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Needham High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
609 Webster Street
Needham, MA 02494
Phone
(781) 455-0800
District
Needham
County
NORFOLK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1645
Classroom Teachers
132

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Massachusetts

10

(10 is best)

Better than 96.6% of all MA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Needham High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
87%
53%
84%
57%
90%
49%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
13
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 417 25.3%
Grade 10 428 26.0%
Grade 11 421 25.6%
Grade 12 379 23.0%
Total 1645 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 81.5% 77.4% 57.0%
Black 2.1% 3.5% 9.8%
Hispanic 8.3% 7.5% 25.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 8.0% 11.6% 7.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 31,957 6,981,974
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,598.6 890
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.6% 5.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 25.7% 17.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 22.6% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.8% 26.6%
65 OR OLDER 18.2% 17.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 11,312 2,740,995
Single Parent Households With Children 3.7% 7.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.1% 91.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 81.1% 45.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 61.5% 30.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.8% 17.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 6.0% 11.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 5.8% 12.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 7.6% 10.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.6% 8.8%
$15,000 or less 2.8% 8.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,981 $78,210,000 57.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,541 $8,622,000 6.3%
Staff $1,873 $10,480,000 7.7%
General Administration $391 $2,187,000 1.6%
School Administration $1,001 $5,599,000 4.1%
Operation $1,866 $10,440,000 7.6%
Transportation $507 $2,834,000 2.1%
Other $612 $3,426,000 2.5%
Total Support $7,792 $43,588,000 31.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,628 $14,703,000 10.8%
Total Expenditures $24,401 $136,501,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,394 $11,443,766,000 50.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,755 $1,620,711,000 7.2%
Staff $987 $911,495,000 4.0%
General Administration $282 $260,824,000 1.2%
School Administration $1,021 $942,999,000 4.2%
Operation $1,731 $1,597,981,000 7.1%
Transportation $790 $729,683,000 3.2%
Other $544 $502,458,000 2.2%
Total Support $7,111 $6,566,151,000 29.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,910 $4,533,754,000 20.1%
Total Expenditures $24,415 $22,543,671,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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