Summary:
Holyoke Community Charter (District) is a single-school district in Holyoke, Massachusetts, made up of one K–8 elementary school — Holyoke Community Charter School — with 701 students. Because the district contains only one school, its district and school test results are identical. For 2025–2026, the school ranks 822 of 899 statewide, in the 9th percentile with 0 stars, while the district ranks 293 of 351 with 1 star. The 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio is 21.2, and per-student spending was $16,957 in 2020–2021. Free/reduced lunch data for 2024–2025 is not reported in this file, so economic context cannot be assessed here.
In the 2025–2026 MCAS, the school trails the state in every aggregate subject: ELA at 21.53% versus 40.03% statewide, math at 25.48% versus 41.11%, science at 28.57% versus 40.98%, and 8th grade civics at 27.27% versus 39.77%. Grade-level results vary widely. The bright spots are 7th grade math at 44.44% versus 37.48% for the state, 8th grade ELA at 43.64% versus 41.70%, and 8th grade math at 41.82% versus 41.67%, which is essentially at the state level. The largest gaps are 3rd grade ELA at 10.53% versus 42.79%, 6th grade ELA at 10.53% versus 40.26%, 3rd grade math at 13.16% versus 42.19%, and 4th grade math at 13.70% versus 43.20%.
From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, math rose 6.34 points, science rose 8.18 points, and civics rose 12.12 points, while ELA slipped 0.59 points; all aggregate subjects remain below state averages. Rank history shows 806 of 916 (12th percentile, 1 star), 823 of 906 (9th percentile, 0 stars), and 822 of 899 (9th percentile, 0 stars) — the bottom 9–12% of ranked Massachusetts schools. Overall, the standout features are upper-grade math and 8th grade ELA, while the biggest needs are early elementary reading and math.
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