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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
GoLocalWorcester News Team
What are Central MA's most--and least--diverse high schools? GoLocal's new ranking has the answer.
Diversity continues to be one of education's most talked-about topics--how well are high school students prepared for a complex, racially and ethnically diverse society? How diverse, really, are the hallways and classrooms of each public and charter high school in the state?
Utilizing data filed by each school with the Institute for Education Science's National Center for Education Statistics, GoLocal researchers assessed each Central Ma public and charter high school's overall racial balance (for more on the methodology, go here.) The more balanced a school's enrollment was across all race categories as named by the NCES, the higher it ranked.
How did your school do?
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#58 Sutton High
Sutton, MA
Total Enrollment: 394
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 0.3%
Black: 0.3%
Hispanic: 0.0%
Two or More Races: 2.8%
White: 96.7%
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#57 Hopkinton High
Hopkinton, MA
Total Enrollment: 1,047
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 2.2%
Black: 1.2%
Hispanic: 0.8%
Two or More Races: 0.4%
White: 95.4%
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#56 Nipmuc Regional
Upton, MA
Total Enrollment: 751
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.1%
Black: 1.3%
Hispanic: 1.2%
Two or More Races: 0.7%
White: 95.3%
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#55 Shepherd Hill
Shepherd Hill Regional High School, Dudley
Total Enrollment: 1,153
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.3%
Black: 0.4%
Hispanic: 2.2%
Two or More Races: 1.0%
White: 95.1%
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#54 Uxbridge High
Uxbridge, MA
Total Enrollment: 446
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 0.2%
Black: 0.9%
Hispanic: 3.4%
Two or More Races: 0.4%
White: 94.8%
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#53 North Brookfield High
North Brookfield, MA
Total Enrollment: 261
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.1%
Black: 1.1%
Hispanic: 1.9%
Two or More Races: 1.1%
White: 94.6%
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#52 B-Stone Valley VoTech
Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School, Upton
Total Enrollment: 1,146
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 0.6%
Black: 0.4%
Hispanic: 2.4%
Two or More Races: 1.9%
White: 94.5%
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#51 Wachusset Regional
Holden, MA
Total Enrollment: 2,031
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 2.2%
Black: 1.2%
Hispanic: 1.9%
Two or More Races: 0.9%
White: 93.7%
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#50 Lunenburg High
Lunenburg, MA
Total Enrollment: 536
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 2.1%
Black: 1.1%
Hispanic: 1.3%
Two or More Races: 1.3%
White: 93.7%
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#49 Tahanto Regional
Boylston, MA
Total Enrollment: 415
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.9%
Black: 1.2%
Hispanic: 1.0%
Two or More Races: 2.4%
White: 93.3%
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#48 Tantasqua Vocational
Fiskdale, MA
Total Enrollment: 358
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 0.8%
Black: 0.6%
Hispanic: 4.2%
Two or More Races: 0.8%
White: 93.0%
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#47 Murdock Middle/High
Winchendon, MA
Total Enrollment: 755
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.1%
Black: 1.6%
Hispanic: 3.6%
Two or More Races: 0.7%
White: 93.0%
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#46 Hudson High
Hudson, MA
Total Enrollment: 1,237
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.6%
Black: 1.4%
Hispanic: 3.8%
Two or More Races: 0.7%
White: 92.4%
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#45 Blackstone Millville
Blackstone, MA
Total Enrollment: 552
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.3%
Black: 1.4%
Hispanic: 2.9%
Two or More Races: 2.0%
White: 92.4%
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#44 West Boylston Jr.-Sr.
