Collegiate Charter School of Lowell
1 high school in our rankings
Ranks #270 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Collegiate Charter School of Lowell is a public charter school serving students in the city of Lowell, located about 25 miles northwest of Boston in Middlesex County. Lowell is known as the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution, with its historic mill buildings now preserved as part of Lowell National Historical Park. The city sits at the confluence of the Merrimack and Concord Rivers and is home to the University of Massachusetts Lowell. As a charter school, Collegiate draws students from across the city and operates independently of the traditional Lowell Public Schools district.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Attendance, in the top 36% of districts. Students attend 94.7% of school days, vs 93.7% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Graduation rate ranks in the bottom 5% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 21.4% in 2022 to 13.3% 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 Collegiate Charter School of Lowell
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 (Collegiate Charter School of Lowell). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
53.1% female · 46.8% male · 0.1% nonbinary
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 81 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
9.3 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 1.9% missed 20% or more of school days