Charlestown High School - Charlestown, Massachusetts/MA

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Charlestown High School

240 Medford Street, Charlestown, MA, 02129-1930 -

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Definition of Terms

Charlestown High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Suffolk County, MA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1244 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

93 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 392 students

Grade 10 - 303 students

Grade 11 - 288 students

Grade 12 - 261 students

This School

(MA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:13

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(MA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	17%	5%
% Hispanic	26%	14%
% Black	50%	8%
% White	7%	70%

Additional Student Information

This School

(MA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

61%

24%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(MA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Boston School District

This School's Agency

(MA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	139	3
Number of Students Managed	62,687 students	2,006 students
District Total Revenue	$1,090,975,000	$24,738,000
District Expenditure	$1,039,801,000	$23,460,000
District Revenue / Student	$17,404	$13,039
District Expenditure / Student	$16,587	$12,135
District Graduation Rates	n/a	n/a

Charlestown High School is a public school located at 240 Medford Street in Charlestown, Massachusetts with a zip code of 02129. Charlestown High School is the only high school in Charlestown. Charlestown is part of Boston which means the school is part of the Boston Public School System. According to the article, "Focus On Children, the Boston Publics Schools School Report Card," of the students enrolled in 2003-2004, 70.6% were in regular education 7.1% in bilingual education, and 22.2% in the special education. The racial/ethnic decomposition of the student population in the school was: 46.3% Black, 26.4% Hispanic, 19.5% Asian, and 7.6% White.
Academic organization: The school consists of grades nine through twelve. The school provides a strong academic program due to the five Small Learning Communities/Pathways. These Communities and Pathways are within an Upper School and Lower School. They were created in 1998 and 1999. The five Small Learning Communities have a college-based curriculum with a signature theme. These signature themes range from Web Design, Law & Justice,and Pre-Engineering, to Business/Technology and MCAS Preparation/Academics. There are ten teachers and one leader in each Small Learning Communities. Each teacher has one specific theme to teach.
Curriculum: The Charlestown High School curriculum is strongly based on preparing students for a college education. In addition to the basic curriculum, extensive attention is given to college and exploration. Most of the students participate in the Harvard COACH program. Each Friday two groups of Harvard graduate students come to the school where they divide up by teams and go to the pathways classes, for both juniors and seniors. They work with the students on the entire college application process and portray what college life is like to the students. Since the Harvard COACH program has been at the Charlestown High School, college application and admission has risen 28%. Because of this rise in college applicants at Charlestown High, over 70 percent of the recent graduates have gone to college. In addition, the school provides extensive support services through college and business partnerships, such Harvard, Bunker Hill, Liberty Mutual and more.
Sports success: The school is famous for its basketball program which is annually ranked as one of the top teams state-wide and nationally. It also has a good reputation of sending basketball players to college. The Charletown High school boys basketball team is in the Boston City League. The Basketball team won the State Championship for four straight years, in 1999-2003. The team won division 2 State Championshion again in 2005. In the 2004-2005 seasion the team record was 26 and 1. For all these years, the head coach was Jack O'Brien and his assistant coches were Zach Zegarowski Steve Cassidy and Hugh Coleman.
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About This Zip Code (02129)

School Zip (02129)

(MA) State Average

Population (Approximate)

15,195 people

6,259,314 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

55%

40%

Population Average Age

34 years old

36 years old

Average Household size

2.1 persons

2.5 persons

Median Household Income

$55,700

$49,959

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

4.2 rooms

5.4 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

69 years old

55 years old

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Zipcode (02129)

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% Owning / % Renting

41% / 59%

58% / 42%

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