Burlington High School (Massachusetts)

Burlington High School
Burlington High School
Address
Map
123 Cambridge Street

,
01803

United States
Information
School typePublic
Open enrollment[1]
Established1939 (Current Facility, 1973)[2]
School districtBurlington Public Schools
NCES School ID250324000426
PrincipalMark John Sullivan [3]
Teaching staff87.06(FTE)[4]
Grades9-12
Number of students972 (2022-23)[4]
Student to teacher ratio10.70[4]
Area365,000 ft2[2]
Color(s)Red, white and blue     
MascotBurlington Red Devils
RivalWoburn High School
AccreditationNEASC [5]
PublicationCollab (literary magazine)
NewspaperDevil’s Advocate
YearbookArrowhead
Communities servedTown of Burlington
Feeder schoolsMarshall Simonds Middle School
Nobel laureates1 (Roderick MacKinnon)
Expenditure per Student (School District)$16,643 (79 of 335 in MA) (2013) [7]
Websitewww.burlingtonpublicschools.org/schools/bhs

Burlington High School is a four-year comprehensive high school located at 123 Cambridge Street in Burlington, Massachusetts. It is credited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.[5]

Burlington High was one of 30 schools in the state of Massachusetts named to the AP Honor Roll by the College Board in 2011 for simultaneously increasing access to Advanced Placement coursework while maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP exams.[8]

Burlington High School is ranked #39 in the recently released 2015 Boston Magazine rankings.[9] This is up from their ranking of #67 in 2014.[10] According to Boston Magazine, these rankings are based heavily on MCAS scores and schools are not contacted annually for updated data.[11]

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  3. ^ "Burlington High (00480505)". profiles.doe.mass.edu. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Burlington High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Membership Roster of the NEASC". New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
  6. ^ "SAT Performance Report - School and District Profiles". Profiles.doe.mass.edu. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. September 20, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  7. ^ "2012-13 Per Pupil Expenditures Report: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education". Profiles.doe.mass.edu. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
  8. ^ "NameBright - Coming Soon".
  9. ^ "Best Public Schools in Boston 2015 — Sortable Chart". Archived from the original on 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  10. ^ "Best Public Schools in Boston 2014". Boston Magazine. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
  11. ^ "Best Public Schools in Boston 2014 – Top 50 Ranking". 26 August 2014.