Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

Summary:

Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School is a public charter high school located in Devens, MA, serving grades 7-12 with a total enrollment of 388 students. The school has a strong academic reputation, ranking among the top high schools in Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District), which is ranked 41 out of 351 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating.

Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School consistently outperforms the state average in MCAS Next Generation assessments across all grades and subjects. In 2023-2024, the school had 76.79% of 10th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 56.86%. In mathematics, 66.07% of 10th-grade students were proficient or better, compared to the state's 48.47%. The school's science proficiency rates are also impressive, with 74.07% of 10th-grade students scoring proficient or better, compared to the state's 49.26%. Additionally, the school has maintained an exceptionally high four-year graduation rate of 98.4% in the 2022-2023 school year, significantly higher than the state average.

When compared to other high-performing schools in the region, such as Westford Academy, Bromfield, and Groton Dunstable Regional, Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School performs well but does not quite reach the same level of academic excellence. The school's performance for special education students is an area that could be improved, as the school's ranking for this subgroup has fluctuated between 50th and 178th out of Massachusetts high schools over the years.


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Public, Charter 7-12

 49 Antietam St
       Devens, MA  01434


(978) 772-3293

District: Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District)

SchoolDigger Rank:
54th of 348 Massachusetts High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $19,432 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  8.4 Help
Number of students:  388

Racial breakdown:

White:
82.7%
Two or more races:
4.1%
Not Specified:
4.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  4.1% Help


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Compare Details Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School ranks better than 86.4% of middle schools in Massachusetts. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 86.66. (See more...)
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Compare Details Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School ranks better than 84.5% of high schools in Massachusetts. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 84.67. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (82.7%), two or more races (4.1%), Hispanic (3.9%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School is $19,432.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School:

SchoolDigger ranks Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School 67th of 493 Massachusetts public middle schools. (See Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School 54th of 348 Massachusetts public high schools. (See Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School in the ranking list.)

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Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District):

SchoolDigger ranks Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District) 41st of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 87.54 41st 339 87.9%
2006 84.95 56th 399 86.0%
2007 78.57 87th 399 78.2%
2008 73.99 107th 407 73.7%
2009 66.49 140th 409 65.8%
2010 70.82 131st 434 69.8%
2011 62.57 173rd 449 61.5%
2012 56.31 212th 455 53.4%
2013 70.18 143rd 455 68.6%
2014 70.23 144th 455 68.4%
2015 74.24 117th 441 73.5%
2016 56.73 212th 482 56.0%
2017 66.11 159th 487 67.4%
2018 73.85 119th 484 75.4%
2019 75.08 126th 498 74.7%
2021 75.67 106th 501 78.8%
2022 80.64 84th 497 83.1%
2023 78.70 100th 501 80.0%
2024 86.66 67th 493 86.4%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.79 103rd 467 77.9%
2019 65.03 118th 484 75.6%
2021 65.03 112th 489 77.1%
2022 71.14 86th 503 82.9%
2023 93.07 19th 444 95.7%
2024 98.28 4th 441 99.1%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 96.19 8th 452 98.2%
2022 65.28 124th 489 74.6%
2023 75.99 75th 481 84.4%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.43 180th 463 61.1%
2019 71.09 136th 478 71.5%
2021 73.49 111th 483 77.0%
2022 86.86 59th 494 88.1%
2023 76.08 106th 489 78.3%
2024 85.57 66th 481 86.3%
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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.29 126th 417 69.8%
2021 81.23 47th 431 89.1%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.37 73rd 466 84.3%
2019 75.85 110th 478 77.0%
2021 73.12 110th 485 77.3%
2022 58.80 178th 497 64.2%
2023 74.18 113th 489 76.9%
2024 83.21 76th 483 84.3%
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Rank History for middle school Tested In Person students at Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 75.31 110th 491 77.6%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.64 140th 395 64.6%
2019 63.90 133rd 396 66.4%
2021 69.99 97th 401 75.8%
2022 72.31 90th 404 77.7%
2023 68.78 108th 403 73.2%
2024 80.30 67th 392 82.9%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

