High · Massachusetts

Ralph C Mahar Regional

Free meals for all

Ralph C Mahar Regional, a public high school in Orange, Massachusetts: grades 7–12, 509 students, 9.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Ralph C Mahar.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
509
Teachers (FTE)
56.3
Students per teacher
9.0
Grades
7–12
High

Fewer students per teacher than 85% of high schools in Massachusetts

Median 11.2 · 380 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 86% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 63% of high schools in Massachusetts

Median 660 · 383 schools compared

Larger than 56% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Massachusetts's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Massachusetts: 42%

21%proficient

+3.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 72% of high schools in Massachusetts

Median 33% · 95 high schools compared

201 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Massachusetts: 41%

26%proficient

+1.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 55% of high schools in Massachusetts

Median 24% · 95 high schools compared

196 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 7–12
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Town near a city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Ralph C Mahar.

Location

Address
507 South Main Street, Orange, MA 01364
Phone
(978)544-2542
City or town
Orange

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Athol HighFree meals for all
9–1241711.6——
Franklin County TechnicalCareer and technicalFree meals for all
9–1264311.7——
Narragansett Regional HighFree meals for all
8–1249212.228%25%
Pioneer Valley RegionalFree meals for all
7–1223910.734%23%
Turners Fall HighFree meals for all
9–121998.5——
Murdock Academy for SuccessAlternativeFree meals for all
1014.0——

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 250990001587