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New Bedford High High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

230 Hathaway Blvd

New Bedford MA, 02740, Bristol County

Phone: 508-997-4511

Ranking:

(278 out of 298, bottom 7%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: New Bedford School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	169		198		190		203		205		200		200
Total Students:	2,426		2,419		2,457		2,711		2,855		2,963		3,107
Grade 9:	869	35.8%	843	34.8%	783	31.9%	837	30.9%	896	31.4%	966	32.6%	936	30.1%
Grade 10:	553	22.8%	459	19.0%	461	18.8%	548	20.2%	644	22.6%	616	20.8%	725	23.3%
Grade 11:	604	24.9%	636	26.3%	740	30.1%	795	29.3%	775	27.1%	855	28.9%	874	28.1%
Grade 12:	400	16.5%	481	19.9%	473	19.3%	531	19.6%	540	18.9%	526	17.8%	572	18.4%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	1,333	54.9%	1,288	53.2%	1,269	51.6%	1,400	51.6%	1,457	51.0%	1,502	50.7%	1,465	47.2%
Female:	1,093	45.1%	1,131	46.8%	1,188	48.4%	1,311	48.4%	1,398	49.0%	1,461	49.3%	1,384	44.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	19	0.8%	29	1.2%	41	1.7%	52	1.9%	52	1.8%	33	1.1%	34	1.1%
Asian:	20	0.8%	25	1.0%	26	1.1%	26	1.0%	39	1.4%	44	1.5%	40	1.3%
Hispanic:	755	31.1%	675	27.9%	648	26.4%	636	23.5%	636	22.3%	658	22.2%	619	19.9%
Black:	359	14.8%	364	15.0%	380	15.5%	411	15.2%	436	15.3%	429	14.5%	471	15.2%
White:	1,092	45.0%	1,120	46.3%	1,147	46.7%	1,337	49.3%	1,433	50.2%	1,521	51.3%	1,689	54.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	23	0.9%	24	1.0%	21	0.9%	22	0.8%	27	0.9%	28	0.9%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	158	6.5%	182	7.5%	194	7.9%	227	8.4%	232	8.1%	250	8.4%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	1,580	65.1%	1,499	62.0%	1,271	51.7%	1,532	56.5%	1,063	37.2%	1,485	50.1%	1,260	40.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	130	5.4%	152	6.3%	128	5.2%	182	6.7%	220	7.7%	199	6.7%	264	8.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.36		12.22		12.96		13.35		13.92		14.90		15.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCAS
2003	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	35.7%	34.7%	61%
2004	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	39%	38%	62%
2005	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	41%	39%	65%
2006	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	47%	45%	70%
2007	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	48%	46%	71%
2008	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	53%	50%	74%
2009	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	58%	55%	81%
2010	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	47%	46%	78%
2011	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	59%	56%	84%
2012	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	66%	64%	88%
2013	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	76%	71%	91%
2003	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	26.4%	25.7%	51%
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	37%	36%	57%
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	38%	36%	62%
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	40%	38%	67%
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	45%	43%	69%
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	48%	46%	72%
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	46%	43%	75%
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	41%	42%	75%
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	40%	38%	74%
2012	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	44%	42%	78%
2013	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	49%	45%	80%
2008	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	24%	24%	57%
2009	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	26%	25%	61%
2010	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	29%	28%	65%
2011	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	34%	32%	67%
2012	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	31%	29%	69%
2013	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	38%	35%	71%
2007	Biology	End of course	% proficient	34%	32%	42%
2008	Biology	End of course	% proficient	18%	18%	55%
2009	Biology	End of course	% proficient	25%	23%	61%
2010	Biology	End of course	% proficient	26%	24%	63%
2011	Biology	End of course	% proficient	30%	28%	71%
2012	Biology	End of course	% proficient	30%	27%	72%
2013	Biology	End of course	% proficient	37%	35%	73%
2007	Chemistry	End of course	% proficient	4%	4%	35%
2008	Chemistry	End of course	% proficient	0%	0%	36%
2009	Chemistry	End of course	% proficient	0%	0%	36%
2010	Chemistry	End of course	% proficient	0%	0%	48%
2011	Chemistry	End of course	% proficient	0%	0%	55%
2007	Technology/Engineering	End of course	% proficient	6%	5%	35%
2008	Technology/Engineering	End of course	% proficient	6%	6%	47%
2009	Technology/Engineering	End of course	% proficient	0%	0%	53%
2010	Technology/Engineering	End of course	% proficient	3%	3%	42%
2011	Technology/Engineering	End of course	% proficient	0%	0%	53%
2012	Technology/Engineering	End of course	% proficient	0%	0%	49%
2013	Technology/Engineering	End of course	% proficient	5%	10%	49%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* New Bedford High High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.