New Bedford High School

History New Bedford High School (NBHS) is a public high school located at 230 Hathaway Boulevard in the West End of New Bedford, Massachusetts. The school is the 3rd physical site of NBHS since being established as one of the first High Schools in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1827. The current school was built in 1972. Its current enrollment is approximately 2,000 students, and it is one of the largest schools in the state. New Bedford is also one of the largest high schools in the country, being ranked in the Top 200 high schools in the country based on enrollment. It is a part of the New Bedford Public Schools school district. The high school serves Acushnet as its district, along with Fairhaven High School and Academy of the Fairhaven School District , takes Acushnet students for secondary school. Extracurricular activities The school's athletic teams are named the Whalers, in honor of the city's whaling history. The New Bedford High School teams wear red and white, and compete in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association's Division I. Their fight song, "On, New Bedford" is sung to the tune of "On, Wisconsin!"