Leicester High School in Leicester, MA

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174 PAXTON STREET
Leicester, MA 1524

County name: WORCESTER
School type: Regular School
Grade span: 9th grade - 12th grade
Status: Operational
Phone: (508) 892-7030 (make sure to verify first before calling)

Latitude: 42.252
Longitude: -071.908560

2007 Student Enrollment: 575
9th grade Enrollment : 150
10th grade Enrollment : 143
11th grade Enrollment : 150
12th grade Enrollment : 132

Male students (%): 50.1%

This school:	50.1%
State average from 3564 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 49.9%

Here:	49.9%
State average from 3564 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 92.7%

Here:	92.7%
State average from 3564 schools:	71.0%

African American students (%): 1.7%

Here:	1.7%
State average from 3564 schools:	8.9%

Hispanic students (%): 2.6%

Leicester High School:	2.6%
State average from 3564 schools:	13.2%

Asian students (%): 1.6%

Here:	1.6%
State average from 3564 schools:	4.5%

Native American students (%): 0.50%

Leicester High School:	0.50%
State average from 3564 schools:	0.29%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 0.50%

Here:	0.50%
State average from 3564 schools:	0.19%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 0.3%

Here:	0.3%
State average from 3564 schools:	1.9%

First Language Not English # : 18
Limited English Proficient # : 2
Special Education # : 73
Low-Income # : 93
Free Lunch # : 59
Reduced Lunch # : 34

First Language Not English %: 3.1%

Here:	3.1%
State average from 1653 schools:	15.3%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.3%

This school:	0.3%
State average from 1385 schools:	7.6%

Special Education %: 12.7%

Here:	12.7%
State average from 1778 schools:	16.4%

Low-Income %: 16.2%

Here:	16.2%
State average from 1776 schools:	31.2%

Free Lunch %: 10.3%

Leicester High School:	10.3%
State average from 1774 schools:	25.4%

Reduced Lunch %: 5.9%

Here:	5.9%
State average from 1719 schools:	6.0%

2006 Student Enrollment: 575
9th grade Enrollment : 159
10th grade Enrollment : 172
11th grade Enrollment : 133
12th grade Enrollment : 118

Male students (%): 48.6%

Here:	48.6%
State average from 1781 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 51.4%

Here:	51.4%
State average from 1781 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 93.8%

Here:	93.8%
State average from 1781 schools:	71.8%

African American students (%): 1.9%

Here:	1.9%
State average from 1781 schools:	9.0%

Hispanic students (%): 2.2%

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

Asian students (%): 1.4%

Here:	1.4%
State average from 1781 schools:	4.4%

Native American students (%): 0.20%

Here:	0.20%
State average from 1781 schools:	0.31%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 0.50%

Here:	0.50%
State average from 1781 schools:	0.15%

First Language Not English # : 16
Limited English Proficient # : 2
Special Education # : 75
Low-Income # : 74

First Language Not English %: 2.7%

Here:	2.7%
State average from 1633 schools:	14.8%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.3%

This school:	0.3%
State average from 1328 schools:	7.4%

Special Education %: 12.9%

Leicester High School:	12.9%
State average from 1780 schools:	15.9%

Low-Income %: 12.7%

Leicester High School:	12.7%
State average from 1771 schools:	30.5%

2005 Student Enrollment: 575
9th grade Enrollment : 169
10th grade Enrollment : 150
11th grade Enrollment : 115
12th grade Enrollment : 115

White students (%): 95.8%

This school:	95.8%
State average from 1746 schools:	74.4%

African American students (%): 1.1%

This school:	1.1%
State average from 1746 schools:	9.5%

Hispanic students (%): 1.1%

Here:	1.1%
State average from 1746 schools:	11.2%

Asian students (%): 2.0%

Here:	2.0%
State average from 1746 schools:	4.5%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 48.3%

This school:	48.3%
State average from 1746 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 51.7%

Here:	51.7%
State average from 1746 schools:	48.3%

First Language Not English # : 13
Limited English Proficient # : 4
Special Education # : 60
Low-Income # : 50

First Language Not English %: 2.4%

Here:	2.4%
State average from 1573 schools:	14.2%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.7%

Here:	0.7%
State average from 1217 schools:	7.4%

Special Education %: 10.9%

Here:	10.9%
State average from 1745 schools:	15.4%

Low-Income %: 9.1%

Leicester High School:	9.1%
State average from 1735 schools:	29.2%

2004 Student Enrollment: 575
9th grade Enrollment : 163
10th grade Enrollment : 135
11th grade Enrollment : 120
12th grade Enrollment : 137

