High school (grades 9-12) · Rochester, MA

Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical

Federal NCES profile for Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 55/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 250914001471
0/100100/10055/100
👥 S:T ratio
64
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
78
📋 Attendance
50
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical earns 55/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 88% of Massachusetts schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Massachusetts schools.

55
Resource Index · Higher
9.1:1
small classes for Massachusetts
554
students enrolled

Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical has class sizes smaller than 88% of Massachusetts schools. Computed live against every Massachusetts school reporting to NCES.

CCD year-over-year · 2022-23 → 2023-24

-12 students YoY

Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical held near 549 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (-12 headcount).

Teacher FTE added 61.0 → 62.0 across the same CCD years.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data public-school universe (2022-23, 2023-24).

Steady CCD campus

-12 students YoY 250914001471 · Rochester, MA High · MID · TRAD

554 enr · 9.1:1 · RII 55

Nearest enrollment peer: Yarmouth High School (554 students)

Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical held near 549 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (-12 headcount). Teacher FTE added 61.0 → 62.0 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · Massachusetts schools → · Find another →

How Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical compares

Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical held steady on CCD headcount: ratios and free-lunch share vs 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 554 top 30% - -

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.
554
Bigger than 68% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators methodology

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
20.0%
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
$25,881
per pupil, district-wide - above Massachusetts avg of $23,695
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors5.0 FTE
Per 111 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
25
in-school suspensions + 12 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 4.5 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 6.7 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 89.6%
Two or More 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino 3.6%
African American 1.1%
Asian 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.2%

Largest group: White at 89.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 19.4/100

Simpson diversity index - at 19.4, Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical is less mixed than the Massachusetts school average of 47.3.

Programs

AP courses offered 5

District finance for Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical reports $25,881 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

Nationwide high schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Frequently asked questions about Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical

How many students attend Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical?

Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical has 554 students enrolled. It is a high school in Rochester, MA. CCD year-over-year: 561 (2022-23) → 549 (2023-24), nearly flat (-12).

What is the student-teacher ratio at Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical?

The student-teacher ratio at Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical 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 Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical?

The largest demographic group at Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical is White at 89.6% of enrollment, in Rochester, MA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical?

Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical has a Resource Investment Index of 55/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

What other schools are in Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical?

None reported; Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical operates only Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical 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 2022-23) · 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.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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