Report: Stoneham High No. 252 on State's Most Racially Diverse Schools List

A new report has Stoneham ranked as the 252nd most racially diverse school in Massachusetts.

According to GoLocalWorcester.com, Stoneham High School student body makeup is: 

• 91.2 percent white.
• 2.9 percent Asian/Pacific Islander.
• 2.9 percent Hispanic.
• 2.3 percent black.
• 0.7 percent that were two or more races. 

Schools were ranked based on their consistent distribution across all racial categories, using data obtained from the Institute for Education Science's National Center for Education Statistics.

Malden High School came in first on the list. Other nearby schools, with the ranking in parenthesis, include:

• Medford High (46)
• Northeast Metro Regional Vocational in Wakefield (102)
• Burlington High (130)
• Woburn High (150)
• Winchester High (158)
• Melrose High (170)
• Saugus High (178)
• Reading Memorial High (240)
• Lynnfield High (280)
• Wakefield Memorial High (283)
• Wilmington High (291)

You can read the full list here.