Acton-Boxborough Reg High School in Acton, Massachusetts (MA)

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City-data.com school rating (using weighted 2007 test average as compared to other schools in Massachusetts) from 0 (worst) to 100 (best) is 98.

96 HAYWARD RD
Acton, MA 1720

County name: Middlesex
School type: Regular School
Grade span: 9th grade - 12th grade

Status: Operational
Phone: (978) 264-4700 (make sure to verify first before calling)

Latitude: 42.481
Longitude: -071.459260

Enrollment in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

2007 Student Enrollment: 1886
9th grade Enrollment : 469
10th grade Enrollment : 500
11th grade Enrollment : 474
12th grade Enrollment : 441
Special grade Enrollment : 2

Male students (%): 50.2%

Here:	50.2%
State average from 3564 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 49.8%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	49.8%
State average from 3564 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 77.9%

Here:	77.9%
State average from 3564 schools:	71.0%

African American students (%): 1.4%

This school:	1.4%
State average from 3564 schools:	8.9%

Hispanic students (%): 2.7%

This school:	2.7%
State average from 3564 schools:	13.2%

Asian students (%): 17.2%

Here:	17.2%
State average from 3564 schools:	4.5%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 0.8%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	0.8%
State average from 3564 schools:	1.9%

Genders in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

Grades in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

Races in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

First Language Not English # : 336
Limited English Proficient # : 8
Special Education # : 199
Low-Income # : 39
Free Lunch # : 33
Reduced Lunch # : 6

First Language Not English %: 17.8%

Here:	17.8%
State average from 1653 schools:	15.3%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.4%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	0.4%
State average from 1385 schools:	7.6%

Special Education %: 10.6%

Here:	10.6%
State average from 1778 schools:	16.4%

Low-Income %: 2.1%

Here:	2.1%
State average from 1776 schools:	31.2%

Free Lunch %: 1.7%

Here:	1.7%
State average from 1774 schools:	25.4%

Reduced Lunch %: 0.3%

Here:	0.3%
State average from 1719 schools:	6.0%

2006 Student Enrollment: 1845
9th grade Enrollment : 501
10th grade Enrollment : 461
11th grade Enrollment : 449
12th grade Enrollment : 431
Special grade Enrollment : 3

Male students (%): 52.1%

Here:	52.1%
State average from 1781 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 47.9%

This school:	47.9%
State average from 1781 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 80.3%

This school:	80.3%
State average from 1781 schools:	71.8%

African American students (%): 1.1%

Here:	1.1%
State average from 1781 schools:	9.0%

Hispanic students (%): 2.2%

Here:	2.2%
State average from 1781 schools:	12.7%

Asian students (%): 15.8%

This school:	15.8%
State average from 1781 schools:	4.4%

Native American students (%): 0.10%

Here:	0.10%
State average from 1781 schools:	0.31%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 0.5%

This school:	0.5%
State average from 1781 schools:	1.6%

Genders in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

Grades in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

Races in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

First Language Not English # : 310
Limited English Proficient # : 4
Special Education # : 224
Low-Income # : 44

First Language Not English %: 16.8%

This school:	16.8%
State average from 1633 schools:	14.8%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.2%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	0.2%
State average from 1328 schools:	7.4%

Special Education %: 12.1%

Here:	12.1%
State average from 1780 schools:	15.9%

Low-Income %: 2.4%

Here:	2.4%
State average from 1771 schools:	30.5%

2005 Student Enrollment: 1720
9th grade Enrollment : 463
10th grade Enrollment : 440
11th grade Enrollment : 434
12th grade Enrollment : 383

White students (%): 81.0%

Here:	81.0%
State average from 1746 schools:	74.4%

African American students (%): 1.6%

Here:	1.6%
State average from 1746 schools:	9.5%

Hispanic students (%): 1.9%

Here:	1.9%
State average from 1746 schools:	11.2%

Asian students (%): 15.3%

Here:	15.3%
State average from 1746 schools:	4.5%

Native American students (%): 0.20%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	0.20%
State average from 1746 schools:	0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 51.0%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	51.0%
State average from 1746 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 49.0%

Here:	49.0%
State average from 1746 schools:	48.3%

Grades in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

Races in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

First Language Not English # : 256
Limited English Proficient # : 8
Special Education # : 204
Low-Income # : 51

First Language Not English %: 14.9%

Here:	14.9%
State average from 1573 schools:	14.2%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.5%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	0.5%
State average from 1217 schools:	7.4%

