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Framingham High School, or FHS, is an urban/suburban public high school in the town of Framingham, Massachusetts, located approximately 20 miles west of Boston. Founded in 1792, as Framingham Academy, the high school is the result of the merger of Framingham North and Framingham South High Schools in 1991. Like most high schools in the United States, it enrolls students in the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. The school has an approximate enrollment of 2000 students, making it the twelfth largest high school in Massachusetts.〔(Enrollment Data ) from the Massachusetts Department of Education〕 Framingham High School has a racially, ethnically, economically, and linguistically diverse population (20 percent of its students are considered low-income and 30 percent have a language other than English as their first language).〔 The school is classified as an urban high school by the state of Massachusetts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2010‐2011 Early Warning Indicator Index Risk Level Calculator )〕 Framingham High School has received numerous awards for being a successful urban school, including a designation as a Commonwealth Compass School by the state of Massachusetts and as a Vanguard Model School by MassInsight.〔http://www.massinsight.org/initiatives/buildingblocks/vanguard.aspx〕 The Framingham High School Flyers compete in the Bay State League-Carey Division of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association's Division I and their mascot is the Fleagle (Flying Eagle). ==Demographics== Framingham High School's racial/ethnic demographics for the 2011–2012 school year are as follows:〔(Framingham High School Enrollment Data ). Massachusetts Department of Education. 2010–2011.〕 , approximately 20 percent of the school's white population (and 14 percent of the entire school population) is of Brazilian descent.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Class of 2009 Profile )〕 Other demographics:〔(Framingham HS Selected Populations (2008–09) )〕 Framingham High School is a racially, ethnically, and economically diverse school and in part this relates to the town of Framingham being historically a hub for immigrants to the United States.〔Evans-Daly, Laurie & Gordon, David C. Framingham. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing.〕 The student body of Framingham High is made up of significant immigrant (or children of immigrant) populations from Brazil, the Caribbean, South and Central America, Russia, Asia, and Africa. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Framingham High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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