Holyoke Community Charter
1 elementary school in our rankings
Ranks #323 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–8 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Holyoke Community Charter is a public charter school located in Holyoke, a city in Hampden County in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts, roughly 8 miles north of Springfield along the Connecticut River. As a charter school, it operates independently of the traditional municipal school system while serving students from the Holyoke area. Holyoke is known for its industrial heritage, particularly its paper-making history and the mill canal system that once powered its economy. The city is also home to the Volleyball Hall of Fame, which was founded there in 1959, giving it a distinctive place in the state's sports history.
How it compares
- Best of its categories: Attendance, in the bottom 14% of districts. Students attend 92.4% of school days, vs 93.7% for the average MA district.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 36% in 2022 to 16.5% in 2025.
- Trend: Math MCAS is up 12.7 points since 2023 (12.6766% to 25.3654%).
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Schools in Holyoke Community 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.
Students & classrooms
53.6% female · 46.4% 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 35 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
13.3 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 4.4% missed 20% or more of school days