Cambridge Public School District

The Cambridge Public School District or Cambridge Public Schools is a school district serving Cambridge, Massachusetts in Greater Boston, in the United States.[5]

Cambridge Public Schools
Location
135 Berkshire Street,
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02141
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesK-12
SuperintendentKenneth Salim[1]
Schools17
Budget$201,512,889 total
$28,077 per pupil
(2016)[2]
Students and staff
Students6,539[3]
Teachers608[4]
Student–teacher ratio10.5 to 1[4]
Other information
WebsiteCambridge Public Schools

History

In 2003, the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS), also known as Rindge School, came close to losing its educational accreditation when it was placed on probation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.[6] The school has improved under Principal Chris Saheed; graduation rates hover around 98%, and 70% of students gain college admission.

In 2006 James Conry, the district's chief financial officer, said that the district had a projected $4.9 million surplus due to a high state reimbursement from the Circuit Breaker program.[7]

Schools

The district, as of 2012-2013, has twelve elementary schools, with ten schools with grade levels JK-5, one English-Spanish dual immersion school with grades JK-8, and a Montessori school serving age 3 to grade 5.[8] As of that year it has four upper schools and one full high school program.[9]

High schools
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School
  • Cambridge Rindge & Latin School
  • Career & Technical Education/Rindge School of Technical Arts (RSTA)
  • High School Extension Program

K-8 schools

Upper schools
  • Cambridge Street Upper School
  • Putnam Avenue Upper School
  • Rindge Avenue Upper School
  • Vassal Lane Upper School

Elementary schools
  • Baldwin
  • Cambridgeport
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Fletcher-Maynard Academy
  • Graham & Parks Alternative Public School
  • Haggerty
  • Kennedy-Longfellow School
  • King Open
  • Morse School
  • Peabody
  • Tobin Montessori

References
  1. http://www.cpsd.us/departments/office_of_the_superintendent
  2. http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/statereport/ppx.aspx
  3. http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/student.aspx?orgcode=00490000&orgtypecode=5&
  4. http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/teacher.aspx?orgcode=00490000&orgtypecode=5&
  5. "Contact CPS Staff Archived 2013-05-08 at the Wayback Machine." Cambridge Public School District. Retrieved on June 2, 2013. "CPS Administrative Offices 159 Thorndike Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02141"
  6. "School Fights Achievement Gap". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
  7. O'Leary, Janice. "SCHOOLS HAVE ANOTHER SURPLUS ; BUDGET IN BLACK BY $4.9M; LAST YEAR IT WAS $6M." Boston Globe. March 26, 2006. City Weekly p. 8. Retrieved on June 2, 2013.
  8. "Schools at a Glance 2012-2013 Archived 2013-06-26 at the Wayback Machine." Cambridge Public School District. p. 3. Retrieved on June 2, 2013.
  9. "Schools at a Glance 2012-2013 Archived 2013-06-26 at the Wayback Machine." Cambridge Public School District. p. 4. Retrieved on June 2, 2013.

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