Worcester Voc High School in Worcester, MA

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2 GROVE STREET
Worcester, MA 1605

County name: WORCESTER
School type: Vocational School
Grade span: 9th grade - 12th grade
Status: Operational
Phone: (508) 799-1980 (make sure to verify first before calling)

Latitude: 42.273
Longitude: -071.799550

2007 Student Enrollment: 12
9th grade Enrollment : 399
10th grade Enrollment : 319
11th grade Enrollment : 254
12th grade Enrollment : 227
Special grade Enrollment : 1

Male students (%): 56.6%

Here:	56.6%
State average from 3564 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 43.4%

Here:	43.4%
State average from 3564 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 52.8%

This school:	52.8%
State average from 3564 schools:	71.0%

African American students (%): 7.4%

This school:	7.4%
State average from 3564 schools:	8.9%

Hispanic students (%): 35.6%

This school:	35.6%
State average from 3564 schools:	13.2%

Asian students (%): 1.9%

Here:	1.9%
State average from 3564 schools:	4.5%

Native American students (%): 1.30%

Here:	1.30%
State average from 3564 schools:	0.29%

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

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

First Language Not English # : 365
Limited English Proficient # : 30
Special Education # : 207
Low-Income # : 711
Free Lunch # : 584
Reduced Lunch # : 127

First Language Not English %: 30.4%

Here:	30.4%
State average from 1653 schools:	15.3%

Limited English Proficient %: 2.5%

Worcester Voc High School:	2.5%
State average from 1385 schools:	7.6%

Special Education %: 17.3%

Worcester Voc High School:	17.3%
State average from 1778 schools:	16.4%

Low-Income %: 59.3%

Here:	59.3%
State average from 1776 schools:	31.2%

Free Lunch %: 48.7%

Here:	48.7%
State average from 1774 schools:	25.4%

Reduced Lunch %: 10.6%

Here:	10.6%
State average from 1719 schools:	6.0%

2006 Student Enrollment: 12
9th grade Enrollment : 334
10th grade Enrollment : 275
11th grade Enrollment : 250
12th grade Enrollment : 204

Male students (%): 55.2%

Here:	55.2%
State average from 1781 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 44.8%

Here:	44.8%
State average from 1781 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 54.6%

Here:	54.6%
State average from 1781 schools:	71.8%

African American students (%): 6.1%

Here:	6.1%
State average from 1781 schools:	9.0%

Hispanic students (%): 36.5%

Here:	36.5%
State average from 1781 schools:	12.7%

Asian students (%): 1.2%

Here:	1.2%
State average from 1781 schools:	4.4%

Native American students (%): 1.20%

Worcester Voc High School:	1.20%
State average from 1781 schools:	0.31%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 0.4%

Here:	0.4%
State average from 1781 schools:	1.6%

First Language Not English # : 326
Limited English Proficient # : 21
Special Education # : 160
Low-Income # : 654

First Language Not English %: 30.7%

Here:	30.7%
State average from 1633 schools:	14.8%

Limited English Proficient %: 2.0%

Here:	2.0%
State average from 1328 schools:	7.4%

Special Education %: 15.1%

Worcester Voc High School:	15.1%
State average from 1780 schools:	15.9%

Low-Income %: 61.5%

Here:	61.5%
State average from 1771 schools:	30.5%

2005 Student Enrollment: 12
9th grade Enrollment : 313
10th grade Enrollment : 276
11th grade Enrollment : 235
12th grade Enrollment : 206

White students (%): 54.5%

Here:	54.5%
State average from 1746 schools:	74.4%

African American students (%): 6.9%

This school:	6.9%
State average from 1746 schools:	9.5%

Hispanic students (%): 36.0%

This school:	36.0%
State average from 1746 schools:	11.2%

Asian students (%): 1.3%

This school:	1.3%
State average from 1746 schools:	4.5%

Native American students (%): 1.40%

This school:	1.40%
State average from 1746 schools:	0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 54.8%

