Summary:
ZIP code 01520 has exactly one public high school: Wachusett Regional High, a grades 9–12 school with 1,779 students that serves this area as part of the Wachusett district, which holds a 4-star rating and ranks 97 of 351 districts statewide. Because it is the only high school here, parents have a single option to consider, but it is a generally strong one with above-state test performance and solid completion outcomes.
On 2025–2026 MCAS, 10th graders at Wachusett Regional High exceeded Massachusetts by 12.89 points in English language arts (58.37 vs. 45.48), 22.94 points in math (66.67 vs. 43.73), and 6.42 points in science (46.92 vs. 40.50), with math the clear standout. The school also scored slightly above its own district in every subject. Its 96.0% graduation rate tops the district's 93.9%, and its 1.9% dropout rate is below the district's 2.2%. Rank history shows overall improvement: 3 stars in 2023–2024 (110 of 348), then 4 stars in 2024–2025 (83 of 349) and in 2025–2026 (97 of 353).
A few areas bear watching. The 10th grade science score fell 8.28 points year over year, more than the state's 5.39-point decline. Biology end-of-course (27.27 vs. 37.68 statewide) and physics (42.56 vs. 46.58) came in below the state, though biology was well above the district's 11.43. A 2024–2025 biology "all grades" figure of 3.33 is a different measure and should not be compared directly. The free/reduced lunch percentage is unavailable, so socioeconomic context is unknown, and the $14,535 per-student spending figure dates to 2020–2021.
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