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Chelsea district posts modest MCAS gains; two schools earn state recognition
Summary
Chelsea Public Schools reported a 5-percentage-point increase in district MCAS criterion growth and presented awards to multiple schools for academic improvement, while officials noted remaining gaps and ongoing supports for multilingual learners.
Chelsea Public Schools reported districtwide improvement on state MCAS measures and recognized several schools for academic growth at the school committee meeting on Oct. 8, 2025.
The district said cumulative criterion-referenced growth rose from 39% to 44% between the 2023–24 and 2024–25 reporting years, and that Chelsea is no longer classified by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) as a district needing assistance or intervention.
District officials said the gains were driven largely by elementary grades and progress among multilingual learners, and they singled out Edgar F. Hooks Elementary School and the Berkowitz Elementary School among districts showing substantial year-to-year improvement. The Maurice Segal Clark Avenue School, Joseph Brown…
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