Burlington High School (Massachusetts)

Burlington High School
Burlington High School
Address
123 Cambridge Street

,
01803

United States
Information
School typePublic
Open enrollment
Established1939 (Current Facility, 1973)
School districtBurlington Public Schools
NCES School ID250324000426
PrincipalMark John Sullivan
Teaching staff88.30 (FTE)
Grades9-12
Number of students1,005 (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio11.38
Area365,000 ft2
Color(s)Red, white and blue
     
MascotBurlington Red Devils
RivalWoburn High School
AccreditationNEASC
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)
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.

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.

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