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North High

Q: Is North High a good school?

North High ranks in the bottom 7.9% of Massachusetts high schools.

Q: How many students attend North High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,376 students attended North High.

Q: What is the racial makeup of North High?

Students at North High are 51% Hispanic, 23% African American, 17% White, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

Q: What schools feed into North High?

North High is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Belmont Street Community Elementary : City View Elementary : Grafton Street Elementary : Lake View Elementary : Rice Square Elementary : Roosevelt Elementary : Union Hill School Middle : Worcester East Middle

Public Grades 9-12

325^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 353 Massachusetts High Schools

Better than 8% of Massachusetts high schools

Summary

North High is a public high school in Worcester, MA, serving grades 9–12 with 1,376 students. It belongs to the Worcester district, which itself ranks 304th of 351 districts statewide. North High’s own statewide rank in 2025–2026 is 325th of 353 — the 8th percentile — and it has generally hovered between the 3rd and 8th percentile since 2015–2016, so this is a long-standing pattern rather than a one-year dip.

Outcomes in 2024–2025 trail district and state levels. The graduation rate is 79.2%, below the Worcester district’s 85.5%, and the dropout rate is 13.2% against the district’s 8.5%. Tenth-grade MCAS proficiency in 2025–2026 is 19.55% in ELA, 12.31% in math, 6.35% in science, and 5.14% in biology, compared with state rates of 45.48% in ELA, 43.73% in math, 40.5% in science, and 37.68% in biology. Within Worcester, University Pk Campus School, Doherty Memorial High, Burncoat Senior High, and Worcester Technical High all post higher graduation rates, lower dropout rates, and higher proficiency; Claremont Academy is the one nearby Worcester high school with comparable or weaker results.

Completion trends are worsening: graduation fell from 87.3% in 2020–2021 to 79.2% in 2024–2025, while dropout rose from 7.6% to 13.2%. Most student groups — including low-income students and students with disabilities — rank in the bottom 10% statewide, though English language learner students rank around the lower-middle third, a relative bright spot. Spending is not the obvious explanation: at $16,564 per student in 2020–2021, North spends more than Shrewsbury High School and Grafton High School and about the same as Doherty, yet its results are far weaker; its student–teacher ratio of 14.4 also matches Shrewsbury’s. Nearby schools including Shrewsbury (86th percentile), Grafton (81st), and Millbury Junior/Senior High (34th) perform substantially better.

1,376

Students ?

14.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,257

Per pupil spending ?

80.7%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

All students in Massachusetts receive free school meals.

140 Harrington Way
Worcester, MA 01604

(508) 799-3370

District: Worcester

Feeder schools for North High:

Elementary:	Belmont Street Community
	City View
	Grafton Street
	Lake View
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	Rice Square
	Roosevelt
	Union Hill School
Middle:	Worcester East Middle

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

50.9%

African American:

23.3%

White:

16.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 6th percentile in 2016 → 8th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (11% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)

!Science scores 34 pts below the Massachusetts average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school11%

District avg21%

Massachusetts avg42%

325^th of 353

Massachusetts public high schools ?

Bottom 8%▲ up 2 pts since 2016

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SchoolDigger rating ?

6^th of 7High Schools in the Worcester

304^th of 351Worcester 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
2026	9.5	325 of 353	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	8.3	328 of 349	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.9	328 of 348	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.1	335 of 347	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.9	328 of 342	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	3.7	276 of 285	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.5	328 of 351	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.5	326 of 345	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	3.7	332 of 348	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	5.2	329 of 351	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	4.8	338 of 354	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	4.0	327 of 347	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	4.5	326 of 344	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	8.5	314 of 340	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	7.6	313 of 340	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	7.7	311 of 335	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	6.0	307 of 322	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	8.5	297 of 319	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	9.5	296 of 316	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	15.9	273 of 314	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	14.5	267 of 311	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	11.6	270 of 307	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	10.9	267 of 304	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	15.4	143 of 157	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	15.0	135 of 148	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.1	147 of 160	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.8	131 of 142	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.3	115 of 133	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.4	82 of 94	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.3	99 of 137	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.5	104 of 134	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	0.6	94 of 94	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	0.5	91 of 91	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	2.3	97 of 98	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	3.8	93 of 96	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.9	87 of 93	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	3.9	94 of 97	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.1	90 of 91	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2022	18.7	255 of 295	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.4	176 of 202	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.2	294 of 299	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.5	281 of 299	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	34.3	69 of 105	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	32.9	64 of 83	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.0	66 of 86	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.8	70 of 84	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.0	53 of 77	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	40.0	24 of 46	47.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	31.4	56 of 82	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	27.6	62 of 77	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	6.6	329 of 340	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	5.0	329 of 337	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.4	331 of 342	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.9	327 of 339	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	3.3	330 of 340	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	2.4	274 of 281	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.2	326 of 342	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	2.9	327 of 339	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	16.3	238 of 260	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	12.7	231 of 245	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.1	237 of 249	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.1	228 of 241	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.6	206 of 217	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.9	140 of 149	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.5	189 of 206	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.5	185 of 193	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	33.5	23 of 30	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	33.1	13 of 19	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	65.6	4 of 28	85.7%	★★★★☆
2023	24.2	19 of 23	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	40.5	10 of 17	41.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	35.5	5 of 11	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	38.1	15 of 23	34.8%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	13.4	316 of 340	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	12.0	315 of 334	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.0	324 of 338	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.5	327 of 338	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.1	315 of 332	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.7	247 of 253	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.0	305 of 330	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.4	318 of 330	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	10.0	317 of 344	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	9.3	315 of 339	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.8	324 of 342	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.4	336 of 343	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.6	326 of 339	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	4.5	271 of 281	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	4.6	333 of 346	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.5	333 of 343	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2024	2.2	87 of 87	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.2	77 of 78	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	18.6	281 of 298	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	13.9	297 of 302	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.7	284 of 289	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.9	295 of 301	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.2	322 of 339	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	7.5	261 of 268	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.8	323 of 348	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.2	330 of 344	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	6.0	294 of 302	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	2.2	297 of 298	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.4	291 of 302	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	1.3	299 of 301	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	0.5	300 of 300	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	0.6	249 of 249	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	0.2	302 of 302	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	0.7	300 of 303	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2026)34th percentile+26 vs school

