Nipmuc Regional High School

Nipmuc Regional High School
Location
90 Pleasant Street Upton , Massachusetts , 01568 United States
Coordinates	42°09′36.46″N71°37′00.26″W / 42.1601278°N 71.6167389°W / 42.1601278; -71.6167389
Information
Type	Public, Comprehensive, Open enrollment [1]
Established	1960
School district	Mendon-Upton Regional School District
CEEB code	221385
Principal	John K. Clements, Mary Anne Moran [2]
Teaching staff	46.6 (on a FTE basis) [3]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	534 [3]  (2024-2025)
Student to teacher ratio	11.5 [3]
Campus	Rural - Fringe [4]
Campus size	50 acres (20 ha)
Color(s)	Green, white, and gold
Athletics	Yes
Athletics conference	MIAA Central Massachusetts Athletic Conference [5]
Nickname	Warrior
Accreditation	NEASC CPSS [6]
USNWR ranking	130 (MA), 3397 (US) [7] (2024)
SAT average	596 Reading/Writing 543 Math 1139 total [8] (2023-2024)
Communities served	Upton, Mendon
Feeder schools	Miscoe Hill Middle School
Graduates (2024)	146 [9]
Website	www.mursd.org/o/nipmuc-regional-high-school A photo of the school and its front doors.

Nipmuc Regional High School is a public high school in Upton, Massachusetts, 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. The school was named after the Nipmuc indigenous people of the area. 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). In 2024, the year-round populations of the two towns were 6,228 (Mendon) and 8,000 (Upton).

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 (a conference made up entirely of division 5 schools, with the exception of Nipmuc) and their sports range from division 1 to division 4. ^[10] The boys' soccer team won the Division 3 State Championship in 2017.

Demographics

According to Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education annual statistics, for the 2024-2025 academic year, the demographic enrollment distributions for race, gender and grade level at Nipmuc Regional High School are as follows:

Total number of enrolled students: 534
Total number of full-time equivalent educators: 46.6
Therefore, the student to teacher ratio for this school is 11.5:1

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity (2024-2025) ^[3]

Race	Enrolled Pupils*	% of District
African American	4	0.7%
Asian	14	2.6%
Hispanic	45	8.4%
Native American	0	0.0%
White	462	86.5%
Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander	0	0.0%
Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic	9	1.7%
Total	534	100%

* Approximate number of enrolled pupils is calculated based on total number of students in district, multiplied by reported percentage, and rounded to nearest whole student.

Enrollment by gender (2024-2025) ^[3]

Gender	Enrolled pupils	Percentage
Female	276	51.69%
Male	257	48.13%
Non-binary	1	0.19%
Total	534	100%

Enrollment by Grade ^[3]

Grade	Pupils Enrolled	Percentage
9	133	24.91%
10	122	22.85%
11	123	23.03%
12	150	28.09%
SP*	6	1.12%
Total	534	100%

* SP = Special Education Beyond Grade 12 ^[11]

Advanced Placement

The participation rate for Nipmuc is 68% ^[7]

Notable alumni and faculty

• Rachel Bloznalis: alumna; soccer player who played for Djurgårdens IF in the Swedish Damallsvenskan
• Kevin Gilmartin; former head football coach at Nipmuc
• Tom Grant: alumnus; Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball player, alumnus

See also

• List of high schools in Massachusetts

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 12, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
2. "Contact Information - Nipmuc Regional High (07100510)".
3. "Enrollment Data (2024-25)". profiles.doe.mass.edu. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
4. "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Nipmuc Regional High".
5. "MIAA League Directory" (PDF). miaa.net. MIAA. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
6. "Nipmuc Regional High School". October 4, 2021.
7. "Nipmuc Regional High School in Upton, MA". US News Best High Schools. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
8. "2023-24 SAT Performance Report". mass.edu. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
9. "Cohort 2024 Graduation Rates". profiles.doe.mass.edu. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
10. "Nipmuc Regional Warriors (Upton, MA)". www.maxpreps.com. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
11. "Profiles Help-About the Data". www.profiles.doe.mass.edu. Retrieved September 26, 2019.