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Collegiate Charter School of Lowell

Public, Charter, Alternative Grades K-12
776th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 906 Massachusetts Alternative Schools
Better than 14% of Massachusetts alternative schools
Summary

Collegiate Charter School of Lowell is a public charter school serving 1,211 students in grades K-12 in Lowell, Massachusetts. While the school has seen a 4-year graduation rate of 75.9%, its dropout rate of 20.7% is significantly higher than the state average of 1.6%.

Academically, Collegiate Charter School of Lowell's MCAS proficiency rates are generally lower than the state averages across English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates were 26.62% in ELA, 19.87% in Math, and 21.84% in Science, compared to state averages of 41.53%, 40.74%, and 41.51%, respectively. Compared to nearby schools, the school's performance is mixed, outperforming the Bartlett School and Assessment Center and the School for Exceptional Studies, but underperforming the Dr. Janice Adie Day School.

The school's student-teacher ratio of 14.9 is higher than the nearby alternative schools, and its per-student spending of $11,418 in the 2020-2021 school year is significantly lower than the $40,026 to $56,485 per student spent at the nearby schools. These resource constraints may be contributing factors to the school's academic underperformance and relatively low graduation rates. Addressing these issues should be a priority for the Collegiate Charter School of Lowell district to ensure that students receive a high-quality education and have the best possible opportunities for success.

1,212
Students ?
10.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$14,457
Per pupil spending ?
54.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1857 Middlesex Street
       Lowell, MA  01851

(978) 458-1399

District: Collegiate Charter School of Lowell

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
27.7%
Asian:
24.1%
White:
23.0%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 46th percentile in 2022 → 20th in 2025
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (23% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (14th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 26 percentile points since 2022
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school23%
District avg23%
Massachusetts avg41%
Elementary school
776th of 906
Massachusetts public elementary schools ?
Bottom 14%▼ down 23 pts since 2016
From bottom 38% (2016) to bottom 14% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
327th of 484
Massachusetts public middle schools ?
Bottom 32%▼ down 18 pts since 2019
From top 49% (2019) to bottom 32% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Massachusetts Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
280th of 349
Massachusetts public high schools ?
Bottom 20%▼ down 15 pts since 2023
From bottom 34% (2023) to bottom 20% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Massachusetts High Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202516.2776 of 90614.3%★☆☆☆☆
202418.6759 of 91617.1%★☆☆☆☆
202320.7737 of 92820.6%★☆☆☆☆
202231.0651 of 93230.2%★★☆☆☆
202132.8647 of 93630.9%★★☆☆☆
201939.0609 of 94235.4%★★☆☆☆
201819.8785 of 93416.0%★☆☆☆☆
201725.0738 of 93821.3%★☆☆☆☆
201642.0580 of 93237.8%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202536.4122 of 16927.8%★☆☆☆☆
202450.362 of 16762.9%★★★☆☆
202346.387 of 16747.9%★★☆☆☆
202261.146 of 17373.4%★★★★☆
202163.540 of 16675.9%★★★★☆
201961.854 of 17268.6%★★★☆☆
201839.4109 of 17437.4%★★☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20254.8138 of 1422.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.4147 of 1523.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.5139 of 1454.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.0131 of 1438.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202110.8127 of 1419.9%★☆☆☆☆
201914.4141 of 1559.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.3148 of 1543.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202228.6493 of 67226.6%★☆☆☆☆
202137.2384 of 63239.2%★★☆☆☆
201943.0343 of 66548.4%★★☆☆☆
201825.6526 of 65619.8%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202538.9165 of 28141.3%★★☆☆☆
202448.5108 of 28261.7%★★★☆☆
202352.075 of 26471.6%★★★★☆
202244.9110 of 26758.8%★★★☆☆
202164.634 of 24085.8%★★★★☆
201974.930 of 25888.4%★★★★☆
201852.985 of 24465.2%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202513.2787 of 8699.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.0785 of 88611.4%★☆☆☆☆
202321.9708 of 88720.2%★☆☆☆☆
202230.8630 of 90130.1%★★☆☆☆
202130.4632 of 89829.6%★☆☆☆☆
201938.7599 of 90233.6%★★☆☆☆
201821.9736 of 89317.6%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202533.8318 of 45830.6%★★☆☆☆
202433.5309 of 44630.7%★★☆☆☆
202342.5234 of 42044.3%★★☆☆☆
202246.6173 of 40156.9%★★★☆☆
202167.867 of 37982.3%★★★★☆
201965.696 of 39875.9%★★★★☆
201841.0232 of 37938.8%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202528.8582 of 73620.9%★☆☆☆☆
202427.0616 of 76018.9%★☆☆☆☆
202334.7534 of 75729.5%★☆☆☆☆
202244.5428 of 77244.6%★★☆☆☆
202153.8292 of 70558.6%★★★☆☆
201962.7215 of 70069.3%★★★☆☆
201840.7441 of 68535.6%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202522.4699 of 88420.9%★☆☆☆☆
202426.1667 of 89125.1%★☆☆☆☆
202321.7713 of 89620.4%★☆☆☆☆
202231.8626 of 90831.1%★★☆☆☆
202136.5582 of 90435.6%★★☆☆☆
201939.8564 of 90737.8%★★☆☆☆
201819.5758 of 89815.6%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202535.0453 of 71736.8%★★☆☆☆
202425.6570 of 73122.0%★☆☆☆☆
202243.7506 of 90544.1%★★☆☆☆
202153.0379 of 89457.6%★★★☆☆
201961.0284 of 89668.3%★★★☆☆
201834.6646 of 88627.1%★☆☆☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202128.2675 of 92527.0%★☆☆☆☆

