Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School in Canton, Massachusetts (MA)

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800 RANDOLPH STREET
Canton, MA 2021

County name: Norfolk
School type: Vocational School
Grade span: 9th grade - 12th grade

Status: Operational
Phone: (781) 828-5800 (make sure to verify first before calling)

Latitude: 42.182
Longitude: -071.104050

Enrollment in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

2007 Student Enrollment: 851
9th grade Enrollment : 233
10th grade Enrollment : 221
11th grade Enrollment : 218
12th grade Enrollment : 179

Male students (%): 61.3%

Here:	61.3%
State average from 3564 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 38.7%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	38.7%
State average from 3564 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 85.1%

Here:	85.1%
State average from 3564 schools:	71.0%

African American students (%): 10.8%

Here:	10.8%
State average from 3564 schools:	8.9%

Hispanic students (%): 3.1%

Here:	3.1%
State average from 3564 schools:	13.2%

Native American students (%): 0.10%

Here:	0.10%
State average from 3564 schools:	0.29%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 0.9%

Here:	0.9%
State average from 3564 schools:	1.9%

Genders in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

Grades in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

Races in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

First Language Not English # : 2
Limited English Proficient # : 2
Special Education # : 215
Low-Income # : 152
Free Lunch # : 100
Reduced Lunch # : 52

First Language Not English %: 0.2%

This school:	0.2%
State average from 1653 schools:	15.3%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.2%

Here:	0.2%
State average from 1385 schools:	7.6%

Special Education %: 25.3%

Here:	25.3%
State average from 1778 schools:	16.4%

Low-Income %: 17.9%

Here:	17.9%
State average from 1776 schools:	31.2%

Free Lunch %: 11.8%

Here:	11.8%
State average from 1774 schools:	25.4%

Reduced Lunch %: 6.1%

Here:	6.1%
State average from 1719 schools:	6.0%

2006 Student Enrollment: 826
9th grade Enrollment : 227
10th grade Enrollment : 230
11th grade Enrollment : 196
12th grade Enrollment : 173

Male students (%): 63.3%

Here:	63.3%
State average from 1781 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 36.7%

Here:	36.7%
State average from 1781 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 79.5%

Here:	79.5%
State average from 1781 schools:	71.8%

African American students (%): 14.9%

Here:	14.9%
State average from 1781 schools:	9.0%

Hispanic students (%): 4.1%

Here:	4.1%
State average from 1781 schools:	12.7%

Native American students (%): 0.40%

This school:	0.40%
State average from 1781 schools:	0.31%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 1.1%

Here:	1.1%
State average from 1781 schools:	1.6%

Genders in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

Grades in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

Races in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

First Language Not English # : 4
Limited English Proficient # : 4
Special Education # : 223
Low-Income # : 145

First Language Not English %: 0.5%

Here:	0.5%
State average from 1633 schools:	14.8%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.5%

Here:	0.5%
State average from 1328 schools:	7.4%

Special Education %: 27.0%

This school:	27.0%
State average from 1780 schools:	15.9%

Low-Income %: 17.6%

Here:	17.6%
State average from 1771 schools:	30.5%

2005 Student Enrollment: 780
9th grade Enrollment : 212
10th grade Enrollment : 202
11th grade Enrollment : 192
12th grade Enrollment : 174

White students (%): 83.1%

This school:	83.1%
State average from 1746 schools:	74.4%

African American students (%): 12.4%

Here:	12.4%
State average from 1746 schools:	9.5%

Hispanic students (%): 3.5%

Here:	3.5%
State average from 1746 schools:	11.2%

Asian students (%): 0.5%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	0.5%
State average from 1746 schools:	4.5%

Native American students (%): 0.50%

This school:	0.50%
State average from 1746 schools:	0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 61.0%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	61.0%
State average from 1746 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 39.0%

Here:	39.0%
State average from 1746 schools:	48.3%

Grades in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

Races in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

First Language Not English # : 5
Limited English Proficient # : 5
Special Education # : 216
Low-Income # : 109

