Collegiate Charter School of Lowell
Lowell · MA · Collegiate Charter School of Lowell · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Chelmsford High → Lighthouse School, Inc → Gr Lowell Regional Vocational Technical → The Career Academy → Lowell High → Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School → Dracut Senior High → Innovation Academy Charter School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Collegiate Charter School of Lowell compares for families
What families should know about Collegiate Charter School of Lowell.
- ▸ LocallyMA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+14 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Chelmsford High, Lighthouse School, Inc, Gr Lowell Regional Vocational Technical 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.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. 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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +2.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,212 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $15,297 per student in district revenue, the 177 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $2,707,569/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelmsford High North Chelmsford |
Public | 1.3 | 1,402 | +4.5% |
| Lighthouse School, Inc North Chelmsford |
Private | 1.5 | 184 | -21.4% |
| Gr Lowell Regional Vocational Technical Tyngsborough |
Public | 1.8 | 2,297 | +0.7% |
| The Career Academy Lowell |
Public | 1.8 | 83 | -14.4% |
| Lowell High Lowell |
Public | 2.5 | 3,434 | +13.2% |
| Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School Lowell |
Public · charter | 2.6 | 126 | +70.3% |
| Dracut Senior High Dracut |
Public | 2.9 | 786 | -9.4% |
| Innovation Academy Charter School Tyngsboro |
Public · charter | 2.9 | 366 | -2.7% |