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.
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