Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers: A Horace Mann Charter Public School
1 high school in our rankings
Ranks #312 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grade 10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers is a Horace Mann charter public school serving students in the Boston area, and it is operated as an independent charter district rather than a traditional town school system. The school is located in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood (well, let me be careful here: I'm not fully certain of its exact address or neighborhood, so I'll stick to what I can confirm). The academy focuses on health careers, offering students a curriculum oriented toward medicine, nursing, and other health-related fields alongside a standard academic program. As a charter school, it draws students through a public enrollment process, with families choosing it as an alternative to their assigned district school.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Graduation rate, in the top 10% of districts. 98.9% of high school students graduate in four years, vs 92.4% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Attendance ranks in the bottom 2% of districts.
- Trend: Math MCAS is up 5 points since 2023 (14% to 19%), while statewide it fell 6 points.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 55.2% in 2022 to 48.3% in 2025.
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Schools in Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers: A Horace Mann Charter Public 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.
High school results
Averages of the district's ranked high schools (Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers: A Horace Mann Charter Public School). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
64.4% female · 35.6% 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 36 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
21.5 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 17.3% missed 20% or more of school days