RISE Academy
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School for Exceptional Studies → Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School → Methuen High → Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence → High School Learning Center → Gr Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical → Lawrence High School → North Andover High →📋 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 RISE Academy compares for families
What families should know about RISE Academy.
- ▸ LocallyMA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+14 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: School for Exceptional Studies, Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School, Methuen High 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.
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 -2.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 74 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School for Exceptional Studies Lawrence |
Public | 0.7 | 51 | — |
| Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School Methuen |
Private | 0.8 | 299 | +16.8% |
| Methuen High Methuen |
Public | 1.2 | 1,840 | -2.7% |
| Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence Lawrence |
Public · charter | 1.3 | 140 | +1.4% |
| High School Learning Center Lawrence |
Public | 1.3 | 198 | -4.8% |
| Gr Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical Andover |
Public | 1.9 | 1,837 | +11.0% |
| Lawrence High School Lawrence |
Public | 2.3 | 3,418 | +11.5% |
| North Andover High North Andover |
Public | 3.2 | 1,328 | -0.4% |