Merrimack Valley News

Lowell High School had the highest enrollment among Middlesex County schools, welcoming 3,167 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 53.6% of them were boys, and 46.2% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Lowell High School students was Hispanic, accounting for 39.4% of the student population.

Among the 376 schools in Middlesex County, Framingham High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 2,566 students, while Lexington High School welcomed 2,303 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Lowell High School is part of Lowell Public Schools, which roughly covers schools within Middlesex County and has a main office in Lowell.

In the previous school year, Lowell High School also had the highest number of students among Middlesex County schools.

Students in Massachusetts are predominantly white, according to state data from 2024. Hispanic and Latino students come in second, making up 25.1% of the state's student body.

Across the state, Hispanic and Latino students suffered the highest high school dropout rates in 2022.

Underrepresentation is also found among educators in Massachusetts. The Rennie Center reported that only 9% of teachers are people of color.

School name	City	Total School Enrollment
Lowell High School	Lowell	3,167
Framingham High School	Framingham	2,566
Lexington High School	Lexington	2,303
Gr. Lowell Regional Vocational Technical School	Tyngsborough	2,302
Everett High School	Everett	2,231
Newton North High School	Newtonville	2,099
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School	Cambridge	1,867
Malden High School	Malden	1,856
Newton South High School	Newton Centre	1,837
Waltham Senior High School	Waltham	1,751
Natick High School	Natick	1,727
Billerica Memorial High School	Billerica	1,726
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School	Acton	1,683
Mystic Valley Regional Charter School	Malden	1,608
Arlington High School	Arlington	1,527
Westford Academy	Westford	1,525
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School	Sudbury	1,484
Winchester High School	Winchester	1,383
Winthrop L. Chenery Middle School	Belmont	1,371
Chelmsford High School	North Chelmsford	1,367
Belmont High School	Belmont	1,364
Somerville High School	Somerville	1,310
Concord Carlisle High School	Concord	1,306
Shawsheen Valley Vocational Technical High School	Billerica	1,292
Northeast Metro Regional Vocational School	Wakefield	1,292
Medford High School	Medford	1,260
Hopkinton High School	Hopkinton	1,234
Collegiate Charter School of Lowell	Lowell	1,203
Woburn High School	Woburn	1,178
Assabet Valley Vocational High School	Marlborough	1,128
Reading Memorial High School	Reading	1,096
Galvin Middle School	Wakefield	1,065
Marlborough High School	Marlborough	1,064
1 Lt. Charles W. Whitcomb School	Marlborough	1,044
McCall Middle School	Winchester	1,037
Salemwood School	Malden	1,024
Lafayette School	Everett	1,020
Prospect Hill Academy Charter School	Cambridge	999
Burlington High School	Burlington	972
Hopkinton Middle School	Hopkinton	972
Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School	Marlborough	966
Wm. Diamond Middle School	Lexington	942
Melrose High School	Melrose	926
Ottoson Middle School	Arlington	922
F. A. Day Middle School	Newtonville	920
George Keverian School	Everett	897
Ferryway School	Malden	894
J. F. Kennedy Middle School	Natick	884
Beebe School	Malden	881
Melrose Middle School	Melrose	869
Ephraim Curtis Middle School	Sudbury	850
Justus C. Richardson Middle School	Dracut	848
Dracut Senior High School	Dracut	847
McCarthy Middle School	Chelmsford	844
Joseph P. Keefe Technical High School	Framingham	842
Bedford High School	Bedford	841
Ashland High School	Ashland	840
Rogers STEM Academy	Lowell	835
Wakefield Memorial High School	Wakefield	827
Raymond J. Grey Junior High School	Acton	825
Wayland High School	Wayland	824
Jonas Clarke Middle School	Lexington	823