West Boylston, MA
Total Enrollment: 521
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.5%
Black: 1.0%
Hispanic: 3.8%
Two or More Races: 1.3%
White: 92.3%
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#43 Pathfinder Vo-Tech
Palmer, MA
Total Enrollment: 635
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 0.3%
Black: 0.3%
Hispanic: 3.3%
Two or More Races: 3.1%
White: 92.3%
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#42 Hopedale Jr.-Sr. High
Hopedale, MA
Total Enrollment: 529
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.9%
Black: 1.3%
Hispanic: 3.4%
Two or More Races: 1.1%
White: 92.2%
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#41 Oakmont Regional
Asburnham, MA
Total Enrollment: 685
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.2%
Black: 1.5%
Hispanic: 3.5%
Two or More Races: 1.5%
White: 92.1%
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#40 Auburn Senior High
Auburn, MA
Total Enrollment: 792
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 2.5%
Black: 1.1%
Hispanic: 3.0%
Two or More Races: 1.3%
White: 91.9%
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#39 Tantasqua Sr. High
Tantasqua Regional Senior High School, Fiskdale
Total Enrollment: 867
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.7%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.4%
Black: 0.6%
Hispanic: 3.8%
Two or More Races: 1.7%
White: 91.8%
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#38 Quabbin Regional
Barre, MA
Total Enrollment: 895
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 0.9%
Black: 1.1%
Hispanic: 2.6%
Two or More Races: 3.4%
White: 91.7%
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#37 David Prouty High
Spencer, MA
Total Enrollment: 474
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.1%
Black: 0.6%
Hispanic: 3.8%
Two or More Races: 2.5%
White: 91.6%
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#36 Bellingham High
Bellingham, MA
Total Enrollment: 709
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 3.0%
Black: 1.3%
Hispanic: 2.8%
Two or More Races: 1.1%
White: 91.5%
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#35 Palmer High
Palmer, MA
Total Enrollment: 558
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 2.3%
Black: 2.2%
Hispanic: 3.0%
Two or More Races: 0.9%
White: 91.2%
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#34 Athol-Royalston High
Athol, MA
Total Enrollment: 451
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.1%
Black: 0.9%
Hispanic: 4.9%
Two or More Races: 2.0%
White: 90.9%
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#33 Grafton High
Grafton, MA
Total Enrollment: 670
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 4.0%
Black: 0.9%
Hispanic: 3.4%
Two or More Races: 0.6%
White: 90.9%
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#32 Ware Jr./Sr. High
Ware, MA
Total Enrollment: 498
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 0.6%
Black: 3.2%
Hispanic: 5.4%
Two or More Races: 0.6%
White: 90.2%
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#31 Millbury Jr./Sr. High
Millbury, MA
Total Enrollment: 824
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.5%
Black: 1.6%
Hispanic: 3.3%
Two or More Races: 3.8%
White: 89.7%
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#30 Ralph Mahar Regional
Orange, MA
Total Enrollment: 802
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.4%
Black: 1.4%
Hispanic: 3.0%
Two or More Races: 4.5%
White: 89.7%
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#29 Leicester High
Leicester, MA
Total Enrollment: 530
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 3.0%
Black: 1.9%
Hispanic: 4.0%
Two or More Races: 0.9%
White: 89.6%
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#28 Algonquin Regional
Northborough, MA
Total Enrollment: 1,438
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 7.1%
Black: 1.2%
Hispanic: 1.7%
Two or More Races: 1.0%
White: 88.9%
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#27 Oxford High
Oxford, MA
Total Enrollment: 527
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 2.5%
Black: 2.7%
Hispanic: 5.9%
Two or More Races: 1.3%
White: 87.5%
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#26 Gardner High
Gardner, MA
Total Enrollment: 679
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 2.1%
Black: 3.4%
Hispanic: 9.0%
Two or More Races: 1.8%
White: 83.4%
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#25 Primavera Jr./Sr.
