High · Massachusetts
Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School
CharterFrancis W. Parker Charter Essential School, a public high school in Devens, Massachusetts: grades 7–12, 388 students, 9.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Francis W. Parker Charter Essential.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 388
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.2
- Students per teacher
- 9.4
- Grades
- 7–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 81% of high schools in Massachusetts
Median 11.2 · 380 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 85% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 73% of high schools in Massachusetts
Median 660 · 383 schools compared
Smaller than 52% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Massachusetts's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Massachusetts: 42%51%proficient
−8.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 85% of high schools in Massachusetts
Median 33% · 95 high schools compared
133 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Massachusetts: 41%50%proficient
−4.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 88% of high schools in Massachusetts
Median 24% · 95 high schools compared
133 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 7–12
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Francis W. Parker Charter Essential.
Location
- Address
- 49 Antietam St, Devens, MA 01434
- Phone
- (978)772-3293
- City or town
- Devens
- County
- Middlesex County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Ayer Shirley Regional High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 417 | 11.5 |
| 9–12 | 328 | 11.1 | |
| 9–12 | 482 | 13.1 | |
| 9–12 | 452 | 12.4 | |
| 9–12 | 806 | 12.0 | |
| 9–12 | 1,504 | 14.7 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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