Summary:
Devens, Massachusetts has exactly one school — Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School — a public high school serving grades 7–12 with 388 students, operating as its own single-school district, Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District), so school and district figures are identical throughout the data.
The school is a 4-star performer that ranks 39 of 353 Massachusetts schools in 2025–2026, the 89th percentile, up from 65 of 349 (81st percentile) in 2024–2025 and 54 of 348 (84th percentile) in 2023–2024. Outcomes are strong: a 96.5% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate for 2024–2025, and a low student-teacher ratio of 9.4. Per-student spending was $19,432 in 2020–2021, though that figure is several years older than the test and outcome data. The free/reduced lunch rate is not reported, so economic context is unavailable, and because Devens has only one school there are no local peer schools to compare against — the meaningful benchmark is the state average.
On 2025–2026 MCAS Next Generation tests, results are strongest in 10th grade and Science: 10th grade ELA was 76.12% proficient versus the state's 45.48%, Math 68.66% versus 43.73%, and Science 65.67% versus 40.50%. All-grades Science was 54.69% versus the state's 40.98%, and 8th grade posted 48.44% in ELA and Math, 54.69% in Science, and 49.21% in Civics. The clearest weak spot is 7th grade ELA at 38.67%, slightly below the state's 39.91%, while 7th grade Math was 38.67%, just 1.19 points above the state. All-grade proficiency fell from 2024–2025 — ELA from 51.13% to 43.17%, Math from 49.62% to 43.17%, Science from 65.22% to 54.69% — narrowing the school's margin over the state even as its rank improved.
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