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High Rock School

PublicMiddleGrades 6

77 Ferndale Road, Needham, MA 02492 · (781) 455-0400 · Part of Needham School District

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

Directions
Students
441
Students per teacher
12:1
Setting
Suburb
Grades
6
The gist

What stands out about High Rock School

  • Its own letter, A: reading and math results near the top of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 24 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 24 pts above the state
  • Small classes: 12 students per teacher
  • Enrollment up 11.9% since 2020–21

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency61%
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 ↗

77 Ferndale Road, Needham

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 6441
Enrollment over time
394’20
450’21
446’22
447’23
441’24

Up 11.9% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 70%Asian 12%Hispanic 7%Two or more races 7%Black 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 High Rock School 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
Pollard Middle
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Needham
A
867 students11:1

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.