Summary:
UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester is the sole elementary school located within the UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester (District) in Massachusetts. The school serves students from grades K-5 and has consistently struggled with low academic performance on MCAS assessments compared to the state average.
According to the data, UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester has proficiency rates ranging from 12.34% in Math to 22.25% in English Language Arts, well below the state averages of 40.74% and 41.53%, respectively. The school's performance has been declining over the past few years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 844 out of 916 elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 812 out of 906 in 2024-2025. While the school has a relatively small student-teacher ratio of 10.4, its per-student spending of $16,769 for the 2020-2021 school year was higher than the state average, suggesting that the school is allocating significant resources towards supporting its students, but these efforts have not translated into improved academic outcomes.
The data also indicates that the UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester (District) had a high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients in the 2023-2024 school year, which may contribute to the school's low performance, as research has shown that students from low-income backgrounds often face additional barriers to academic success. Overall, the analysis of the data for UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester reveals a school that is struggling to provide a high-quality education to its students, and the district may need to re-evaluate its strategies and implement more effective interventions to support student learning and achievement.
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