Homeless (2026)23rd percentile+15 vs school

Disabled (2022)14th percentile+9 vs school

African American (2026)9th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2026)8th percentile~ school

Male (2026)8th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)7th percentile~ school

Special Education (2026)6th percentile~ school

Female (2026)3rd percentile-5 vs school

White (2026)3rd percentile-5 vs school

Multi-racial (2024)<1st percentile-6 vs school

Asian (2026)<1st percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs Massachusetts (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts20%-26 vs state

Mathematics12%-31 vs state

Science6%-34 vs state

Biology5%-33 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2026)				MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2026)				MCAS Next Generation Science (2026)			MCAS Next Generation Biology (2026)	MCAS Next Generation Physics (2026)	MCAS Next Generation Civics (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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 End of Course	MCAS Next Generation Physics End of Course	MCAS Next Generation Civics 8th Grade	Total
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	80.7%	232 (16.9%)	320 (23.3%)	701 (50.9%)	73 (5.3%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (3.1%)	9.5	325^th of 353 public high schools	7.9%		8.3	328^th of 349 public high schools	6.0%	3			19.6				12.3			6.4		5.1			$21,257
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	67.1%	390 (27.0%)	297 (20.6%)	614 (42.6%)	89 (6.2%)	5 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (3.3%)	20	293^rd of 353 public high schools	17.0%		28.8	252^nd of 349 public high schools	27.8%	41			24.9				21.1			22.3		18.3			$25,741
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)
Worcester Alternative High School	Public	7-12	11 McKeon Road	Worcester	01610	Worcester County	Worcester	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(508) 799-3245	36	13	2.8	91.7%	4 (11.1%)	3 (8.3%)	24 (66.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (13.9%)								(n/a)															$16,710
Claremont Academy	Public	7-12	15 Claremont Street	Worcester	01610	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3077	474	36	13.0	84.2%	34 (7.2%)	49 (10.3%)	354 (74.7%)	27 (5.7%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	6 (1.3%)	7	338^th of 353 public high schools	4.2%		12.7	314^th of 349 public high schools	10.0%	24	10.7	11.8	12.1	11.3	10.7	10.4	4.7	10.5	9.1	5.8	9.1	7.5		6.5	$21,004
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	68.1%	305 (28.4%)	217 (20.2%)	449 (41.8%)	52 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (4.4%)	26.8	260^th of 353 public high schools	26.3%		20.5	284^th of 349 public high schools	18.6%	24			27.8				23.8			26.4		27.5			$21,939
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	59.8%	556 (35.3%)	274 (17.4%)	559 (35.5%)	93 (5.9%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	89 (5.7%)	32.5	233^rd of 353 public high schools	34.0%		38.4	222^nd of 349 public high schools	36.4%	11			34.3				26.3			25.2		32.6			$20,952
University Pk Campus School	Public	7-12	12 Freeland Street	Worcester	01610	Worcester County	Worcester	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 799-3591	233	20	11.4	80.3%	23 (9.9%)	30 (12.9%)	149 (63.9%)	21 (9.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.9%)	44.6	194^th of 353 public high schools	45.0%		31.6	242^nd of 349 public high schools	30.7%	48	18.6	18.0	45.7	18.3	9.5	23.1	42.4	16.1	15.4	32.4	15.4	26.7		15.4	$21,477
Shrewsbury High School	Public	9-12	75 Cypress Avenue	Shrewsbury	01545	Worcester County	Shrewsbury	No	No	No	No	(508) 841-8800	1,891	131	14.4	16.2%	896 (47.4%)	82 (4.3%)	220 (11.6%)	584 (30.9%)	8 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	97 (5.1%)	87.6	49^th of 353 public high schools	86.1%		90.7	43^rd of 349 public high schools	87.7%	6			68.7				73.3			65.3		88.2	41.9		$18,404
Millbury Junior/Senior High	Public	7-12	12 Martin Street	Millbury	01527	Worcester County	Millbury	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 865-5841	722	64	11.3	36.3%	525 (72.7%)	34 (4.7%)	88 (12.2%)	28 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (6.0%)	32.4	234^th of 353 public high schools	33.7%		40	217^th of 349 public high schools	37.8%	17	22.0	31.3	35.2	27.4	41.0	26.2	34.6	32.6	30.8	30.4	30.8	18.3		27.6	$21,421

Frequently Asked Questions about North High

Is North High a good school?

North High ranks in the bottom 7.9% of Massachusetts high schools.

What district is North High in?

Worcester

What is the racial makeup of North High?

Students at North High are 51% Hispanic, 23% African American, 17% White, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

What schools feed into North High?

North High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Belmont Street Community
Elementary : City View
Elementary : Grafton Street
Elementary : Lake View
Elementary : Rice Square
Elementary : Roosevelt
Elementary : Union Hill School
Middle : Worcester East Middle

How many students attend North High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,376 students attended North High.

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