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Schools in Chelsea, MA

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At a glance

Schools

6,316

Students

Districts

Top rankedEdgar F. Hooks Elementary424^th of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Edgar F. Hooks Elementary up 66 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Joseph A. Browne School 9 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Phoenix Academy Charter Public High School Chelsea

SchoolDigger ratings

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4 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (private or too few tested students)

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Summary:

Chelsea, Massachusetts has 12 schools serving roughly 6,292 students, covering pre-kindergarten and early childhood through elementary, middle, high school, and alternative programs, all within the Chelsea district, which ranks 321 of 351 statewide (9th percentile, 0 stars).

Academic results vary widely. William A Berkowitz Elementary (61.78% math proficient) and Edgar F. Hooks Elementary (56.73%) post elementary math results above the state's 41.11% and far above the district's 21.96%, and Hooks improved from the 36th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 53rd in 2025–2026. By contrast, George F. Kelly Elementary sits at the 5th percentile with 0 stars and 17.14% math, and Frank M Sokolowski Elementary is at 21.78%. All three middle schools fall below the district math average — Eugene Wright Science and Technology Academy (11.68%), Clark Avenue School (15.61%), and Joseph A. Browne School (11.66%) — though Eugene Wright leads middle schools in ELA (26.26%), science (26.13%), and civics (25.00%). At the high school level, Chelsea High graduates 78.2% of students, above the district's 70.1%, while Phoenix Academy Charter Public High School Chelsea (12.3% graduation, 58.9% dropout) and Chelsea Opportunity Academy (25.0%, 29.2%) show severe outcomes. The tiny Chelsea Virtual Learning Academy posts the best graduation (82.1%) and dropout (7.1%) figures.

