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South High Community
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South High Community

PublicHighGrades 9–12

170 Apricot Street, Worcester, MA 01603 · (508) 799-3325 · Part of Worcester School District

Worcester’s School Grade C− better than 18% of Massachusetts school districts

Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Students
1,800
Students per teacher
15:1
Setting
City
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about South High Community

  • Its own letter, C: better results than 29% of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 11 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 13 pts below the state
  • Enrollment up 26.3% since 2020–21

On the path

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

7–86 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12South High CommunityYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency26%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts36%
State average 49.3%

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

170 Apricot Street, Worcester

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 9411
Grade 10461
Grade 11446
Grade 12461
Ungraded21
Enrollment over time
1,425’20
1,524’21
1,666’22
1,791’23
1,800’24

Up 26.3% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 44%White 23%Black 20%Asian 9%Two or more races 4%

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

Parents talk

Questions and answers about South High Community from Worcester families.

Other schools in Worcester School District

The district →

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