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Chicopee Academy

Public Grades 6-12
Summary

Chicopee Academy is a small public school in Chicopee, MA, serving 92 students in grades 6–12 as part of the Chicopee district, which ranks 283rd of 351 districts statewide. No current school-level rank is available; its most recent reported rank, from 2016–2017, placed it 342nd of 348 schools.

In resources, Chicopee Academy looks very different from its neighbors. It spent $49,448 per student in 2020–2021 — far more than Chicopee High ($16,258), Chicopee Comprehensive High School ($17,442), or any other nearby school in the data — and it has the lowest student-teacher ratio in the comparison group at 4.3 in 2024–2025. That mix of a very small enrollment, a wide grade span, heavy staffing, and high spending is more typical of a specialized or alternative setting than a comprehensive high school.

Outcomes remain challenging but show real recent improvement. The 2024–2025 graduation rate was 55.6%, up sharply from 12.9% in 2021–2022, and the dropout rate was 33.3%, down from 58.8% in 2020–2021. Both remain far below district averages of 88.1% and 8.9%. Test proficiency sits near the floor: 6.67% in ELA and 0% in math for 2025–2026, with 0% reported in many subjects and years before that. Among nearby schools, only Springfield Public Day High School shows similarly severe results (47.1% graduation, 41.2% dropout). By contrast, Hampden Charter School of Science, a short distance away, reports a 94.0% graduation rate. With only 92 students, single-year rates can swing widely, and missing free/reduced-lunch and demographic data make the picture incomplete.

92
Students ?
4.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$48,001
Per pupil spending ?
91.3%
Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?
All students in Massachusetts receive free school meals.
 12 DARE Way
       Chicopee, MA  01020-1038

(413) 594-3449

District: Chicopee

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
59.8%
White:
28.3%
African American:
7.6%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 10th percentile in 2003 → 2nd in 2017
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 4 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (3% vs 41% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 8 percentile points since 2003
!Mathematics scores 41 pts below the Massachusetts average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school3%
District avg27%
Massachusetts avg41%
Not ranked this year
Chicopee Academy did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
283rd of 351Chicopee among Massachusetts districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20254.1484 of 4840.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20191.9493 of 4981.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.1475 of 4841.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20172.2482 of 4871.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20163.5473 of 4821.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20141.2450 of 4551.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20131.4451 of 4550.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20121.3451 of 4550.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20062.3392 of 3991.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20195.7322 of 3220.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20254.2464 of 4640.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.2449 of 4520.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20192.8482 of 4840.4%☆☆☆☆☆
High school ranking
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
20170.5342 of 3481.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20150.4349 of 3541.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20140.1345 of 3470.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20081.5315 of 3191.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20071.5314 of 3160.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20060.2312 of 3140.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20051.3302 of 3112.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20041.1302 of 3071.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20038.8274 of 3049.9%★☆☆☆☆
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)
Middle school
Special Education (2019)<1st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)<1st percentile~ school
Hispanic (2019)<1st percentile~ school
By subject vs Massachusetts (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts7%-33 vs state
Mathematics0%-41 vs state

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Students at Chicopee Academy are 60% Hispanic, 28% White, 8% African American, 3% Two or more races, 1% Pacific Islander.

In the 2024-25 school year, 92 students attended Chicopee Academy.

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Latest Massachusetts data All new data »
2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesMar 5, 2026
2024–25 MCAS Next Generation test scoresSep 29, 2025
2023–24 school spending dataMay 8, 2025
2023–24 dropout rates & graduation ratesMay 1, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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