Summary:
Alma del Mar Charter School (District) is a one-school district in New Bedford, Massachusetts, containing just Alma del Mar Charter School at 515 Belleville Ave. That school is classified as an elementary school but actually serves grades K–8 with 1,042 students, and its student-teacher ratio is 11.1 as of 2024–2025. Because the district has only one school, district-level results and school-level results are identical, so parents should read any district figure as a description of this single campus.
The most encouraging story here is improvement. In 2023–2024 the school ranked 665 of 916 (27th percentile, 1 star); by 2025–2026 it ranked 566 of 899 (37th percentile, 2 stars). Scores rose in every reported subject from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, and the state declined in ELA and Science over that span. Science climbed from 17.99% to 23.21% proficient, and 8th grade Civics from 21.28% to 28.26%, narrowing the gap to the state by roughly 5.75 and 6.37 percentage points respectively. There are also genuine grade-level bright spots: Grade 5 ELA (40.40% proficient) and Grade 3 Math (43.00%) sit slightly above state averages.
Still, overall performance trails the state in every core subject. In 2025–2026, ELA was 29.47% proficient versus 40.03% statewide, Math 31.87% versus 41.11%, Science 23.21% versus 40.98%, and 8th grade Civics 28.26% versus 39.77%. The sharpest pressure points are the middle grades: Grade 7 Math, Grade 8 Science, Grade 7 ELA, and Grade 8 Civics are all far below state. The district's overall rank is 272 of 351 (23rd percentile, 1 star). Per-student spending data dates to 2020–2021 ($16,668), and free/reduced lunch figures are not reported for 2024–2025, so family-income context is unknown.
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