Boston Preparatory Charter Public
1 high school in our rankings
Ranks #256 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 6–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Boston Preparatory Charter Public School is a charter school district serving students in the city of Boston, the state capital and largest city in Massachusetts. As a public charter school, it operates independently under a charter granted by the state, offering a publicly funded alternative to traditional district schools. The school's single high school serves the urban Boston community, where students from across the city can enroll through the charter school lottery process. Boston's long history as a center of education, including the presence of Harvard University and numerous other colleges, has made it a hub for innovative schooling options.
How it compares
- Best of its categories: ELA MCAS, in the bottom 39% of districts. 24% of students in grades 6–10 met or exceeded expectations in 2026, vs 42% statewide in the same grades.
- Area to watch: SAT scores rank in the bottom 5% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 37.2% in 2022 to 25.6% in 2025.
A district's overall rank is the average statewide percentile of its ranked schools, with a 10% discount for single-school districts. Category standings compare the average of each district's ranked schools and count only districts with data. How we rank
Schools in Boston Preparatory Charter Public
We rank high schools that report SAT results and elementary schools with grade 3 MCAS results, so some of the district's schools (middle schools, for example) aren't listed. Elementary ELA and Math are 2024–2026 averages of grade 3 results.
MCAS results
Share of students meeting or exceeding expectations, compared with the state. Statewide 10th-grade results dropped after 2024, when passing the MCAS stopped being a graduation requirement. There was no test in 2020.
High school results
Averages of the district's ranked high schools (Boston Preparatory Charter Public School). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
51.6% female · 48.4% male
Spending & teachers
Spending is total per-pupil expenditure from all sources. Dollar figures aren't adjusted for inflation. "MA median" is the middle district in each year; small districts can spend far more per student, so the median is a fairer yardstick than the average. Salary is the average across 64 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
15.9 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 9% missed 20% or more of school days