Summary:
ZIP code 02141 in Cambridge has just one listed high school — Community Charter School of Cambridge — a charter school serving grades 6 through 12 with 251 students, and it is the only school in its district, Community Charter School of Cambridge (District). Because it is the area's sole high school, there are no local peers to compare it against; the most useful benchmarks are the state averages and the school's own past results.
Academically, the school is currently ranked 127th of 353 Massachusetts schools — 64th percentile, 3 stars — down from a 2024–2025 peak of 89th of 349, 74th percentile, 4 stars. In 2025–2026 MCAS testing, overall ELA was 45.65% proficient versus 40.03% statewide, math was 41.61% versus 41.11%, and science was 40.68% versus 40.98%. Results vary sharply by grade. Grades 7 and 8 are strengths: 7th-grade ELA 49.02% vs 39.91% state, 8th-grade ELA 50.00% vs 41.70%, and 7th-grade math 50.00% vs 37.48%. Science is strong at the high school level — 10th-grade science 50.00% vs 40.50% and Physics 56.41% vs 46.58%. The clearest weakness is 6th grade, where math was 18.52% vs 42.59% state and ELA 29.63% vs 40.26%. Tenth-grade ELA (41.67% vs 45.48%) and math (39.13% vs 43.73%) also fell below state.
Completion and class-size indicators are favorable: a 92.5% graduation rate and 2.5% dropout rate in 2024–2025, with 8.9 students per teacher. Per-student spending was $26,306 in 2020–2021, the most recent figure available, and the free/reduced-price lunch percentage is not reported, so economic context is unknown. Year over year, science and 8th-grade civics improved, while ELA and math declined, though ELA remained above state.
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