High School Selection Information

The Winchester School District is in its last year of a high school tuition agreement with the Keene School District and moving into a new high school tuition agreement with the Hinsdale School District. Beginning with the Class of 2030, Hinsdale High School will serve as the anchor high school for all public high school students from the Town of Winchester. All of the information about the process to select Hinsdale as the school of record, the process for transitioning out of Keene, and the parameters governing high school enrollment, please visit the High School Selection Committee page.

Each year around the middle of September, eligible Winchester School public high school students and their parents will receive a High School Selection Survey to assist them in choosing their high school of choice. While all current WS eighth grade public high school students will be automatically enrolled in Hinsdale, several may use the selection survey to request enrollment in another high school under the following conditions:

  1. No fewer than 80% of public high school students in Winchester are enrolled in Hinsdale, otherwise a lottery will be held;

  2. Winchester will pay tuition up to the amount that it is paying for students to attend Hinsdale, meaning if the tuition at the choice school is more expensive, the family will be required to pay the balance;

  3. Transportation to and from the choice school will need to be provided by the family.

Public high schools in the area that students can request to attend, other than Hinsdale, are included below. We continue to work with other surrounding high schools on developing tuition relationships and will update the list as agreements are reached.

Pioneer Valley Regional School, 97 F Sumner Turner Dr, Northfield, MA 01360

Keene High School, 43 Arch St, Keene, NH 03431

Franklin County Technical School, 82 Industrial Blvd, Turners Falls, MA 01376 [APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE PROCESS]

If you have any questions about the high school selection process, please feel free to contact us at any time.