Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School | |
Streetaddress: | 115 Amesbury Line Road |
State: | Massachusetts |
Zipcode: | 01830 |
Country: | United States |
Type: | Public secondary/Technical Open enrollment[1] |
Established: | 1972 |
Principal: | Chris Laganas |
Grades: | 9–12 |
Enrollment: | 1,249 (2020–2021)[2] |
Colors: | Maroon & Gold |
Mascot: | Wildcat |
Sat: | 523 verbal 505 math 1028 total (2017–2018)[3] |
Budget: | $23,767,184 total $18,220 per pupil (2016)[4] |
Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School, also known as “Whittier Tech” and/or “Big Whittier,” was founded in 1972. Located in the city of Haverhill, MA, United States, the school currently serves about 1400 students, with a 12:1 student-teacher ratio. It serves many surrounding cities and towns primarily in the northern section of Essex County, accepting students from Haverhill, Newburyport, Newbury, West Newbury, Rowley, Amesbury, Merrimac, Georgetown, Groveland, Ipswich and Salisbury. The school was named in honor of local resident, Quaker poet, and slavery abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier. Alongside this school, there is also a middle school called “J. G. Whittier Middle School” located in Haverhill also named after the poet.