Demographics
Student Race & Ethnicity
Above is a breakdown of Wachusett Regional High School's (WRHS) population by race or ethnicity. WRHS is comprised of a majority white identifying students with a percentage of 87.2%. The second-largest population is Hispanic identifying students with only a representation of 5%. The least represented population is Native American students and the second to last is the African American population with 2.1%. (1)
Selected Populations
Above is a breakdown of WRHS's population by selected populations. A majority of the special populations consists of students with high needs, representing 21.7%. Third, are economically disadvantaged students with 10.1%. Last are English language learners and non-primary language speakers with .4% and 2.1% respectively. This brings a total of 47.7% of the school as selected populations. (1)
Academic Performance
MCAS - ELA
Above and to the right are graphs depicting school performance in accordance with the state's new student testing and graduation standards under the MERA. Ash shown above WRHS shows a strong ability to prepare students in ELA with a strong majority achieving advanced, over the standard. (1)
MCAS - Math
In the mathematics field, WRHS shares identical results as the ELA test, proving the schools strong skills in creating math literacy. This is well above the state's standard, beating it by over 11 measurable achievement points. (1)
MCAS -Tech/Eng
The Science and Tech/Eng section of the test shows contrary results. Before, WRHS was outperforming the state standard, but here, the school only matches the state standard. This is still an accomplishment, but the difference in proficiency could be fault to Tech/Eng classes being only optional elective courses. (1)
Plans of High School Graduates
To the left shows a chart organizing WRHS students' plans after graduation. A strong majority plan to attend a 4-year private or public institution, amounting to 74.6% of the school's population. This is much higher than the state average of only 57.8%. Other known strong majorities include 2-year public college and work, which are both less than the state average by 4.2 and 7.8 ppts consecutively. However, more students in the Tech/Eng classes plan to work after graduation than school average. (1)
Wachusett Regional School District governs the towns of Holden, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, and Sterling. The district was created in 1955 for the sole purpose of creating the new regional high school all 5 towns will share. After the MERA was enacted, all 5 towns integrated all K-8 schools making the WRSD as we know it today. Now the district consists of 1 High School, 3 Middle Schools, 6 Elementary Schools, and 2 K-8 Schools. (2) The participating schools are listed as follows:
Mountview Middle School
Davis Hill Elementary School
Dawson Elementary School
Glenwood Elementary School
Houghton Elementary School
Mayo Elementary School
Naquag Elementary School
Paxton Center School
Thomas Prince School
Resources
- Massachusetts School and District Profiles. (n.d.). Retrieved January 06, 2021, from https://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/student.aspx?orgcode=07750505
- Home. (n.d.). Retrieved January 06, 2021, from https://wrhs.wrsd.net/