Raymond J. Grey Junior High School shares a campus and athletic fields and facilities with three other school buildings. Raymond J. Grey Junior High School, a recipient of the Presidential Flag of Excellence, is part of the Acton-Boxborough Regional School District which serves 2,028 seventh through twelfth grade students. The current junior high population is expected to increase steadily from 714 in 1997 to an anticipated 865 in 2000. Because this increase comes directly from Acton and Boxborough, the system will no longer accept new school choice students. The age of the junior high students has remained within appropriate parameters.
Students receive recognition for their successes in several ways.
Students participating in athletic programs are acknowledged at the end of each sports season. Also, an awards ceremony is held at the end of the year citing individual accomplishments in academics, extracurricular activities, and citizenship. The ethnic and cultural composition of the students and their parents mirrors that of the adult population in the communities of both Acton and Boxborough. In recent years, the school has made a concerted effort to infuse multicultural education into the curriculum and school life. The seventh grade social studies curriculum addresses themes of diversity, while the eighth grade curriculum devotes itself to world cultures.