Linden School	Malden	820
Marshall Simonds Middle School	Burlington	817
Holliston High School	Holliston	814
Lowell Community Charter Public School	Lowell	813
Hudson High School	Hudson	808
Innovation Academy Charter School	Tyngsboro	793
Walsh Middle School	Framingham	789
Goodnow Brothers Elementary School	Marlborough	784
Pioneer Charter School of Science	Everett	783
North Middlesex Regional School	Townsend	779
Wilson Middle School	Natick	778
Madeline English School	Everett	763
Tyngsborough Elementary School	Tyngsborough	752
Tewksbury Memorial High School	Tewksbury	752
Charles E. Brown Middle School	Newton Centre	750
Nashoba Valley Technical High School	Westford	750
Watertown High School	Watertown	733
E Somerville Community School	Somerville	729
Col Moses Parker School	Chelmsford	723
Groton Dunstable Regional Middle School	Groton	723
Hosmer School	Watertown	716
Placentino Elementary School	Holliston	703
Barbieri Elementary School	Framingham	696
Minuteman Regional High School	Lexington	691
Ashland Middle School	Ashland	682
Groton Dunstable Regional School	Groton	680
Stoneham Central Middle School	Stoneham	678
James S. Daley Middle School	Lowell	674
Dr. An Wang School	Lowell	659
Oak Hill Middle School	Newton Centre	657
Charles Jaworek School	Marlborough	656
Wilmington High School	Wilmington	656
Robert H. Adams Middle School	Holliston	655
Concord Middle School	Concord	650
North Reading High School	North Reading	644
David Mindess School	Ashland	644
Henry E. Warren Elementary School	Ashland	643
Weston High School	Weston	639
Hopkins Elementary School	Hopkinton	639
Varnum Brook School	Pepperell	633
Kathryn P. Stoklosa Middle School	Lowell	633
Wilmington Middle School	Wilmington	631
Elmwood School	Hopkinton	627
Wayland Middle School	Wayland	621
Stoneham High School	Stoneham	619
Fuller Middle School	Framingham	616
L. F. Dewing School	Tewksbury	612
Stony Brook School	Westford	612
Miller School	Holliston	604
Marshall Middle School	Billerica	604
Henry J. Robinson Middle School	Lowell	603
Carlisle School	Carlisle	601
John F. Kennedy Middle School	Waltham	600
Maria Hastings School	Lexington	598
John Glenn Middle School	Bedford	597
Joseph A. Campbell Elementary School	Dracut	596
John W. McDevitt Middle School	Waltham	595
Forestdale School	Malden	594
Marathon Elementary School	Hopkinton	592
James Sullivan Middle School	Lowell	592
Lt. Job Lane School	Bedford	587
Peter Noyes School	Sudbury	564
David J. Quinn Middle School	Hudson	558
Thomas Ditson School	Billerica	557
Cameron Middle School	Framingham	553
Milton Fuller Roberts School	Medford	552
Miriam F. McCarthy School	Framingham	550
Locke Middle School	Billerica	549
Brooks School	Medford	547
Albert F. Argenziano School at Lincoln Park	Somerville	544
Lincoln School	Lincoln	544
Hemenway School	Framingham	543
Blanchard Middle School	Westford	543
Joseph Estabrook School	Lexington	542
North Reading Middle School	North Reading	541
Potter Road School	Framingham	541
Roger E. Wellington School	Belmont	539
Richer School	Marlborough	533
Page Hilltop Elementary School	Ayer	532
Watertown Middle School	Watertown	532
George H. Englesby Elementary School	Dracut	532
Florence Roche School	Groton	526
Brookside Elementary School	Dracut	518
Lt. Eleazer Davis School	Bedford	514
B.F. Butler Middle School	Lowell	514
John F. Kennedy Middle School	Woburn	514
Gibbs School	Arlington	511
John F. Ryan School	Tewksbury	510
Northeast Elementary School	Waltham	507
Blanchard Memorial School	Boxborough	506
Arthur D. Healey School	Somerville	506
Pyne Arts School	Lowell	503
Brown School	Natick	503
Thompson School	Arlington	502
Byam School	Chelmsford	501
Center School	Stow	498
Claypit Hill School	Wayland	498
John W. Wynn Middle School	Tewksbury	496
Harmony Grove Elementary School	Framingham	496
Bartlett Community Partnership School	Lowell	494
Francis J. Kane School	Marlborough	493
Francis Wyman Elementary School	Burlington	493
Abraham Lincoln School	Lowell	492
