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City on a Hill Charter Public Schools
31 Heath Street    
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts  02130  
   
Charter School
Coed Day 9 12 800 students
 

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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" new="" roman""="">City on a Hill Charter PublicSchools is a network of three college preparatory high schools in the cities ofBoston and New Bedford.  Each City on a Hill school is tuition-free andopen to all students.  CoaH schools do not have entrance exams; students areadmitted by a random lottery with new students admitted in the ninth gradeonly.<o:p></o:p>

<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" new="" roman""="">City on a Hill believes first, andmost centrally, not just that all students can learn, but that all studentsmust learn in order to address the social, economic, and political inequitiesof our nation. We approach learning accordingly and work tirelessly to prepareour students for success in college and beyond.<o:p></o:p>

<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" new="" roman""="">City on a Hill serves students whoare traditionally underserved by the public school system. The majority ofstudents arrive performing significantly below grade level. However, 100% ofCity on a Hill students pass the MCAS, and 91% of recent graduates haveenrolled in college.<o:p></o:p>


 
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