Special Education %: 11.9%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	11.9%
State average from 1745 schools:	15.4%

Low-Income %: 3.0%

Here:	3.0%
State average from 1735 schools:	29.2%

2004 Student Enrollment: 1681
9th grade Enrollment : 441
10th grade Enrollment : 433
11th grade Enrollment : 400
12th grade Enrollment : 407

White students (%): 84.9%

Here:	84.9%
State average from 1729 schools:	75.1%

African American students (%): 1.0%

This school:	1.0%
State average from 1729 schools:	9.4%

Hispanic students (%): 1.7%

Here:	1.7%
State average from 1729 schools:	10.7%

Asian students (%): 12.1%

Here:	12.1%
State average from 1729 schools:	4.4%

Native American students (%): 0.20%

Here:	0.20%
State average from 1729 schools:	0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 50.3%

Here:	50.3%
State average from 1729 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 49.7%

Here:	49.7%
State average from 1729 schools:	48.1%

Grades in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

Races in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

First Language Not English # : 214
Limited English Proficient # : 12
Special Education # : 196
Low-Income # : 37

First Language Not English %: 12.7%

Here:	12.7%
State average from 1530 schools:	13.9%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.7%

Here:	0.7%
State average from 1098 schools:	7.7%

Special Education %: 11.7%

Here:	11.7%
State average from 1725 schools:	15.0%

Low-Income %: 2.2%

Here:	2.2%
State average from 1698 schools:	28.9%

2003 Student Enrollment: 1596
9th grade Enrollment : 427
10th grade Enrollment : 398
11th grade Enrollment : 416
12th grade Enrollment : 355

White students (%): 86.4%

Here:	86.4%
State average from 1634 schools:	75.8%

African American students (%): 0.8%

Here:	0.8%
State average from 1634 schools:	9.1%

Hispanic students (%): 1.4%

This school:	1.4%
State average from 1634 schools:	10.4%

Asian students (%): 11.1%

Here:	11.1%
State average from 1634 schools:	4.3%

Native American students (%): 0.30%

This school:	0.30%
State average from 1634 schools:	0.36%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 49.4%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	49.4%
State average from 1634 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 50.6%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	50.6%
State average from 1634 schools:	48.2%

Grades in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

Races in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

First Language Not English # : 177
Limited English Proficient # : 13
Low-Income # : 22

First Language Not English %: 11.1%

Here:	11.1%
State average from 1462 schools:	14.6%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.8%

Here:	0.8%
State average from 950 schools:	8.4%

Low-Income %: 1.4%

Here:	1.4%
State average from 1608 schools:	27.9%

2002 Student Enrollment: 1511
10th grade Enrollment : 398
11th grade Enrollment : 410
12th grade Enrollment : 352
Special grade Enrollment : 351

White students (%): 87.2%

Here:	87.2%
State average from 1682 schools:	76.8%

African American students (%): 0.9%

Here:	0.9%
State average from 1682 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 1.6%

Here:	1.6%
State average from 1682 schools:	9.9%

Asian students (%): 10.0%

Here:	10.0%
State average from 1682 schools:	4.2%

Native American students (%): 0.30%

Here:	0.30%
State average from 1682 schools:	0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 47.7%

Here:	47.7%
State average from 1682 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 52.3%

Here:	52.3%
State average from 1682 schools:	48.3%

Grades in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

Races in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

First Language Not English # : 141
Limited English Proficient # : 16
Low-Income # : 20

First Language Not English %: 9.3%

Here:	9.3%
State average from 1452 schools:	13.6%

Limited English Proficient %: 1.1%

Here:	1.1%
State average from 887 schools:	7.9%

Low-Income %: 1.3%

Here:	1.3%
State average from 1613 schools:	27.4%

2001 Student Enrollment: 1475
10th grade Enrollment : 413
11th grade Enrollment : 361
12th grade Enrollment : 340
Special grade Enrollment : 361

White students (%): 87.5%

Here:	87.5%
State average from 1664 schools:	77.2%

African American students (%): 0.8%

Here:	0.8%
State average from 1664 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 2.0%

This school:	2.0%
State average from 1664 schools:	9.6%

Asian students (%): 9.1%

Here:	9.1%
State average from 1664 schools:	4.1%

Native American students (%): 0.50%

This school:	0.50%
State average from 1664 schools:	0.32%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 49.1%

Here:	49.1%
State average from 1664 schools:	51.6%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 50.9%

