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Rogers STEM Academy
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MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 9 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 1 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Rogers STEM Academy
Rogers STEM Academy, a high-enrollment elementary-level community in Lowell, Massachusetts, run under Lowell, serves 892 students, covering grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 134% above the state mean of about 381.
Rogers STEM Academy is one of 27 schools operated by Lowell, a district that hosts 14,457 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Rogers STEM Academy reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 19% Asian, 16% White, 9% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 9% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.
In the surrounding community, Middlesex County reports that median household earnings sit near $130,847, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Rogers STEM Academy is one of 386 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students).
Nearest neighbor: Lowell Community Charter Public School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rogers STEM Academy.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Rogers STEM Academy's enrollment has increased 30% since 2018, when it stood at 685 (now 892). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 39% to 52%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.
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