Summary:
Salem Academy Charter (District) contains one school, Salem Academy Charter School, located at 45 Congress St., Salem, MA 01970. It is classified as a high school but serves grades 6–12 with 480 students; the area summary counts 1 high school, 0 elementary, 0 middle, and 0 alternative schools. Because it is a single-school district, school-level and district-level figures are identical wherever both are reported.
Salem Academy Charter School shows mixed results. Strengths include a 95.6% graduation rate, 0.0% dropout rate, and an 11:1 student-teacher ratio. In 2025–2026 MCAS, all-grade ELA was 43.3% versus state 40.03% (+3.27 points), and all-grade science was 41.89% versus 40.98% (+0.91). 7th grade ELA stood out at 56% versus state 39.91% (+16.09), and 8th grade civics was 45.95% versus 39.77% (+6.18). However, math lagged: all-grade math was 36.16% versus state 41.11% (-4.95), 10th grade math was 28.99% versus 43.73% (-14.74), and 6th grade math was 28% versus 42.59% (-14.59). 6th grade ELA was also below state at 29.33% versus 40.26% (-10.93), and Biology End of Course was 30.14% versus 37.68% (-7.54).
Ranking declined from 2024–2025, when the school was 145 of 349 (58th percentile, 3 stars), to 2025–2026 at 192 of 353 (46th percentile, 2 stars); the current district rank is 197 of 351 (44th percentile, 2 stars). Year-over-year, all-grade ELA fell from 46.15% to 43.3%, math from 39.09% to 36.16%, and science from 44% to 41.89%. State math rose slightly while school math declined, widening the gap. Per-student spending is $19,262 from 2020–2021, and free/reduced lunch is not reported.
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