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Millis counselor reports Class of 2025 outcomes: 81% to four-year colleges, strong AP results
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School counselor Riley Dunn told the Millis School Committee that 78 students graduated in 2025, with 81% attending four-year colleges, strong AP pass rates (83% of exams 3+), and a combined SAT mean of 1,150. She highlighted counseling supports, college visits, and the Spanish immersion subgroup’s outcomes.
Riley Dunn, a school counselor at Millis High School, told the school committee that 78 students graduated in the Class of 2025 and that 81% of that class enrolled in four‑year colleges.
Dunn said 63 graduates went to four‑year institutions, three to two‑year college (MassBay), three to vocational programs, eight to the workforce and one student chose a gap year. She reported that 88% of the class pursued continuing education or training overall.
The counselor presented testing and college‑preparation data: 63% of graduates took the SAT this year and the class mean was 1,150 (evidence‑based reading and writing 593; math 558), a result Dunn said was above both the Massachusetts and national averages. On Advanced Placement exams, 110 students took 181 AP exams last year; 83% of those exams earned a score of 3 or higher and the overall mean AP score was 3.57. The district recognized 14 AP Scholars, five AP Scholars with Honor and 16 AP Scholars with Distinction.
Dunn described programmatic supports that she said contributed to those outcomes: freshman and junior seminars, parent nights featuring admissions counselors from UMass Amherst, Boston College, MassBay, Suffolk University and Elon, an exclusive Medway–Millis college fair, one‑on‑one course selection meetings and scholarship coordination led by Erica Harkey. She noted that the class’s pandemic experience likely affected participation patterns and testing access but said the cohort “ended up doing very well.”
Dunn also highlighted the Spanish immersion cohort: 12 immersion graduates, all of whom attended four‑year colleges; immersion students scored slightly higher on AP pass rates and had a mean GPA of 3.7. She reported 537 transcript requests processed this cycle, averaging about seven college requests per student.
Committee members thanked Dunn and counseling staff for the work on college preparation and scholarships. Dunn closed by citing a student survey in which graduates reported high satisfaction with their post‑high school plans and noted that 81% said financial aid influenced their college choice.
The presentation concluded with committee members asking clarifying questions about AP workload balance and SAT participation; no formal committee action was tied to the presentation.
