Trinity Day Academy

Trinity Day Academy is a small alternative public school at 181 Hillman Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts, serving 93 students in grades 4 through 12 — roughly ten students per grade — within the New Bedford district, which itself ranks 327th of 351 Massachusetts districts. Because it is an alternative school, its numbers describe a student population that has transferred or been placed out of traditional settings, often carrying credit deficits or attendance issues, so results should be read through that lens.

The school's clearest strength is five straight years of improvement on completion. The graduation rate rose from 40.0% in 2020–2021 to 63.6% in 2024–2025 — an unbroken climb of 23.6 percentage points — while the district rate barely moved, narrowing the gap from nearly 40 points to about 16. Dropout fell from 46.7% to 22.7%, including a 14.1-point single-year drop in the most recent year, its lowest on record. Even so, both figures remain behind district averages: the school still graduates fewer students and loses about 9 points more to dropout.

Academic performance remains at or near the floor. MCAS proficiency was 0% in the large majority of administrations on record, and the school has never exceeded 5% in any subject. Resources do not appear to be the constraint: per-pupil spending reached $29,708 (2020–21) with a 6.4-to-1 student-teacher ratio. Compared with its closest peer, Stone Pk-12 School in Fall River, Trinity graduates a higher share (63.6% vs. 57.1%) even though Stone spends 22% more per student. Atlantis Charter School, though labeled alternative in this data, enrolls 1,246 students and is not a comparable peer. With only about 93 students, single-year figures can swing on a handful of students, and free/reduced-lunch data is missing entirely.