Summary:
ZIP code 02746 in New Bedford, Massachusetts contains exactly one high school: Global Learning Charter Public School, a charter campus serving grades 5 through 12 with 508 students, which also functions as its own district, Global Learning Charter Public (District).
Because the school is the entire district, every district figure mirrors the school, and the only meaningful yardstick is the state. On 2025-2026 MCAS, All Grades proficiency was 14.02% in English language arts (state 40.03%), 8.33% in mathematics (state 41.11%) and 15.00% in science (state 40.98%). The one bright spot is the Biology end-of-course exam at 29.79% proficient against a state figure of 37.68% — the only assessment within single digits of the state. The 8th grade is the clear alarm, at 1.2% proficient in math, 9.76% in ELA and 8.43% in civics. Graduation rate is 100.0% and the dropout rate 0.0% for 2024-25, a striking contrast with those proficiency numbers. Ranking has slid three years running — 202 of 348 (42nd percentile, 2 stars) in 2023-2024 down to 295 of 353 (16th percentile, 1 star) in 2025-2026 — leaving the district at 339 of 351, the 3rd percentile with 0 stars.
The decline looks school-specific rather than a statewide wave: state ELA and science slipped only marginally while state math and civics actually improved, yet the school fell 2.9 points in math and 6.95 points in 8th grade civics. The 8th grade trough matters most, since that cohort feeds the 100% graduation rate. Context: a 10.5-to-1 student-teacher ratio and $17,160 per pupil (2020-21, older data). Free/reduced lunch is not reported, so no poverty context applies, and with one school in the ZIP code, all comparisons rest on state benchmarks alone.
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