Profile 2020-21 Kevin W. Mulvey, J.D., Superintendent Robert Shaw, Principal

Community NQHS Graduation Requirements Population: 93,688(2016)  Pass Comprehensive Location: Norfolk County Assessment Test (MCAS) Background: This historic city on the coast  Complete 30 hours of Community Service bordering the south side of has a balance of  Complete 100 credits business, industrial and residential areas. Quincy is Subject Must Take Must an average socio-economic community that values Acquire and supports quality education. English 4 units 20 credits North Quincy High School serves the educational Mathematics 3 units 15 credits needs of Quincy’s Wollaston and North Quincy Social 4 units 20 credits neighborhoods. North Quincy High School is one of Studies city’s two high schools. Families from all of Science 3 units 15 credits Quincy’s neighborhoods have the option of Foreign 2 units 10 credits enrolling their students at North Quincy High Language School under the current “open enrollment” policy. Physical 4 units 4 credits Currently, the district consists of two high schools, Education five middle schools, and eleven elementary schools.

The student body is culturally diverse with a NQHS Grading and Ranking population that is 3.6% African-American, 55.6% Passing grades: 63-100 Asian, 4.1% Hispanic, .2% Native American, 34.4% S=Satisfactory U=Unsatisfactory White, .1% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and 2% W=Withdrawal I= Incomplete Multi-Race/Non-Hispanic. RC= Received NRC= Received No

Credit Credit North Quincy High School

North Quincy High School is a comprehensive four- NQHS Grading Policy for SY 2019-2020 year public high school enrolling 1340 students in Term Three - For each course students received a grades 9 through 12. The school opened in 1926 as grade for Term three that is either “received credit North Junior High and gradually added upper (RC)” or “received no credit (RNC).” Term four was grades, graduating its first senior class in 1934. cancelled for this school year. North Quincy High School is accredited by New Final Grades - Students received final course England Association of Secondary Schools (NEASC) grades that are reported as “received credit(RC)” or and holds membership in the National Association “received no credit (RNC).” for College Admission Counseling and New England Full year courses - final grades of RC/RNC were Association of College Admission Counseling. based on the average of the grades for terms one,

two, and three. Curriculum First semester courses – final grades of RC/RNC The academic program is organized on a rotating 1- were based on grades from term one and two. block period schedule. Students are required to Second-semester courses - final grades of RC/RNC take a minimum of six academic courses. Ability were based on grades from term three. grouping: Advanced (A), Honors (H), College and GPA – Term three grades are not calculated in the Career Prep (CCP). GPA. Terms one and two are included in the GPA.

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North Quincy High School Profile 2020-21 Kevin W. Mulvey, J.D., Superintendent Robert Shaw, Principal

ALPHA NUMERIC ADVANCED HONORS CCP Rank A+ 100 5.5 4.68 4.13 Class rank is based on the weighted average of numeric 99 5.4 4.59 4.05 grades earned for the current term and those earned in 98 5.3 4.51 3.98 97 5.2 4.42 3.90 the previous terms starting with grade 9. (Class rank is determined by the student’s weighted grade point A 96 5.1 4.34 3.83 95 5.0 4.25 3.75 average.) 94 4.9 4.17 3.68 93 4.8 4.08 3.60 Post Graduate Plans 2018-19 A- 92 4.7 4.00 3.53 4-year Colleges/Universities 73.4 % 91 4.6 3.91 3.45 90 4.5 3.83 3.38 2-year Institutions, trade or technical schools 13.7 % B+ 89 4.4 3.74 3.30 88 4.3 3.66 3.23 Work, Military, unknown or other 12.4% 87 4.2 3.57 3.15 B 86 4.1 3.49 3.08 SAT Mean Scores 2018-19 85 4.0 3.40 3.00 Test Takers 396 84 3.9 3.32 2.93 83 3.8 3.23 2.85 ERW 548 Math 584 B- 82 3.7 3.15 2.78 81 3.6 3.06 2.70 80 3.5 2.98 2.63 Advanced Placement C+ 79 3.4 2.89 2.55 A total of nineteen (19) AP® courses are offered in 78 3.3 2.81 2.48 Biology, Calculus AB, Chemistry, Chinese, Computer 77 3.2 2.72 2.40 Science, English Language, English Literature, 76 3.1 2.64 2.33 Environmental Science, European History, French 75 3.0 2.55 2.25 74 2.9 2.47 2.18 Language, Italian, Latin, Music Theory, Psychology, 73 2.8 2.38 2.10 Spanish Language, Statistics, Studio Art, and U.S. C- 72 2.7 2.30 2.03 History. 71 2.6 2.21 1.95 Advanced Placement Results 2018-19 70 2.5 2.13 1.88 Students who took exam 204 D+ 69 2.4 2.04 1.80 Exams Taken 444 68 2.3 1.96 1.73 67 2.2 1.87 1.65 Percent scored 3 or higher 70.9 %

