Carter School
Dorchester · MA · Boston · Public · K-12 combined
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Horace Mann School for the Deaf Hard of Hearing → Devens School → Curtis-Tufts → Community Academy → Full Circle High School → Melvin H. King South End Academy → City on a Hill Charter Public School → Greater Egleston High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Carter School compares for families
What families should know about Carter School.
- ▸ LocallyMA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+14 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Horace Mann School for the Deaf Hard of Hearing, Devens School, Curtis-Tufts and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $22,383/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +6.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 28 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Mann School for the Deaf Hard of Hearing Charlestown |
Public | 2.8 | 28 | — |
| Devens School Everett |
Public | 4.9 | 14 | — |
| Curtis-Tufts Medford |
Public | 4.5 | 11 | — |
| Community Academy Jamaica Plain |
Public | 2.4 | 58 | — |
| Full Circle High School Somerville |
Public | 3.2 | 66 | +26.9% |
| Melvin H. King South End Academy Boston |
Public | 0.6 | 76 | -36.7% |
| City on a Hill Charter Public School Roxbury |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 78 | -65.9% |
| Greater Egleston High School Roxbury |
Public | 2.0 | 77 | -6.1% |