B M C Durfee High
Fall River · MA · Fall River · Public
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Bishop Connolly High School → Fall River Deaconess Home School → Diman Regional Vocational Technical High → Resiliency Preparatory Academy → Somerset Berkley Regional High School → Argosy Collegiate Charter School → Atlantis Charter School → The Meadowridge Academy →📋 At a glance
- 📚 14 AP courses offered — Elite
- 🔢 4 calculus classes · 18 physics · 8 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 70th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 71th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 79% (Bottom 26% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How B M C Durfee High compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 70th percentile nationally with 14 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyMA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+14 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River Deaconess Home School, Diman Regional Vocational Technical High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
70th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2171th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 26% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +4.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,642 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $27,139 per student in district revenue, the 576 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $15,632,064/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Connolly High School Fall River |
Private | 0.2 | 184 | -26.1% |
| Fall River Deaconess Home School Fall River |
Private | 1.0 | 20 | — |
| Diman Regional Vocational Technical High Fall River |
Public | 1.1 | 1,463 | +3.0% |
| Resiliency Preparatory Academy Fall River |
Public | 1.2 | 149 | +71.3% |
| Somerset Berkley Regional High School Somerset |
Public | 2.1 | 882 | -10.8% |
| Argosy Collegiate Charter School Fall River |
Public · charter | 2.4 | 270 | +3.8% |
| Atlantis Charter School Fall River |
Public · charter | 3.1 | 267 | -11.6% |
| The Meadowridge Academy Swansea |
Private | 3.5 | 36 | — |