Monson High School

Summary:

Monson High School is a public high school serving grades 7-12 in Monson, MA, with a student population of 295 as of the 2022-2023 school year. The school's performance has been mixed, with its statewide ranking fluctuating between 126 and 256 out of 342-354 Massachusetts high schools, and its School Digger rating ranging from 1 to 3 stars out of 5.

Monson High School's four-year graduation rate has generally been higher than the state average, ranging from 86.9% to 95.7% over the past five years. However, the school's dropout rate has also been higher, ranging from 2.9% to 9.8% during the same period. Academically, the school's MCAS proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are generally lower than the state averages, particularly in Mathematics. The school's performance on MCAS tests has been inconsistent, with some grades and subject areas performing better than others.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Springfield Public Day High School, Ware Junior/Senior High School, and Minnechaug Regional High, Monson High School generally underperforms in terms of statewide ranking, School Digger rating, and academic proficiency rates. However, the school's graduation rate is higher than some of its peers, such as Springfield Public Day High School and Ware Junior/Senior High School.


Detail:

Public 7-12

 55 Margaret Street
       Monson, MA  01057-1099


(413) 267-4589

District: Monson

SchoolDigger Rank:
177th of 348 Massachusetts High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $19,374 Help


Feeder schools for Monson High School:

Elementary:    Granite Valley School
    Quarry Hill Community School

Student/teacher ratio:  8.4 Help
Number of students:  295

Racial breakdown:

White:
82.0%
Hispanic:
9.5%
Two or more races:
4.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  22% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Monson High School ranks better than 51.1% of middle schools in Massachusetts. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 45.97. (See more...)
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Compare Details Monson High School ranks worse than 50.9% of high schools in Massachusetts. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 54.25. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Monson High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (82%), Hispanic (9.5%), two or more races (4.4%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Monson High School is 8.4. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Monson High School is $19,374.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Monson High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Monson High School 241st of 493 Massachusetts public middle schools. (See Monson High School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Monson High School 177th of 348 Massachusetts public high schools. (See Monson High School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Monson 234th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Monson High School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Monson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 32.32 328th 501 34.5%
2022 38.79 288th 497 42.1%
2023 38.50 295th 501 41.1%
2024 45.97 241st 493 51.1%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Monson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 24.53 403rd 489 17.6%
2022 40.70 289th 503 42.5%
2023 46.43 184th 444 58.6%
2024 45.24 177th 441 59.9%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Monson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 26.82 366th 462 20.8%
2022 41.12 278th 489 43.1%
2023 44.22 251st 481 47.8%
2024 54.69 182nd 469 61.2%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Monson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 29.48 339th 483 29.8%
2022 44.03 260th 494 47.4%
2023 51.32 220th 489 55.0%
2024 58.16 186th 481 61.3%
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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Monson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 23.44 369th 431 14.4%
2022 39.41 226th 445 49.2%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Monson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 34.97 305th 485 37.1%
2022 32.35 326th 497 34.4%
2023 22.85 381st 489 22.1%
2024 30.99 317th 483 34.4%
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Rank History for middle school Tested In Person students at Monson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 38.49 297th 491 39.5%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Monson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 18.34 343rd 401 14.5%
2022 22.43 326th 404 19.3%
2023 23.86 310th 403 23.1%
2024 36.42 238th 392 39.3%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Monson High School

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Rank History for all high school students at Monson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 50.17 171st 304 43.8%
2004 52.98 171st 307 44.3%
2005 57.51 162nd 311 47.9%
2006 60.75 150th 314 52.2%
2007 54.20 167th 316 47.2%
2008 64.61 133rd 319 58.3%
2009 67.64 124th 322 61.5%
2010 59.87 174th 335 48.1%
2011 48.94 222nd 340 34.7%
2012 44.87 231st 340 32.1%
2013 54.98 207th 344 39.8%
2014 50.37 223rd 347 35.7%
2015 49.90 227th 354 35.9%
2016 55.94 205th 351 41.6%
2017 68.48 126th 348 63.8%
2018 69.48 126th 345 63.5%
2019 62.34 151st 351 57.0%
2022 27.25 256th 342 25.1%
2023 61.20 143rd 347 58.8%
2024 54.25 177th 348 49.1%
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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Monson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.67 99th 344 71.2%
2019 66.05 96th 348 72.4%
2022 38.64 218th 339 35.7%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Monson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.38 79th 330 76.1%
2022 49.53 168th 332 49.4%
2024 56.69 141st 338 58.3%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Monson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.07 96th 339 71.7%
2019 66.07 135th 342 60.5%
2022 28.73 255th 340 25.0%
2023 54.01 166th 339 51.0%
2024 54.26 169th 342 50.6%
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Rank History for high school Disabled students at Monson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 45.00 150th 299 49.8%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Monson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.86 157th 343 54.2%
2019 53.49 182nd 346 47.4%
2022 24.23 260th 339 23.3%
2023 67.51 118th 343 65.6%
2024 50.54 179th 342 47.7%
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Rank History for high school White students at Monson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.28 151st 303 50.2%
2019 49.49 162nd 302 46.4%
2022 9.10 281st 300 6.3%
2023 44.55 166th 301 44.9%
2024 35.21 203rd 302 32.8%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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Enrollment information for Monson High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 476 4 0 1 0 n/a n/a -5 476
1989 450 7 0 0 3 n/a n/a 0 460
1990 437 9 0 1 3 n/a n/a 0 450
1991 457 8 0 3 3 n/a n/a 0 471
1992 468 9 1 2 2 n/a n/a 0 482
1993 486 13 0 2 1 n/a n/a 0 502
1994 535 13 0 7 1 n/a n/a 0 556
1995 588 8 0 7 2 n/a n/a 0 605
1996 588 8 0 7 2 n/a n/a 0 605
1997 576 4 0 6 2 n/a n/a 0 588
1998 581 3 4 4 1 n/a n/a 0 593
1999 560 2 3 7 1 n/a n/a 0 573
2000 567 2 4 7 0 n/a n/a 0 580
2001 562 2 3 5 0 n/a n/a 0 572
2002 379 2 7 3 0 n/a n/a 0 391
2003 379 2 7 3 0 n/a n/a 0 391
2004 380 4 3 3 0 n/a n/a 0 390
2005 395 3 2 4 0 n/a n/a 0 404
2006 409 3 1 3 0 n/a n/a 0 416
2007 393 2 2 5 0 n/a n/a 1 403
2008 406 2 1 6 0 n/a n/a 1 416
2009 383 0 3 7 0 1 1 0 395
2010 355 4 2 6 0 0 2 0 369
2011 346 3 3 7 0 1 5 0 365
2012 322 4 1 6 0 2 6 0 341
2013 331 4 4 12 1 1 6 0 359
2014 323 3 3 11 0 0 5 0 345
2015 310 4 3 11 1 0 3 0 332
2016 295 4 3 10 1 0 4 0 317
2017 270 2 2 5 0 1 7 0 287
2018 244 3 1 4 0 1 5 0 258
2019 247 3 1 4 0 2 7 0 264
2020 329 4 4 13 0 4 8 0 362
2021 312 5 6 14 0 1 7 1 346
2022 282 3 4 19 0 2 13 2 325
2023 244 4 3 27 1 1 14 1 295
2024 242 5 3 28 1 1 13 2 295

