| Methuen High School | |
| Motto: | Ranger Pride |
| Streetaddress: | 1 Ranger Road |
| City: | Methuen |
| State: | MA 01844 |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | Public |
| Principal: | Anthony Curet (interim) |
| Faculty: | 139.22 (FTE) |
| Grades: | 9-12 |
| Enrollment: | 1,982 (2018–19)[1] |
| Ratio: | 14.24 |
| Campus Type: | Suburban |
| Colors: | Blue & White |
| Athletics Conference: | Merrimack Valley Conference (MVC) |
| Mascot: | Rangers |
| Team Name: | Methuen Rangers |
| Sat: | 533 verbal 536 math 1069 total (2017–2018)[2] |
| Url: | Methuen Public Schools |
Methuen High School is a public secondary school located in the city of Methuen, Massachusetts, United States. Methuen High serves grades nine through twelve for about 1,900 students. It is one of five public schools in Methuen and it is the only high school in the district.
The school was originally designed with the open classroom theory. Since then, a $100 million renovation[3] has been conducted and all classrooms now have walls. Also due in part to the renovation, students now receive iPads which they keep for the entire year. This is known as the 1:1 iPad program.
According to the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, the school has 1,898 current enrollments. By gender, 999 are male, 896 are female, and 3 are non-binary. By race, 6.3% are African American, 50.2% are Hispanic or Latino, 37.7% White 4.0% Asian, and 1.9% are multi-race/non-hispanic. [4]
Methuen High is a member of the Merrimack Valley Athletic Conference. The school offers 25 sports at the Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Freshmen levels. For boys: football, soccer, cross country, golf, basketball, indoor track, ice hockey, wrestling, tennis, volleyball, baseball, outdoor track, and lacrosse. For girls: field hockey, soccer, cross country, volleyball, swimming & diving, cheerleading, gymnastics, basketball, indoor track, tennis, outdoor track, and softball. Methuen teams play as the Rangers, inspired by Methuen native Robert Rogers and his foundation of Rogers' Rangers, which eventually led to the formation of the United States Army Rangers. Methuen High School also has a marching band which competes in the NESBA conference, as well as a JROTC battalion.