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Massachusetts charter school district

Rising Tide Charter Public

1 high school in our rankings

B+
overall grade

Ranks #65 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 20%.

Overall rank
#65
of 328 districts
MCAS ELA
54%+13 vs MA
State 41% in the same grades
MCAS Math
53%+13 vs MA
State 41% in the same grades
Spending per student
$17,929
MA median $21,765

MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 5–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.

Rising Tide Charter Public is a charter school district whose single school, Rising Tide Charter Public School, serves students in the region it is chartered to draw from. As a charter institution, it operates under a charter granted by the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and is independent of a traditional town school committee. Because no town-level profile data is available for this district, geographic and community details are limited in this summary. Readers seeking more information about enrollment, programs, and location can consult the school's official website or the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

How it compares

What stands out
  • Strongest area: Math MCAS, in the top 3% of districts. 53% of students in grades 5–10 met or exceeded expectations in 2026, vs 41% statewide in the same grades.
  • Relative weak spot: Attendance ranks in the top 47% of districts, below its other categories.
  • Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 22.7% in 2022 to 15.4% in 2025.
Where it stands among Massachusetts school districts
Bottom of MATop of MA
Overall
Above averagetop 20% · #65
SAT
Averagetop 39% · #111
ELA MCAS
Excellenttop 5% · #16
Math MCAS
Excellenttop 3% · #9
AP results
Above averagetop 31% · #84
Graduation
Above averagetop 21% · #59
Attendance
Averagetop 47% · #153

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 Rising Tide Charter Public

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 5–1054%in 2026 · state 41%
13 points above the state
0%50%100%This district54%State41%2019202120232026
Math, grades 5–1053%in 2026 · state 41%
13 points above the state
0%50%100%This district53%State41%2019202120232026
By grade, 2026 · the black tick marks the state
GradeELAMath
Grade 5
42%+4 vs state
51%+12 vs state
Grade 6
55%+15 vs state
55%+12 vs state
Grade 7
54%+14 vs state
40%+3 vs state
Grade 8
49%+7 vs state
51%+9 vs state
Grade 10
76%+31 vs state
79%+35 vs state
Science, 2026
Grade 5 science
45%+2 vs state
Grade 8 science
54%+15 vs state

High school results

Average SATBetter than average
This district
1141
MA avg
1113
AP exams scored 3+Better than average
This district
81.6%
MA avg
69.1%
Four-year graduation rateBetter than average
This district
97.9%
MA avg
92.4%

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

Students & classrooms

Classrooms
Students in classes612
Average class size18.1MA avg 17.3
Who attends
White
81.3%
Multi-Race
7%
Hispanic/Latino
5.9%
Black/African American
3.1%
Asian
2.3%
American Indian/Alaska Native
0.3%

56.1% female · 43.1% male · 0.8% nonbinary

Student needs
English learnersLower than average
This district
1.3%
MA avg
8.5%
Students with disabilitiesHigher than average
This district
27.1%
MA avg
20.2%

Spending & teachers

Spending per student$17.9Kin FY2024 · MA median $21.8K
$3,836 below the MA median
$0K$13K$25KThis district$17.9KMA median$21.8K20162018202020222024
Teacher salary$66.6Kin 2023-24 · MA median $91.4K
$24,800 below the MA median
$0K$48K$95KThis district$66.6KMA median$91.4K20162018202020222024
Teachers who stayedfrom last yearWorse than average
This district
69.8%
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 58 full-time-equivalent teachers.

Attendance

Attendance rateAbout average
This district
94.2%
MA avg
93.7%
Chronically absentmissed 10%+ of daysAbout average
This district
15.4%
MA avg
16.9%

10 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 2.4% missed 20% or more of school days