This school:	50.9%
State average from 1664 schools:	48.4%

Grades in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

Races in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

First Language Not English # : 134
Limited English Proficient # : 10
Low-Income # : 8

First Language Not English %: 9.0%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	9.0%
State average from 1347 schools:	14.1%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.7%

Here:	0.7%
State average from 834 schools:	7.7%

Low-Income %: 0.5%

This school:	0.5%
State average from 1635 schools:	26.3%

2007 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 11
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 41

Average number of Absences: 5.4

This school:	5.4
State average from 1782 schools:	8.8

Attendance Rate: 97.0%

This school:	97.0%
State average from 1782 schools:	94.8%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 0.6%

Here:	0.6%
State average from 712 schools:	5.5%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 2.2%

Here:	2.2%
State average from 1093 schools:	8.3%

2006 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 6.4
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 18

Average number of Absences: 6.0

Here:	6.0
State average from 325 schools:	29.0

Attendance Rate: 0.3%

Here:	0.3%
State average from 325 schools:	4.5%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 96.4%

Here:	96.4%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 1.0%

Here:	1.0%
State average from 690 schools:	5.9%

2005 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 4.9
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 11

Average number of Absences: 7.0

Here:	7.0
State average from 322 schools:	31.1

Attendance Rate: 0.4%

Here:	0.4%
State average from 322 schools:	4.2%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 97.0%

Here:	97.0%
State average from 1746 schools:	94.8%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 0.6%

This school:	0.6%
State average from 663 schools:	6.2%

2004 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 6.3
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 2

Average number of Absences: 6.0

Here:	6.0
State average from 313 schools:	32.0

Attendance Rate: 0.4%

Here:	0.4%
State average from 314 schools:	4.6%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 96.4%

Here:	96.4%
State average from 1729 schools:	94.7%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 0.1%

This school:	0.1%
State average from 629 schools:	6.6%

2003 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 10.3
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 8

Average number of Absences: 14.0

This school:	14.0
State average from 282 schools:	30.1

Attendance Rate: 0.9%

Here:	0.9%
State average from 282 schools:	4.4%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 94.2%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	94.2%
State average from 1635 schools:	94.4%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 0.5%

Here:	0.5%
State average from 742 schools:	6.8%

Teacher Count in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

Student/Teacher Ratio in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

2007 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 110
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 105

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 100.0%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 1782 schools:	95.7%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 100.0%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	100.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	95.3%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 17.1

Here:	17.1
State average from 1782 schools:	10.0

2006 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 100
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 94

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 98.4%

Here:	98.4%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 98.3%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	98.3%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.1%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 18.4

Here:	18.4
State average from 1781 schools:	13.4

2005 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 96
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 90

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 99.0%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	99.0%
State average from 1745 schools:	94.4%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 98.9%

Here:	98.9%
State average from 1733 schools:	93.9%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 17.8

This school:	17.8
State average from 1746 schools:	13.6

2004 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 95
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 89

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 100.0%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 1728 schools:	94.1%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 100.0%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 1724 schools:	94.4%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 17.8

This school:	17.8
State average from 1729 schools:	13.8

SAT Results in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

2007 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 426

Reading: 606.0

Here:	606.0
State average from 322 schools:	488.1

Writing: 609.0

Here:	609.0
State average from 322 schools:	483.3

Math: 640.0

Here:	640.0
State average from 322 schools:	496.6

2006 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 422

Reading: 602.0

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	602.0
State average from 316 schools:	489.7

Writing: 599.0

Here:	599.0
State average from 316 schools:	484.0

Math: 634.0

Here:	634.0
State average from 316 schools:	498.9

2005 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Reading: 613.0

Here:	613.0
State average from 299 schools:	500.8

Writing: 634.0

Here:	634.0
State average from 299 schools:	506.6

Math: 383.0

Here:	383.0
State average from 307 schools:	143.7

MCAS Results in Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

2007 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 493
Warning / Failing - English : 3
Needs Improvement - English : 19
Proficiency - English : 230
Advanced - English : 241

Students Tested - Math : 493
Warning / Failing - Math : 7
Needs Improvement - Math : 22
Proficiency - Math : 59
Advanced - Math : 405

MCAS English Results - Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 98.1

This school:	98.1
State average from 336 schools:	88.3

Warning / Failing - English (%): 1.0%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	1.0%
State average from 336 schools:	4.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 4.0%

