Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence
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School for Exceptional Studies → High School Learning Center → RISE Academy → Lawrence High School → Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School → Methuen High → North Andover High → Gr Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 24% (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence compares for families
What families should know about Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence.
- ▸ LocallyMA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+14 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: School for Exceptional Studies, High School Learning Center, RISE Academy 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 4% 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.
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 +0.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 140 students:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School for Exceptional Studies Lawrence |
Public | 0.6 | 51 | — |
| High School Learning Center Lawrence |
Public | 0.7 | 198 | -4.8% |
| RISE Academy Lawrence |
Public | 1.3 | 72 | -8.9% |
| Lawrence High School Lawrence |
Public | 1.4 | 3,418 | +11.5% |
| Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School Methuen |
Private | 1.8 | 299 | +16.8% |
| Methuen High Methuen |
Public | 1.9 | 1,840 | -2.7% |
| North Andover High North Andover |
Public | 1.9 | 1,328 | -0.4% |
| Gr Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical Andover |
Public | 2.5 | 1,837 | +11.0% |