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Lowell Community Charter Public School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Lowell Community Charter Public School
Lowell Community Charter Public School is a roomy K-5 school in Lowell, Massachusetts, overseen by Lowell Community Charter Public. The school educates 816 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so Lowell Community Charter Public School sits 114% larger than that benchmark.
Lowell Community Charter Public is the operating authority for Lowell Community Charter Public School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.
Looking at the student body, Lowell Community Charter Public School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 24% Black, 17% Asian, 7% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 9% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, Lowell Community Charter Public School reports 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. That tracks the state average closely.
In the broader community, Middlesex County reports that the typical household earns roughly $130,847 per year, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Middlesex County's 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), Lowell Community Charter Public School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Rogers STEM Academy, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The school occupies a residential site. Lowell Community Charter Public School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Over the past 7-year window. Lowell Community Charter Public School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 814 (now 816). The White share of enrollment climbed from 3% to 7% over that span.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Lowell Community Charter Public School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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- Lowell HighHigh · 3,446 students
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- James Sullivan Middle SchoolMiddle · 625 students
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- Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School0.3 mi · 126
- Lowell High0.4 mi · 3,446
- Charlotte M Murkland Elementary0.6 mi · 448
- Kathryn P. Stoklosa Middle School0.7 mi · 613
- The Career Academy0.8 mi · 83