Excel Academy Charter
1 high school in our rankings
Ranks #166 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 5–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Excel Academy Charter School is a public charter school in Boston, Massachusetts, operating under a charter granted by the state rather than a traditional town school committee. Excel Academy was founded in 2011 and is located in East Boston, the neighborhood on the harbor across from downtown Boston. As a charter school, it draws students through a public enrollment process and is governed by its own board of trustees under state charter oversight. The school serves students from the Boston area, and its single high school campus reflects the urban, densely populated character of its surrounding community.
How it compares
- Strongest area: ELA MCAS, in the top 21% of districts. 58% of students in grades 5–10 met or exceeded expectations in 2026, vs 41% statewide in the same grades.
- Area to watch: SAT scores rank in the bottom 11% of districts.
- Trend: Math MCAS is up 18.8 points since 2023 (37.3744% to 56.1459%).
- Trend: ELA MCAS is up 10 points since 2023 (48.1789% to 58.19%), while statewide it fell 4.6 points.
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 Excel Academy Charter
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 (Excel Academy Charter School). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
50.5% female · 49.5% 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 130 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
12.3 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 3.8% missed 20% or more of school days