White students (%): 96.2%

Here:	96.2%
State average from 1729 schools:	75.1%

African American students (%): 1.1%

This school:	1.1%
State average from 1729 schools:	9.4%

Hispanic students (%): 1.3%

Leicester High School:	1.3%
State average from 1729 schools:	10.7%

Asian students (%): 1.4%

This school:	1.4%
State average from 1729 schools:	4.4%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 50.3%

This school:	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%

First Language Not English # : 11
Limited English Proficient # : 1
Special Education # : 63
Low-Income # : 51

First Language Not English %: 2.0%

Here:	2.0%
State average from 1530 schools:	13.9%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.2%

Here:	0.2%
State average from 1098 schools:	7.7%

Special Education %: 11.4%

Here:	11.4%
State average from 1725 schools:	15.0%

Low-Income %: 9.2%

Leicester High School:	9.2%
State average from 1698 schools:	28.9%

2003 Student Enrollment: 575
9th grade Enrollment : 131
10th grade Enrollment : 126
11th grade Enrollment : 145
12th grade Enrollment : 114

White students (%): 95.7%

Here:	95.7%
State average from 1634 schools:	75.8%

African American students (%): 0.8%

This school:	0.8%
State average from 1634 schools:	9.1%

Hispanic students (%): 1.6%

This school:	1.6%
State average from 1634 schools:	10.4%

Asian students (%): 1.9%

This school:	1.9%
State average from 1634 schools:	4.3%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 47.9%

Leicester High School:	47.9%
State average from 1634 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 52.1%

This school:	52.1%
State average from 1634 schools:	48.2%

First Language Not English # : 9
Low-Income # : 76

First Language Not English %: 1.7%

Here:	1.7%
State average from 1462 schools:	14.6%

Low-Income %: 14.7%

Here:	14.7%
State average from 1608 schools:	27.9%

2002 Student Enrollment: 575
10th grade Enrollment : 136
11th grade Enrollment : 152
12th grade Enrollment : 118
Special grade Enrollment : 131

White students (%): 94.6%

Here:	94.6%
State average from 1682 schools:	76.8%

African American students (%): 1.7%

Here:	1.7%
State average from 1682 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 2.2%

Leicester High School:	2.2%
State average from 1682 schools:	9.9%

Asian students (%): 1.5%

Here:	1.5%
State average from 1682 schools:	4.2%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 46.7%

Here:	46.7%
State average from 1682 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 53.3%

This school:	53.3%
State average from 1682 schools:	48.3%

First Language Not English # : 15
Low-Income # : 51

First Language Not English %: 2.8%

This school:	2.8%
State average from 1452 schools:	13.6%

Low-Income %: 9.5%

Here:	9.5%
State average from 1613 schools:	27.4%

2001 Student Enrollment: 575
10th grade Enrollment : 152
11th grade Enrollment : 118
12th grade Enrollment : 130
Special grade Enrollment : 111

White students (%): 93.7%

Leicester High School:	93.7%
State average from 1664 schools:	77.2%

African American students (%): 1.8%

Here:	1.8%
State average from 1664 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 2.9%

Leicester High School:	2.9%
State average from 1664 schools:	9.6%

Asian students (%): 1.6%

This school:	1.6%
State average from 1664 schools:	4.1%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 47.2%

Here:	47.2%
State average from 1664 schools:	51.6%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 52.8%

Leicester High School:	52.8%
State average from 1664 schools:	48.4%

First Language Not English # : 19
Limited English Proficient # : 2
Low-Income # : 47

First Language Not English %: 3.7%

Here:	3.7%
State average from 1347 schools:	14.1%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.4%

Here:	0.4%
State average from 834 schools:	7.7%

Low-Income %: 9.2%

This school:	9.2%
State average from 1635 schools:	26.3%

2007 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 98
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 61

Average number of Absences: 10.5

Here:	10.5
State average from 1782 schools:	8.8

Attendance Rate: 93.7%

Here:	93.7%
State average from 1782 schools:	94.8%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 17.0%

Here:	17.0%
State average from 712 schools:	5.5%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 10.6%

This school:	10.6%
State average from 1093 schools:	8.3%

2006 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 10.2
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 92

Average number of Absences: 14.0

Here:	14.0
State average from 325 schools:	29.0

Attendance Rate: 2.4%

Here:	2.4%
State average from 325 schools:	4.5%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 93.9%

