Mission Excel Academy's mission is to prepare students to succeed in high school and college, apply their learning to solve relevant problems, and engage productively in their communities.
Description Founded in 2003 to provide a free, public, high-quality college preparatory education for the students of East Boston and Chelsea, Excel is proving that children’s ability to succeed in high school, college, and beyond is not determined by zip code. We have grown from one school serving approximately 200 students to a network of four schools serving more than 1,300 students, and our purpose and theory of change remains consistent: we believe that when a student has the support and tools to pursue a productive post-secondary pathway aligned with personal identity and values, it can fundamentally change his/her life trajectory. As a true public school, Excel is defined not by whom we exclude but by whom we include in our community. We are proud of the fact that we serve many students with special needs.
After 8 years of operating a small single-site middle school in East Boston, Excel was designated a “Proven Provider” by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and granted two additional charters to serve middle school students. After four more successful years, Excel Academy Charter High School opened in 2015. In spring 2019, we cheered on our first senior class as they became the first cohort to receive high school diplomas from Excel.
In 2022, we opened our first campus in Rhode Island, a 5th grade in North Providence that will eventually grow to serve K-12 in Providence, North Providence, and Central Falls.
AP School Honor Roll Recipient (Platinum, highest level) or its high AP participation (95% of graduates took an AP exam) and its pass rate (56% of seniors passed an AP exam)., AP Central, 2023
Excel Academy High School was ranked in the top 3% of public high schools nationwide by the U.S. News and World Report., Chelsea Record, 2023
Excel Academy Charter Schools has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 57 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Excel Academy Charter Schools employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).
75% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Excel Academy Charter Schools as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Excel Academy Charter Schools.