Summary:
ZIP code 02141 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has two schools that both serve middle grades: Cambridge Street Upper School, a district middle school for grades 6–8 with 301 students, and Community Charter School of Cambridge, a charter school for grades 6–12 with 251 students, for a combined enrollment of 552 students.
The two schools are moving in opposite directions. Cambridge Street Upper climbed from the 58th to the 71st percentile and from 3 to 4 stars, while Community Charter slipped from the 74th to the 64th percentile and from 4 to 3 stars. Cambridge Street Upper now leads in all-grade ELA (49.65 vs. 45.65), Math (44.44 vs. 41.61), and Science (50.52 vs. 40.68); both schools sit above state averages. Strengths differ by grade: in 6th grade Cambridge Street Upper leads in ELA (45.36 vs. 29.63) and Math (41.67 vs. 18.52); in 7th grade Community Charter leads in ELA (49.02 vs. 42.53) and Math (50.00 vs. 34.12); in 8th grade Cambridge Street Upper leads in ELA, Math, Science, and Civics.
Community Charter's clearest strengths are completion outcomes — a 92.5% graduation rate and 2.5% dropout rate — plus Physics End of Course at 56.41% proficient versus 46.58% statewide. Its weak points include 6th-grade Math at 18.52% (state: 42.59%) and 10th-grade ELA and Math below state averages. Cambridge Street Upper spends $33,606 per student (2020–2021) versus $26,306 at Community Charter, with slightly smaller classes (8.2 vs. 8.9 students per teacher). Because free/reduced-lunch data are not reported for either school, economic context cannot be assessed from this data set.
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