District overview
Neighborhood House Charter School
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
How is Neighborhood House organized and governed?
Neighborhood House Charter School is a tuition-free public Commonwealth charter serving PK–12 students. The Board of Trustees holds the charter and oversees strategy, finance, real estate, governance, development, and executive leadership. Students in grades PK–7 attend the Queen Street campus, while grades 8–12 attend Centre Street. Public funding is enrollment-driven through Massachusetts charter tuition, supplemented by grants and philanthropy.
One charter LEA and school
Massachusetts reports one PK–12 charter school with 768 students in 2025–26.
Two age-based campuses
The official site places PK–7 at Queen Street and grades 8–12 at Centre Street in Dorchester.
Independent trustee governance
A public Board of Trustees oversees school policy and leadership, with governance, finance and real estate, development, and other committee work.
Academic and social-emotional mission
The charter mission combines rigorous academics with extensive social-emotional programming and a goal of postsecondary success.
The current site does not retain a full prior-year board archive, and the available July records are notices rather than minutes, so this overview separates governance structure and planned work from confirmed decisions.
Where the district stands
Current Massachusetts DESE district profile.
The official site describes Queen Street for PK–7 and Centre Street for grades 8–12.
Queen Street and Centre Street, both in Dorchester.
Current 2025–26 DESE enrollment profile.
Current 2025–26 DESE enrollment profile.
Major projects
2026 integrated monitoring review
State review announced; follow-up report not locatedThe school said DESE would review special-education procedures, IEP development, services, suspension requirements, and equal opportunity.
- The school said DESE would review special-education procedures, IEP development, services, suspension requirements, and equal opportunity.
Funding
Not applicable
Strategic-plan implementation
Board update scheduled; outcome unavailableThe Board agenda included strategic-plan updates alongside executive-director and committee reports.
- The Board agenda included strategic-plan updates alongside executive-director and committee reports.
Funding
School operating budget; no project-specific amount is published
Board leadership succession
Governance recommendation scheduledThe Governance Committee planned a recommendation for a Board Chair successor effective July 1, 2027.
- The Governance Committee planned a recommendation for a Board Chair successor effective July 1, 2027.
Funding
Not applicable
Finance and real-estate oversight
Standing board work; latest outcome unavailableThe Board agenda scheduled a Finance and Real Estate Committee update.
- The Board agenda scheduled a Finance and Real Estate Committee update.
Funding
Charter tuition, grants, and philanthropy; no current project amount is stated
The current official Board of Trustees page, three posted meeting notices, the school's state-monitoring notice, and current Massachusetts DESE profile were reviewed. Agendas are described as planned work unless minutes establish an outcome.
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