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School Finder

Narrow the federal record to the schools that match what you care about, then open any profile for the full picture. Filters run on NCES Common Core of Data; nothing leaves your browser beyond the search itself.

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How the School Finder works

Each filter maps directly to a field in the federal record, so a search is a precise query against the NCES Common Core of Data rather than an opinion ranking. Three things are worth knowing before you read the results:

  • Student-teacher ratio is enrollment divided by full-time-equivalent teachers, a staffing- intensity measure, not a direct count of students per classroom (it includes specialists and pull-out staff). The national median runs around 15 to 16 students per teacher, so a 12:1 filter surfaces the more generously staffed end of the distribution and a 25:1 filter is closer to the typical urban high school.
  • Free-lunch share is the proportion of students whose household income qualifies them for free meals, the standard proxy for economic need that federal Title I funding tracks; the national figure is near half of all public-school students, so a 75%-plus band isolates high-need campuses.
  • School type (charter, magnet, Title I) comes straight from the federal classification, not an editorial label.

The finder searches only schools that report staff data to NCES, so closed or stub listings are excluded, and it returns the largest matching schools first. A match is a starting point rather than a verdict: these figures describe the resources a school reports, not test scores or academic outcomes. Open any profile for the full context, and see our methodology for how every field is sourced, computed, and dated.

Top 100 of many matching schools

Many schools match. Showing the 100 largest. Add a state or tighter filters to narrow the list.

School Enrollment
Brockton High Brockton, MA 3,598
Lawrence High School Lawrence, MA 3,453
Lowell High Lowell, MA 3,446
Tec Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School East Walpole, MA 2,969
New Bedford High New Bedford, MA 2,878
Taunton High Taunton, MA 2,877
B M C Durfee High Fall River, MA 2,642
Framingham High School Framingham, MA 2,534
Boston Latin School Boston, MA 2,424
Lexington High Lexington, MA 2,405
Gr Lowell Regional Vocational Technical Tyngsborough, MA 2,314
Everett High Everett, MA 2,307
Brooke Charter School Roslindale, MA 2,216
Brookline High Brookline, MA 2,181
Gr New Bedford Vocational Technical New Bedford, MA 2,151
Revere High Revere, MA 2,115
Newton North High Newtonville, MA 2,096
Cambridge Rindge and Latin Cambridge, MA 2,072
Lynn English High Lynn, MA 2,062
Attleboro High Attleboro, MA 2,030
Springfield Central High Springfield, MA 1,983
Haverhill High Haverhill, MA 1,922
Newton South High Newton Centre, MA 1,898
Shrewsbury High School Shrewsbury, MA 1,891
Malden High Malden, MA 1,890
Methuen High Methuen, MA 1,841
Gr Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical Andover, MA 1,837
Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School Hathorne, MA 1,830
Billerica Memorial High School Billerica, MA 1,816
South High Community Worcester, MA 1,800
Classical High Lynn, MA 1,795
Waltham Sr High Waltham, MA 1,791
Wachusett Regional High Holden, MA 1,779
Natick High Natick, MA 1,761
Mystic Valley Regional Charter School Malden, MA 1,698
Braintree High Braintree, MA 1,694
Boston Latin Academy Dorchester, MA 1,693
Weymouth High School Weymouth, MA 1,679
Arlington High Arlington, MA 1,677
Barnstable High Hyannis, MA 1,652
Chelsea High Chelsea, MA 1,649
Kipp Academy Lynn Charter School Lynn, MA 1,637
Needham High Needham, MA 1,633
Acton-Boxborough Regional High Acton, MA 1,622
Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical South Easton, MA 1,618
Andover High Andover, MA 1,609
Lynn Vocational Technical Institute Lynn, MA 1,584
Doherty Memorial High Worcester, MA 1,573
Holyoke High Holyoke, MA 1,569
North Quincy High Quincy, MA 1,520
Quincy High Quincy, MA 1,514
Springfield International Charter School Springfield, MA 1,511
O'bryant School of Math & Science Roxbury, MA 1,509
Westford Academy Westford, MA 1,504
Bridgewater-Raynham Regional Bridgewater, MA 1,487
Diman Regional Vocational Technical High Fall River, MA 1,463
Belmont High Belmont, MA 1,454
Franklin High Franklin, MA 1,453
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High Sudbury, MA 1,445
Worcester Technical High Worcester, MA 1,442
Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School Worcester, MA 1,426
Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical Fitchburg, MA 1,417
Winchester High School Winchester, MA 1,404
Chelmsford High North Chelmsford, MA 1,402
Somerville High Somerville, MA 1,394
Beverly Middle School Beverly, MA 1,388
Roger L. Putnam Vocational Technical Academy Springfield, MA 1,382
Northeast Metro Regional Vocational Wakefield, MA 1,381
Excel Academy Charter School East Boston, MA 1,379
North High Worcester, MA 1,376
Bristol-Plymouth Vocational Technical Taunton, MA 1,335
Peabody Veterans Memorial High Peabody, MA 1,333
North Andover High North Andover, MA 1,328
J Henry Higgins Middle Peabody, MA 1,320
Milford High Milford, MA 1,316
Thurgood Marshall Mid Lynn, MA 1,310
Whittier Regional Vocational Haverhill, MA 1,285
Shawsheen Valley Vocational Technical High School Billerica, MA 1,282
Hopkinton High Hopkinton, MA 1,267
Breed Middle School Lynn, MA 1,265
Wellesley Sr High Wellesley, MA 1,262
Woburn High Woburn, MA 1,259
East Boston High School East Boston, MA 1,252
Atlantis Charter School Fall River, MA 1,246
Tenney Grammar School Methuen, MA 1,246
Blackstone Valley Upton, MA 1,243
West Springfield High West Springfield, MA 1,231
Fitchburg High Fitchburg, MA 1,220
Beverly High Beverly, MA 1,213
Westborough High Westborough, MA 1,213
Collegiate Charter School of Lowell Lowell, MA 1,212
Community Day Charter Public School Lawrence, MA 1,200
Algonquin Regional High Northborough, MA 1,197
Medford High Medford, MA 1,195
Chicopee Comprehensive High School Chicopee, MA 1,192
Concord Carlisle High Concord, MA 1,191
Match Charter Public School Boston, MA 1,189
Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School Charlton, MA 1,188
Maria Weston Chapman Middle School Weymouth, MA 1,187
Greater Commonwealth Virtual School Greenfield, MA 1,184

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public School Universe + Civil Rights Data Collection · 2024-25