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Rank History for all high school students at Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 94.87 3rd 304 99.0%
2004 93.76 3rd 307 99.0%
2005 88.65 22nd 311 92.9%
2006 77.38 85th 314 72.9%
2007 70.04 94th 316 70.3%
2008 89.19 15th 319 95.3%
2009 86.46 19th 322 94.1%
2010 82.56 43rd 335 87.2%
2011 80.92 48th 340 85.9%
2012 76.53 63rd 340 81.5%
2013 75.25 68th 344 80.2%
2014 64.11 158th 347 54.5%
2015 68.62 133rd 354 62.4%
2016 68.36 122nd 351 65.2%
2017 76.14 73rd 348 79.0%
2018 80.10 42nd 345 87.8%
2019 74.70 97th 351 72.4%
2022 76.26 90th 342 73.7%
2023 77.98 83rd 347 76.1%
2024 84.67 54th 348 84.5%
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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.97 63rd 344 81.7%
2019 56.26 139th 348 60.1%
2022 47.77 178th 339 47.5%
2024 78.67 50th 289 82.7%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.52 54th 339 84.1%
2019 61.19 160th 342 53.2%
2022 79.00 74th 340 78.2%
2023 71.99 100th 339 70.5%
2024 83.51 63rd 342 81.6%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.42 37th 343 89.2%
2019 84.98 49th 346 85.8%
2022 73.95 96th 339 71.7%
2023 81.32 65th 343 81.0%
2024 77.82 78th 342 77.2%
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Rank History for high school White students at Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.87 59th 303 80.5%
2019 66.63 106th 302 64.9%
2022 69.33 93rd 300 69.0%
2023 77.62 66th 301 78.1%
2024 81.28 59th 302 80.5%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1995 114 1 4 2 0 n/a n/a 0 121
1996 114 1 4 2 0 n/a n/a 0 121
1997 182 1 4 1 0 n/a n/a 0 188
1998 240 2 8 6 0 n/a n/a 0 256
1999 278 2 11 9 0 n/a n/a 0 300
2000 326 3 11 6 0 n/a n/a 0 346
2001 337 7 8 4 0 n/a n/a 0 356
2002 332 5 9 3 0 n/a n/a 0 349
2003 332 5 9 3 0 n/a n/a 0 349
2004 341 2 10 2 1 n/a n/a 0 356
2005 350 3 12 2 1 n/a n/a 0 368
2006 336 0 3 6 0 n/a n/a 17 362
2007 337 0 3 8 0 n/a n/a 16 364
2008 351 1 3 7 0 n/a n/a 17 379
2009 348 3 11 9 0 1 12 0 384
2010 354 3 13 10 0 1 12 0 393
2011 358 3 13 9 0 1 9 0 393
2012 362 5 11 10 0 1 7 0 396
2013 356 5 13 11 2 1 4 0 392
2014 366 3 11 10 1 1 7 0 399
2015 364 1 7 14 0 1 6 0 393
2016 366 2 6 14 0 1 10 0 399
2017 361 2 6 11 0 0 14 1 395
2018 356 2 7 11 0 0 19 1 396
2019 353 4 7 9 0 0 20 4 397
2020 345 5 8 12 1 0 23 3 397
2021 342 7 10 16 1 0 21 2 399
2022 338 8 9 16 0 0 13 2 386
2023 321 8 12 15 0 0 16 16 388

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1995 121 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 121 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 188 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 256 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 300 n/a 0.0 0
2000 346 n/a 0.0 0
2001 356 n/a 0.0 0
2002 349 n/a n/a 6.9
2003 349 n/a n/a 6.9
2004 356 40.1 8.9 5.9
2005 368 42.2 8.7 9.2
2006 362 42.0 8.6 2
2007 364 45.0 8.1 n/a
2008 379 43.3 8.8 0.3
2009 384 43.9 8.7 2.3
2010 393 45.0 8.7 1.8
2011 393 44.7 8.7 2.8
2012 396 45.4 8.7 3
2013 392 45.1 8.6 2.3
2014 399 47.2 8.4 4
2015 393 46.0 8.5 4.1
2016 399 45.0 8.8 n/a
2017 395 45.6 8.6 n/a
2018 396 46.2 8.5 n/a
2019 397 46.4 8.5 n/a
2020 397 44.9 8.8 n/a
2021 399 45.9 8.6 n/a
2022 386 45.5 8.4 n/a
2023 388 46.1 8.4 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1995 121 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 121 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 188 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 256 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 300 n/a 0.0 0
2000 346 n/a 0.0 0
2001 356 n/a 0.0 0
2002 349 n/a n/a 6.9
2003 349 n/a n/a 6.9
2004 356 40.1 8.9 5.9
2005 368 42.2 8.7 9.2
2006 362 42.0 8.6 2
2007 364 45.0 8.1 n/a
2008 379 43.3 8.8 0.3
2009 384 43.9 8.7 2.3
2010 393 45.0 8.7 1.8
2011 393 44.7 8.7 2.8
2012 396 45.4 8.7 3
2013 392 45.1 8.6 2.3
2014 399 47.2 8.4 4
2015 393 46.0 8.5 4.1
2016 399 45.0 8.8 n/a
2017 395 45.6 8.6 n/a
2018 396 46.2 8.5 n/a
2019 397 46.4 8.5 n/a
2020 397 44.9 8.8 n/a
2021 399 45.9 8.6 n/a
2022 386 45.5 8.4 n/a
2023 388 46.1 8.4 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2020 $424 (2.3%) $18,077 (97.7%) $18,501
2021 $920 (4.7%) $18,512 (95.3%) $19,432

Data source: Massachusetts Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 126th of 498 Middle schoolsRanks 100th of 501 Middle schools
 5.3%
Ranks 97th of 351 High schoolsRanks 83rd of 347 High schools
 3.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School)5059.2
 9.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District))5059.2
 9.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)4840.5
 7.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School)5156.9
 5.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District))5156.9
 5.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4838.1
 9.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School)7153.2
 17.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District))7153.2
 17.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5143.7
 7.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School)5940.3
 18.7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District))5940.3
 18.7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4737.7
 9.3%
8th Grade Science (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School)7661.3
 14.7%
   8th Grade Science (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District))7661.3
 14.7%
   8th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4640.9
 5.1%
10th Grade English Language Arts (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School)8683.9
 2.1%
   10th Grade English Language Arts (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District))8683.9
 2.1%
   10th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)6158.2
 2.8%
10th Grade Mathematics (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School)6966.1
 2.9%
   10th Grade Mathematics (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District))6966.1
 2.9%
   10th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)5849.7
 8.3%
All Grades English Language Arts (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School)6056.4
 3.6%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District))6056.4
 3.6%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School)5549.3
 5.8%
   All Grades Mathematics (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District))5549.3
 5.8%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School)7661.3
 14.7%
   All Grades Science (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential (District))7661.3
 14.7%
   All Grades Science (Massachusetts)4741.2
 5.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students397388
 2.3%
African American48
 100%
American Indian00
Asian712
 71.4%
Hispanic915
 66.7%
Pacific Islander00
White353321
 9.1%
Two or More Races2016
 20%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 388 students attended Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School.

Students at Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School are 83% White, 4% Two or more races, 4% Not Specified, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% African American.

Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School ranks 54th of 348 Massachusetts high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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