Here:	93.9%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 15.8%

Here:	15.8%
State average from 690 schools:	5.9%

2005 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 9.9

Average number of Absences: 15.0

Leicester High School:	15.0
State average from 322 schools:	31.1

Attendance Rate: 2.7%

Here:	2.7%
State average from 322 schools:	4.2%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 94.2%

Here:	94.2%
State average from 1746 schools:	94.8%

2004 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 10.7

Average number of Absences: 16.0

Here:	16.0
State average from 313 schools:	32.0

Attendance Rate: 2.9%

Leicester High School:	2.9%
State average from 314 schools:	4.6%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 93.7%

Here:	93.7%
State average from 1729 schools:	94.7%

2003 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 10.7
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 14

Average number of Absences: 21.0

Here:	21.0
State average from 282 schools:	30.1

Attendance Rate: 4.1%

This school:	4.1%
State average from 282 schools:	4.4%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 93.7%

Here:	93.7%
State average from 1635 schools:	94.4%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 2.7%

Here:	2.7%
State average from 742 schools:	6.8%

2007 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 41
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%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	95.3%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 14.2

Here:	14.2
State average from 1782 schools:	10.0

2006 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 41
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 32

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 97.6%

Here:	97.6%
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: 14.2

Leicester High School:	14.2
State average from 1781 schools:	13.4

2005 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 38
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 30

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 100.0%

Here:	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: 14.6

Here:	14.6
State average from 1746 schools:	13.6

2004 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 39
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 32

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%

Leicester High School:	100.0%
State average from 1724 schools:	94.4%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 14.3

Here:	14.3
State average from 1729 schools:	13.8

2007 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 107

Reading: 487.0

This school:	487.0
State average from 322 schools:	488.1

Writing: 482.0

Here:	482.0
State average from 322 schools:	483.3

Math: 481.0

Here:	481.0
State average from 322 schools:	496.6

2006 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 85

Reading: 487.0

This school:	487.0
State average from 316 schools:	489.7

Writing: 482.0

Here:	482.0
State average from 316 schools:	484.0

Math: 485.0

Here:	485.0
State average from 316 schools:	498.9

2005 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Reading: 516.0

Here:	516.0
State average from 299 schools:	500.8

Writing: 507.0

Here:	507.0
State average from 299 schools:	506.6

Math: 83.0

Leicester High School:	83.0
State average from 307 schools:	143.7

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

Students Tested - English : 127
Warning / Failing - English : 2
Needs Improvement - English : 25
Proficiency - English : 72
Proficiency and Above - English : 28

Students Tested - Math : 125
Warning / Failing - Math : 2
Needs Improvement - Math : 40
Proficiency - Math : 36
Proficiency and Above - Math : 47

Composite Performance Index - English: 92.3

This school:	92.3
State average from 336 schools:	88.3

Warning / Failing - English (%): 2.0%

Here:	2.0%
State average from 336 schools:	4.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 20.0%

This school:	20.0%
State average from 336 schools:	24.7%

Proficiency - English (%): 57.0%

This school:	57.0%
State average from 336 schools:	50.1%

Proficiency and Above - English (%): 22.0%

Here:	22.0%
State average from 336 schools:	20.5%

Composite Performance Index - Math: 88.0

Here:	88.0
State average from 336 schools:	85.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 2.0%

Here:	2.0%
State average from 336 schools:	8.2%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 32.0%

Here:	32.0%
State average from 336 schools:	22.4%

Proficiency - Math (%): 29.0%

This school:	29.0%
State average from 336 schools:	29.0%

Proficiency and Above - Math (%): 38.0%

Leicester High School:	38.0%
State average from 336 schools:	40.4%

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

Students Tested - English : 138
Warning / Failing - English : 4
Needs Improvement - English : 30
Proficiency - English : 62
Proficiency and Above - English : 42

Students Tested - Math : 138
Warning / Failing - Math : 14
Needs Improvement - Math : 40
Proficiency - Math : 39
Proficiency and Above - Math : 45

Composite Performance Index - English: 90.2

This school:	90.2
State average from 321 schools:	86.0

Warning / Failing - English (%): 3.0%

Here:	3.0%
State average from 321 schools:	6.9%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 22.0%

This school:	22.0%
State average from 321 schools:	26.1%

Proficiency - English (%): 45.0%

Leicester High School:	45.0%
State average from 321 schools:	44.3%

Proficiency and Above - English (%): 30.0%

Here:	30.0%
State average from 321 schools:	22.8%

Composite Performance Index - Math: 82.1

This school:	82.1
State average from 321 schools:	81.8

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 10.0%

This school:	10.0%
State average from 321 schools:	11.5%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 29.0%

