Whaling City Junior/Senior High School
New Bedford · MA · New Bedford · Public · K-12 combined
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Trinity Day Academy → New Bedford High → Fairhaven High → Global Learning Charter Public School → Bishop Stang High School → Nazarene Christian Academy → Meeting Street/The Schwartz Center → Dartmouth High →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 24% (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Whaling City Junior/Senior High School compares for families
What families should know about Whaling City Junior/Senior High School.
- ▸ LocallyMA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+14 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Trinity Day Academy, New Bedford High, Fairhaven High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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 4% 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.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
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 +44.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 200 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $21,449 per student in district revenue, the 1,038 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $22,264,062/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Day Academy New Bedford |
Public | 0.4 | 62 | — |
| New Bedford High New Bedford |
Public | 1.0 | 2,857 | -1.1% |
| Fairhaven High Fairhaven |
Public | 1.5 | 567 | -10.1% |
| Global Learning Charter Public School New Bedford |
Public · charter | 1.8 | 172 | +13.2% |
| Bishop Stang High School North Dartmouth |
Private | 1.9 | 528 | -2.9% |
| Nazarene Christian Academy New Bedford |
Private | 2.0 | 200 | -2.0% |
| Meeting Street/The Schwartz Center North Dartmouth |
Private | 2.9 | 36 | — |
| Dartmouth High Dartmouth |
Public | 3.7 | 894 | -13.4% |