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Plans of High School Graduates 1998

Data Collection and Reporting by Individual Schools and Districts

Data about the plans of high school graduates were obtained from the Year-End School Indicator Report, a survey of Massachusetts public schools conducted by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education at the end of every school year. School officials report the number of graduating students by gender and race across nine categories of post-graduation plans.

High schools reported in the table Distribution of High School Graduates - Class of 1998 at the end of this report are classified as follows:

Plans of High School Graduates Class of 1998

  Number
of Grads
2 Year
Publ. Coll.
4 Year
Publ. Coll.
2 Year
Priv. Coll.
4 Year
Priv. Coll.
Other Post
Secondary
Military Work OtherInfo Not Avail
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Abington
Abington High112203110 251 311 00
Agawam
Agawam High 3053321 0 250 313 40
Amesbury
Amesbury High1261237 1 295 116 00
Andover
Andover High 306 627 1 490 010 53
Arlington
Arlington 219 726 2 504 3 7 10
Ashland
Ashland High 1121322 5 531 4 4 00
Attleboro
Attleboro 2531329 2 190 231 30
Attleboro Voc 6420 6 0261353 00
District Total 3171525 2 161 435 30
Auburn
Auburn Sr 1481827 5 351 112 10
Avon
Avon501220 8 480 2 6 40
Ayer
Ayer Jr/Sr 563029 9 130 713 00
Barnstable
Barnstable3972123 2 292 216 50
Bedford
Bedford High 1491028 0 490 3 7 30
Belchertown
Belchertown 1371721 0 412 216 11
Bellingham
Bellingham1341528 4 280 521 00
Bellingham4 0 02500 075 00
District Total 13814 274 270 522 00
Belmont
Belmont High 206 213 2 721 0 2 62
Beverly
Beverly High 2631626 2 361 215 02
Billerica
Billerica 3121734 3 283 3 6 60
Boston
Carter 1 0 0 000 0 0 0100
Downtown 44 0 0 000 0 0 0100
William 1217 0 000 025 8 50
Brighton High175 5 9 3 121 2 510 53
Charlestown 209 812 1 131 110 5 50
Dorchester156 3 8 2 133 2 711 51
Jeremiah E146 112 3 171 31018 35
East Boston 229 310 093 21313 48
The English 202 411 4 192 2 9 7 43
Madison Park 276 4 4 242 11123 48
Fenway Middle 40 018 0 350 0 3 3 43
Anotherggg 61 0 0 000 0 0 0100
Multicultural 8 0 0 000 0 0 0100
Egleston Comm 31 0 0 000 0 0 0100
Boston Latin 217 127 1 521 0 0 1 18
Hyde Park 193 410 1 122 61116 39
Boston Latin 327 021 0 631 0 4 0 11
South Boston 157 112 3 121 31320 36
West Roxbury 270 0 7 2 132 21112 51
Boston Tech 202 121 1 264 2 315 27
Boston High 18212 8 1 152 514 0 43
Snowden Int'L105 326 2 121 2 810 37
Horace Mann 3 0 0 000 0 0 0100
District Total3246 3 122 212 2 810 41
Bourne
Bourne High 1152429 5 320 010 00
Braintree
Braintree 2631329 3 371 216 00
Brockton
Lincoln540 0 000 060 00
Brockton High5723024 3 211 513 04
District Total 57730 243 201 514 04
Brookline
Brookline 406 419 3 581 1 9 60
Burlington
Burlington231 927 2 474 110 00
Cambridge
Cambridge 403 72013 400 2 3160
Canton
Canton High 144 613 6 630 3 4 51
Carver
Carver High 120 816 8 380 425 10
