Name: Massachusetts schools on the rise · enrollment growth 2017–2024
Creator: allk12
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Keywords: public schools, K-12, enrollment growth, NCES, Massachusetts

Massachusetts schools on the rise

Massachusetts public schools with the largest enrollment growth from 2017-18 to 2024-25.

Schools in this report

top growth in state

Top growth

+242%

Templeton Elementary School

Range

+39% to +242%

2017-18 → 2024-25

TOP 50 MA PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ENROLLMENT GROWTH · 2017-18 → 2024-25

School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% change ↓
Templeton Elementary School	TEMPLETON	Narragansett	170	581	242%
Community Day Charter Public School	LAWRENCE	Community Day Charter Public School	400	1,200	200%
East Meadow	GRANBY	Granby	148	375	153%
Alma del Mar Charter School	NEW BEDFORD	Alma del Mar Charter School	413	1,042	152%
Blanche A. Ames Elementary School	NORTH EASTON	Easton	319	762	139%
Springfield Preparatory Charter School	SPRINGFIELD	Springfield Preparatory Charter School	215	486	126%
Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School	STURBRIDGE	Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School	160	356	123%
Veritas Preparatory Charter School	SPRINGFIELD	Veritas Preparatory Charter School	322	712	121%
Phelps Elementary School	ROCKLAND	Rockland	305	639	110%
Shaw-Taylor Elementary School	DORCHESTER	Boston	256	528	106%
Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School	FRANKLIN	Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public	443	898	103%
Major Howard W. Beal School	SHREWSBURY	Shrewsbury	309	623	102%
Mattahunt Elementary School	MATTAPAN	Boston	290	581	100%
Whaling City Junior/Senior High School	NEW BEDFORD	New Bedford	100	200	100%
Gardner Elementary School	GARDNER	Gardner	552	1,087	96.9%
Hurld-Wyman Elementary School	WOBURN	Woburn	215	418	94.4%
Northbridge Elementary School	WHITINSVILLE	Northbridge	505	973	92.7%
Hampden Charter School of Science	CHICOPEE	Hampden Charter School of Science	491	938	91.0%
Wareham Elementary School	WAREHAM	Wareham	490	912	86.1%
William N. DeBerry	SPRINGFIELD	Springfield	261	483	85.1%
James L. Mulcahey Elementary School	TAUNTON	Taunton	487	898	84.4%
New Mission High School	HYDE PARK	Boston	392	715	82.4%
Hanscom School	HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE	Lincoln	271	493	81.9%
Pioneer Charter School of Science II	SAUGUS	Pioneer Charter School of Science II	357	621	73.9%
New Heights Charter School of Brockton	BROCKTON	New Heights Charter School of Brockton	422	734	73.9%
Center Elementary	HANOVER	Hanover	335	582	73.7%
Bridgewater Middle School	BRIDGEWATER	Bridgewater-Raynham	510	828	62.4%
Westport Middle-High School	WESTPORT	Westport	550	889	61.6%
Millville Elementary	MILLVILLE	Blackstone-Millville	285	459	61.1%
Plymouth Early Childhood Center	PLYMOUTH	Plymouth	140	225	60.7%
Winship Elementary School	BRIGHTON	Boston	221	353	59.7%
Collegiate Charter School of Lowell	LOWELL	Collegiate Charter School of Lowell	759	1,212	59.7%
Dearborn 6-12 STEM Academy	ROXBURY	Boston	354	565	59.6%
Fisher Hill School	ORANGE	Orange	313	494	57.8%
Lynn Vocational Technical Institute	LYNN	Lynn	1,008	1,584	57.1%
Gateway Regional School	HUNTINGTON	Gateway	215	333	54.9%
Indian Head	HANSON	Whitman-Hanson	324	494	52.5%
Boston Preparatory Charter Public School	HYDE PARK	Boston Preparatory Charter Public	463	700	51.2%
Argosy Collegiate Charter School	FALL RIVER	Argosy Collegiate Charter School	398	587	47.5%
Neighborhood House Charter School	DORCHESTER	Neighborhood House Charter	533	786	47.5%
Boston Adult Tech Academy	BACK BAY	Boston	154	227	47.4%
New Bedford High	NEW BEDFORD	New Bedford	1,962	2,878	46.7%
Brightwood	SPRINGFIELD	Springfield	317	456	43.8%
Margarita Muniz Academy	BOSTON	Boston	298	428	43.6%
Narragansett Regional High	BALDWINVILLE	Narragansett	345	492	42.6%
J F Kennedy Middle School	NATICK	Natick	641	911	42.1%
Leicester Elementary	LEICESTER	Leicester	333	467	40.2%
Bradford Elementary	BRADFORD	Haverhill	316	443	40.2%
East Middle School	BRAINTREE	Braintree	715	999	39.7%
Helen Keller Elementary	FRANKLIN	Franklin	402	560	39.3%

50 of 50 rows · Brick-and-mortar only. Virtual, online, and cyber schools excluded. Schools must have had ≥100 students in 2017-18 and be open in both school years.↓ Download schools-on-the-rise-by-state-ma.csv

How this list was built

Every Massachusetts public school that reported total enrollment in both the NCES SY 2017-18 and SY 2024-25 vintages was scored on percent change in enrollment. Schools needed at least 100 students in 2017-18 to qualify, which filters out small specialty programs whose percentage swings are dominated by noise. Brick-and-mortar only: virtual academies, cyber charters, and online schools are excluded by name pattern and by NCES is_virtual flag. Those schools dominate raw growth numbers but rarely represent a school families are choosing for their neighborhood.

Enrollment growth is a leading indicator, not a quality measure. Schools grow because catchment areas shift, because districts consolidate, because a magnet program opens, or because reputation pulls in transfers. A school on this list is one that more Massachusettsfamilies are sending their kids to in 2024-25 than in 2017-18, for whatever reason. Pair this with the school's page on allk12 for test scores, demographics, and discussion.

Source data

NCES Common Core of Data, EDGE_ADMINDATA_PUBLICSCH MapServer, vintages 2017-18 and 2024-25. Refreshed yearly when NCES publishes a new admin-data release. School names, slugs, and current district affiliation come from the 2024-25 snapshot.

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