South Shore Charter Public
1 high school in our rankings
Ranks #170 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
South Shore Charter Public is a charter school district serving students on Massachusetts' South Shore, the region of coastal and suburban communities south of Boston. As a charter public school, it operates independently of a traditional town school committee while remaining publicly funded and open to students through an enrollment process. Its high school, South Shore Charter Public School, serves as the district's primary secondary program. The South Shore is known for its harbor towns, beaches, and historic maritime heritage, which shape the character of the communities the school draws from.
How it compares
- Best of its categories: ELA MCAS, in the bottom 50% of districts. 38% of students in grades 3–10 met or exceeded expectations in 2026, vs 41% statewide in the same grades.
- Area to watch: SAT scores rank in the bottom 18% of districts.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 26.2% in 2022 to 19% in 2025.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is down 7.5 points since 2023 (45.3368% to 37.8639%); statewide it fell 4 points.
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 South Shore Charter Public
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 (South Shore Charter Public School). "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
47.4% female · 52.3% male · 0.4% 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 46 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
11.5 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 3.8% missed 20% or more of school days