Prospect Hill Academy Charter School

Prospect Hill Academy Charter School (PHA) is college preparatory charter public school serving grades PreK - 12 in Somerville, Massachusetts and Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school was founded in 1996.^[1]

Prospect Hill Academy Charter School
Location
50 Essex Street Cambridge , Massachusetts 02139 United States
Information
School type	Public, Charter school
Established	1996 (1996)[1]
Status	Open
Superintendent	Angela F. Allen
Head of school	Angela F. Allen
Staff	173[2]
Teaching staff	98[3]
Grades	K-12
Enrollment	1139
• Kindergarten	88
• Grade 1	89
• Grade 2	89
• Grade 3	82
• Grade 4	97
• Grade 5	96
• Grade 6	99
• Grade 7	96
• Grade 8	96
• Grade 9	93
• Grade 10	83
• Grade 11	73
• Grade 12	48[4]
Classes	407
Student to teacher ratio	11.7:1[3]
Hours in school day	7:45am - 4:45pm
Song	"Busy Bee" song
Sports	Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Cross-country, Soccer, Softball, Track, Volleyball[5]
Mascot	The Wizard
Team name	PHA Wizards
Accreditation	NEASC
National ranking	499 (2013 U.S. News & World Report)[6]
Budget	16000 per pupil (2013 estimate) [7]
MCAS % proficient and advanced	ELA: 100 Math: 94 Science: 76 (Grade 10 Spring 2012)[8]
Website	www.phacs.org

PHA serves 1,000 students,^[1] 89% are people of color, nearly two-thirds are low-income, and approximately half come from homes where English is not the primary language spoken.^[4]

Campuses

Prospect Hill Academy is located on three campuses in Somerville, Massachusetts and Cambridge, Massachusetts:^[9]

1. The Early Childhood Campus, serving grades PreK-3, is located at 15 Webster Avenue, Somerville, in Union Square (Somerville).
2. The Upper Elementary Campus, serving grades 4-6, is located at 17 Franklin Street, in East Somerville.
3. The Middle School and High School Campus, serving grades 7-12, is located at 50-54 Essex Street, Cambridge, near Central Square (Cambridge). Grades 7-8 (Middle School) is at 50 Essex and 9-12 (High School & Collegiate Institute) is at 54 Essex.

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

Prospect Hill Academy is a member of the Massachusetts Charter School Athletic Organization.^[10] Sports offerings include soccer, basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, cheerleading, cross-country running, and track.^[5]

Clubs and publications

High School clubs have included the Art Club, Chess Club, EPICS, Gay Straight Alliance, Junior State of America, Knitting, Sign Language, Video Production, and the Yearbook as well as athletic clubs such as Dance club, Boys Fitness, and Girls Fitness. In the Fall of 2012 clubs included: Fundamentals of Art, Dance Club, 9th Grade Choir, HAIRitage, Hip Hop 101, Self Defense, Pumped Up Kicks, and Drum Line^[11] Upper Elementary clubs include: the drama club, the Improv Olympics club, the newspaper club, the dance club, the ski and snowboard club, the flag football club, and the basketball club.^[12]