Charlestown High High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

240 Medford St

Charlestown MA, 02129, Suffolk County

Phone: 617-635-9914

Ranking:

(268 out of 298, bottom 10%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Boston School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	76		81		77		71		68		72		80
Total Students:	935		953		952		942		901		1,017		1,226
Grade 9:	263	28.1%	250	26.2%	218	22.9%	215	22.8%	224	24.9%	200	19.7%	280	22.8%
Grade 10:	220	23.5%	190	19.9%	228	23.9%	250	26.5%	213	23.6%	257	25.3%	304	24.8%
Grade 11:	195	20.9%	219	23.0%	209	22.0%	185	19.6%	194	21.5%	252	24.8%	327	26.7%
Grade 12:	219	23.4%	255	26.8%	261	27.4%	253	26.9%	236	26.2%	299	29.4%	304	24.8%
Ungraded:	38	4.1%	39	4.1%	36	3.8%	39	4.1%	34	3.8%	9	0.9%	11	0.9%
Student By Gender:
Male:	526	56.3%	524	55.0%	504	52.9%	491	52.1%	463	51.4%	545	53.6%	635	51.8%
Female:	409	43.7%	429	45.0%	448	47.1%	451	47.9%	438	48.6%	472	46.4%	577	47.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.4%	3	0.3%	1	0.1%	3	0.3%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%
Asian:	188	20.1%	198	20.8%	197	20.7%	177	18.8%	202	22.4%	216	21.2%	224	18.3%
Hispanic:	284	30.4%	267	28.0%	353	37.1%	345	36.6%	274	30.4%	301	29.6%	390	31.8%
Black:	392	41.9%	419	44.0%	348	36.6%	355	37.7%	354	39.3%	432	42.5%	532	43.4%
White:	58	6.2%	59	6.2%	49	5.1%	55	5.8%	61	6.8%	60	5.9%	68	5.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	8	0.9%	7	0.7%	4	0.4%	7	0.7%	8	0.9%	6	0.6%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	799	85.5%	778	81.6%	757	79.5%	690	73.2%	657	72.9%	730	71.8%	732	59.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	19	2.0%	48	5.0%	51	5.4%	61	6.5%	53	5.9%	87	8.6%	61	5.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.32		11.84		12.40		13.33		13.18		14.20		15.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCAS
2003	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	27.1%	35.6%	N/A
2004	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	31%	38%	N/A
2005	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	22%	38%	N/A
2006	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	44%	51%	N/A
2007	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	44%	50%	N/A
2008	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	44%	58%	N/A
2009	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	56%	64%	N/A
2010	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	57%	60%	N/A
2011	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	54%	67%	N/A
2012	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	58%	73%	N/A
2013	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% proficient	62%	79%	N/A
2003	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	47.1%	36.1%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	59%	42%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	37%	39%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	53%	53%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	67%	55%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	58%	59%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	64%	62%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	57%	60%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	48%	59%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	55%	65%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	10th Grade	% proficient	53%	64%	N/A
2008	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	25%	29%	N/A
2009	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	23%	34%	N/A
2010	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	28%	36%	N/A
2011	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	30%	39%	N/A
2012	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	23%	46%	N/A
2013	Science and Technology/Engineering	10th Grade	% proficient	23%	49%	N/A
2007	Biology	End of course	% proficient	43%	28%	N/A
2008	Biology	End of course	% proficient	31%	32%	N/A
2009	Biology	End of course	% proficient	24%	37%	N/A
2010	Biology	End of course	% proficient	34%	39%	N/A
2011	Biology	End of course	% proficient	31%	59%	N/A
2012	Biology	End of course	% proficient	26%	55%	N/A
2013	Biology	End of course	% proficient	14%	59%	N/A
2007	Chemistry	End of course	% proficient	6%	29%	N/A
2008	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	21%	13%	N/A
2009	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	32%	24%	N/A
2010	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	24%	25%	N/A
2011	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	43%	34%	N/A
2012	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	33%	37%	N/A
2013	Introductory Physics	End of course	% proficient	23%	35%	N/A
2010	Technology/Engineering	End of course	% proficient	0%	34%	N/A
2013	Technology/Engineering	End of course	% proficient	27%	42%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Charlestown High High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.