NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in Chelsea, MA

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12 public K-12 schools in Chelsea from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
6,292
Students
35.2/100
Avg Resource Index
13.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Chelsea has more public-school enrollment than 65% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Chelsea's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

7 of Chelsea's 12 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 0 middle and 3 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Chelsea's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 26th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 76th percentile. The 50-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 35%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
26th percentile
Teacher staffing
76th percentile

Chelsea High accounts for 26.2% of all Chelsea public-school enrollment

That concentration means Chelsea-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Chelsea school enrollment varies 31× across entities

Chelsea school enrollment ranges from 54 students (lowest) to 1,649 students (highest), a spread of 1,595 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Chelsea student-teacher ratio is 13.3:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Chelsea Virtual Learning Academy 50
2. George F. Kelly Elementary 45
3. Phoenix Academy Charter Public High School Chelsea 38
4. Eugene Wright Science and Technology Academy 37
5. Chelsea Opportunity Academy 36
6. Joseph a. Browne School 35
7. Chelsea High 34
8. William a Berkowitz Elementary 33
9. Clark Avenue School 30
10. Frank M Sokolowski Elementary 29
11. Edgar a Hooks Elementary 29
12. Shurtleff Early Childhood 26

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Which Chelsea school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Chelsea Virtual Learning Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Chelsea schools in this federal-data comparison at 50/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Chelsea, MA? ▼

Chelsea has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,292 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.