Boston Renaissance Charter Public School

Boston Renaissance Charter Public School
Address
Map
1415 Hyde Park Avenue

Hyde Park
,
Massachusetts

United States
Coordinates42°15′02″N 71°07′37″W / 42.2505°N 71.1270°W / 42.2505; -71.1270
Information
TypeCharter
Established1995
GradesK-6 (formerly K–8)
Websitewww.bostonrenaissance.org

Boston Renaissance Charter Public School (BRCPS), formerly Boston Renaissance Charter School (BRCS), is a charter elementary school in Hyde Park, Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the oldest charter schools in Boston, and as of 2012 BRCPS was also one of the largest charter schools in the city.[1] In 2001 it was the largest American charter school that operated out of a single campus,[2] and in 2005 it was the largest charter school in the state of Massachusetts.[3] Overall it was one of the largest charter schools in the United States.[4] It formerly served middle school grades but now only serves elementary school.

  1. ^ Andersen, Travis (2013-02-26). "Renaissance Charter School on probation". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  2. ^ Mullen, p. 36.
  3. ^ Saltman, Kenneth J. The Edison Schools: Corporate Schooling and the Assault on Public Education. Routledge, March 2, 2005. ISBN 113593004X, 9781135930042. p. 71.
  4. ^ Clarke, Susan E. Multiethnic Moments: The Politics of Urban Education Reform. Temple University Press, 2006. ISBN 1592135382, 9781592135387. p. 72.