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Massachusetts charter school district

New Heights Charter School of Brockton

1 high school in our rankings

C
overall grade

Ranks #241 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.

Overall rank
#241
of 328 districts
MCAS ELA
29%
State 42% in the same grades
MCAS Math
24%
State 41% in the same grades
Spending per student
$20,682
MA median $21,765

MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 6–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.

New Heights Charter School of Brockton is a public charter school serving students from the city of Brockton, located approximately 22 miles south of Boston in southeastern Massachusetts. Brockton is a city of roughly 100,000 residents and is widely known as the "Shoe City" for its historic footwear manufacturing industry, which shaped its development in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The city is also the birthplace of heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano, whose legacy remains a point of local pride. As a charter school, New Heights operates independently of the traditional district structure while drawing its enrollment from Brockton and the surrounding region.

How it compares

What stands out
  • Best of its categories: Graduation rate, in the bottom 41% of districts. 93.5% of high school students graduate in four years, vs 92.4% for the average MA district.
  • Area to watch: SAT scores rank in the bottom 10% of districts.
  • Trend: Math MCAS is up 8.3 points since 2023 (15.9444% to 24.2265%).
  • Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 28.8% in 2022 to 21% in 2025.
Where it stands among Massachusetts school districts
Bottom of MATop of MA
Overall
Below averagebottom 27% · #241
SAT
Well below averagebottom 10% · #262
ELA MCAS
Below averagebottom 26% · #244
Math MCAS
Below averagebottom 15% · #280
Graduation
Averagebottom 41% · #171
Attendance
Below averagebottom 34% · #220

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 New Heights Charter School of Brockton

High schools · ranked among 335

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 6–1029%in 2026 · state 42%
13 points below the state
0%50%100%This district29%State42%2019202120232026
Math, grades 6–1024%in 2026 · state 41%
17 points below the state
0%50%100%This district24%State41%2019202120232026
By grade, 2026 · the black tick marks the state
GradeELAMath
Grade 6
26%−14 vs state
29%−14 vs state
Grade 7
25%−15 vs state
18%−19 vs state
Grade 8
30%−12 vs state
25%−17 vs state
Grade 10
34%−11 vs state
25%−19 vs state
Science, 2026
Grade 8 science
12%−27 vs state
High school biology
5%−33 vs state

High school results

Average SATWorse than average
This district
978
MA avg
1113
Four-year graduation rateAbout average
This district
93.5%
MA avg
92.4%

Averages of the district's ranked high schools (New Heights Charter School of Brockton). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.

Students & classrooms

Classrooms
Students in classes730
Average class size24.7MA avg 17.3
Who attends
Black/African American
83.2%
Hispanic/Latino
9.8%
Multi-Race
5.6%
White
1.1%
Asian
0.3%

49.2% female · 50.8% male

Student needs
English learnersHigher than average
This district
16.3%
MA avg
8.5%
Students with disabilitiesLower than average
This district
13.4%
MA avg
20.2%

Spending & teachers

Spending per student$20.7Kin FY2024 · MA median $21.8K
$1,083 below the MA median
$0K$13K$25KThis district$20.7KMA median$21.8K20162018202020222024
Teacher salary$104.3Kin 2023-24 · MA median $91.4K
$12,867 above the MA median
$0K$53K$105KThis district$104.3KMA median$91.4K20162018202020222024
Teachers who stayedfrom last yearWorse than average
This district
61.7%
MA avg
84.7%

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 44 full-time-equivalent teachers.

Attendance

Attendance rateAbout average
This district
93.5%
MA avg
93.7%
Chronically absentmissed 10%+ of daysWorse than average
This district
21%
MA avg
16.9%

11.4 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 4.2% missed 20% or more of school days