Leicester High School:	29.0%
State average from 321 schools:	24.9%

Proficiency - Math (%): 28.0%

Leicester High School:	28.0%
State average from 321 schools:	28.7%

Proficiency and Above - Math (%): 33.0%

Here:	33.0%
State average from 321 schools:	35.0%

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

Students Tested - English : 114
Warning / Failing - English : 11
Needs Improvement - English : 36
Proficiency - English : 49
Proficiency and Above - English : 18

Students Tested - Math : 74
Warning / Failing - Math : 5
Needs Improvement - Math : 13
Proficiency - Math : 25
Proficiency and Above - Math : 31

Composite Performance Index - English: 80.7

Here:	80.7
State average from 317 schools:	80.4

Warning / Failing - English (%): 10.0%

Leicester High School:	10.0%
State average from 317 schools:	11.6%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 32.0%

This school:	32.0%
State average from 317 schools:	29.6%

Proficiency - English (%): 43.0%

Here:	43.0%
State average from 317 schools:	31.8%

Proficiency and Above - English (%): 16.0%

Here:	16.0%
State average from 317 schools:	27.2%

Composite Performance Index - Math: 90.9

Here:	90.9
State average from 316 schools:	83.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 7.0%

This school:	7.0%
State average from 316 schools:	9.0%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 18.0%

Here:	18.0%
State average from 316 schools:	27.6%

Proficiency - Math (%): 34.0%

Here:	34.0%
State average from 316 schools:	41.9%

Proficiency and Above - Math (%): 42.0%

This school:	42.0%
State average from 316 schools:	21.6%

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

Students Tested - English : 116
Warning / Failing - English : 4
Needs Improvement - English : 33
Proficiency - English : 54
Proficiency and Above - English : 25

Students Tested - Math : 116
Warning / Failing - Math : 13
Needs Improvement - Math : 39
Proficiency - Math : 39
Proficiency and Above - Math : 25

Composite Performance Index - English: 86.9

Leicester High School:	86.9
State average from 309 schools:	83.1

Warning / Failing - English (%): 3.0%

Here:	3.0%
State average from 309 schools:	8.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 28.0%

Here:	28.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.3%

Proficiency - English (%): 47.0%

This school:	47.0%
State average from 309 schools:	42.9%

Proficiency and Above - English (%): 22.0%

Here:	22.0%
State average from 309 schools:	20.2%

Composite Performance Index - Math: 79.5

Here:	79.5
State average from 309 schools:	75.4

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 11.0%

Here:	11.0%
State average from 309 schools:	17.8%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 34.0%

Leicester High School:	34.0%
State average from 309 schools:	29.5%

Proficiency - Math (%): 34.0%

Leicester High School:	34.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.7%

Proficiency and Above - Math (%): 22.0%

Here:	22.0%
State average from 309 schools:	24.1%

Participation Statistics:

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

Enrollment : 128
Standard Assessment : 127
After October : 1

AYP participation rate: 100.0%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 341 schools:	99.5%

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

AYP participation rate : 100%
Enrollment : 127
Standard Assessment : 125
Absent : 1
After October : 1

AYP participation rate: 99.0%

Here:	99.0%
State average from 341 schools:	99.0%

2007 Participation - Low income subgroup - English - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 99%
Enrollment : 19
Standard Assessment : 19

AYP participation rate: 100.0%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 285 schools:	99.1%

2007 Participation - Low income subgroup - Math - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 100%
Enrollment : 18
Standard Assessment : 18

AYP participation rate: 100.0%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 284 schools:	98.3%

2007 Participation - Black/African American subgroup - English - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 100%

2007 Participation - White subgroup - English - 10th Grade:

Enrollment : 117
Standard Assessment : 116
After October : 1

AYP participation rate: 100.0%

This school:	100.0%
State average from 312 schools:	99.6%

2007 Participation - White subgroup - Math - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 100%
Enrollment : 116
Standard Assessment : 114
Absent : 1
After October : 1

AYP participation rate: 99.0%

Here:	99.0%
State average from 310 schools:	99.3%

2007 Participation - Multi-race subgroup - English - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 99%

2007 Participation - Special Education subgroup - English - 10th Grade:

Enrollment : 12
Standard Assessment : 12

AYP participation rate: 100.0%

This school:	100.0%
State average from 284 schools:	98.6%

2007 Participation - Special Education subgroup - Math - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 100%
Enrollment : 12
Standard Assessment : 12

AYP participation rate: 100.0%

This school:	100.0%
State average from 286 schools:	97.8%

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