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Massachusetts public school district

Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical

1 high school in our rankings

C+
overall grade

Ranks #185 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.

Overall rank
#185
of 328 districts
MCAS ELA
39%
State 45% in the same grades
MCAS Math
35%
State 44% in the same grades
Spending per student
$27,245
MA median $21,765

MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grade 10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.

Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical School District is a public regional vocational-technical high school serving students from multiple member communities in the Greater Boston area. The district is located in Canton, Massachusetts, roughly 13 miles south of Boston, near the Blue Hills Reservation for which it is named. As a regional vocational-technical district, it offers career-focused technical programs alongside a standard academic curriculum, drawing students from surrounding towns. The Blue Hills Reservation, a large state-managed park and one of the oldest public reservations in the Boston area, lies adjacent to the district's surroundings.

How it compares

What stands out
  • Strongest area: Graduation rate, in the top 5% of districts. 99.5% of high school students graduate in four years, vs 92.4% for the average MA district.
  • Area to watch: SAT scores rank in the bottom 27% of districts.
  • Trend: ELA MCAS is down 30 points since 2023 (69% to 39%); statewide it fell 13 points.
  • Trend: Math MCAS is down 21 points since 2023 (56% to 35%); statewide it fell 6 points.
Where it stands among Massachusetts school districts
Bottom of MATop of MA
Overall
Averagebottom 44% · #185
SAT
Below averagebottom 27% · #213
ELA MCAS
Below averagebottom 36% · #212
Math MCAS
Below averagebottom 32% · #223
AP results
Above averagetop 15% · #40
Graduation
Excellenttop 5% · #14
Attendance
Above averagetop 32% · #104

A district's overall rank is the average statewide percentile of its ranked schools, with a 10% discount for single-school districts. Category standings compare the average of each district's ranked schools and count only districts with data. How we rank

Schools in Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical

High schools · ranked among 335

We rank high schools that report SAT results and elementary schools with grade 3 MCAS results, so some of the district's schools (middle schools, for example) aren't listed. Elementary ELA and Math are 2024–2026 averages of grade 3 results.

MCAS results

Share of students meeting or exceeding expectations, compared with the state. Statewide 10th-grade results dropped after 2024, when passing the MCAS stopped being a graduation requirement. There was no test in 2020.

English Language Arts, grade 1039%in 2026 · state 45%
6 points below the state
0%50%100%This district39%State45%2019202120232026
Math, grade 1035%in 2026 · state 44%
9 points below the state
0%50%100%This district35%State44%2019202120232026
By grade, 2026 · the black tick marks the state
GradeELAMath
Grade 10
39%−6 vs state
35%−9 vs state
Science, 2026
High school biology
31%−7 vs state

High school results

Average SATWorse than average
This district
1072
MA avg
1113
AP exams scored 3+Better than average
This district
88%
MA avg
69.1%
Four-year graduation rateBetter than average
This district
99.5%
MA avg
92.4%

Averages of the district's ranked high schools (Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.

Students & classrooms

Classrooms
Students in classes899
Average class size16MA avg 17.3
Who attends
White
42.5%
Hispanic/Latino
24.6%
Black/African American
22.9%
Multi-Race
6.4%
Asian
2.8%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.4%
American Indian/Alaska Native
0.3%

48.4% female · 51.5% male · 0.1% nonbinary

Student needs
English learnersLower than average
This district
1%
MA avg
8.5%
Students with disabilitiesAbout average
This district
22%
MA avg
20.2%

Spending & teachers

Spending per student$27.2Kin FY2024 · MA median $21.8K
$5,480 above the MA median
$0K$15K$30KThis district$27.2KMA median$21.8K20162018202020222024
Teacher salary$106.6Kin 2023-24 · MA median $91.4K
$15,208 above the MA median
$0K$58K$115KThis district$106.6KMA median$91.4K20162018202020222024
Teachers who stayedfrom last yearBetter than average
This district
92.7%
MA avg
84.7%
Principals who stayedfrom last yearBetter than average
This district
100%
MA avg
82%

Spending is total per-pupil expenditure from all sources. Dollar figures aren't adjusted for inflation. "MA median" is the middle district in each year; small districts can spend far more per student, so the median is a fairer yardstick than the average. Salary is the average across 82 full-time-equivalent teachers.

Attendance

Attendance rateBetter than average
This district
94.8%
MA avg
93.7%
Chronically absentmissed 10%+ of daysBetter than average
This district
5.3%
MA avg
16.9%

9.3 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 0.9% missed 20% or more of school days