Original Research by School Decision on Map Academy Charter School (district)
Map Academy Charter School is a single-school district serving students in grades nine through twelve. It operates as a tuition-free public charter school, and in 2023 its Commonwealth charter was renewed, which publicly reported confirms the school’s continued state authorization and long-term viability for families considering enrollment.
Enrollment is around the size of a small high school, with a student body that is predominantly white, with a notable share of students identifying as two or more races, and smaller shares identifying as Hispanic, Black, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. The school covers all four high school grades, with each grade class of comparable size.
State testing data was not available for this district, so a reader cannot use proficiency rates to judge academic performance here. Similarly, a graduation rate was not reported in the available data. The chronic absenteeism rate, however, was reported and sits in the bottom quartile among Plymouth County’s districts, meaning a very high share of students miss substantial school time. This is a soft spot that a parent may want to look into further with the school, particularly to understand what supports are in place for attendance.
Per-pupil current spending is in the middle range, upper half among the county’s districts, which reflects a somewhat higher-than-typical resource level for a district of this size.
Free-or-reduced-price lunch counts, special education identification rates, and English learner counts were all missing from the data, so there is no available window into the share of students experiencing economic disadvantage or receiving special services. Discipline data, staffing ratios, and course access information were also absent. A parent looking to understand the school’s approach to student support or the breadth of its academic pathways, such as Advanced Placement, dual enrollment, or career and technical education, would need to seek that information directly from the school.
The district is located in Plymouth County but the locale brief was not provided, so there is no community or housing market context to offer here. The school serves students from any town in Massachusetts that allows charter enrollment, as is standard for the state’s charter schools.
Because this is a single-school charter district, its entire academic and community identity is tied to that one campus. The charter renewal in 2023 gives some assurance of stability, but the absence of testing and graduation data leaves a large gap in what a family can assess from the public record. This school appears to offer an alternative public high school pathway, but the available evidence does not indicate how its students perform academically or how many complete high school in four years. A family considering this option would likely want to visit, speak with staff and current families, and ask directly about outcomes, student support, and attendance practices.
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