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Massachusetts public school district

Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical

1 high school in our rankings

C+
overall grade

Ranks #210 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.

Overall rank
#210
of 328 districts
MCAS ELA
56%+11 vs MA
State 45% in the same grades
MCAS Math
45%
State 44% in the same grades
Spending per student
$24,907
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.

Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School District is a public regional vocational-technical district serving students from several towns in north-central Massachusetts, in the Montachusett region near Fitchburg and Leominster. The district's high school offers career and technical programs alongside a standard academic curriculum, allowing students to graduate with both a high school diploma and hands-on training in a skilled trade. The region is known for its mix of small towns, farmland, and former mill communities, reflecting its industrial heritage in the Nashua River Valley. Its career-focused approach gives students an alternative pathway into skilled trades, technology, and other technical fields after graduation.

How it compares

What stands out
  • Strongest area: Attendance, in the top 6% of districts. Students attend 95.8% of school days, vs 93.7% for the average MA district.
  • Area to watch: AP results rank in the bottom 35% of districts.
  • Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 19.5% in 2022 to 7.9% in 2025.
  • Trend: Math MCAS is down 13 points since 2023 (58% to 45%); statewide it fell 6 points.
Where it stands among Massachusetts school districts
Bottom of MATop of MA
Overall
Averagebottom 37% · #210
SAT
Averagetop 44% · #126
ELA MCAS
Above averagetop 30% · #97
Math MCAS
Averagetop 46% · #147
AP results
Below averagebottom 35% · #184
Graduation
Excellenttop 10% · #28
Attendance
Excellenttop 6% · #18

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 Montachusett 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 1056%in 2026 · state 45%
11 points above the state
0%50%100%This district56%State45%2019202120232026
Math, grade 1045%in 2026 · state 44%
1 point above the state
0%50%100%This district45%State44%2019202120232026
By grade, 2026 · the black tick marks the state
GradeELAMath
Grade 10
56%+11 vs state
45%+1 vs state
Science, 2026
High school biology
44%+6 vs state

High school results

Average SATAbout average
This district
1132
MA avg
1113
AP exams scored 3+About average
This district
65%
MA avg
69.1%
Four-year graduation rateBetter than average
This district
98.8%
MA avg
92.4%

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

Students & classrooms

Classrooms
Students in classes1,409
Average class size17.8MA avg 17.3
Who attends
White
72.5%
Hispanic/Latino
19.2%
Multi-Race
3.8%
Black/African American
3.1%
Asian
1.4%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.1%

47.3% female · 51.7% male · 1.1% nonbinary

Student needs
English learnersLower than average
This district
1%
MA avg
8.5%
Students with disabilitiesLower than average
This district
16.4%
MA avg
20.2%

Spending & teachers

Spending per student$24.9Kin FY2024 · MA median $21.8K
$3,142 above the MA median
$0K$13K$25KThis district$24.9KMA median$21.8K20162018202020222024
Teacher salary$98.7Kin 2023-24 · MA median $91.4K
$7,282 above the MA median
$0K$50K$100KThis district$98.7KMA median$91.4K20162018202020222024
Teachers who stayedfrom last yearBetter than average
This district
90.8%
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 119 full-time-equivalent teachers.

Attendance

Attendance rateBetter than average
This district
95.8%
MA avg
93.7%
Chronically absentmissed 10%+ of daysBetter than average
This district
7.9%
MA avg
16.9%

7.3 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 1.3% missed 20% or more of school days