First Language Not English %: 0.6%

Here:	0.6%
State average from 1573 schools:	14.2%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.6%

Here:	0.6%
State average from 1217 schools:	7.4%

Special Education %: 27.7%

Here:	27.7%
State average from 1745 schools:	15.4%

Low-Income %: 14.0%

This school:	14.0%
State average from 1735 schools:	29.2%

2004 Student Enrollment: 809
9th grade Enrollment : 205
10th grade Enrollment : 216
11th grade Enrollment : 199
12th grade Enrollment : 189

White students (%): 84.8%

Here:	84.8%
State average from 1729 schools:	75.1%

African American students (%): 10.1%

Here:	10.1%
State average from 1729 schools:	9.4%

Hispanic students (%): 3.5%

This school:	3.5%
State average from 1729 schools:	10.7%

Asian students (%): 1.1%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	1.1%
State average from 1729 schools:	4.4%

Native American students (%): 0.50%

Here:	0.50%
State average from 1729 schools:	0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 60.8%

Here:	60.8%
State average from 1729 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 39.2%

Here:	39.2%
State average from 1729 schools:	48.1%

Grades in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

Races in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

Special Education # : 256
Low-Income # : 115

Special Education %: 31.6%

This school:	31.6%
State average from 1725 schools:	15.0%

Low-Income %: 14.2%

This school:	14.2%
State average from 1698 schools:	28.9%

2003 Student Enrollment: 839
9th grade Enrollment : 232
10th grade Enrollment : 215
11th grade Enrollment : 201
12th grade Enrollment : 191

White students (%): 86.1%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	86.1%
State average from 1634 schools:	75.8%

African American students (%): 9.2%

Here:	9.2%
State average from 1634 schools:	9.1%

Hispanic students (%): 3.7%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	3.7%
State average from 1634 schools:	10.4%

Asian students (%): 0.8%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	0.8%
State average from 1634 schools:	4.3%

Native American students (%): 0.20%

Here:	0.20%
State average from 1634 schools:	0.36%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 62.6%

Here:	62.6%
State average from 1634 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 37.4%

Here:	37.4%
State average from 1634 schools:	48.2%

Grades in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

Races in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

Low-Income # : 113

Low-Income %: 13.5%

Here:	13.5%
State average from 1608 schools:	27.9%

2002 Student Enrollment: 806
10th grade Enrollment : 208
11th grade Enrollment : 210
12th grade Enrollment : 212
Special grade Enrollment : 176

White students (%): 86.3%

This school:	86.3%
State average from 1682 schools:	76.8%

African American students (%): 9.1%

Here:	9.1%
State average from 1682 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 3.8%

Here:	3.8%
State average from 1682 schools:	9.9%

Asian students (%): 0.7%

Here:	0.7%
State average from 1682 schools:	4.2%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 62.2%

Here:	62.2%
State average from 1682 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 37.8%

Here:	37.8%
State average from 1682 schools:	48.3%

Grades in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

Races in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

Low-Income # : 105

Low-Income %: 12.9%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	12.9%
State average from 1613 schools:	27.4%

2001 Student Enrollment: 818
10th grade Enrollment : 205
11th grade Enrollment : 233
12th grade Enrollment : 200
Special grade Enrollment : 180

White students (%): 86.4%

Here:	86.4%
State average from 1664 schools:	77.2%

African American students (%): 8.7%

This school:	8.7%
State average from 1664 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 3.8%

Here:	3.8%
State average from 1664 schools:	9.6%

Asian students (%): 0.9%

Here:	0.9%
State average from 1664 schools:	4.1%

Native American students (%): 0.20%

Here:	0.20%
State average from 1664 schools:	0.32%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 60.0%

Here:	60.0%
State average from 1664 schools:	51.6%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 40.0%

Here:	40.0%
State average from 1664 schools:	48.4%

Grades in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

Races in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

Low-Income # : 98

Low-Income %: 11.2%

Here:	11.2%
State average from 1635 schools:	26.3%

2007 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 77
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 91

Average number of Absences: 9.0

Here:	9.0
State average from 1782 schools:	8.8

Attendance Rate: 94.8%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	94.8%
State average from 1782 schools:	94.8%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 9.0%

