Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School
1 elementary school in our rankings
Ranks #317 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–5 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School is a charter school located in the Dudley Square area of Roxbury, a neighborhood in the City of Boston. The school serves students from its surrounding community and operates as a public charter school within Massachusetts' charter school system. Its location places it in the southern part of Roxbury, roughly a mile or two south of downtown Boston. Dudley Square has long been a hub of community life in Roxbury and is served by the MBTA's Silver Line and Dudley Station.
How it compares
- Best of its categories: ELA MCAS, in the bottom 18% of districts. 30% of students in grades 3–5 met or exceeded expectations in 2026, vs 39% statewide in the same grades.
- Area to watch: Math MCAS ranks in the bottom 2% of districts.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is up 6 points since 2023 (23.9915% to 30.0342%), while statewide it fell 3.2 points.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 29% in 2022 to 23.5% 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 Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School
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.
Students & classrooms
57.1% female · 42.9% 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 19 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
13.7 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 4.8% missed 20% or more of school days