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Lowell, Massachusetts - 1 schools
An equity score of 2/100 ranks Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District) #362 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,258 per pupil, Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District) ranks #395 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District) operates 1 public schools serving 1,203 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Middlesex County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,258 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 40 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending. See how Massachusetts compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 81.3% local, 4.6% state, and 14.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 2/100, ranked #362 of 362 in Massachusetts against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 1212:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 21.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 27.7% Hispanic or Latino, 24.1% Asian, 23.0% White across the district's schools.
Collegiate Charter School of Lowell accounts for 100.0% of all Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District) a distant remainder — means Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District) student-counselor ratio is 1212:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District) chronic absenteeism rate is 21.5% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District) is typically wider than the Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District)-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District)?
Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District) has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 1,203 students.
How much does Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District) spend per student?
Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District) spends $12,258 per student. The district has an equity score of 2/100, ranking #362 in Massachusetts.
What is the demographic composition of Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District)?
Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District) students are 27.7% Hispanic or Latino, 24.1% Asian, 23.0% White, 19.3% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District)?
Collegiate Charter School of Lowell (District) has an equity score of 2/100, ranking #362 out of 362 districts in Massachusetts.