Summary:
Hampden Charter School of Science (District) is a single-school district in Chicopee, Massachusetts, with one high school, Hampden Charter School of Science, serving grades 6–12 and 938 students. The district reports 1 high school, 0 elementary, 0 middle, and 0 alternative schools, so district-level figures mirror the school's figures. Available data covers rank history for 2023–24 through 2025–26, 2024–25 graduation and dropout rates, 2024–25 and 2025–26 MCAS results, 2020–21 per-student spending, and a 2024–25 student/teacher ratio; free/reduced lunch is not reported.
The school’s most positive trend is its accountability rank: it rose from 184 of 348 (47th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–24 to 106 of 349 (70th, 3 stars) in 2024–25, then to 85 of 353 (76th, 4 stars) in 2025–26. Tenth grade is the strongest academic bright spot in 2025–26: ELA 74.07% proficient vs state 45.48%, math 58.09% vs 43.73%, and science 60.17% vs 40.50%. Sixth-grade math is also above state at 50.36% vs 42.59%. For 2024–25, the graduation rate is 94.0% and the dropout rate is 3.4%. Overall science is close to state (39.86% vs 40.98%), as is overall ELA (39.49% vs 40.03%).
Middle-school math is the main concern. In 2025–26, 7th-grade math is 22.30% vs state 37.48%, 8th-grade math is 27.70% vs 41.67%, and overall math is 33.25% vs 41.11%. Eighth-grade civics is also below state (29.45% vs 39.77%). Biology moved from 52.94% in 2024–25 to 35.48% in 2025–26, though the labels differ, and overall ELA slipped from 43.19% in 2024–25 to 39.49% in 2025–26. The “All Grades” totals for ELA, math, and science in 2025–26 closely track the middle-school grades rather than 10th grade, so they should not be read as a simple all-school average including 10th grade. Parent context is limited because free/reduced lunch is not reported and spending data is from 2020–21; the 12.2 student/teacher ratio is favorable but lacks state or peer comparison here.
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