Here:	54.8%
State average from 1746 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 45.2%

Here:	45.2%
State average from 1746 schools:	48.3%

First Language Not English # : 320
Limited English Proficient # : 15
Special Education # : 168
Low-Income # : 647

First Language Not English %: 31.1%

Here:	31.1%
State average from 1573 schools:	14.2%

Limited English Proficient %: 1.5%

Here:	1.5%
State average from 1217 schools:	7.4%

Special Education %: 16.3%

Here:	16.3%
State average from 1745 schools:	15.4%

Low-Income %: 62.8%

Here:	62.8%
State average from 1735 schools:	29.2%

2004 Student Enrollment: 12
9th grade Enrollment : 308
10th grade Enrollment : 267
11th grade Enrollment : 266
12th grade Enrollment : 176

White students (%): 57.2%

This school:	57.2%
State average from 1729 schools:	75.1%

African American students (%): 7.6%

Here:	7.6%
State average from 1729 schools:	9.4%

Hispanic students (%): 32.7%

Here:	32.7%
State average from 1729 schools:	10.7%

Asian students (%): 1.3%

Here:	1.3%
State average from 1729 schools:	4.4%

Native American students (%): 1.20%

Here:	1.20%
State average from 1729 schools:	0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 56.8%

Here:	56.8%
State average from 1729 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 43.2%

This school:	43.2%
State average from 1729 schools:	48.1%

First Language Not English # : 304
Limited English Proficient # : 29
Special Education # : 191
Low-Income # : 673

First Language Not English %: 29.9%

This school:	29.9%
State average from 1530 schools:	13.9%

Limited English Proficient %: 2.9%

Here:	2.9%
State average from 1098 schools:	7.7%

Special Education %: 18.8%

Here:	18.8%
State average from 1725 schools:	15.0%

Low-Income %: 66.2%

Here:	66.2%
State average from 1698 schools:	28.9%

2003 Student Enrollment: 12
9th grade Enrollment : 298
10th grade Enrollment : 292
11th grade Enrollment : 234
12th grade Enrollment : 177

White students (%): 55.7%

Worcester Voc High School:	55.7%
State average from 1634 schools:	75.8%

African American students (%): 9.6%

This school:	9.6%
State average from 1634 schools:	9.1%

Hispanic students (%): 32.4%

Worcester Voc High School:	32.4%
State average from 1634 schools:	10.4%

Asian students (%): 1.3%

Here:	1.3%
State average from 1634 schools:	4.3%

Native American students (%): 1.10%

This school:	1.10%
State average from 1634 schools:	0.36%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 57.8%

Here:	57.8%
State average from 1634 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 42.2%

This school:	42.2%
State average from 1634 schools:	48.2%

First Language Not English # : 287
Limited English Proficient # : 33
Low-Income # : 522

First Language Not English %: 27.8%

Here:	27.8%
State average from 1462 schools:	14.6%

Limited English Proficient %: 3.2%

This school:	3.2%
State average from 950 schools:	8.4%

Low-Income %: 50.5%

This school:	50.5%
State average from 1608 schools:	27.9%

2002 Student Enrollment: 12
10th grade Enrollment : 322
11th grade Enrollment : 261
12th grade Enrollment : 204
Special grade Enrollment : 180

White students (%): 56.6%

Here:	56.6%
State average from 1682 schools:	76.8%

African American students (%): 9.8%

Here:	9.8%
State average from 1682 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 31.7%

This school:	31.7%
State average from 1682 schools:	9.9%

Asian students (%): 1.1%

This school:	1.1%
State average from 1682 schools:	4.2%

Native American students (%): 0.80%

Here:	0.80%
State average from 1682 schools:	0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 57.4%

Here:	57.4%
State average from 1682 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 42.6%

Here:	42.6%
State average from 1682 schools:	48.3%

First Language Not English # : 276
Limited English Proficient # : 10
Low-Income # : 512

