Gateway to College at Holyoke Community College
Holyoke · MA · Springfield · Public
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Center School → Holyoke High → Springdale Education Center → Lighthouse Holyoke → New England Adolescent Research Institute → Chicopee Comprehensive High School → South Hadley High → Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 90% (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Gateway to College at Holyoke Community College compares for families
What families should know about Gateway to College at Holyoke Community College.
- ▸ LocallyMA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+14 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Center School, Holyoke High, Springdale Education Center and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -14.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 21 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center School Holyoke |
Private | 1.1 | 87 | +14.5% |
| Holyoke High Holyoke |
Public | 1.5 | 1,569 | +4.0% |
| Springdale Education Center Holyoke |
Private | 2.2 | 38 | — |
| Lighthouse Holyoke Holyoke |
Private | 2.4 | 55 | — |
| New England Adolescent Research Institute Easthampton |
Private | 3.0 | 44 | — |
| Chicopee Comprehensive High School Chicopee |
Public | 3.3 | 1,192 | +3.4% |
| South Hadley High South Hadley |
Public | 4.1 | 475 | -12.8% |
| Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School South Hadley |
Public · charter | 4.2 | 255 | -1.2% |