Attleboro High School

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{{Infobox school

| name = Attleboro High School

| type = Public

| campus = Urban

| superintendent = David Sawyer[https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/attleboro-schools-facing-funding-problem-superintendent-says/article_3cafb0dd-1634-57b7-9935-3f2213507269.html#:~:text=ATTLEBORO%20—%20The%20city's%20schools%20are,in%20the%20high%20school%20auditorium "Attleboro schools facing 'funding problem,' superintendent says"].

| principal = Kate Campbell

| grades = 9–12

| enrollment = 1,925 (2023–2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=250219000084|title=Attleboro High (2023–2024 school year) |work=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=April 4, 2025}}

| teaching_staff = 122.75 {{FTE}}

| ratio = 15.68

| SAT = 559 verbal
527 math
1,086 total (2023–2024){{Cite web | date = 2024-11-24 | url=http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/statereport/sat.aspx|title = 2023–24 SAT Performance Report – All Students | work = Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education | access-date = 2025-03-25 | df = dmy-all}}

| mascot = Blue Bombardier

| nickname = Bombardiers

| houses = 4

| colors = Blue, Silver & White {{Color box|blue|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|silver|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|white|border=darkgray}}

| rival = North Attleborough High School, Bishop Feehan High School

| newspaper = [https://www.youtube.com/@blueprideproductions Blue Pride TV]

| yearbook = Tattletale

| streetaddress = 1 Blue Pride Way

| city = Attleboro

| state = MA

| zipcode = 02703

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{Coord|41|56|20|N|71|18|05|W|region:US-MA_type:edu_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}

| footnotes = {{cite web | title = Attleboro High (00160505) 2013–14 SAT Performance Report | url = http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/sat/sat_perf_dist.aspx?orgcode=00160505&orgtypecode=6& | work = Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education | access-date = 16 January 2015}}

| website = {{URL|https://ahs.attleboroschools.com/o/ahs}}

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Attleboro High School is a public high school located in Attleboro, Massachusetts. The school is located at 1 Blue Pride Way. The school has an approximate student enrollment of 1,750 students in grades 9–12. The school's mascot is the Bombardiers, known formally as the Blue Bombardiers and the school colors are Royal Blue, Silver, and White.

In August 2022, the district completed construction on a new {{US$|259.9}}{{nbsp}}million, {{convert|475000|sqft|m2|adj=mid}} building to replace the former building previously located at 100 Rathbun Willard Drive.{{Cite news |first1=George W. | last1=Rhodes |date=2022-12-25 |title=Top 10 of 2022: New $260 million Attleboro High School opens |url=https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/top-10-of-2022-new-260-million-attleboro-high-school-opens/article_bb83665e-1809-51e9-9ceb-f9c8f91f7a87.html | url-access = subscription |access-date=2024-02-07 |work=The Sun Chronicle |language=en | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230101175845/https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/top-10-of-2022-new-260-million-attleboro-high-school-opens/article_bb83665e-1809-51e9-9ceb-f9c8f91f7a87.html | archive-date = 2023-01-01 | url-status = live | issn = 1053-7805 | oclc = 16645175 | df = dmy-all}} As of November 17, 2022, the "Blue Bombardiers" has been redesigned.

Demographics

For the 2023–2024 school year the demographic profile of the enrollment is as follows:

  • Male – 53%
  • Female – 47%
  • Black – 10.2%
  • Asian – 4.7%
  • Hispanic – 18.0%
  • Native American – 0.2%
  • White – 60.3%
  • Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islanders – 0.1%
  • Multiracial – 6.4%

Athletics

Attleboro has a very long rivalry with neighboring towns North Attleborough High School. The football teams have played each other on Thanksgiving Day for the past 102 years.{{cite news |last1=Bowen |first1=Max |title=Thanksgiving Day game sees 100th year of North Attleborough/Attleboro rivalry |url=https://www.northstarreporter.com/2021/11/24/thanksgiving-day-game-sees-100th-year-of-north-attleborough-attleboro-rivalry/ |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=North Star Reporter |date=24 November 2021}} As of 2010, Attleboro competes in the Hockomock League. Before the move to the Hockomock, Attleboro competed in many other leagues such as the Old Colony League, and Bristol County League.

  • Fall Cheerleading National Champions – 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}, 2014
  • Boys' Basketball D-I State Champions – 1943, 1998{{cite web |title=Basketball STATE FINALS |url=https://miaa.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-Basketball_State_Final.pdf |website=Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association | url-status = dead |access-date=15 June 2024}}

Notable alumni

  • Meagan Fuller (class of 2010), Miss Massachusetts 2015{{cite news |first=Paige |last=Allen |work=The Sun Chronicle |publisher=United Communications Corporation |location=Attleboro, MA |title=Attleboro woman headed to Miss America competition |url=http://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/attleboro-woman-headed-to-miss-america-competition/article_aaa81a10-1e19-11e5-8172-c31862917972.html | url-access = subscription | issn = 1053-7805 | oclc = 16645175 |date=June 29, 2015 |access-date=August 6, 2015}}
  • Steve Hagerty (class of 1987), 21st Mayor of Evanston, Illinois, and Founder and CEO of Hagerty Consulting, Inc.
  • Paul Heroux (class of 1995), Former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Mayor of Attleboro, current Bristol County sheriff{{cite web |last1=Heroux |first1=Paul |title=Trivia About Paul |url=https://www.paulheroux.org/trivia-about-paul.html |website=Paul Heroux Mayor |publisher=Weebly |access-date=2025-01-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240911105053/https://www.paulheroux.org/trivia-about-paul.html | archive-date = 2024-09-11 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all}}
  • Abby Trott (class of 2004), voice actress, known for her role as Nezuko Kamado in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Ivy in Carmen Sandiego.{{cite book | editor-first1 = Megan | editor-last1 = Colletto | date = 2004 | title = Tattletale | page = 34 | url = https://archive.org/details/tattletale2004attl | via = Internet Archive | publisher = Attleboro High School | access-date = 2025-01-03 | df = dmy-all}}
  • Helen Guillette Vassallo (class of 1949), American scientific researcher, educator, author, lecturer, and business leader{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/tattletale1949attl|title=Tattletale|last=Attleboro High School|date=1949|others=Attleboro High School}}

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