High school (grades 9-12) · Oak Bluffs, MA

Martha's Vineyard Regional High

Federal NCES profile for Martha's Vineyard Regional High, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 58/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 250738001145
0/100100/10058/100
👥 S:T ratio
64
📚 AP courses
90
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
70
📋 Attendance
35
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Martha's Vineyard Regional High earns 58/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 88% of Massachusetts schools.

58
Resource Index · Higher
9.1:1
small classes for Massachusetts
744
students enrolled

Martha's Vineyard Regional High has class sizes smaller than 88% of Massachusetts schools. Computed live against every Massachusetts school reporting to NCES.

Enrollment

744

Massachusetts · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

82.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

9.1:1

vs 12.3:1 Massachusetts avg

-26% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Martha's Vineyard Regional High compares with Massachusetts and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:19.1:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Martha's Vineyard Regional High

Martha's Vineyard Regional High is a mid-sized high school in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, enrolling 744 students.

Classes run notably small here: at 9.1:1, Martha's Vineyard Regional High is leaner than roughly 88% of Massachusetts schools and 26% under the state's 12.3:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.

Enrollment of 744 puts it in the larger third of Massachusetts schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 1,831 scored Massachusetts schools.

Its student body is led by White (62%) and Hispanic or Latino (27%) (diversity index 53/100).

On the academic-pipeline side it reports 18 Advanced Placement courses.

Counselor coverage is strong, about 149 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 26.2% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

The surrounding Martha's Vineyard spends $36,380 per pupil, 62% above the Massachusetts average, a better-resourced district than most.

Martha's Vineyard operates only this one school, so Martha's Vineyard Regional High has no district-mates to compare against locally.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Martha's Vineyard Regional High compares

Martha's Vineyard Regional High on the metrics families compare, against Massachusetts and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Massachusetts Massachusetts avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 9.1:1 ▼ 26% 12.3:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 744 top 16% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

9.1:1
Leaner classes than 92% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
744
Bigger than 83% of US schools by enrollment, a large campus nationally.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
9.1:1
students per teacher - 26% below state mean
Top 12% in Massachusetts - lower ratio than 88% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
26.2%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$36,380
per pupil, district-wide - above Massachusetts avg of $22,458
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors5.0 FTE
Per 149 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 23 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 3.1 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 62.3%
Hispanic or Latino 27.3%
African American 4.3%
Two or More 4.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1.6%
Asian 0.4%

Largest group: White at 62.3% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 53.4/100

Simpson diversity index - at 53.4, Martha's Vineyard Regional High is more mixed than the Massachusetts school average of 47.3.

Programs

AP courses offered 18

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Martha's Vineyard, which includes Martha's Vineyard Regional High.

$36,380
Per student
+62%
vs Massachusetts
Avg $22,458
+119%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 65.2%
State 26.0%
Federal 8.8%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

Similar high schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Massachusetts, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Martha's Vineyard Regional High's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Martha's Vineyard Regional High

How many students attend Martha's Vineyard Regional High?

Martha's Vineyard Regional High has 744 students enrolled. It is a high school in Oak Bluffs, MA.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Martha's Vineyard Regional High?

The student-teacher ratio at Martha's Vineyard Regional High is 9.1:1, which is 26% lower than the Massachusetts average of 12.3:1 and 42% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Martha's Vineyard Regional High?

The largest demographic group at Martha's Vineyard Regional High is White at 62.3% of enrollment, in Oak Bluffs, MA. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 53.4/100.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Martha's Vineyard Regional High?

Martha's Vineyard Regional High has a Resource Investment Index of 58/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 5 factors: student-teacher ratio, AP course offerings, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Martha's Vineyard Regional High a good school?

Martha's Vineyard Regional High earns 58/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 88% of Massachusetts schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Martha's Vineyard?

None reported; Martha's Vineyard operates only Martha's Vineyard Regional High as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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