Innovation Academy Charter School
Tyngsboro · MA · Innovation Academy Charter · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Gr Lowell Regional Vocational Technical → Academy Of Notre Dame → Lighthouse School, Inc → Tyngsborough High School → Collegiate Charter School of Lowell → Chelmsford High → Dracut Senior High → The Career Academy →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 4 calculus classes · 4 physics · 3 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 52th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 13% 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 Innovation Academy Charter School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 52th percentile nationally.
- ▸ LocallyMA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+14 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Gr Lowell Regional Vocational Technical, Academy Of Notre Dame, Lighthouse School, Inc 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 13% 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 strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. 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 -0.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 770 students:
≈ 10 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 $14,780 per student in district revenue, the 10 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $147,800/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gr Lowell Regional Vocational Technical Tyngsborough |
Public | 1.2 | 2,297 | +0.7% |
| Academy Of Notre Dame Tyngsboro |
Private | 1.2 | 356 | -26.6% |
| Lighthouse School, Inc North Chelmsford |
Private | 1.5 | 184 | -21.4% |
| Tyngsborough High School Tyngsborough |
Public | 2.7 | 405 | -4.7% |
| Collegiate Charter School of Lowell Lowell |
Public · charter | 2.9 | 281 | +79.0% |
| Chelmsford High North Chelmsford |
Public | 3.1 | 1,402 | +4.5% |
| Dracut Senior High Dracut |
Public | 3.8 | 786 | -9.4% |
| The Career Academy Lowell |
Public | 4.7 | 83 | -14.4% |