Nipmuc Regional High School is a
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Upton, Massachusetts
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, United States, part of the Mendon-Upton Regional School District.
Nipmuc Regional High School is located on a fifty-acre wooded lot in Upton, Massachusetts, in the Blackstone Valley region of the state. It serves the towns of Mendon and Upton through a cooperative arrangement established in 1961. In addition to Nipmuc Regional, there are three other schools in the Mendon-Upton Regional School District: Miscoe Hill Middle School, Clough Elementary School (Mendon,) and Memorial Elementary School (Upton.) The year-round population of the two towns is respectively 5,876 and 7,640.
Sports
NIpmuc Regional High School sports include mixed cheer leading, cross country, football, Golf (men), soccer, field hockey, baseball, volleyball, lacrosse, track (indoor/outdoor), hockey, basketball, wrestling and swimming. They are in the Dual Valley Conference and their sports range from division 1 to division 4. The boys' soccer team won the Division 3 State Championship in 2017.
Demographics
Nipmuc population by grade is 9th-153, 10th-133, 11th-177, 12th-166. The ethnicity rate is 2% Asian, 1% Black, 2% Hispanic, 94% White. The sex distribution is 51% female and 49% male. The free lunch rate in the school is 11%, and the reduced lunch rate in 2%. The teacher to student ratio in the school is 13:1
Advanced Placement
The participation rate for Nipmuc is 63%
Notable alumni and faculty
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Rachel Bloznalis: alumna;
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Kevin Gilmartin; head football coach at Nipmuc
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Tom Grant: alumnus;
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See also
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List of high schools in Massachusetts
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* Cape Cod Academy, Osterville, Massachusetts, Osterville
* Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, South Yarmouth
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References
Public high schools in Massachusetts
Schools in Worcester County, Massachusetts
1960 establishments in Massachusetts
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