Summary:
Zip code 01840 in Lawrence, MA, contains one public charter high school, Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence, which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 140 students. Because it is the only high school in the zip code, parents cannot compare it with another in-zip school; the most useful context is how its reported results compare with state benchmarks.
Reported outcomes raise significant concerns. In 2024–2025, the graduation rate is 1.9% and the dropout rate is 46.2%. The student-teacher ratio is 27.8:1, which for 140 students implies roughly 5 teachers. For 2025–2026 MCAS Next Generation, proficiency is 0% in 10th Grade Mathematics and 0% in End-of-Course Biology, compared with state averages of 43.73% and 37.68%, respectively. That is a gap of 43.73 percentage points in Mathematics and 37.68 percentage points in Biology, based on the reported figures. Free/reduced lunch is not reported, so socioeconomic context is unknown; it should not be read as 0%.
Per-student spending is $18,677 for 2020–2021, but this older figure cannot be directly compared with current outcomes. The school is its own district, so district and school results are identical for graduation, dropout, and test scores. The data span different years—2024–2025 for completion and staffing, 2025–2026 for tests, and 2020–2021 for spending—so year-over-year interpretation is limited. Parents should also note that no test-participation counts or state graduation/dropout rates are included here, and no nearby high school in 01840 offers a peer comparison. Overall, Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence stands out for very low reported proficiency and graduation rates, a high dropout rate, and a high student-teacher ratio, alongside a substantial but older per-student spending figure.
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