Best High Schools in Zip Code 01702

ZIP code 01702 in Framingham contains just one public high school in this data set: Joseph P Keefe Technical High School, a grades 9–12 regional vocational-technical school with 896 students, part of the South Middlesex Regional Vocational Technical district. Because that district serves only this one school, every school and district figure is identical — there is no district-versus-school comparison to make — so the only outside benchmark available is the Massachusetts state average. Note also that Keefe draws students regionally by application, so its enrollment does not reflect this ZIP code's residents alone.

Keefe's strongest numbers concern finishing school rather than test scores. It reports a 97.1% graduation rate, a 2.0% dropout rate, and 9.9 students per teacher for 2024-25 — roughly 90 teachers for 896 students, a low ratio and a real staffing advantage at this size. Its ranking history also sits higher than its current snapshot: the school ranked 213th, 226th, and 218th across the last three years (about the 35th–39th percentile, 2 stars each year), while the current district snapshot places it 258th of 351 — the 26th percentile, 1 star. The honest read is a school hovering near the 35th percentile, with a current-year rating that dips below its own three-year trend.

Proficiency is the weaker side of the profile, especially in mathematics. In 2025-26, 10th-grade math proficiency was 26.69% versus 43.73% statewide — a 17.0-point gap that widened from 15.4 points. ELA stood at 33.90% versus 45.48% (−11.6), the one subject where Keefe gained relative ground even though its own score declined. Science came closest to the state at 37.73% versus 40.50% (−2.8), but that followed a 6.8-point one-year drop from 44.50%. Per-student spending of $26,598 is reported for 2020-21 only and is too old for firm conclusions. Finally, the free/reduced-lunch percentage is blank for 2024-25 and should be treated as unknown, not as zero — and without it, state comparisons should be read with caution.