Here:	9.0%
State average from 712 schools:	5.5%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 10.7%

Here:	10.7%
State average from 1093 schools:	8.3%

2006 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 10.6
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 62

Average number of Absences: 15.0

This school:	15.0
State average from 325 schools:	29.0

Attendance Rate: 1.8%

This school:	1.8%
State average from 325 schools:	4.5%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 94.0%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	94.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 7.5%

This school:	7.5%
State average from 690 schools:	5.9%

2005 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 11
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 73

Average number of Absences: 16.0

Here:	16.0
State average from 322 schools:	31.1

Attendance Rate: 2.1%

This school:	2.1%
State average from 322 schools:	4.2%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 93.6%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	93.6%
State average from 1746 schools:	94.8%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 9.4%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	9.4%
State average from 663 schools:	6.2%

2004 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 12.3
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 124

Average number of Absences: 8.0

Here:	8.0
State average from 313 schools:	32.0

Attendance Rate: 1.0%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	1.0%
State average from 314 schools:	4.6%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 92.8%

Here:	92.8%
State average from 1729 schools:	94.7%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 15.3%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	15.3%
State average from 629 schools:	6.6%

2003 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 11.5
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 119

Average number of Absences: 5.0

Here:	5.0
State average from 282 schools:	30.1

Attendance Rate: 0.6%

This school:	0.6%
State average from 282 schools:	4.4%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 93.2%

Here:	93.2%
State average from 1635 schools:	94.4%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 14.2%

Here:	14.2%
State average from 742 schools:	6.8%

Teacher Count in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

Student/Teacher Ratio in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

2007 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 95
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 33

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%

This school:	100.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	95.3%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 9.0

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	9.0
State average from 1782 schools:	10.0

2006 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 90
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 31

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 99.3%

Here:	99.3%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

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

Here:	100.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.1%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 9.2

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	9.2
State average from 1781 schools:	13.4

2005 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 88
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 26

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 100.0%

This school:	100.0%
State average from 1745 schools:	94.4%

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

Here:	100.0%
State average from 1733 schools:	93.9%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 8.8

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	8.8
State average from 1746 schools:	13.6

2004 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 93
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 29

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: 8.7

Here:	8.7
State average from 1729 schools:	13.8

SAT Results in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

2007 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 76

Reading: 429.0

Here:	429.0
State average from 322 schools:	488.1

Writing: 400.0

Here:	400.0
State average from 322 schools:	483.3

Math: 443.0

This school:	443.0
State average from 322 schools:	496.6

2006 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 74

Reading: 440.0

Here:	440.0
State average from 316 schools:	489.7

Writing: 421.0

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	421.0
State average from 316 schools:	484.0

Math: 449.0

This school:	449.0
State average from 316 schools:	498.9

2005 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Reading: 429.0

Here:	429.0
State average from 299 schools:	500.8

Writing: 434.0

This school:	434.0
State average from 299 schools:	506.6

Math: 81.0

Here:	81.0
State average from 307 schools:	143.7

MCAS Results in Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

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

Students Tested - English : 217
Warning / Failing - English : 4
Needs Improvement - English : 89
Proficiency - English : 118
Advanced - English : 6

Students Tested - Math : 214
Warning / Failing - Math : 18
Needs Improvement - Math : 63
Proficiency - Math : 74
Advanced - Math : 59

MCAS English Results - Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 85.8

Here:	85.8
State average from 336 schools:	88.3

Warning / Failing - English (%): 2.0%

This school:	2.0%
State average from 336 schools:	4.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 41.0%

Here:	41.0%
State average from 336 schools:	24.7%

Proficiency - English (%): 54.0%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	54.0%
State average from 336 schools:	50.1%

Advanced - English (%): 3.0%

Here:	3.0%
State average from 336 schools:	20.5%

MCAS Math Results - Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 83.2

Here:	83.2
State average from 336 schools:	85.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 8.0%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	8.0%
State average from 336 schools:	8.2%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 29.0%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	29.0%
State average from 336 schools:	22.4%

