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Neighborhood House Charter School
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 4% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 66 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 67 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 64 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 89 | 11% |
| Grade 11 | 65 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 60 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 37% smaller than its 8th grade class (67).
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 28 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 15 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.3% | 20.8% |
| 2023-24 | 28.5% | 23.7% |
| 2022-23 | 32.5% | 24.2% |
| 2021-22 | 36.4% | 27.1% |
| 2020-21 | 33.1% | 19.6% |
| 2018-19 | 46.9% | 36.1% |
| 2017-18 | 50.0% | 31.0% |
| 2016-17 | 54.0% | 36.0% |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 786 | 77.7 | 10.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 856 | 78.1 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 766 | 76.9 | 10.0:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 810 | 74 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 57.9 | 9.2:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 395 | 37 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 41 | 9.7:1 | 75% (299) |
| 2000-01 | 189 | N/A | N/A | 0% (0) |
Since 2017-18: students up 47% (533 to 786); teachers up 34% (57.9 to 77.7).
About Neighborhood House Charter School
Neighborhood House Charter School is a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels located in Dorchester, Massachusetts. It teaches 786 students in pre-K through 12.
Neighborhood House Charter School belongs to Neighborhood House Charter.
Black students are 50% of those enrolled at Neighborhood House Charter School. The remaining shares are 32% Hispanic, 9% White, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of Suffolk County's population at about 18%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 77.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 10.1:1. It is about the same as the 10.1:1 average for combined schools in Massachusetts.
The school's county is Suffolk County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $95,631 a year, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Suffolk County number 157, with about 75,679 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Murphy K-8 School, is about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
The NCES locale for Neighborhood House Charter School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Enrollment decreased by 3% across 4 years, from 810 in 2020-21 to 786 in 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Neighborhood House Charter School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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