Chatham
Chatham High 46 926 2 464 211 00
Chelmsford
Chelmsford3591235 1 411 1 7 20
Chelsea
Chelsea High 124241715 145 520 10
Horizon Academy
Horizon1 0 0 000 0 0 0100
Chicopee
Chicopee High2253613 1 281 416 00
Chicopee2653512 3 177 619 20
District Total49035 122 224 518 10
Clinton
Clinton Sr103142213 261 613 51
Cohasset
Cohasset 60 218 5 670 0 7 02
Danvers
Danvers High 2011315 2 541 212 10
Dartmouth
Dartmouth 2282034 2 280 014 02
Dedham
Dedham High 1631427 4 381 214 00
Douglas
Douglas 492029 4 126 418 60
Dracut
Dracut Sr 2152335 4 201 212 21
Duxbury
Duxbury High 188 318 5 653 1 2 40
East Bridgewater
East 1332129 5 230 517 10
Easthampton
Easthampton 1112122 0 230 313 0 19
East Longmeadow
East 2043421 2 290 311 00
Easton
Oliver Ames 2071123 2 480 113 10
Everett
Everett High 2562021 5 292 220 12
Fairhaven
Fairhaven 1172327 2 193 316 70
Fall River
B M C Durfee 5053219 1 135 323 30
Falmouth
Falmouth High2941616 3 402 211 90
Fitchburg
Fitchburg 1482237 4 127 212 31
Foxborough
Foxborough143 527 4 481 412 10
Framingham
Framingham4021034 1 441 1 9 10
Franklin
Franklin High2041338 3 343 3 6 01
Gardner
Gardner High 1603631 4 251 1 2 00
Georgetown
Georgetown 731833 0 300 118 00
Gloucester
Gloucester2052326 2 263 4 4 1 10
Gloucester425 0 000 075 00
District Total 20923 252 263 4 6 1 10
Grafton
Grafton 93 930 4 370 011 73
Granby
Granby Jr/Sr 611613 0 233 238 50
Greenfield
Greenfield Sr121 819 0 261 144 01
Hadley
Hopkins 304040 0 200 0 0 00
Hanover
Hanover High 135 724 2 531 2 5 70
Harvard
Bromfield87 638 0 450 3 7 10
Harwich
Harwich High 851214 9 424 514 00
Hatfield
Smith Academy 293117 0 353 310 00
Haverhill
Haverhill 3122918 4 311 114 30
Hingham
Hingham High 182 425 4 591 2 3 20
Holbrook
Holbrook 582419 7 290 516 00
Holliston
Holliston 188 534 2 512 2 1 04
Holyoke
Holyoke High 2103121 0 192 522 00
Wm J Dean Voc11417 4 121 54110 20
District Total 32426 150 132 529 37
Hopedale
Hopedale 45 056 0 240 020 00
Hopkinton
Hopkinton931124 7 501 1 5 20
Hudson
Hudson High 112 837 0 384 213 00
Hull
Hull Jr/Sr 911425 0 351 314 16
Ipswich
Ipswich High 83 824 1 490 6 2 80
Lawrence
Lawrence High2373817 5 141 715 30
Lee
Lee High 663911 8 212 314 30
Leicester
Leicester 1171627 1 247 5 9 0 12
Lenox
Lenox 552036 0 332 0 9 00
Leominster
Leominster Sr2292033 2 242 211 52
Leominster 6728 8 626 839 50
District Total 29622 273 193 317 52
Lexington
Lexington 344 227 3 612 1 4 10
Littleton
Littleton591227 7 412 010 20
Longmeadow
Longmeadow225 427 0 570 0 7 50
Lowell
Lowell High 5342932 4 142 410 32
Ludlow
Ludlow Sr 1712922 0 233 416 04
Lunenburg
Lunenburg901947 0 230 1 8 11
Lynn
Classical 2012317 3 296 515 22
Lynn English 2862822 5 160 415 37
O'Keefe425 0 000 075 00
District Total 49126 204 213 415 24
Environmental
Environmental 19 5 0 0 115 568 50
Lynn
Lynn Voc Tech16816 71140 743 4 10
Lynnfield
Lynnfield 102 828 1 513 2 2 41
Malden
Malden High 2651423 5 292 224 10
Manchester
Manchester 581719 0 482 0 3100
Mansfield
Mansfield 1631026 3 423 115 00
