Francis W. Parker Charter Essential
1 high school in our rankings
Ranks #54 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 17%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 7–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Francis W. Parker Charter Essential is a public charter school in Rhode Island's Massachusetts-adjacent... Let me correct that before finishing. I'm not certain of this school's exact location or setting, and I don't want to place it incorrectly. Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School is a public charter school serving students in Massachusetts, and it is known for an essential school model emphasizing interdisciplinary, student-centered learning. Its host community and geographic setting should be confirmed against official Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education records before publication.
How it compares
- Strongest area: Graduation rate, in the top 3% of districts. 100% of high school students graduate in four years, vs 92.4% for the average MA district.
- Area to watch: Attendance ranks in the bottom 33% of districts.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 11.2 points since 2023 (65.041% to 53.8301%); statewide it fell 4.7 points.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 21.1% in 2022 to 16.7% in 2025.
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Schools in Francis W. Parker Charter Essential
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 (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
46.1% female · 49.9% male · 4.1% 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 41 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
11.6 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 4% missed 20% or more of school days