Spending and staffing do not track neatly with results: Phoenix spends the most, $21,496 per student, with the highest student-teacher ratio, 19.9, while Virtual Academy has the lowest ratio at 8.3. Free/reduced lunch data is blank for every school, so poverty context cannot be assessed here, and Shurtleff Early Childhood, Opportunity, and Virtual have no MCAS scores in this file — gaps that should not be read as zeros or as evidence of weakness.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2026)								MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2026)								MCAS Next Generation Science (2026)				MCAS Next Generation Biology (2026)	MCAS Next Generation Civics (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2015)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 8th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science 10th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Biology End of Course	MCAS Next Generation Civics 8th Grade	Total
Phoenix Academy Charter Public High School Chelsea	Public, Charter	9-12	175 Hawthorne Street	Chelsea	02150	Suffolk County	Phoenix Academy Charter Public High School Chelsea (Distric	Yes	No	No	Yes	(617) 889-3100	198	10	19.9	90.2%	9 (4.5%)	16 (8.1%)	166 (83.8%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	6.2	341^st of 353 public high schools	3.4%					(n/a)							0.0								5.6				11.8		4.6		$32,898
Shurtleff Early Childhood	Public	PK, KG-1	99 Hawthorn Street	Chelsea	02150	Suffolk County	Chelsea	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 466-5150	779	58	13.4	78.8%	39 (5.0%)	47 (6.0%)	682 (87.5%)	9 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)								(n/a)																							$23,468
Chelsea High	Public	9-12	299 Everett Avenue	Chelsea	02150	Suffolk County	Chelsea	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 466-5000	1,649	126	13.1	80.6%	84 (5.1%)	72 (4.4%)	1,460 (88.5%)	15 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (0.8%)	11.6	318^th of 353 public high schools	9.9%		13.6	309^th of 349 public high schools	11.5%	9							15.7								15.4				13.7		11.1		$21,170
William A Berkowitz Elementary	Public	1-4	300 Crescent Avenue	Chelsea	02150	Suffolk County	Chelsea	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 466-5300	455	37	12.2	92.6%	28 (6.2%)	27 (5.9%)	396 (87.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	52.2	431^st of 899 public elementary schools	52.1%		59.3	363^rd of 906 public elementary schools	59.9%	68	23.5	29.7						26.6	61.7	61.8						61.8							$23,571
Edgar F. Hooks Elementary	Public	1-4	300 Crescent Avenue	Chelsea	02150	Suffolk County	Chelsea	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 466-5400	430	40	10.7	92.0%	34 (7.9%)	21 (4.9%)	371 (86.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	52.6	424^th of 899 public elementary schools	52.8%		46.4	490^th of 906 public elementary schools	45.9%	66	32.3	32.1						32.2	64.7	49.5						56.7							$22,754
George F. Kelly Elementary	Public	1-4	300 Crescent Avenue	Chelsea	02150	Suffolk County	Chelsea	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 466-5350	527	44	11.9	89.5%	12 (2.3%)	3 (0.6%)	511 (97.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9.1	851^st of 899 public elementary schools	5.3%		7.7	869^th of 906 public elementary schools	4.1%	18	14.3	14.0						14.2	13.6	20.6						17.1							$22,738
Frank M Sokolowski Elementary	Public	1-4	300 Crescent Avenue	Chelsea	02150	Suffolk County	Chelsea	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 466-8464	472	42	11.1	90.9%	29 (6.1%)	17 (3.6%)	425 (90.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11.6	827^th of 899 public elementary schools	8.0%		11.2	838^th of 906 public elementary schools	7.5%	11	12.2	14.3						13.3	15.1	27.7						21.8							$22,186
Clark Avenue School	Public	5-8	8 Clark Avenue	Chelsea	02150	Suffolk County	Chelsea	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 466-5100	673	53	12.7	89.4%	25 (3.7%)	26 (3.9%)	616 (91.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	11.6	437^th of 478 public middle schools	8.6%		9.2	456^th of 484 public middle schools	5.8%	19			15.1	13.3	14.4	12.7		13.8			15.8	17.7	13.8	15.4		15.6	17.1	9.6		13.2		9.0	$21,648
Eugene Wright Science and Technology Academy	Public	5-8	180 Walnut Street	Chelsea	02150	Suffolk County	Chelsea	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 466-5240	436	45	9.7	92.3%	40 (9.2%)	23 (5.3%)	369 (84.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	20.4	387^th of 478 public middle schools	19.0%		18.8	397^th of 484 public middle schools	18.0%	10			34.5	12.2	28.0	30.6		26.3			20.7	5.1	8.1	13.6		11.7	25.3	26.8		26.1		25.0	$25,598
Joseph A. Browne School	Public	5-8	180 Walnut Street	Chelsea	02150	Suffolk County	Chelsea	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 466-5235	487	54	9.0	90.5%	27 (5.5%)	36 (7.4%)	419 (86.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	11.9	434^th of 478 public middle schools	9.2%		11.8	438^th of 484 public middle schools	9.5%	4			8.7	19.1	9.7	16.7		14.0			5.4	10.3	12.5	16.5		11.7	12.0	9.8		10.7		12.0	$23,450
Chelsea Opportunity Academy	Public	9-12	299 Everett Avenue	Chelsea	02150	Suffolk County	Chelsea	No	No	No	Yes	(617) 466-5000	132	7	18.7		4 (3.0%)	4 (3.0%)	123 (93.2%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																							$20,498
Chelsea Virtual Learning Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	77 Webster Avenue	Chelsea	02150	Suffolk County	Chelsea	No	No	Yes	No	(617) 466-5113	54	6	8.3		4 (7.4%)	2 (3.7%)	48 (88.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																							$25,065
Seaport Academy	Private, Nonsectarian, Boys	8-12	285 Commandants Way	Chelsea	02150	Suffolk County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(617) 241-3871	24	4	6.0		6 (25.0%)	6 (25.0%)	8 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (16.7%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Chelsea

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Everett	0.92 mi	11	306^th
East Boston	1.12 mi	12	309^th
Revere	1.42 mi	11	323^rd
Charlestown	1.77 mi	4	267^th
Malden	2.07 mi	8	219^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.