First Language Not English %: 27.8%

Here:	27.8%
State average from 1452 schools:	13.6%

Limited English Proficient %: 1.0%

Worcester Voc High School:	1.0%
State average from 887 schools:	7.9%

Low-Income %: 51.6%

This school:	51.6%
State average from 1613 schools:	27.4%

2001 Student Enrollment: 12
10th grade Enrollment : 326
11th grade Enrollment : 225
12th grade Enrollment : 218
Special grade Enrollment : 194

White students (%): 55.7%

Here:	55.7%
State average from 1664 schools:	77.2%

African American students (%): 9.3%

Here:	9.3%
State average from 1664 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 32.3%

This school:	32.3%
State average from 1664 schools:	9.6%

Asian students (%): 2.2%

This school:	2.2%
State average from 1664 schools:	4.1%

Native American students (%): 0.50%

Here:	0.50%
State average from 1664 schools:	0.32%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 58.7%

Here:	58.7%
State average from 1664 schools:	51.6%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 41.3%

Here:	41.3%
State average from 1664 schools:	48.4%

First Language Not English # : 259
Low-Income # : 479

First Language Not English %: 25.6%

Here:	25.6%
State average from 1347 schools:	14.1%

Low-Income %: 47.3%

This school:	47.3%
State average from 1635 schools:	26.3%

2007 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 288
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 291

Average number of Absences: 11.8

Here:	11.8
State average from 1782 schools:	8.8

Attendance Rate: 93.3%

Worcester Voc High School:	93.3%
State average from 1782 schools:	94.8%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 24.0%

Here:	24.0%
State average from 712 schools:	5.5%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 24.3%

Worcester Voc High School:	24.3%
State average from 1093 schools:	8.3%

2006 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 11.6
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 245

Average number of Absences: 19.0

Here:	19.0
State average from 325 schools:	29.0

Attendance Rate: 1.8%

Here:	1.8%
State average from 325 schools:	4.5%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 93.4%

Here:	93.4%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 23.0%

Here:	23.0%
State average from 690 schools:	5.9%

2005 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 14.4
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 101

Average number of Absences: 35.0

Here:	35.0
State average from 322 schools:	31.1

Attendance Rate: 3.4%

Here:	3.4%
State average from 322 schools:	4.2%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 91.7%

Here:	91.7%
State average from 1746 schools:	94.8%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 9.8%

Here:	9.8%
State average from 663 schools:	6.2%

2004 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 14.5
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 420

Average number of Absences: 48.0

Here:	48.0
State average from 313 schools:	32.0

Attendance Rate: 4.7%

Here:	4.7%
State average from 314 schools:	4.6%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 91.4%

Worcester Voc High School:	91.4%
State average from 1729 schools:	94.7%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 41.3%

This school:	41.3%
State average from 629 schools:	6.6%

2003 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 12.7
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 408

Average number of Absences: 38.0

This school:	38.0
State average from 282 schools:	30.1

Attendance Rate: 3.8%

Here:	3.8%
State average from 282 schools:	4.4%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 92.5%

This school:	92.5%
State average from 1635 schools:	94.4%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 39.5%

Worcester Voc High School:	39.5%
State average from 742 schools:	6.8%

2007 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 126
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 52

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 95.6%

Here:	95.6%
State average from 1782 schools:	95.7%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 94.2%

Here:	94.2%
State average from 1781 schools:	95.3%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 9.6

Here:	9.6
State average from 1782 schools:	10.0

2006 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 118
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 49

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 88.1%

Here:	88.1%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 89.8%

Worcester Voc High School:	89.8%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.1%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 9.0

This school:	9.0
State average from 1781 schools:	13.4

2005 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 122
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 47

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 91.8%

Here:	91.8%
State average from 1745 schools:	94.4%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 93.6%

Here:	93.6%
State average from 1733 schools:	93.9%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 8.5

Here:	8.5
State average from 1746 schools:	13.6

2004 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 122
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 47

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 95.9%

Here:	95.9%
State average from 1728 schools:	94.1%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 91.5%

