| Ludlow High School | |
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500 Chapin Street , 01056 United States | |
| Coordinates | 42°10′20″N72°27′56″W / 42.17222°N 72.46556°W /42.17222; -72.46556 |
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| Type | Public Coeducational Open enrollment[2] |
| Teaching staff | 69.50 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 750 (2023-2024)[1] |
| Average class size | 15.1 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 10.79[1] |
| Colors | Maroon andWhite |
| Sports | Cheerleading, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Girls' Volleyball (Fall) Basketball, Ice Hockey, Skiing, Swimming, Wrestling (Winter) Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field, Boys' Volleyball (Spring) |
| Mascot | The Ludlow Lion |
| Team name | Lions |
| Publication | The Paw Literary Magazine |
| Newspaper | The Cub |
| Yearbook | The Lion |
| Communities served | Ludlow |
| Website | http://www.ludlowps.org/ |
Ludlow High School is the public high school ofLudlow, Massachusetts, United States, located at 500 Chapin Street. It is next to Ludlow Town Hall. The high school is the only public high school in the town and services all of its residents. Ludlow high school normally scores close to the state average on standardized tests such as Massachusetts' MCAS and theSAT Reasoning Test.
Ludlow High School is well known for its sporting teams insoccer,cross country,track and field, andwrestling. The town's most popular sport traditionally is soccer thanks to Ludlow's largePortuguese-American population. The high school's soccer team has won 18 Massachusetts state championships, with the most recent one in 2018, when they beatWellesley Raiders 1-0 in the championship game in OT. Ludlow's talent for soccer has been particularly clear in recent years, as they have made four straight appearances in the Massachusetts state championship game, winning three of them (2008, 2010, and 2011). The high school and town's tradition of soccer excellence earned it a spot in theNational Soccer Hall of Fame in 1996.[3]
The cross country team also has won multiple Western Massachusetts championships in recent years, most recently in 2009. The track and field team saw great success with a streak of meet wins stretching seven seasons from 2003-2009. The school's wrestling team won the Western Massachusetts championship every year 1998-2004 and the state championship in 2003. The school plays Palmer in its annual Thanksgiving football game.
The school's newspaper, titledThe Cub, is student run and comes out monthly, it is distributed throughout the community to keep the citizens of the community informed about events at the school. The newspaper was in final consideration for an appearance on theMTV reality showThe Paper. MTV also came to Ludlow High for auditions ofMade but they did not select a participant.
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