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Somerville High
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Somerville High

PublicHighGrades 9–12

81 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA 02143 · (617) 625-6600 · Part of Somerville School District

Somerville’s School Grade C better than 30% of Massachusetts school districts

Directions
Photo: 4300streetcar · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Students
1,394
Students per teacher
11:1
Setting
Suburb
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Somerville High

  • Its own letter, B: better results than 63% of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 6 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 9 pts above the state
  • Small classes: 11 students per teacher
  • Enrollment up 14.7% since 2020–21

On the path

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

PK–88 schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Somerville HighYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency43%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts58%
State average 49.3%

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

Location

Directions ↗

81 Highland Avenue, Somerville

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 9371
Grade 10343
Grade 11318
Grade 12351
Ungraded11
Enrollment over time
1,215’20
1,304’21
1,310’22
1,373’23
1,394’24

Up 14.7% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 46%White 34%Black 10%Asian 5%Two or more races 4%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

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

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Somerville High from Somerville families.

Other schools in Somerville School District

The district →
E Somerville Community
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
C−
747 students13:1
Albert F. Argenziano School at Lincoln Park
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
C+
553 students13:1
Arthur D Healey
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
C−
482 students12:1
John F Kennedy
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
B+
439 students14:1
West Somerville Neighborhood
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
C+
397 students14:1
Winter Hill Community
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
D
388 students8:1

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; Somerville’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.