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Waltham Sr High
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Waltham Sr High

PublicHighGrades 9–12

554 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA 02452 · (781) 614-2702 · Part of Waltham School District

Waltham’s School Grade C better than 25% of Massachusetts school districts

Directions
Photo: Tim Pierce · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Students
1,791
Students per teacher
10:1
Setting
City
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Waltham Sr High

  • Its own letter, B: better results than 55% of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Small classes: 10 students per teacher
  • Enrollment up 10.6% since 2020–21

On the path

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

6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Waltham Sr HighYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency40%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts52%
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 ↗

554 Lexington Street, Waltham

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 9438
Grade 10447
Grade 11452
Grade 12440
Ungraded14
Enrollment over time
1,620’20
1,643’21
1,751’22
1,816’23
1,791’24

Up 10.6% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 52%White 32%Black 9%Asian 3%Two or more races 3%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

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

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Waltham Sr High from Waltham families.

Other schools in Waltham School District

The district →
Northeast Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Waltham
C
527 students11:1
William F. Stanley Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Waltham
C+
381 students8:1
Douglas MacArthur Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Waltham
B
475 students11:1
Henry Whittemore Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Waltham
C−
372 students9:1
Thomas R Plympton Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Waltham
C+
357 students10:1
James Fitzgerald Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Waltham
B−
350 students10:1

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