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Monson High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 476 n/a n/a n/a
1989 460 n/a n/a n/a
1990 450 n/a n/a n/a
1991 471 n/a n/a n/a
1992 482 n/a n/a n/a
1993 502 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 556 n/a n/a n/a
1995 605 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 605 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 588 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 593 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 573 n/a 0.0 11.5
2000 580 n/a 0.0 5.9
2001 572 n/a 0.0 9.1
2002 391 n/a n/a 10
2003 391 n/a n/a 10
2004 390 30.8 12.7 10.3
2005 404 30.7 13.2 12.4
2006 416 31.7 13.1 13
2007 403 33.0 12.2 12.4
2008 416 31.4 13.2 13.5
2009 395 30.0 13.2 14.9
2010 369 30.1 12.2 14.4
2011 365 26.2 13.8 16.7
2012 341 29.0 11.7 20.5
2013 359 29.0 12.3 19.5
2014 345 26.2 13.1 20.3
2015 332 25.0 13.2 22
2016 317 26.0 12.1 n/a
2017 287 25.9 11.0 n/a
2018 258 26.5 9.7 n/a
2019 264 23.5 11.2 n/a
2020 362 33.0 10.9 n/a
2021 346 33.3 10.3 n/a
2022 325 32.7 9.9 n/a
2023 295 34.7 8.4 n/a
2024 295 35.0 8.4 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Monson High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 476 n/a n/a n/a
1989 460 n/a n/a n/a
1990 450 n/a n/a n/a
1991 471 n/a n/a n/a
1992 482 n/a n/a n/a
1993 502 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 556 n/a n/a n/a
1995 605 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 605 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 588 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 593 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 573 n/a 0.0 11.5
2000 580 n/a 0.0 5.9
2001 572 n/a 0.0 9.1
2002 391 n/a n/a 10
2003 391 n/a n/a 10
2004 390 30.8 12.7 10.3
2005 404 30.7 13.2 12.4
2006 416 31.7 13.1 13
2007 403 33.0 12.2 12.4
2008 416 31.4 13.2 13.5
2009 395 30.0 13.2 14.9
2010 369 30.1 12.2 14.4
2011 365 26.2 13.8 16.7
2012 341 29.0 11.7 20.5
2013 359 29.0 12.3 19.5
2014 345 26.2 13.1 20.3
2015 332 25.0 13.2 22
2016 317 26.0 12.1 n/a
2017 287 25.9 11.0 n/a
2018 258 26.5 9.7 n/a
2019 264 23.5 11.2 n/a
2020 362 33.0 10.9 n/a
2021 346 33.3 10.3 n/a
2022 325 32.7 9.9 n/a
2023 295 34.7 8.4 n/a
2024 295 35.0 8.4 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Monson High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $343 (1.9%) $17,654 (98.1%) $17,997
2020 $194 (1.1%) $17,134 (98.9%) $17,328
2021 $807 (4.2%) $18,567 (95.8%) $19,374

Data source: Massachusetts Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Monson High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 151st of 351 High schoolsRanks 143rd of 347 High schools
 1.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
10th Grade English Language Arts (Monson High School)6067.7
 7.7%
   10th Grade English Language Arts (Monson)5967.7
 8.7%
   10th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)6158.2
 2.8%
10th Grade Mathematics (Monson High School)6651.6
 14.4%
   10th Grade Mathematics (Monson)6351.6
 11.4%
   10th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)5849.7
 8.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students264295
 11.7%
African American34
 33.3%
American Indian01
Asian13
 200%
Hispanic427
 575%
Pacific Islander21
 50%
White247244
 1.2%
Two or More Races714
 100%


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Monson High School ranks 177th of 348 Massachusetts high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 295 students attended Monson High School.

Students at Monson High School are 82% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% African American, 1% Asian.

Monson High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Granite Valley School
Elementary : Quarry Hill Community School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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