Brophy School	Framingham	487
Peter W. Reilly School	Lowell	485
Center Elementary School	Chelmsford	485
Charles W. Morey School	Lowell	481
John J. McGlynn Elementary School	Medford	481
Nissitissit Middle School	Pepperell	481
S Christa McAuliffe Elementary School	Lowell	480
Littleton High School	Littleton	480
Bennett-Hemenway School	Natick	480
John J. Shaughnessy School	Lowell	479
Douglas MacArthur Elementary School	Waltham	477
Greenhalge School	Lowell	473
Lynch Elementary School	Winchester	473
Charles D. Harrington School	North Chelmsford	471
Pawtucketville Memorial School	Lowell	466
Walter S. Parker Middle School	Reading	464
Hawthorne Brook School	Townsend	464
South Row School	Chelmsford	463
L. D. Batchelder School	North Reading	463
John J. McGlynn Middle School	Medford	461
Dr. Gertrude Bailey School	Lowell	460
Fowler School	Maynard	459
Madeleine Dugger Andrews School	Medford	456
Bowman School	Lexington	451
Daniel L. Joyce Middle School	Woburn	447
Willard School	Concord	446
McCarthy-Towne School	Acton	446
Weston Middle School	Weston	444
Cabot School	Newtonville	442
Vinson-Owen Elementary School	Winchester	441
John F. Kennedy School	Somerville	440
Charlotte M. Murkland Elementary School	Lowell	438
Shaker Lane Elementary School	Littleton	436
M. Norcross Stratton School	Arlington	435
Bigelow Middle School	Newton	435
Winn Brook School	Belmont	434
Dolbeare School	Wakefield	433
Charlotte A. Dunning School	Framingham	433
Thoreau School	Concord	433
Memorial School	Natick	432
Merriam School	Acton	431
C. A. Farley School	Hudson	430
Arthur W. Coolidge Middle School	Reading	429
Fox Hill School	Burlington	428
Joseph McAvinnue School	Lowell	428
Woodville School	Wakefield	427
Parker School	Billerica	427
Israel Loring School	Sudbury	426
Brackett School	Arlington	425
Woburn Street School	Wilmington	425
Clyde Reeves School	Woburn	422
Winter Hill Community School	Somerville	422
Green Meadow School	Maynard	419
Spaulding Memorial School	Townsend	419
Alcott School	Concord	417
Cyrus E. Dallin School	Arlington	415
Tyngsborough High School	Tyngsborough	414
Luther Conant School	Acton	408
Roosevelt School	Melrose	408
Amigos School	Cambridge	407
Lilja Elementary School	Natick	406
J Warren Killam School	Reading	406
Zervas School	Waban	406
John A. Bishop School	Arlington	401
Pine Hill School	Sherborn	401
Tyngsborough Middle School	Tyngsborough	400
Memorial Spaulding School	Newton Centre	397
Hardy School	Arlington	397
Harrington School	Lexington	396
Memorial School	Burlington	394
Ayer Shirley Regional High School	Ayer	394
Lincoln School	Melrose	393
Robin Hood School	Stoneham	393
King Elementary School	Framingham	392
Missituk Elementary School	Medford	391
Hurld-Wyman Elementary School	Woburn	390
Joshua Eaton School	Reading	389
Russell St. Elementary School	Littleton	389
Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School	Devens	388
Shawsheen Elementary School	Wilmington	387
Littleton Middle School	Littleton	385
Henry Whittemore Elementary School	Waltham	385
Loker School	Wayland	385
J Turner Hood School	North Reading	383
Winthrop School	Melrose	383
William F. Stanley Elementary School	Waltham	383
James Fitzgerald Elementary School	Waltham	378
C.T. Douglas Elementary School	Acton	377
A. E. Angier School	Waban	376
Hajjar Elementary School	Billerica	375
Bridge School	Lexington	374
Countryside School	Newton Highlands	372
West Somerville Neighborhood School	Somerville	371
King Open School	Cambridge	371
Josiah Haynes School	Sudbury	370
Nabnasset School	Westford	369
C. C. Burr School	Auburndale	368
Ayer Shirley Regional Middle School	Shirley	367
Peirce School	Arlington	364
Franklin School	West Newton	363
Happy Hollow School	Wayland	363
Graham and Parks School	Cambridge	362
Abbot Elementary School	Westford	360
Bowen School	Newton Centre	360
Birch Meadow School	Reading	358
Horace Mann School	Newtonville	357
Alice M. Barrows School	Reading	356
James Russell Lowell School	Watertown	355
