Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Burlington

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Burlington High
A

Burlington High

PublicHighGrades 9–12

123 Cambridge Street, Burlington, MA 01803 · (781) 270-1836 · Part of Burlington School District

Burlington’s School Grade B+ better than 68% of Massachusetts school districts

Directions
Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Students
1,019
Students per teacher
11:1
Setting
Suburb
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Burlington High

  • Its own letter, A: reading and math results near the top of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 23 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 24 pts above the state
  • Small classes: 11 students per teacher

On the path

Where Burlington kids come from and go next. The whole path →

6–8Marshall Simonds Middle848 students
9–12Burlington HighYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency60%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts73%
State average 49.3%

Its own letter, A, places these results among Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

123 Cambridge Street, Burlington

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K100
Grade 9234
Grade 10234
Grade 11216
Grade 12234
Ungraded1
Enrollment over time
966’20
997’21
972’22
1,005’23
1,019’24

Up 5.5% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 54%Asian 20%Hispanic 13%Black 9%Two or more races 3%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Burlington High from Burlington families.

Other schools in Burlington School District

The district →
Francis Wyman Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Burlington
B+
514 students10:1
Fox Hill
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Burlington
B+
437 students11:1
Memorial
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Burlington
B+
372 students10:1
Pine Glen Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Burlington
B+
320 students10:1
Marshall Simonds Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Burlington
B+
848 students12:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Massachusetts’s other public schools; Burlington’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.