Resiliency Preparatory Academy

Resiliency Preparatory Academy is a small public school serving 171 students in grades 7 through 12 at 290 Rock Street in Fall River, Massachusetts, part of the Fall River district — a district that ranks 331st of 351 statewide (6th percentile). It is the only school in its comparison group that combines a middle-and-high grade span with an enrollment under 200, and its nearest same-district peer, B M C Durfee High, enrolls 2,642 students roughly 1.22 miles away.

On outcomes, the school is an extreme outlier. In 2024–2025 it graduated 33.3% of its students while the district graduated 76.8%, and its dropout rate was 46.7% against 14.9% districtwide. Not one nearby school graduates fewer than three-quarters of its students — B M C Durfee High posts 83.6%, and Argosy Collegiate Charter School, which also serves a 6–12 span, posts 77.8%, the lowest among the ten comparison schools. Reported MCAS proficiency is 0% in every subject, grade, and year on file. Subgroup rankings sit at or near the floor as well: 334 of 334 for low-income students in 2024–2025.

What makes this profile so striking is the resource picture. The school spends $20,732 per student (2020–2021), more than Durfee's $17,532, and its 7:1 student-teacher ratio is the lowest in the group by a wide margin, with the next lowest at 10.2:1. One important caveat for parents: the small enrollment, wide grade span, very small classes, and highest dropout rate together resemble a specialized or alternative placement setting rather than a general-admission neighborhood high school, and the available data does not include admission-policy or mobility information that would confirm this. Free/reduced-price lunch data is blank for this school and every comparison school.