Thomas R. Plympton Elementary School	Waltham	353
Paul P. Gates Elementary School	Acton	350
South School	Stoneham	349
Ambrose Elementary School	Winchester	345
Lura A. White Elementary School	Shirley	343
Mary E. Stapleton Elementary School	Framingham	343
Fiske School	Lexington	341
Maria L. Baldwin School	Cambridge	340
Col John Robinson School	Westford	338
Lincoln-Eliot School	Newton	338
Mary Lee Burbank School	Belmont	336
John A. Crisafulli Elementary School	Westford	335
Daniel Butler School	Belmont	334
Heath-Brook School	Tewksbury	332
Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School	Cambridge	332
Martin Luther King Junior School	Cambridge	332
Mason-Rice School	Newton Centre	332
Country School	Weston	331
Christa McAuliffe Charter School	Framingham	329
Webster School	Everett	329
Swallow/Union School	Dunstable	328
Lincoln Elementary School	Winchester	328
Day Elementary School	Westford	327
Cunniff School	Watertown	326
Muraco Elementary School	Winchester	326
General John Nixon Elementary School	Sudbury	325
E Ethel Little School	North Reading	323
Early Childhood Center	Melrose	323
Goodyear Elementary School	Woburn	322
John M. Tobin School	Cambridge	320
Woodland School	Weston	320
Peabody School	Cambridge	318
Malcolm White School	Woburn	317
Maynard High School	Maynard	316
Pine Glen Elementary School	Burlington	308
John F. Kennedy School	Billerica	304
Herbert Clark Hoover School	Melrose	303
Rita E. Miller Elementary School	Westford	301
Morse School	Cambridge	294
Cambridge Street Upper School	Cambridge	293
West Intermediate School	Wilmington	292
Forest Avenue Elementary School	Hudson	284
Shamrock School	Woburn	284
Frederick J. Dutile School	North Billerica	280
Rindge Avenue Upper School	Cambridge	274
Vassal Lane Upper School	Cambridge	273
Hale School	Stow	270
Juniper Hill School	Framingham	269
Field Elementary School	Weston	266
Cambridgeport School	Cambridge	255
Fletcher/Maynard Academy	Cambridge	254
Community Charter School of Cambridge	Cambridge	253
North Intermediate School	Wilmington	252
Putnam Avenue Upper School	Cambridge	251
Wood End Elementary School	Reading	246
Washington School	Lowell	244
Horace Mann School	Melrose	244
Mulready Elementary School	Hudson	243
Peirce School	West Newton	241
Colonial Park School	Stoneham	241
Moody Elementary School	Lowell	241
Greenmont Avenue School	Dracut	240
Hanscom Primary School	Hanscom Air Force Base	239
Malden Early Learning Center	Malden	239
Haggerty School	Cambridge	232
Williams School	Auburndale	231
Hanscom Middle School	Hanscom Air Force Base	224
Underwood School	Newton Corner	221
Greenwood School	Wakefield	219
Waltham Public Schools Dual Language Program	Waltham	214
Capuano Early Childhood Center	Somerville	213
Walton School	Wakefield	213
Benjamin G. Brown School	Somerville	211
Mary D. Altavesta School	Woburn	203
Community Education Center	Chelmsford	201
Linscott-Rumford School	Woburn	199
John Ward School	Newton Centre	194
Early Childhood Center	Marlborough	191
Newton Early Childhood Program	Newton	186
Kennedy-Longfellow School	Cambridge	184
Adams School	Everett	182
Boutwell Early Childhood Center	Wilmington	143
Ashby Elementary School	Ashby	141
Johnson School	Natick	136
Early Childhood Center at the Doyle School	Wakefield	121
Carol Huebner Early Childhood Program	Acton	107
RISE PreSchool	Reading	103
Squannacook Early Childhood Center	Townsend	100
Hopkinton Pre-School	Hopkinton	99
Cardinal O'Connell Early Learning Center	Lowell	99
Boutwell School	Groton	94
Menotomy Preschool	Arlington	88
The Career Academy	Lowell	88
Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School	Lowell	83
William Pittaway Elementary School	Ashland	82
Lexington Children's Place	Lexington	75
Dr. Janice Adie Day School	Chelmsford	55
Full Circle High School	Somerville	54
Devens School	Everett	46
Leblanc Therapeutic Day School	Lowell	33
Curtis-Tufts School	Medford	18
Next Wave Junior High School	Somerville	15
Laura Lee Therapeutic Day School	Lowell	14