Editing Somerville, Massachusetts (section)

=== Somerville Public Schools ===
Somerville Public Schools (SPS) operates ten schools from [[pre-kindergarten]] to [[secondary school]]s.<ref>{{cite web|date=2012-04-04|title=Somerville Public Schools - Our Schools|url=http://www.somerville.k12.ma.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=14081|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324102247/http://www.somerville.k12.ma.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=14081|archive-date=2012-03-24|access-date=2012-04-23|work=Somerville.k12.ma.us}}</ref> The majority of the schools in Somerville (with the exception of Somerville High School, Benjamin G. Brown School, Capuano Early Childhood Center, and Next Wave/Full Circle) are schools that go from kindergarten through 8th grade. There are 4,691 students enrolled in Somerville Public Schools.
* [[Somerville High School (Massachusetts)|Somerville High School]]
* East Somerville Community School
* Arthur D. Healey School
* John F. Kennedy School
* Benjamin G. Brown School (K–5)
* West Somerville Neighborhood School
* Albert F. Argenziano School
* Winter Hill Innovation Community School
* Michael E. Capuano Early Childhood Center (pre-kindergarten)
* Next Wave/Full Circle (6–12 grades)
* Edgerly Education Center

East Somerville Community School, which was temporarily closed after a fire in 2007, was demolished and reconstructed, reopening in fall 2013. During its closure students were transferred to the nearby Edgerly and Capuano schools.<ref>{{cite web|last=Powers|first=Kathleen|title=Three-alarm fire burns East Somerville Community School - Somerville, Massachusetts 02144 - Somerville Journal|url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/archive/x805326490|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120917140840/http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/archive/x805326490|archive-date=2012-09-17|access-date=2012-04-23|work=Wickedlocal.com}}</ref>

Somerville High School underwent renovations after having been the oldest un-renovated high school in the nation. Its renovations lasted from early 2012 to January 2021.

Winter Hill was temporarily closed for the remainder of the 2022–2023 school year following an incident where a slab of concrete broke off onto the floor of a stairwell. Suffering from foundation weakening and lack of maintenance, the school was deemed unsafe for public use and is indefinitely closed. Students and staff have since relocated to the Edgerly building as of the 2023 school year. The fate of the building is undetermined.

==== Somerville High School ====
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Somerville High School (SHS) is located right next to the Somerville City Hall at 81 Highland Avenue. It is in Winter Hill near the border of East Somerville and Union Square.

Somerville High School offers a vocational program (CTE) as well as musical programs and athletics programs. It hosts roughly 1,215 students throughout 4 grades. Its student proficiency in math and science is at 73% and its proficiency for English and history is at 83%. Its student to teacher ratio is 10:1. It is in the top 20% of the state's schools composite averages. It has a graduation rate of 89.9%.

The school demographics as of 2021 are 45% Hispanic or Latino, 32% White, 14% African American, 8% Asian and 1% other. 54.6% of students in the school do not have English as their first language. 48.1% of students are economically disadvantaged. 16.9% of students have a disability.

[[Dilboy Stadium]] is where the SHS soccer, football, lacrosse, tennis and track teams compete. It is located on 110 [[Alewife Brook Parkway]], roughly {{convert|2+1/2|mi|km|abbr=off|0|sp=us}} from the school itself. It is close to the Dilboy Pool (which is open solely in the summer), as well as the Clarendon Hill Towers and Clarendon Hill Projects (an installment of the Somerville Housing Authority). The SHS hockey team plays at Veterans Memorial Rink at 570 Somerville Avenue next to Conway Park and Playground.

Somerville High School is home to the student theatre group Highlander Theatre Company, which performs full-length and shorter productions every year.

The school is also home to the FIRST Robotics Competition team, FRC 6201 The Highlanders, who competes in the [[FIRST Robotics Competition]] every year.

In the spring of the 2022–2023 school year, the school's practice field was completed and the Somerville Memorialization Committee voted to dedicate the field to [[Phil Reavis]]. This field is the first public space dedicated to an African American in Somerville.