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Massachusetts charter school district

Learning First Charter Public School

1 elementary school in our rankings

C-
overall grade

Ranks #309 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.

Overall rank
#309
of 328 districts
MCAS ELA
17%
State 40% in the same grades
MCAS Math
19%
State 41% in the same grades
Spending per student
$18,849
MA median $21,765

MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–8 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.

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How it compares

What stands out
  • Strongest area: Attendance, in the top 21% of districts. Students attend 95.1% of school days, vs 93.7% for the average MA district.
  • Area to watch: ELA MCAS ranks in the bottom 3% of districts.
  • Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 31.2% in 2022 to 10.6% in 2025.
  • Trend: Math MCAS is up 6.9 points since 2023 (12.0424% to 18.9839%).
Where it stands among Massachusetts school districts
Bottom of MATop of MA
Overall
Well below averagebottom 7% · #309
ELA MCAS
Well below averagebottom 3% · #320
Math MCAS
Well below averagebottom 7% · #305
Attendance
Above averagetop 21% · #68

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 Learning First Charter Public School

Elementary schools · ranked among 895
Learning First Charter Public School
Learning First Charter Public School
C-
#794 in MAELA 15%Math 17%

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.

English Language Arts, grades 3–817%in 2026 · state 40%
23 points below the state
0%50%100%This district17%State40%20182019202120232026
Math, grades 3–819%in 2026 · state 41%
22 points below the state
0%50%100%This district19%State41%20182019202120232026
By grade, 2026 · the black tick marks the state
GradeELAMath
Grade 3
16%−27 vs state
19%−23 vs state
Grade 4
12%−25 vs state
8%−35 vs state
Grade 5
10%−28 vs state
13%−26 vs state
Grade 6
15%−25 vs state
19%−24 vs state
Grade 7
18%−22 vs state
20%−17 vs state
Grade 8
35%−7 vs state
36%−6 vs state
Science, 2026
Grade 5 science
9%−34 vs state
Grade 8 science
55%+16 vs state

Students & classrooms

Classrooms
Students in classes666
Average class size24.7MA avg 17.3
Who attends
Hispanic/Latino
50.2%
Black/African American
42.2%
White
5.1%
Multi-Race
1.8%
Asian
0.6%
American Indian/Alaska Native
0.2%

49.7% female · 50.3% male

Student needs
English learnersHigher than average
This district
26.7%
MA avg
8.5%
Students with disabilitiesAbout average
This district
20.3%
MA avg
20.2%

Spending & teachers

Spending per student$18.8Kin FY2024 · MA median $21.8K
$2,916 below the MA median
$0K$13K$25KThis district$18.8KMA median$21.8K20162018202020222024
Teacher salary$112.3Kin 2023-24 · MA median $91.4K
$20,903 above the MA median
$0K$58K$115KThis district$112.3KMA median$91.4K20162018202020222024
Teachers who stayedfrom last yearWorse than average
This district
65.7%
MA avg
84.7%
Principals who stayedfrom last yearBetter than average
This district
100%
MA avg
82%

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

Attendance rateBetter than average
This district
95.1%
MA avg
93.7%
Chronically absentmissed 10%+ of daysBetter than average
This district
10.6%
MA avg
16.9%

9 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 1.3% missed 20% or more of school days