Longmeadow High School

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Longmeadow High School is located in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded in 1956 and enrolls approximately 1,000 students. The school's mascot is a Lancer, and the school's colors are black and white.Longmeadow High School is known for being one of the best public schools in its area, ranking as the sixth best public school in Massachusetts in a 2011 report by Newsweek. The school consistently scores above the national average in both the verbal and mathematics sections of the SAT. It also scores above the state average in the statewide test, the MCAS. 96% of graduates continue their studies at the college level. Top students often gain admission to the most respected schools in the nation.In February 2013, a new high school building replaced the original 1956 building.New school buildingThe original high school building, built in 1956, with additions in 1964 and 1971, was replaced by a new building. The original building was demolished with the exception of the 1971 science wing, which at the time included the swimming pool, library spaces, science classrooms, and a large open classroom known as the business technology center. Construction began in 2011 and continued until April 2013. The renovated natatorium (swimming pool) and locker rooms opened in the fall of 2012, and the new school building which was constructed southeast of the original building opened on February 25, 2013, following the school's winter vacation. The new building consists of a new core section with the auditorium at its center and surrounded by a circular lobby. Around the lobby in this portion are the cafeteria, school office, library, computer lab, and special subject classrooms. The main two story academic wing housing most of the school's classrooms extends out to the west from the core lobby area. North of the core lobby is the new gymnasium and athletic and physical education spaces as well as the renovated 1971 wing which was completed during the summer of 2013. The reused wing was nearly completely gutted on the inside and received a completely new brick facade to match the new 2013 building with only the swimming pool and its locker rooms remaining laid out as they were originally built. The portion of the wing where the media center was now contains the fitness center, a new PE room containing a wooden dance floor, the health classroom, and a new business technology center. The northernmost part of the wing is separated from the school proper by security doors. It contains the offices of the school department and LCTV, the town's community access TV channel.