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Fastest-growing Massachusetts public schools, 2017-2024

Massachusetts public schools open in both 2017-18 and 2024-25 with at least 200 students in 2017, ranked by percentage enrollment change over the seven-year window.

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MASSACHUSETTS · FASTEST-GROWING

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Community Day Charter Public School	Lawrence	Community Day Charter Public School	400	1,200	200%
2	Alma del Mar Charter School	New Bedford	Alma del Mar Charter School	413	1,042	152%
3	Blanche A. Ames Elementary School	North Easton	Easton	319	762	139%
4	Springfield Preparatory Charter School	Springfield	Springfield Preparatory Charter School	215	486	126%
5	Veritas Preparatory Charter School	Springfield	Veritas Preparatory Charter School	322	712	121%
6	Phelps Elementary School	Rockland	Rockland	305	639	110%
7	Shaw-Taylor Elementary School	Dorchester	Boston	256	528	106%
8	Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School	Franklin	Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public	443	898	103%
9	Greater Commonwealth Virtual School	Greenfield	Greater Commonwealth Virtual District	585	1,184	102%
10	Major Howard W. Beal School	Shrewsbury	Shrewsbury	309	623	102%
11	Mattahunt Elementary School	Mattapan	Boston	290	581	100%
12	Gardner Elementary School	Gardner	Gardner	552	1,087	96.9%
13	Hurld-Wyman Elementary School	Woburn	Woburn	215	418	94.4%
14	TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School	East Walpole	TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School District	1,538	2,969	93.0%
15	Northbridge Elementary School	Whitinsville	Northbridge	505	973	92.7%
16	Hampden Charter School of Science	Chicopee	Hampden Charter School of Science	491	938	91.0%
17	Wareham Elementary School	Wareham	Wareham	490	912	86.1%
18	William N. DeBerry	Springfield	Springfield	261	483	85.1%
19	James L. Mulcahey Elementary School	Taunton	Taunton	487	898	84.4%
20	New Mission High School	Hyde Park	Boston	392	715	82.4%
21	Hanscom School	Hanscom Air Force Base	Lincoln	271	493	81.9%
22	Pioneer Charter School of Science II	Saugus	Pioneer Charter School of Science II	357	621	73.9%
23	New Heights Charter School of Brockton	Brockton	New Heights Charter School of Brockton	422	734	73.9%
24	Center Elementary	Hanover	Hanover	335	582	73.7%
25	Bridgewater Middle School	Bridgewater	Bridgewater-Raynham	510	828	62.4%
26	Westport Middle-High School	Westport	Westport	550	889	61.6%
27	Millville Elementary	Millville	Blackstone-Millville	285	459	61.1%
28	Collegiate Charter School of Lowell	Lowell	Collegiate Charter School of Lowell	759	1,212	59.7%
29	Winship Elementary School	Brighton	Boston	221	353	59.7%
30	Dearborn 6-12 STEM Academy	Roxbury	Boston	354	565	59.6%
31	Fisher Hill School	Orange	Orange	313	494	57.8%
32	Lynn Vocational Technical Institute	Lynn	Lynn	1,008	1,584	57.1%
33	Gateway Regional School	Huntington	Gateway	215	333	54.9%
34	Indian Head	Hanson	Whitman-Hanson	324	494	52.5%
35	Boston Preparatory Charter Public School	Hyde Park	Boston Preparatory Charter Public	463	700	51.2%
36	Argosy Collegiate Charter School	Fall River	Argosy Collegiate Charter School	398	587	47.5%
37	Neighborhood House Charter School	Dorchester	Neighborhood House Charter	533	786	47.5%
38	New Bedford High	New Bedford	New Bedford	1,962	2,878	46.7%
39	Brightwood	Springfield	Springfield	317	456	43.8%
40	Margarita Muniz Academy	Boston	Boston	298	428	43.6%
41	Narragansett Regional High	Baldwinville	Narragansett	345	492	42.6%
42	J F Kennedy Middle School	Natick	Natick	641	911	42.1%
43	Leicester Elementary	Leicester	Leicester	333	467	40.2%
44	Bradford Elementary	Bradford	Haverhill	316	443	40.2%
45	East Middle School	Braintree	Braintree	715	999	39.7%
46	Helen Keller Elementary	Franklin	Franklin	402	560	39.3%
47	Beverly Middle School	Beverly	Beverly	997	1,388	39.2%
48	Bristol County Agricultural High	Dighton	Bristol County Agricultural	456	631	38.4%
49	Ivan G Smith	Danvers	Danvers	283	389	37.5%
50	King Elementary School	Framingham	Framingham	283	385	36.0%

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