Cambridge Public School District

For primary schools named "Cambridge" see: Cambridge Elementary School (disambiguation)

Cambridge Public Schools
Location
135 Berkshire Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02141 United States
District information
Type	Public
Grades	K-12
Superintendent	David Murphy (interim)[1]
Schools	17
Budget	$201,512,889 total $28,077 per pupil (2016)[2]
Students and staff
Students	6,539[3]
Teachers	608[4]
Student–teacher ratio	10.5 to 1[4]
Other information
Website	Cambridge Public Schools

The Cambridge Public School District or Cambridge Public Schools is a school district serving Cambridge, Massachusetts in Greater Boston, in the United States.^[5] The mission of the school district is "Cambridge Public Schools delivers an excellent education that inspires, acknowledges, empowers, and supports every student on their personal journey to achieve their highest potential in and beyond school and as productive members of their communities."^[6]

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.^[7] The school has improved under Principal Chris Saheed; graduation rates hover around 98%, and 70% of students gain college admission.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[8]

In July 2023, the Boston Globe reported that some parents had removed their children from the school district because it had stopped offering Algebra 1 to eighth grade students.^[9]

Schools

The district, as of 2022, 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.^[10] It has four upper schools and one full high school program.^[11]

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

• Amigos School

Upper schools

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

Elementary schools

• Baldwin
• Cambridgeport
  • The school opened in 1990.^[12] In 1997 Mary Lou McGrath, the superintendent, proposed closing Cambridgeport School.^[13] The school stayed open, and since circa 2001 it occupies the ex-Fletcher School.^[12]
• Fletcher-Maynard Academy
• Graham & Parks Alternative Public School
• Haggerty
• Kennedy-Longfellow School
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• King Open
• Morse School
• Peabody
• Tobin Montessori

References

1. "Superintendent".
2. "Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education - per Pupil Expenditures Statewide Report".
3. "Enrollment Data (2019-20) - Cambridge (00490000)".
4. "Teacher Data (2018-19) - Cambridge (00490000)".
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. https://cdn5-ss5.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_3042785/File/schools/schools_at_a_glance.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
7. "School Fights Achievement Gap". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
8. O'Leary, Janice. "SCHOOLS HAVE ANOTHER SURPLUS ; BUDGET IN BLACK BY $4.9M; LAST YEAR IT WAS $6M^{[dead link‍]}." Boston Globe. March 26, 2006. City Weekly p. 8. Retrieved on June 2, 2013.
9. Cambridge schools are divided over middle school algebra, Boston Globe, July 18, 2023, Archive
10. "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.
11. "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.
12. "History and Philosophy". Cambridgeport School. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
13. McKim, Jennifer B. (May 11, 1997). "Closing Cambridgeport School included in McGrath's plan". Boston Globe. Boston. p. City 8. - Clipping at Newspapers.com.

Further reading

• Abebe, Rediet T. "School District Discusses Budget." The Harvard Crimson. December 2, 2009.
• Harmer-Dionne, Elizabeth. "City's schools fail middle class." (letter to the editor) Boston Globe. April 30, 2006.
• Cambridge Schools, 1834-1996
• The public schools of Cambridge.
• What is in a name? The origins of Cambridge Public Elementary Schools’ Nomenclature

External links

• Cambridge Public School District