Framingham High School

Framingham High School
Framingham High School Seal
Address
115 A Street Framingham, Massachusetts, Middlesex 01701 United States
Information
Type	public high school
Established	1792/1852
Opened	1967/1991
School district	Framingham
Superintendent	Dr. Stacey Scott
CEEB code	220842
Principal	Elyse Torbert
Grades	9 – 12
Age range	14-18
Number of students	2184
Language	English, Spanish & Portuguese
Campus	Urban/Suburban
School color(s)	Navy Blue & White
Athletics conference	Bay State Conference
Sports	Baseball · Basketball · Cheerleading · Field hockey · Gymnastics · Hockey · Football · Lacrosse · Softball · Soccer · Track and field · Volleyball · Swimming
Mascot	Fleagle
Team name	Flyers
Rival	Natick
Average SAT scores	529 verbal 562 math 514 writing 1605 (2015-2016)
Newspaper	The Eagles Eye
Website	FHS
Framingham North and South High Schools merged in 1991

Framingham High School, or FHS, is an urban/suburban public high school in the town of Framingham, Massachusetts, located approximately 20 miles west of Boston. Founded in 1792, as Framingham Academy, the high school is the result of the merger of Framingham North and Framingham South High Schools in 1991.

Like most high schools in the United States, it enrolls students in the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. The school has an approximate enrollment of 2000 students, making it the twelfth largest high school in Massachusetts. Framingham High School has a racially, ethnically, economically, and linguistically diverse population (20 percent of its students are considered low-income and 30 percent have a language other than English as their first language). The school is classified as an urban high school by the state of Massachusetts.

Framingham High School has received numerous awards for being a successful urban school, including a designation as a Commonwealth Compass School by the state of Massachusetts and as a Vanguard Model School by MassInsight.

The Framingham High School Flyers compete in the Bay State League-Carey Division of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association's Division I and their mascot is the Fleagle (Flying Eagle).

Framingham High School's racial/ethnic demographics for the 2011–2012 school year are as follows:

As of 2009^[update], approximately 20 percent of the school's white population (and 14 percent of the entire school population) is of Brazilian descent.

Other demographics:

Framingham High School is a racially, ethnically, and economically diverse school and in part this relates to the town of Framingham being historically a hub for immigrants to the United States. The student body of Framingham High is made up of significant immigrant (or children of immigrant) populations from Brazil, the Caribbean, South and Central America, Russia, Asia, and Africa.

The Framingham Academy was established in 1798, replacing the organization known as the Proprietors of the Brick School House which had formed in 1792. The town of Framingham gave the academy $1000, but some time later this was found to be illegal, and the academy was dissolved.

In 1852 the high school was formed, and later became the legal successor to the Academy. Thus the high school can be considered to be founded in either 1792 or 1852.