Marblehead
Marblehead145 329 2 590 1 2 40
Marlborough
Marlborough 1541229 2 361 117 30
Marshfield
Marshfield2241230 2 410 113 10
Maynard
Maynard High 521431 2 334 412 20
Medfield
Medfield Sr 111 528 0 610 3 4 00
Medford
Medford High 228 919 8 306 314 39
Curtis-Tufts757 0 00 14 029 00
Medford Voc54 6 9 020 972 20
District Total 28910 176 245 425 37
Medway
Medway High 111 637 5 381 211 10
Melrose
Melrose High 2121327 1 393 115 00
Methuen
Methuen High 3562422 2 262 211120
Middleborough
Middleborough1612419 6 230 422 10
Milford
Milford High 2341227 5 361 012 60
Millbury
Millbury 94202111 287 112 00
Millis
Millis High651734 0 322 511 00
Milton
Milton High 179 820 3 554 3 6 01
Monson
Monson Jr/Sr 862821 7 272 6 9 00
Nantucket
Nantucket78 412 5 51 12 314 00
Natick
Natick High 2031130 2 441 110 10
Needham
Needham High 254 127 1 624 0 5 00
New Bedford
New Bedford 6101923 6 182 526 30
New Bedford 250 0 000 0 0500
District Total 61219 236 182 526 30
Newburyport
Newburyport 1521029 2 381 120 00
Newton
Newton North 435 522 3 582 0 7 12
Newton South 309 217 1 673 1 2 17
District Total 744 3 202 622 1 5 14
North Adams
Drury High1131717 1 352 127 00
Northampton
Northampton 1761822 2 391 2 5110
North Andover
North Andover1991437 4 360 1 7 20
North
North2331035 3 340 212 40
Northbridge
Northbridge88 635 1 322 314 70
North Brookfield
North 501430 6 244 418 00
North Reading
North Reading1151431 0 342 0 0 0 19
Norton
Norton High 1112217 0 346 318 00
Norwell
Norwell High 114 320 1 653 1 8 00
Norwood
Norwood High 2151322 7 411 111 12
Oxford
Oxford High 1131720 3 405 8 7 00
Palmer
Palmer High963029 1 270 210 00
Peabody
Veterans314 934 4 332 115 50
Peabody4 100 0 000 0 0 00
District Total 31810 333 322 114 40
Pittsfield
Pittsfield1912920 1 312 310 50
Taconic High 1313419 1 352 0 2 80
Hibbard520 0 000 080 00
Pittsfield 6535 0 203 326310
District Total 39232 161 272 211100
Plymouth
Plymouth2131327 1 380 217 12
Plymouth179 927 3 291 429 00
Plymouth 79 3 1 5 184 663 00
District Total 47110 232 311 329 01
Provincetown
Provincetown 30 01713 370 727 00
Quincy
Quincy High 261 919 7 282 312 4 16
North Quincy 297 920 3 372 2 9 5 12
District Total 558 9 205 332 310 5 14
Randolph
Randolph1751620 2 412 511 21
Reading
Reading 2351027 3 503 1 5 02
Revere
Revere High 2521918 5 249 419 10
Rockland
Rockland Sr 1231528 3 277 4 7100
Rockport
Rockport 43 742 2 405 0 2 20
Salem
Salem High2132726 5 162 514 50
Sandwich
Sandwich High1991132 5 351 313 20
Saugus
Saugus High 1911118 8 383 5 8100
Scituate
Scituate High155 625 4 531 1 7 50
Seekonk
Seekonk High 1401534 1 332 114 00
Sharon
Sharon High 161 024 0 711 0 3 01
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Sr229 934 3 391 210 12
Somerset
Somerset High2382522 5 243 317 00
Somerville
Somerville2351434 698 526 00
Full Circle10 0 01000 060300
District Total 24513 32687 527 10
Southbridge
Southbridge97 82721 220 311 80
South Hadley
South Hadley 1503615 1 293 311 10
Springfield
