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Public · Grades Pre-K–5 · 314 students
Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School
21 Notre Dame Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02142
Grades
Pre-K–6
Elementary
Students
352
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
18.5 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Benjamin Banneker Charter Public
Middlesex County
Schola Grade A · Excellent
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 919 Massachusetts elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Massachusetts elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School
Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School is a charter elementary school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, serving grades Pre-K–6. It is part of Benjamin Banneker Charter Public. The school is located in a midsize city in Middlesex County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 352 students were enrolled, with about 18.5 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical Massachusetts elementary school (11.7 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Its Schola Grade is A (excellent), compared with 919 Massachusetts elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades Pre-K–6
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- Pre-K–6
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 352 students
- Students per teacher
- 18.5 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Midsize
- School district
- Benjamin Banneker Charter Public
- County
- Middlesex County
- NCES school ID
- 250002200514
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.