Summary:
ZIP code 01851 in Lowell, Massachusetts contains exactly one high school: The Career Academy, a public school serving grades 9–12 with an enrollment of 83 students. Because it is the only high school in the ZIP, this is a single-school profile rather than a comparison among local high schools. It belongs to the Lowell district.
The most important pattern in the data is the gap between the school and its district on 2024–2025 outcomes. The Career Academy's graduation rate is 48.1%, compared with 80.2% for the Lowell district — about 32.1 percentage points lower, or roughly 60% of the district rate. Its dropout rate is 33.3%, versus 12.3% for the district — about 21.0 percentage points higher, or roughly 2.7 times the district rate. The school also stands out for its very small size and its low student-teacher ratio of 6.8 students per teacher, which implies roughly 12 teachers or FTE if that ratio is based on enrollment. Spending per student was $17,158 in 2020–2021, though the dataset provides no district or state comparison for that figure, and with only 83 students, one student represents about 1.2% of enrollment, so small changes can move rates noticeably.
Historically, the school ranked 351 out of 351 statewide in 2018–2019, with a 0th percentile and 0 stars for that year. The Lowell district currently ranks 273 out of 351, in the 22nd percentile with a 1-star rating, though the school rank and district rank are not year-matched, so that comparison should be treated cautiously. The 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch value is blank and should not be read as 0%, and no current school-level rank or state comparisons for spending and staffing are available. Overall, The Career Academy stands out for its very small enrollment and low student-teacher ratio, but its graduation and dropout rates lag the district averages substantially.
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