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Needham High
A+

Needham High

PublicHighGrades 9–12

609 Webster Street, Needham, MA 02494 · (781) 455-0800 · Part of Needham School District

Needham’s School Grade A+ better than 95% of Massachusetts school districts

Directions
Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Students
1,633
Students per teacher
12:1
Setting
Suburb
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Needham High

  • Its own letter, A+: reading and math results near the top of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 50 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 43 pts above the state
  • Small classes: 12 students per teacher

On the path

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

7–8Pollard Middle867 students
9–12Needham HighYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency87%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts92%
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 ↗

609 Webster Street, Needham

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 9424
Grade 10377
Grade 11422
Grade 12410
Enrollment over time
1,670’20
1,669’21
1,645’22
1,622’23
1,633’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 75%Asian 9%Hispanic 8%Two or more races 5%Black 3%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

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

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Needham High from Needham families.

Other schools in Needham School District

The district →
Newman Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Needham
A−
696 students12:1
Sunita L. Williams Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Needham
A−
533 students13:1
Broadmeadow
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Needham
A
502 students14:1
William Mitchell
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Needham
A
424 students13:1
John Eliot
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Needham
A−
397 students12:1
High Rock School
Middle · Grades 6 · Needham
A
441 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; Needham’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.