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Roxbury Preparatory Charter School → Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (Horace Mann → Madison Park Technical Vocational High School → Boston Latin School → O'Bryant School of Math & Science → City on a Hill Charter Public School → Winsor School → Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 1 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: 52th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 45% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 92% (60th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Fenway High School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 52th percentile nationally with 1 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyMA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+14 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Roxbury Preparatory Charter School, Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (Horace Mann, Madison Park Technical Vocational High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
52th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 45% by test-taker volume
Source: 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?
60th percentile nationally
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.
👩🏫 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: 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 -1.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 362 students:
≈ 34 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $34,392 per student in district revenue, the 34 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,169,328/year in funding at risk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxbury Preparatory Charter School Roxbury |
Public · charter | 0.4 | 520 | -23.5% |
| Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (Horace Mann Boston |
Public · charter | 0.4 | 383 | -3.0% |
| Madison Park Technical Vocational High School Roxbury |
Public | 0.5 | 1,090 | -3.7% |
| Boston Latin School Boston |
Public | 0.5 | 1,611 | -1.3% |
| O'Bryant School of Math & Science Roxbury |
Public | 0.5 | 1,185 | -5.4% |
| City on a Hill Charter Public School Roxbury |
Public · charter | 0.7 | 78 | -65.9% |
| Winsor School Boston |
Private | 0.8 | 478 | +2.6% |
| Boston Day and Evening Academy Charter School Roxbury |
Public · charter | 0.9 | 323 | -7.2% |