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Belmont High School

221 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA, 02478-3047 -

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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

24%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

( MA ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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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

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 km�) 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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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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Zipcode (02478)

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% Owning / % Renting

61% / 39%

58% / 42%

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