Summary:
ZIP code 02746 in New Bedford, MA contains four schools — three listed as elementary and one as high school — though middle grades are actually served inside two of them, since Alma del Mar Charter School runs K–8 and Global Learning Charter Public School runs grades 5–12, and together these four schools enroll 2,540 students in a ZIP that is charter-heavy: the two charter schools account for 1,550 students, or 61%, while the two New Bedford district schools enroll the other 39%.
Alma del Mar Charter School is the strongest overall performer, with the ZIP's highest ELA (29.47%) and math (31.87%) all-grades proficiency, the best rank at 566/899 (37th percentile), and an improving trend from 27th to 37th percentile and 1 star to 2 stars; its 5th grade ELA and 3rd grade math are the only grade-level results here above state averages. Carlos Pacheco is a science standout at 34.21%, far above the New Bedford district science average of 16.05%, yet its all-grades ELA of 13.93% is the lowest in the ZIP. Global Learning Charter Public School reports a 100.0% graduation rate and 0.0% dropout rate, but its math is the ZIP's lowest at 8.33% and its rank fell from 42nd to 16th percentile over three years. Hayden/McFadden ranks lowest at 857/899 (5th percentile, 0 stars) with the lowest science score at 12.24%.
Every school here sits below state averages in ELA, math, and science; a simple average across the four is roughly 17.9% ELA, 19.0% math, and 21.2% science, against state averages around 40–41%. Reported 2020-2021 per-student spending is highest at Hayden/McFadden ($18,665) and lowest at Alma del Mar ($16,668), the reverse of their rankings, though that one old year cannot establish cause. Student-teacher ratios range from 9.4 at Carlos Pacheco to 12.6 at Hayden/McFadden. Free/reduced lunch data is not reported for any school, so economic context is unavailable.
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