South Middlesex Regional Vocational Technical
1 high school in our rankings
Ranks #278 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grade 10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
South Middlesex Regional Vocational Technical School District serves students through Joseph P. Keefe Technical High School, a public vocational-technical school located in Framingham, Massachusetts, roughly 20 miles west of Boston. The district draws students from the surrounding South Middlesex region, offering career and technical education alongside a standard academic curriculum. Framingham is a suburban community with a long history as a regional center, and the area is home to the Framingham State University campus and the Cushing Trust. The district's technical programs are designed to prepare students for both post-secondary education and direct entry into skilled trades and careers.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Attendance, in the top 25% of districts. Students attend 95% of school days, vs 93.7% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Math MCAS ranks in the bottom 19% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 33.1% in 2022 to 11.5% in 2025.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 16 points since 2023 (50% to 34%); statewide it fell 13 points.
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 South Middlesex Regional Vocational Technical
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.
High school results
Averages of the district's ranked high schools (Joseph P Keefe Technical High School). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
40.8% female · 58.4% male · 0.8% nonbinary
Spending & teachers
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 91 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
8.9 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 2.1% missed 20% or more of school days