Tested Remotely

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202148.9174 of 39956.4%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20254.2726 of 7371.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.5744 of 7531.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.4742 of 7622.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.3700 of 7648.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.3709 of 7657.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201928.8616 of 78021.0%★☆☆☆☆
201813.8711 of 7727.9%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202529.1327 of 48432.4%★★☆☆☆
202427.5347 of 49329.6%★☆☆☆☆
202320.4396 of 50121.0%★☆☆☆☆
202243.0269 of 49745.9%★★☆☆☆
202148.5243 of 50151.5%★★★☆☆
201950.2246 of 49850.6%★★★☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202558.667 of 20667.5%★★★☆☆
202453.679 of 20260.9%★★★☆☆
202342.0116 of 20944.5%★★☆☆☆
202267.844 of 21279.2%★★★★☆
202182.917 of 19391.2%★★★★★
201984.816 of 19591.8%★★★★★

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202510.6117 of 1277.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.2110 of 1208.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.4126 of 1346.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.1120 of 13511.1%★☆☆☆☆
202116.2103 of 12316.3%★☆☆☆☆
201927.099 of 12822.7%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202245.8180 of 44559.6%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202538.3106 of 18141.4%★★☆☆☆
202455.133 of 18081.7%★★★★☆
202343.569 of 15555.5%★★★☆☆
202256.724 of 15484.4%★★★★☆
202153.227 of 13580.0%★★★★☆
201976.618 of 13887.0%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202527.3336 of 47329.0%★☆☆☆☆
202420.7382 of 48120.6%★☆☆☆☆
202322.7378 of 48922.7%★☆☆☆☆
202238.3296 of 49440.1%★★☆☆☆
202139.6287 of 48340.6%★★☆☆☆
201946.5268 of 47843.9%★★☆☆☆
201845.9262 of 46343.4%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202529.9264 of 37629.8%★★☆☆☆
202428.9276 of 37827.0%★☆☆☆☆
202337.4209 of 36442.6%★★☆☆☆
202270.675 of 36879.6%★★★★☆
202159.0109 of 33567.5%★★★☆☆
201956.5118 of 32263.4%★★★☆☆
201844.7164 of 30946.9%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202535.1302 of 46434.9%★★☆☆☆
202435.6307 of 46934.5%★★☆☆☆
202332.8339 of 48129.5%★☆☆☆☆
202264.7128 of 48973.8%★★★★☆
202169.0102 of 46277.9%★★★★☆
201965.7120 of 45273.5%★★★★☆
201849.7226 of 43848.4%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202530.7321 of 47332.1%★★☆☆☆
202436.3296 of 48338.7%★★☆☆☆
202318.0404 of 48917.4%★☆☆☆☆
202247.7239 of 49751.9%★★★☆☆
202156.8189 of 48561.0%★★★☆☆
201949.8232 of 47851.5%★★★☆☆
201822.1365 of 46621.7%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202520.4405 of 4356.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202433.1267 of 44139.5%★★☆☆☆
202334.1264 of 44440.5%★★☆☆☆
202266.8113 of 50377.5%★★★★☆
202170.086 of 48982.4%★★★★☆
201964.0122 of 48474.8%★★★★☆
201848.9219 of 46753.1%★★★☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202140.2290 of 49140.9%★★☆☆☆

