Medfield High School
public high school in Medfield, Massachusetts, United States
Medfield High School is a 9–12 public high school in Medfield, Massachusetts, part of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is one of five public schools in the school system, and the only public high school in Medfield.
In 2019, U.S. News & World Report ranked Medfield as the 20th best High School in Massachusetts and number 610 nationally. In 2024-25, the student to teacher ratio at the high school was 12.7:1. There were 704 students at the school, 51.1% of which were male, 48.9% female.
Student ethnicity
White 83.7%
Asian 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino 6.4%
African American 1.8%
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 4.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native 0.4%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.0%
History
From the time Medfield was founded in 1649 and established in 1651 as the 43rd town in the then Massachusetts Bay Colony, education was considered to be one of the most important aspects of the town. The founder of Medfield, Ralph Wheelock, became the first schoolmaster for the town. Medfield's first schoolhouse was built in 1666 on the south-east corner of North Street and Janes Avenue. It remained the town's only schoolhouse until 1732 when the town was divided into three school districts, north, south and center. Schoolhouses, in addition to the Center School on North Street at Janes Avenue, were then built in the north and south parts of town.
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