranks 222^nd of 349 Massachusetts high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Doherty Memorial High in?

Worcester

How many students attend Doherty Memorial High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,573 students attended Doherty Memorial High.

What schools feed into Doherty Memorial High?

Doherty Memorial High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Elm Park Community
Elementary : Flagg Street
Elementary : May Street
Elementary : Midland Street
Elementary : Tatnuck
Elementary : West Tatnuck
Middle : Forest Grove Middle

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