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Prospect Hill Academy Charter School
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Prospect Hill Academy Charter School

PublicOtherGrades PK–12Charter

50 Essex Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 · (617) 284-7800

Cambridge’s School Grade B better than 63% of Massachusetts school districts

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Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Students
890
Students per teacher
11:1
Setting
City
Grades
PK–12
The gist

What stands out about Prospect Hill Academy Charter School

  • Its own letter, C: better results than 26% of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 18 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 10 pts below the state
  • Small classes: 11 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 19.6% since 2020–21

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency19%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts39%
State average 49.3%

Its own letter, C, places these results among Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

50 Essex Street, Cambridge

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K60
Kindergarten58
Grade 161
Grade 264
Grade 370
Grade 455
Grade 577
Grade 671
Grade 765
Grade 868
Grade 962
Grade 1053
Grade 1165
Grade 1261
Enrollment over time
1,107’20
1,096’21
999’22
917’23
890’24

Down 19.6% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Black 56%Hispanic 23%White 10%Asian 6%Two or more races 5%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Prospect Hill Academy Charter School from Cambridge families.

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Massachusetts’s other public schools; Cambridge’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.