Each year the SHS guidance department develops a profile of the graduating class that is forwarded to colleges and other interested persons. This brochure outlines the offerings at the high school and a history of the post-secondary plans of the year's graduates.  A hard copy of this pamphlet may be obtained in guidance, but is included below for your information.

Stafford High School is a four year, public, comprehensive high school accredited by the New England Association of Secondary Schools.  It strives to provide students with a basic body of knowledge, skills, and understandings in order to permit them to function in a democratic society.

The teacher pupil ratio for the 2006-07 school year was 1 to 15.  Eighty percent of the faculty has earned a master’s degree, certificate of advanced graduate study, or doctorate. The average years of service of the staff is 15.

SHS offers a core curriculum in English, mathematics, science and social studies which is supplemented by elective courses in foreign language, music, art, business, technology and consumer science.  In total, students are offered a range of over 150 course options from which to choose their program. To graduate from Stafford High School, students must pass 22 credits including :

·   4 credits of English
·   3 credits of social studies (1 in World   History and 1 in U.S. History, ½ Civics)
·   3 credits of mathematics
·   3 credits of science (1 in physical science and 1 in biology)
·   2 credits in physical education
·   1 credit in the arts or vocational education
·   ½ credit in health
·   ½ credit  in PC Applications