Primavera Junior/Senior High School, Bellingham
Total Enrollment: 24
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Black: 4.2%
Hispanic: 12.5%
Two or More Races: 0.0%
White: 83.3%
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#24 Gardner Academy
Gardner Academy for Learning and Technology, Gardner
Total Enrollment: 55
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Black: 3.6%
Hispanic: 14.5%
Two or More Races: 0.0%
White: 81.8%
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#23 Bartlett Jr.-Sr. High
Webster, MA
Total Enrollment: 810
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.7%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.0%
Black: 4.2%
Hispanic: 10.0%
Two or More Races: 3.0%
White: 81.1%
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#22 Shrewsbury Sr. High
Shrewsbury, MA
Total Enrollment: 1,617
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 12.3%
Black: 2.0%
Hispanic: 3.5%
Two or More Races: 1.4%
White: 80.5%
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#21 MA Math and Science
Massachusetts Academy for Math and Science, Worcester
Total Enrollment: 96
American Indian/Alaskan: 1.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 13.5%
Black: 4.2%
Hispanic: 1.0%
Two or More Races: 0.0%
White: 80.2%
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#20 Assabet Valley VoTech
Marlborough, MA
Total Enrollment: 997
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 0.2%
Black: 1.6%
Hispanic: 15.9%
Two or More Races: 2.4%
White: 79.3%
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#19 Milford High
Milford, MA
Total Enrollment: 1,144
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 3.9%
Black: 3.0%
Hispanic: 12.8%
Two or More Races: 0.6%
White: 78.8%
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#18 Montachusett Vo-Tech
Fitchburg, MA
Total Enrollment: 1,400
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 2.2%
Black: 1.7%
Hispanic: 12.9%
Two or More Races: 4.4%
White: 78.7%
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#17 Clinton Sr. High
Clinton, MA
Total Enrollment: 527
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 0.6%
Black: 4.2%
Hispanic: 19.4%
Two or More Races: 0.2%
White: 75.5%
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#16 Westborough High
Westborough, MA
Total Enrollment: 1,054
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 12.9%
Black: 1.3%
Hispanic: 5.4%
Two or More Races: 2.4%
White: 78.0%
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#15 Southbridge High
Southbridge, MA
Total Enrollment: 445
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.3%
Black: 3.8%
Hispanic: 52.6%
Two or More Races: 0.4%
White: 41.8%
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#14 Fitchburg Alt. ED
Fitchburg, MA
Total Enrollment: 166
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Black: 6.6%
Hispanic: 31.3%
Two or More Races: 0.6%
White: 61.4%
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#13 North Central Charter
North Central Charter Essential School, Fitchburg
Total Enrollment: 368
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.6%
Black: 3.5%
Hispanic: 17.9%
Two or More Races: 2.4%
White: 74.5%
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#12 Marlborough High
Marlborough, MA
Total Enrollment: 1,457
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 2.6%
Black: 3.2%
Hispanic: 28.2%
Two or More Races: 1.5%
White: 64.0%
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#11 Advanced Math/Science
Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School, Marlborough
Total Enrollment: 963
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 26.1%
Black: 2.2%
Hispanic: 5.1%
Two or More Races: 1.7%
White: 64.5%
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#10 Leominster Tech
Leominster High School & Center for Technical Education, Leominster
Total Enrollment: 655
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 2.4%
Black: 4.4%
Hispanic: 23.4%
Two or More Races: 2.1%
White: 67.2%
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#9 Leominster Sr. High
Leominster, MA
Total Enrollment: 1,188
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 4.4%
Black: 6.7%
Hispanic: 20.9%
Two or More Races: 1.7%
White: 66.2%
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#8 Worcester Tech
Worcester, MA
Total Enrollment: 1,400
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 3.9%
Black: 10.0%
Hispanic: 34.5%
Two or More Races: 1.1%
White: 50.2%
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#7 Claremont Academy
Worcester, MA
Total Enrollment: 395
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 9.1%
Black: 9.1%
Hispanic: 60.5%
Two or More Races: 0.8%
White: 20.5%
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#6 Fitchburg High
Fitchburg, MA
Total Enrollment: 1,146
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 6.9%
Black: 10.3%
Hispanic: 37.3%
Two or More Races: 1.8%
White: 43.7%
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#5 Burncoat Senior High
Worcester, MA
Total Enrollment: 1,072
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 4.9%
Black: 18.7%
Hispanic: 34.8%
Two or More Races: 1.3%
White: 40.1%
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#4 University Park
University Park Campus School, Worcester
Total Enrollment: 241
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 22.0%
Black: 7.9%
Hispanic: 45.6%
Two or More Races: 0.0%
White: 24.5%
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#3 North High
Worcester, MA
Total Enrollment: 1,149
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 8.8%
Black: 19.0%
Hispanic: 43.2%
Two or More Races: 1.2%
White: 27.8%
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#2 Doherty Memorial
Worcester, MA
Total Enrollment: 1,327
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.7%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 10.9%
Black: 13.6%
Hispanic: 25.9%
Two or More Races: 1.7%
White: 47.2%
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#1 South High
South High Community School, Worcester
Total Enrollment: 1,297
American Indian/Alaskan: 0.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 14.6%
Black: 17.1%
Hispanic: 39.9%
Two or More Races: 1.1%
White: 26.9%
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