15 Dolores Ave #12J-09
Waltham, MA 02452

I'll walk you through my day. First you get to the school building, and you're forced to either go towards the auditorium and sit in there, or go to the cafeteria. cafeteria food is horrible. The Auditorium is even worse, there is food and trash everywhere, miscellaneous clothing items and all of the seats are broken. Next you start with your classes. Teachers are incompetent, and treat all the students horrible unless they're doing well in that class. Which quite frankly should be almost the opposite considering the students who don't know what they're doing need the most help. a student in one of my classes ( mind you I'm very mentally unstable right now) told me to kill myself. and honestly I thought about it, not like I was going to do anything I was just having bad thoughts, and when I reported it to my language teacher she told me to go speak to the teacher whose class that had happened in. That teacher told me that there was no way I was thinking about things like that in class. She told me it doesn't concern her, didn't move the seating chart, and told me to go speak to the office. They don't care. you will get in trouble for something small like checking your phone or talking with your friends. but if you're getting bullied good luck! they don't care, and if somebody else is involved and you talk about them they tell you to focus on yourself and that it doesn't matter. This school cares more about phones than the safety of the kids.if you're late you get detention.Yeah I mean like an after-school detention till 3:30, like I'm sorry my class is all the way across the school? Lunch is even worse, you get to pick where you sit after a couple weeks of school, but if you sit with your friends and you guys are laughing and having fun, they threaten you that you will get switched or your seats will move, basically saying they'll split up the table. don't even get me started on the food, I honestly just don't eat most days, it's the same 7 to 10 meals in rotation and none of them are good. We have other options like salad yogurt Burgers chicken sandwiches and pizza. But the meat and the burger doesn't even taste real, the chicken is pink, the lettuce and vegetables are old, the dressing tastes sour, and the pizza is greasy. There's also fruit but most of it's moldy and drinks are mostly Frozen. Bullying, homophobia, and racism are huge problems. if you want your kids to grow up and be happy, I definitely don't recommend spending them here.

Northeast is an engaging community of teachers, students, and parents coming together to support learning. Both of my children have had nothing but wonderful experiences there, and they both went through the “gifted” program there as well. I love that Waltham supports the arts and has a drama elective (with performances) every year, and allows students to start instruments in 3rd grade. Other districts don’t start instruments until 4th or 5th grade. This school is exceptionally diverse, and my kids learned a lot about other cultures and countries just from their friends here—international night at Northeast is also not to be missed! I don’t know why this school ranks low, as it’s run by loving, supportive staff and my kids are way above grade level expectations because of the talented teachers here. Highly recommend!

The new building opened in august 2024 and it has been a great experience in the extensive CTVE offerings. Students are engaged and motivated to attend classes. For the most part, school is everything you expect in an American high school. The AP teachers are wonderful and the early scholar's program with metro west are hands down the best learning opportunities. There are numerous clubs and sports for students to participate if they wish to. The equity score on this site is concerning, but to be expected as our school has many first-generation students with limited and interrupted schooling that can't just equally perform during 'common assessments testing'. Waltham high school produces graduates ready to excel to the level they pursue. We know various Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Umass, NYU, Northeastern, BC, Brandeis, Bentley bound youth- a few sports scholars, and some who go to the trade schools. When you visit the school you get a sense of a mini college campus, with the project-based learning focus, the breakout student spaces offer useful collaborative-social areas. The school can improve as it finds all its potential integrating more corporate community partnerships.