Here:	4.0%
State average from 336 schools:	24.7%

Proficiency - English (%): 47.0%

This school:	47.0%
State average from 336 schools:	50.1%

Advanced - English (%): 49.0%

Here:	49.0%
State average from 336 schools:	20.5%

MCAS Math Results - Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 97.2

Here:	97.2
State average from 336 schools:	85.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 1.0%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	1.0%
State average from 336 schools:	8.2%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 4.0%

Here:	4.0%
State average from 336 schools:	22.4%

Proficiency - Math (%): 12.0%

Here:	12.0%
State average from 336 schools:	29.0%

Advanced - Math (%): 82.0%

Here:	82.0%
State average from 336 schools:	40.4%

2006 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 431
Warning / Failing - English : 6
Needs Improvement - English : 31
Proficiency - English : 183
Advanced - English : 211

Students Tested - Math : 431
Warning / Failing - Math : 11
Needs Improvement - Math : 25
Proficiency - Math : 71
Advanced - Math : 324

MCAS English Results - Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 96.8

Here:	96.8
State average from 321 schools:	86.0

Warning / Failing - English (%): 1.0%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	1.0%
State average from 321 schools:	6.9%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 7.0%

Here:	7.0%
State average from 321 schools:	26.1%

Proficiency - English (%): 42.0%

Here:	42.0%
State average from 321 schools:	44.3%

Advanced - English (%): 49.0%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	49.0%
State average from 321 schools:	22.8%

MCAS Math Results - Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 96.3

This school:	96.3
State average from 321 schools:	81.8

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 3.0%

Here:	3.0%
State average from 321 schools:	11.5%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 6.0%

This school:	6.0%
State average from 321 schools:	24.9%

Proficiency - Math (%): 16.0%

This school:	16.0%
State average from 321 schools:	28.7%

Advanced - Math (%): 75.0%

Here:	75.0%
State average from 321 schools:	35.0%

2004 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 421
Warning / Failing - English : 9
Needs Improvement - English : 30
Proficiency - English : 200
Advanced - English : 182

Students Tested - Math : 422
Warning / Failing - Math : 7
Needs Improvement - Math : 32
Proficiency - Math : 88
Advanced - Math : 295

MCAS English Results - Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 96.6

Here:	96.6
State average from 317 schools:	80.4

Warning / Failing - English (%): 2.0%

Here:	2.0%
State average from 317 schools:	11.6%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 7.0%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	7.0%
State average from 317 schools:	29.6%

Proficiency - English (%): 48.0%

Here:	48.0%
State average from 317 schools:	31.8%

Advanced - English (%): 43.0%

Here:	43.0%
State average from 317 schools:	27.2%

MCAS Math Results - Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 96.5

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	96.5
State average from 316 schools:	83.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 2.0%

Here:	2.0%
State average from 316 schools:	9.0%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 8.0%

Here:	8.0%
State average from 316 schools:	27.6%

Proficiency - Math (%): 21.0%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	21.0%
State average from 316 schools:	41.9%

Advanced - Math (%): 70.0%

Here:	70.0%
State average from 316 schools:	21.6%

2003 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 386
Warning / Failing - English : 7
Needs Improvement - English : 22
Proficiency - English : 154
Advanced - English : 203

Students Tested - Math : 386
Warning / Failing - Math : 13
Needs Improvement - Math : 36
Proficiency - Math : 94
Advanced - Math : 243

MCAS English Results - Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 97.2

This school:	97.2
State average from 309 schools:	83.1

Warning / Failing - English (%): 2.0%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	2.0%
State average from 309 schools:	8.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 6.0%

Here:	6.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.3%

Proficiency - English (%): 40.0%

Acton-Boxborough Reg High School:	40.0%
State average from 309 schools:	42.9%

Advanced - English (%): 53.0%

Here:	53.0%
State average from 309 schools:	20.2%

MCAS Math Results - Acton-Boxborough Reg High School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 94.8

Here:	94.8
State average from 309 schools:	75.4

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 3.0%

This school:	3.0%
State average from 309 schools:	17.8%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 9.0%

Here:	9.0%
State average from 309 schools:	29.5%

Proficiency - Math (%): 24.0%

Here:	24.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.7%

Advanced - Math (%): 63.0%

Here:	63.0%
State average from 309 schools:	24.1%

Participation Statistics:

2007 Participation - All students - English - 10th Grade:

Enrollment : 498
Standard Assessment : 493
1st Year Limited English Proficiency (LEP) : 1
After October : 4