Tested Remotely

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202161.5102 of 33969.9%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202510.5364 of 3865.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.3377 of 3923.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.1398 of 4031.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202224.3318 of 40421.3%★☆☆☆☆
202132.5277 of 40130.9%★★☆☆☆
201925.3316 of 39620.2%★☆☆☆☆
201824.5314 of 39520.5%★☆☆☆☆
High school ranking
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202521.0280 of 34919.8%★☆☆☆☆
202442.7218 of 34837.4%★★☆☆☆
202337.2228 of 34734.3%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202480.625 of 16084.4%★★★★☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202510.782 of 919.9%★☆☆☆☆
202446.461 of 9837.8%★★☆☆☆
202314.879 of 9617.7%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202549.723 of 8372.3%★★★★☆
202484.12 of 8697.7%★★★★★
202379.22 of 8497.6%★★★★★

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202512.1306 of 3379.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202436.0224 of 34234.5%★★☆☆☆
202335.0229 of 33932.4%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202524.7196 of 24520.0%★☆☆☆☆
202425.8176 of 24929.3%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202529.8244 of 33426.9%★☆☆☆☆
202444.0197 of 33841.7%★★☆☆☆
202349.2177 of 33847.6%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202527.1246 of 33927.4%★☆☆☆☆
202446.2193 of 34243.6%★★☆☆☆
202336.5221 of 34335.6%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202530.5201 of 30233.4%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20256.0287 of 2983.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.8280 of 3027.3%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
Tested Remotely (2021)56th percentile+26 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)41st percentile+27 vs school
Special Education (2025)37th percentile+22 vs school
Hispanic (2025)31st percentile+16 vs school
African American (2025)28th percentile+13 vs school
Tested In Person (2021)27th percentile-4 vs school
Disabled (2022)27th percentile-4 vs school
Male (2025)21st percentile+7 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)21st percentile+7 vs school
Female (2025)9th percentile-5 vs school
Asian (2025)3rd percentile-12 vs school
White (2025)1st percentile-13 vs school
Middle school
Tested Remotely (2021)70th percentile+18 vs school
African American (2025)67th percentile+35 vs school
Disabled (2022)60th percentile+14 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)41st percentile+9 vs school
Tested In Person (2021)41st percentile-11 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)35th percentile~ school
Male (2025)32nd percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)30th percentile-3 vs school
Female (2025)29th percentile-3 vs school
Asian (2025)8th percentile-25 vs school
Special Education (2025)7th percentile-26 vs school
White (2025)6th percentile-27 vs school
High school
African American (2024)84th percentile+47 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)72nd percentile+53 vs school
Special Education (2025)33rd percentile+14 vs school
Male (2025)27th percentile+8 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)27th percentile+7 vs school
Hispanic (2025)20th percentile~ school
Asian (2025)10th percentile-10 vs school
Female (2025)9th percentile-11 vs school
White (2025)4th percentile-16 vs school
By subject vs Massachusetts (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts27%-15 vs state
Civics25%-14 vs state
Science22%-20 vs state
Biology20%-19 vs state
Mathematics20%-21 vs state

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Collegiate Charter School of Lowell ranks in the bottom 14.3% of Massachusetts alternative schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,212 students attended Collegiate Charter School of Lowell.

Students at Collegiate Charter School of Lowell are 28% Hispanic, 24% Asian, 23% White, 19% African American, 4% Two or more races, 2% American Indian.


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