Worcester Voc High School:	91.5%
State average from 1724 schools:	94.4%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 8.3

Here:	8.3
State average from 1729 schools:	13.8

2005 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Reading: 391.0

Here:	391.0
State average from 299 schools:	500.8

Writing: 390.0

Worcester Voc High School:	390.0
State average from 299 schools:	506.6

Math: 83.0

Here:	83.0
State average from 307 schools:	143.7

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

Students Tested - English : 301
Warning / Failing - English : 20
Needs Improvement - English : 138
Proficiency - English : 138
Proficiency and Above - English : 5

Students Tested - Math : 299
Warning / Failing - Math : 47
Needs Improvement - Math : 115
Proficiency - Math : 78
Proficiency and Above - Math : 59

Composite Performance Index - English: 79.8

Here:	79.8
State average from 336 schools:	88.3

Warning / Failing - English (%): 7.0%

Worcester Voc High School:	7.0%
State average from 336 schools:	4.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 46.0%

Here:	46.0%
State average from 336 schools:	24.7%

Proficiency - English (%): 46.0%

Here:	46.0%
State average from 336 schools:	50.1%

Proficiency and Above - English (%): 2.0%

Here:	2.0%
State average from 336 schools:	20.5%

Composite Performance Index - Math: 73.4

Here:	73.4
State average from 336 schools:	85.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 16.0%

Here:	16.0%
State average from 336 schools:	8.2%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 38.0%

Here:	38.0%
State average from 336 schools:	22.4%

Proficiency - Math (%): 26.0%

This school:	26.0%
State average from 336 schools:	29.0%

Proficiency and Above - Math (%): 20.0%

This school:	20.0%
State average from 336 schools:	40.4%

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

Students Tested - English : 250
Warning / Failing - English : 48
Needs Improvement - English : 131
Proficiency - English : 69
Proficiency and Above - English : 2

Students Tested - Math : 249
Warning / Failing - Math : 77
Needs Improvement - Math : 113
Proficiency - Math : 49
Proficiency and Above - Math : 10

Composite Performance Index - English: 66.3

Worcester Voc High School:	66.3
State average from 321 schools:	86.0

Warning / Failing - English (%): 19.0%

Here:	19.0%
State average from 321 schools:	6.9%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 52.0%

Here:	52.0%
State average from 321 schools:	26.1%

Proficiency - English (%): 28.0%

Worcester Voc High School:	28.0%
State average from 321 schools:	44.3%

Proficiency and Above - English (%): 1.0%

Here:	1.0%
State average from 321 schools:	22.8%

Composite Performance Index - Math: 57.1

Here:	57.1
State average from 321 schools:	81.8

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 31.0%

Here:	31.0%
State average from 321 schools:	11.5%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 45.0%

Here:	45.0%
State average from 321 schools:	24.9%

Proficiency - Math (%): 20.0%

This school:	20.0%
State average from 321 schools:	28.7%

Proficiency and Above - Math (%): 4.0%

This school:	4.0%
State average from 321 schools:	35.0%

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

Students Tested - English : 236
Warning / Failing - English : 91
Needs Improvement - English : 94
Proficiency - English : 45
Proficiency and Above - English : 6

Composite Performance Index - English: 54.8

Worcester Voc High School:	54.8
State average from 317 schools:	80.4

Warning / Failing - English (%): 39.0%

Worcester Voc High School:	39.0%
State average from 317 schools:	11.6%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 40.0%

Here:	40.0%
State average from 317 schools:	29.6%

Proficiency - English (%): 19.0%

Here:	19.0%
State average from 317 schools:	31.8%

Proficiency and Above - English (%): 3.0%

Worcester Voc High School:	3.0%
State average from 317 schools:	27.2%

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

Students Tested - English : 255
Warning / Failing - English : 84
Needs Improvement - English : 126
Proficiency - English : 43
Proficiency and Above - English : 2

Students Tested - Math : 255
Warning / Failing - Math : 132
Needs Improvement - Math : 99
Proficiency - Math : 21
Proficiency and Above - Math : 3