Springfield 4353718 2 220 5 5110
High School9250 9 0 140 912 24
Bridge1856 0 000 022 0 22
Springfield 1322639 032 2 1270
Springfield4342 9 007 535 20
Martin Luther 425 0 000 075 00
Mass Career3639 0 0 110 636 08
Putnam Voc1583510 072 428140
District Total 91837 171 141 512121
Stoneham
Stoneham High1901125 5 452 013 00
Stoughton
Stoughton 2351323 3 403 414 00
Sutton
Sutton High77 53510 353 0 9 30
Swampscott
Swampscott160 629 2 464 2 8 20
Swansea
Joseph Case 1352338 2 234 2 7 12
Taunton
Taunton High 3212123 3 123 521130
Tewksbury
Tewksbury 1732431 1 312 3 6 10
Tyngsborough
Tyngsborough 1032235 1 244 012 20
Uxbridge
Uxbridge High1151024 4 344 319 40
Wakefield
Wakefield 214 932 3 352 4 3 0 12
Walpole
Walpole High 217 419 3 592 2 9 10
Waltham
Waltham Sr350 925 3 411 215 40
Ware
Ware High492929 220 039 00
Wareham
Wareham Sr1371831 6 240 116 40
Watertown
Watertown 1221120 8 393 014 06
Wayland
Wayland High 166 218 2 692 0 4 21
Webster
Bartlett 941618 9 343 310 70
Wellesley
Wellesley Sr 194 223 1 673 0 4 20
Westborough
Westborough 161 627 3 501 110 02
West Boylston
West Boylston 51 637 0 316 216 20
West Bridgewater
West612828 2 18812 3 20
Westfield
Westfield 2733322 0 291 310 20
Westfield Voc10813 1 22 11 367 20
District Total 38127 161 214 326 20
Westford
Westford2121331 1 462 1 3 10
Weston
Weston High92 020 2 750 0 2 10
Westport
Westport High 792234 1 179 511 10
West Springfield
West 2093417 2 233 411 14
Westwood
Westwood High118 622 1 700 0 1 01
Weymouth
Weymouth3691022 1 301 423 90
Wilmington
Wilmington1482338 03 18 110 53
Winchendon
Murdock High 68 931 0 100 644 00
Winchester
Winchester184 326 1 567 2 3 30
Winthrop
Winthrop Sr 1321737 2 271 211 04
Woburn
Woburn High 2382025 0 297 217 00
Worcester
Accelerated20 050 0 200 020100
Burncoat207352111 162 410 10
Doherty 2291732 4 322 3 7 40
North High1382228 5 167 315 42
South High1992322 4 237 113 62
District Total 79323 266 224 311 41
Northampton-Smith
Smith Voc 10225 2 300 460 61
Worcester Trade
Worcester Voc136 7 4 218 271 50
Lowell Middlesex
Lowell2167101005 010 00
Mass Acad Math
Mass Acad33 0 9 0 880 0 0 30
Northstar CS
Northstar CS54040 000 020 00
South Shore CS
South Shore 63317 0 330 0 0170
Acton-Boxborough
Acton-Boxboro293 431 0 522 010 00
Adams-Cheshire
Hoosac Valley1312921 1 283 2 3 0 12
Amherst-Pelham
Amherst Reg 2371926 0 470 0 7 00
Ashburnham-Westmi
Oakmont Reg 1351919 0 372 222 00
Athol-Royalston
Athol High 803310 3 133 914153
Berkshire Hills
Monument Mt 1332317 1 292 213 3 10
Berlin-Boylston
Tahanto Reg481935 4 270 4 6 40
Blackstone-Millvi
Blackstone106 829 2 225 825 12
Bridgewater-Raynh
Bridgewater-R3111833 0 304 5 7 40
Central Berkshire
Wahconah Reg 1572724 1 292 313 10
Concord-Carlisle
Concord-Carli210 418 1 721 0 0 13
Dennis-Yarmouth
Dennis-Yarmou2342118 1 412 313 11
Dighton-Rehoboth
Dighton-Rehob1972225 3 247 512 11
Dover-Sherborn
Dover-Sherbor111 325 1 661 3 2 00
Dudley-Charlton
Shepherd Hill1681335 6 304 1 7 41
Nauset
Nauset Reg1981425 2 414 213 00