D 66 2.1 1.79 1.58 65 2.0 1.70 1.50 Student Support Staff Minimum 64 1.9 1.62 1.43 Passing 63 1.8 1.53 1.35 Rebecca Nutley Dept. Head 617-984-8985

F Below 63 0.00 0.00 0.00 Virginia Cushman Counselor 617-984-8983 Jeffrey DeCristofaro Counselor 617-376-1235 Mary Devlin Counselor 617-984-8981

Peggy Farren School 617-984-8982 GPA Calculation Psychologist GPA is based on the grade given in each course and the Keriann Hart Counselor 617-984-8988 level of that course. All values are then added together Ryan Herlihy Health 617-984-8789 and this total is divided by the number of courses taken Interventionist (see table). Beginning with grade 9, all subjects, with the exception of physical education, whether passed or Francesca Quintero PASS Counselor 617-984-8684 failed, are included in the computation. Dual enrollment Melanie Sullivan PASS Counselor 617-984-8685 and credit recovery courses are not computed in rank or Florence Xia Counselor 617-984-8984 GPA calculation. CEEB Code: 221660

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North Quincy High School Profile 2020-21 Kevin W. Mulvey, J.D., Superintendent Robert Shaw, Principal College Acceptances 2016-2020 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Hamilton College Acadia University University of Cincinnati - College Adelphi University Conservatory of Music University of Hartford University of Alabama at Birmingham Harvard College The University of Alabama Clarkson University University of Hawaii at Manoa Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Coastal Carolina University Hawaii Pacific University Sciences Colby-Sawyer College High Point University American International College Colgate University Hobart William Smith Colleges American University College for Creative Studies Hofstra University University of Colorado Boulder College of the Holy Cross Arizona State University-Tempe Colorado College Howard University The University of Arizona Colorado State University-Fort Collins Hult International Business School - University of Arkansas Columbia College Chicago London Assumption University of the Air Force Husson University Auburn University Connecticut College University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Connecticut Indiana University-Bloomington Bard College Cornell University Iona College Bates College Creighton University Ithaca College James Madison University Dartmouth College Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Davidson College Thomas Jefferson University) Baylor University Daytona State College Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte Belmont University Johnson & Wales University, Providence Beloit College University of Delaware Kalamazoo College Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology DePaul University Keene State College Dickinson College Kent State University at Kent Drexel University University of Kentucky Berry College Eastern Connecticut State University Laboure College Binghamton University Lafayette College Eastern University Bishop's University Eckerd College Le Moyne College College of Our Lady of the Elms Bowling Green State University-Main Elon University Lethbridge Community College Campus Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University- Lincoln Technical Institute (New Britain) Daytona Beach Long Island University- Brooklyn Bridgewater College Louisiana State University Bridgewater State University Emmanuel College Loyola University Chicago Bridgton Academy Emory University Loyola University Maryland Lynn University University of British Columbia Brockton School of Nursing Fairfield University Macalester College Brown University FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & University of Maine at Farmington Bryant University Merchandising-Los Angeles Maine College of Art Bunker Hill Community College Maine Maritime Academy California College of the Arts Fitchburg State University University of Maine California State University-Los Angeles Florida Atlantic University Manhattan College University of California-Irvine Florida Atlantic University Manhattanville College University of California-Los Angeles Florida Gulf Coast University Marist College Florida Southern College Marquette University (School of Eng. & App. Sciences) University of California-Riverside Florida State University Maryland Institute College of Art University of California, San Diego Fordham University University of Maryland-Baltimore County Carleton University Framingham State University University of Maryland-College Park Carnegie Mellon University Franklin and Marshall College Marymount Manhattan College Castleton University Franklin Pierce University Massachusetts Bay Community College Catholic University of America George Mason University Massachusetts College of Art and Design University of Central Florida George Washington University Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Centre College Georgetown University Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and University of Georgia Health Sciences (MCPHS) Champlain College College of Charleston Gordon College University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 316 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA 02171 617-984-8745 https://nqhs.quincypublicschools.com

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