Composite Performance Index - English: 54.1

Here:	54.1
State average from 309 schools:	83.1

Warning / Failing - English (%): 33.0%

Here:	33.0%
State average from 309 schools:	8.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 49.0%

Here:	49.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.3%

Proficiency - English (%): 17.0%

Worcester Voc High School:	17.0%
State average from 309 schools:	42.9%

Proficiency and Above - English (%): 1.0%

Here:	1.0%
State average from 309 schools:	20.2%

Composite Performance Index - Math: 44.5

Here:	44.5
State average from 309 schools:	75.4

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 52.0%

Here:	52.0%
State average from 309 schools:	17.8%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 39.0%

Worcester Voc High School:	39.0%
State average from 309 schools:	29.5%

Proficiency - Math (%): 8.0%

Here:	8.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.7%

Proficiency and Above - Math (%): 1.0%

Here:	1.0%
State average from 309 schools:	24.1%

Participation Statistics:

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

Enrollment : 307
Standard Assessment : 300
Alternate Assessment : 1
Absent : 1
After October : 5

AYP participation rate: 100.0%

This school:	100.0%
State average from 341 schools:	99.5%

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

AYP participation rate : 100%
Enrollment : 307
Standard Assessment : 298
Alternate Assessment : 1
Absent : 3
After October : 5

AYP participation rate: 99.0%

This school:	99.0%
State average from 341 schools:	99.0%

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

AYP participation rate : 99%
Enrollment : 182
Standard Assessment : 177
Alternate Assessment : 1
Absent : 1
After October : 3

AYP participation rate: 99.0%

This school:	99.0%
State average from 285 schools:	99.1%

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

AYP participation rate : 99%
Enrollment : 182
Standard Assessment : 175
Alternate Assessment : 1
Absent : 3
After October : 3

AYP participation rate: 98.0%

This school:	98.0%
State average from 284 schools:	98.3%

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

AYP participation rate : 98%
Enrollment : 22
Standard Assessment : 22

AYP participation rate: 100.0%

This school:	100.0%
State average from 129 schools:	99.2%

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

AYP participation rate : 100%
Enrollment : 22
Standard Assessment : 22

AYP participation rate: 100.0%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 125 schools:	98.2%

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

AYP participation rate : 100%

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

Enrollment : 109
Standard Assessment : 105
Alternate Assessment : 1
Absent : 1
After October : 2

AYP participation rate: 99.0%

Here:	99.0%
State average from 147 schools:	98.7%

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

AYP participation rate : 99%
Enrollment : 110
Standard Assessment : 105
Alternate Assessment : 1
Absent : 2
After October : 2

AYP participation rate: 98.0%

Worcester Voc High School:	98.0%
State average from 144 schools:	97.6%

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

AYP participation rate : 98%
Enrollment : 169
Standard Assessment : 167
After October : 2

AYP participation rate: 100.0%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 312 schools:	99.6%

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

AYP participation rate : 100%
Enrollment : 168
Standard Assessment : 165
Absent : 1
After October : 2

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 - LEP/FLEP subgroup - English - 10th Grade:

Enrollment : 11
Standard Assessment : 9
Alternate Assessment : 1
After October : 1

AYP participation rate: 100.0%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 83 schools:	98.6%

2007 Participation - LEP/FLEP subgroup - Math - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 100%
Enrollment : 12
Standard Assessment : 10
Alternate Assessment : 1
After October : 1

AYP participation rate: 100.0%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 80 schools:	98.2%

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

AYP participation rate : 100%
Enrollment : 46
Standard Assessment : 43
Alternate Assessment : 1
After October : 2

AYP participation rate: 100.0%

Worcester Voc High School:	100.0%
State average from 284 schools:	98.6%

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

AYP participation rate : 100%
Enrollment : 47
Standard Assessment : 44
Alternate Assessment : 1
After October : 2

AYP participation rate: 100.0%

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

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