Freetown-Lakevill
Apponequet1832033 2 301 212 10
Frontier
Frontier Reg 802924 0 183 116 83
Gateway
Gateway Reg952723 0 282 413 20
Groton-Dunstable
Groton-Dunsta 881127 2 421 016 00
Gill-Montague
Turners Fall 912919 0 191 028 41
Hamilton-Wenham
Hamilton-Wenh151 728 1 501 0 4 53
Hampden-Wilbraham
Minnechaug2302022 1 373 4 6 71
Hampshire
Hampshire Reg1063228 2 223 0 3100
King Philip
King Philip 176 836 5 354 1 9 20
Lincoln-Sudbury
Lincoln-Sudbu204 227 1 660 0 3 20
Marthas Vineyard
Marthas 127 617 1 451 025 32
Masconomet
Masconomet215 438 1 452 1 7 20
Mendon-Upton
Nipmuc Reg 841237 6 310 212 00
Mount Greylock
Mt Greylock 1092119 3 462 1 8 00
Mohawk Trail
Mohawk Trail 953616 0 171 219100
Narragansett
Narragansett 872429 1 225 020 00
Nashoba
Nashoba Reg 1771038 0 382 4 6 12
Northboro-Southbo
Algonquin Reg184 533 0 457 1 9 00
North Middlesex
North2241337 4 302 212 10
Old Rochester
Old Rochester140 839 1 360 314 00
Pentucket
Pentucket Reg1581224 2 401 4 2150
Pioneer Valley
Pioneer 612612 0 262 331 00
Quabbin
Quabbin Reg 1401929 5 300 312 20
Ralph C Mahar
Ralph C Mahar 882425 2 300 3 8 80
Silver Lake
Silver Lake 3201128 8 311 417 00
Southern
Mt Everett 562013 2 232 430 70
Southwick-Tolland
Southwick 1263714 0 192 519 32
Spencer E
David Prouty 1332026 0 294 9 9 03
Tantasqua
Tantasqua Reg1791831 2 302 116 00
Tantasqua Reg 4013 510 1001043100
District Total 21917 264 262 321 20
Triton
Triton Reg1451929 1 302 314 10
Wachusett
Wachusett Reg351 929 0 422 115 11
Quaboag Regional
Quaboag Reg71 925 4 240 137 00
Whitman-Hanson
Whitman 2341927 2 294 410 41
Assabet Valley
Assabet 1651615 564 548 20
Blackstone Valley
Blackstone177 4 51061 166 70
Blue Hills Voc
Blue Hills17425 9 6 133 935 00
Randolph Career
Randolph 33122115 12 12 918 00
Bristol-Plymouth
Bristol-Plymo12412 0 342 673 00
Cape Cod Reg Voc
Cape Cod Reg 64 8 51762 850 50
Franklin County
Franklin 731110 034 656 47
Greater Fall
Diman Reg Voc24018 4 312 550 7 10
Greater Lawrence
Gr Lawrence 24025 5 500 161 20
Greater New
Gr New 31921 8 731 653 02
Greater Lowell
Gr Lowell Reg34624 7 035 251 80
S Middlesex Voc
Joseph P14725 5 145 354 40
Minute Man Voc
Minute Man1601312 6 151 243 80
Montachusett Voc
Montachusett 16723 4 180 360 10
Northern
Charles 1011725 3 1121027 60
Nashoba Valley
Nashoba 11221 5 162 445160
Northeast Metro
Northeast 20011 8 286 550111
North Shore Reg
North Shore98 9 2 3 122 564 20
Old Colony Voc
Old Colony 9510 7 852 166 00
Pathfinder Voc
Pathfinder12229 2 344 932180
Shawsheen Valley
Shawsheen 23918 6 720 163 21
Southeastern Reg
Southeastern 202 5 2 316 280 10
South Shore Reg
So Shore Voc 12110 71070 460 03
S Worcester
Bay Path Reg 1752012 010 930290
Tri County
Tri County1601314 881 748 30
Upper Cape Cod
Upper Cape 9112 2 706 170 20
Whittier Voc
Whittier Reg 22425 9 720 837130
Bristol County
Bristol 603012 530 233105
Essex Agr Tech
Essex Agr 513516 840 433 00
Norfolk County
Norfolk 1121320 6 173 122 0 19

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