Proficiency - Math (%): 35.0%

Here:	35.0%
State average from 336 schools:	29.0%

Advanced - Math (%): 28.0%

Here:	28.0%
State average from 336 schools:	40.4%

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

Students Tested - English : 197
Warning / Failing - English : 15
Needs Improvement - English : 90
Proficiency - English : 86
Advanced - English : 6

Students Tested - Math : 197
Warning / Failing - Math : 28
Needs Improvement - Math : 66
Proficiency - Math : 60
Advanced - Math : 43

MCAS English Results - Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 77.4

Here:	77.4
State average from 321 schools:	86.0

Warning / Failing - English (%): 8.0%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	8.0%
State average from 321 schools:	6.9%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 46.0%

Here:	46.0%
State average from 321 schools:	26.1%

Proficiency - English (%): 44.0%

Here:	44.0%
State average from 321 schools:	44.3%

Advanced - English (%): 3.0%

Here:	3.0%
State average from 321 schools:	22.8%

MCAS Math Results - Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 76.4

This school:	76.4
State average from 321 schools:	81.8

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 14.0%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	14.0%
State average from 321 schools:	11.5%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 34.0%

This school:	34.0%
State average from 321 schools:	24.9%

Proficiency - Math (%): 30.0%

Here:	30.0%
State average from 321 schools:	28.7%

Advanced - Math (%): 22.0%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	22.0%
State average from 321 schools:	35.0%

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

Students Tested - English : 207
Warning / Failing - English : 21
Needs Improvement - English : 93
Proficiency - English : 85
Advanced - English : 8

Students Tested - Math : 207
Warning / Failing - Math : 46
Needs Improvement - Math : 93
Proficiency - Math : 45
Advanced - Math : 23

MCAS English Results - Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 75.8

Here:	75.8
State average from 317 schools:	80.4

Warning / Failing - English (%): 10.0%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	10.0%
State average from 317 schools:	11.6%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 45.0%

This school:	45.0%
State average from 317 schools:	29.6%

Proficiency - English (%): 41.0%

Here:	41.0%
State average from 317 schools:	31.8%

Advanced - English (%): 4.0%

Here:	4.0%
State average from 317 schools:	27.2%

MCAS Math Results - Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 65.6

Here:	65.6
State average from 316 schools:	83.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 22.0%

This school:	22.0%
State average from 316 schools:	9.0%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 45.0%

Here:	45.0%
State average from 316 schools:	27.6%

Proficiency - Math (%): 22.0%

Here:	22.0%
State average from 316 schools:	41.9%

Advanced - Math (%): 11.0%

Here:	11.0%
State average from 316 schools:	21.6%

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

Students Tested - English : 207
Warning / Failing - English : 16
Needs Improvement - English : 121
Proficiency - English : 67
Advanced - English : 3

Students Tested - Math : 209
Warning / Failing - Math : 59
Needs Improvement - Math : 99
Proficiency - Math : 42
Advanced - Math : 9

MCAS English Results - Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

MCAS English Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - English: 72.6

This school:	72.6
State average from 309 schools:	83.1

Warning / Failing - English (%): 8.0%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	8.0%
State average from 309 schools:	8.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 58.0%

Here:	58.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.3%

Proficiency - English (%): 32.0%

This school:	32.0%
State average from 309 schools:	42.9%

Advanced - English (%): 1.0%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	1.0%
State average from 309 schools:	20.2%

MCAS Math Results - Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School

MCAS Math Results - Massachusetts

Composite Performance Index - Math: 59.4

Here:	59.4
State average from 309 schools:	75.4

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 28.0%

This school:	28.0%
State average from 309 schools:	17.8%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 47.0%

This school:	47.0%
State average from 309 schools:	29.5%

Proficiency - Math (%): 20.0%

This school:	20.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.7%

Advanced - Math (%): 4.0%

Blue Hills Reg Voc Tech School:	4.0%
State average from 309 schools:	24.1%

Participation Statistics:

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

Enrollment : 218
Standard Assessment : 217
Absent : 1