Belmont High School
221 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA, 02478-3047 -  Map
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School Overview:
Definition of Terms Belmont High School
School Level High school
Grades Offered Grades 9 - 12
County Middlesex County, MA
Students & Faculty
Total Students 1169 students
% Male / % Female 49%  /  51%
Total Classroom Teachers 74 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 9 - 291 students
Grade 10 - 298 students
Grade 11 - 294 students
Grade 12 - 286 students
This School ( MA ) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:16 1:14
Students by Ethnicity
This School ( MA ) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian 10% 5%
% Hispanic 4% 14%
% Black 5% 8%
% White 78% 71%
% Unknown 3 % 4%
Additional Student Information
This School ( MA ) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 4% 24%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 1% 5%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
( MA ) Statewide Testing Performance
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School District:
School District Name Belmont School District
This School's Agency ( MA ) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 6 3
Number of Students Managed 3,694 students 1,973 students
District Total Revenue $42,037,000 $24,738,000
District Expenditure $42,336,000 $23,460,000
District Revenue / Student $11,380 $19,938
District Expenditure / Student $11,461 $10,244
District Graduation Rates n/a n/a
School Notes:
  • Belmont is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. The population was 24,194 at the 2000 census.
  • History: Belmont was founded on March 18, 1859 by former citizens of, and land from, the bordering towns of Watertown (to the south), Waltham (to the west) and West Cambridge (now Arlington, to the north and east). The town was named after Bellmont, the 200 acre (0.8 kmē) estate of one of the leading advocates of and largest donor to its creation, John Perkins Cushing. The easternmost section of the town was returned to Cambridge in a dispute over a slaughterhouse built near the local reservoir, Fresh Pond; much of that area is now a major commercial and office center for the city of Cambridge.
  • Preceding its incorporation, Belmont was an agrarian based town, with several large farms servicing Boston for produce and livestock. It remained largely the same until the turn of the twentieth century, when trolley service and better roads were introduced, making the town more attractive as a residential area, most notably for the building of large estates.
  • The economics of the town shifted from purely agrarian to a commercial greenhouse base: much of the flower and vegetable needs of Boston were met from the Belmont 'hothouses' which persisted until about 1983 when Edgar's, the last large greenhouse firm in the area, closed. Other commercial enterprises in Belmont included mining and waste management. The transition of a large dump and quarry off Concord Avenue into a Belmont High School and Clay Pit Pond stands as a lasting example of environmental planning. With the introduction of automobiles and highways Belmont continued its transition to a commuter-based suburb throughout the twentieth century.
  • From its founding in 1958 until its relocation to Appleton, Wisconsin in the early-1980's, Belmont was the home of the headquarters of the John Birch Society. It was located at 395 Concord Avenue, next-door to the Belmont branch of the Post Office. Today the building houses the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research.
  • Present Day: Belmont remains a primarily residential suburb with little growth since the 1950s. It is best known for the mansion filled Belmont Hill neighborhood, although most residents live in more densely settled, low-lying areas around the Hill. There are three major commercial centers in the town: Belmont Center in the center, Cushing Square in the south, and Waverley Square in the west. Town Hall and other civic buildings are located in Belmont Center. Large tracts of land from former farms and greenhouse estates form public or public-accessible areas such as Rock Meadow, Habitat (Audubon), portions of the McLean Hospital tract and various town fields.
  • The major roads in the town are Concord Avenue, which bisects the town from east to west, Common Street and Pleasant Street (Route 60) which travel north-south through Belmont, and Trapelo Road and Belmont Street which run along the southern edge of the town. Massachusetts Route 2 runs along the northern border of the town. Belmont is also served by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Fitchburg Commuter Rail line and several bus lines.
  • The town is home to McLean Hospital, a psychiatric hospital and research center, and the Boston Massachusetts Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  • Education: Belmont is a part of Belmont Public Schools.
  • There are four public elementary schools in Belmont, the Burbank, Butler, Winn Brook, and Wellington schools. Two other public elementary schools, Payson Park and Kendall, were closed in the 1970s and 1980s, respectively. The former closed after being destroyed by fire, the latter closed due to population shifts and was converted to an arts center, which was later also destroyed by fire. There is one public middle school, the Chenery Middle School and one public high school, Belmont High School. Belmont High has an outstanding reputation for college placement; strong athletics, academics, music, and theater arts; a typical class size of about 280 students; and average SAT's for the class of 2004 of 1179.
  • Belmont Hill School is a private, non-sectarian all-male high school, grades 7-12. Belmont Day School is a private, non-sectarian PK-8 school. There are several smaller private schools.
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School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (02478)
School Zip (02478) (MA) State Average
Population (Approximate) 24,158 people 6,259,314 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 67% 40%
Population Average Age 40 years old 36.5 years old
Average Household size 2.5 persons 2.5 persons
Median Household Income $80,300 $49,984
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 6.2 rooms 5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 69 years old 55 years old
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