📍 10 Surfside Road, Nantucket, Nantucket County, 02554
Nantucket High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Nantucket, Nantucket County. The school has 586 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Nantucket school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 49.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 87%. The school offers 5 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Nantucket High enrolls 586 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 49.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 36% Hispanic or Latino and 10% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 280 | 48% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 213 | 36% |
| Black or African American | 60 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 3.6% |
| Asian | 11 | 1.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Nantucket High is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 40, state house district 64.
Nantucket High is one of 4 schools in Nantucket, based in Nantucket, Massachusetts. The district serves 1,719 students district-wide and employs 161 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 586 students, Nantucket High is larger than the district average of about 430 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant