Renaissance Community Innovation School
Test scores
MCAS 2022-23 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 46 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 19 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 19 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 10.0% | 4.0% |
| 2021-22 | 14.0% | 3.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 7.0% |
| 2018-19 | 36.0% | 26.0% |
| 2017-18 | 31.0% | 37.0% |
| 2016-17 | 29.0% | 23.0% |
5-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2022-23Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 131 | 15 | 8.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 178 | 15 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 223 | 20.3 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 235 | 10 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (223 to 131); teachers down 26% (20.3 to 15).
About Renaissance Community Innovation School
Renaissance Community Innovation School is a public school with its address in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
The 24 schools in New Bedford enroll 12,505 students altogether, Renaissance Community Innovation School among them.
The school reports a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.7:1. Statewide, combined schools in Massachusetts average 10.1:1.
American Community Survey estimates for Bristol County show that median household income comes to about $85,625, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Across Bristol County, 142 public schools serve about 80,897 students.
Alfred J Gomes is the nearest public school to Renaissance Community Innovation School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Mid-size, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Renaissance Community Innovation School reported 223 students in 2017-18 and 131 in 2022-23. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. Over that span, the Black share moved 5 points, to 23%. Federal data show the ratio falling from 11.0:1 to 8.7:1.
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