A free, high-performing charter public school in Boston
Preparing students in Pre-K through Grade 12 for success in college and beyond.
Match graduates embody skills and values that help them earn degrees and go on to rewarding careers at levels that far surpass their peers in other urban schools.
The Match Student Success Profile
Identity
A deep knowledge of yourself, strong self-esteem, and the ability for self-advocacy. The ability to love and know your purpose in life.
Intellect
Prepared for success in college and beyond. The ability to think critically and creatively. Technologically savvy with great communication skills.
Ubuntu
A strong sense of humanity. “I am because we are.” The ability to collaborate with others and advocate for your commuity. Oriented towards the good of all.
Match students receive 158 times more hours of college and career counseling than the average public high school student.
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100% of Match graduates have been accepted to college in the last three years, and 92% of the Class of 2025 enrolled in college the semester after their graduation.
In 2024, Match High School had the fifth highest overall average score on the SAT for all Boston public schools, and the second highest of non-exam public schools.
Match students are twice as likely to graduate from college than students attending similar schools nationwide.
Our campuses
Match currently includes three campuses, serving up to 1,250 students in grades Pre-K–12.
Pre-K–Grade 5: Match Community Day
At Match Community Day, we strive to develop students’ love of learning as they begin their academic and social-emotional journey to become engaged citizens of the world.
Grades 6–8: Match Middle School
At Match Middle School, students continue to build on their foundational skills in core academic classes while broadening their horizons in extracurricular courses and activities.
Grades 9–12: Match High School
At Match High School, we want our graduates to enter the world having developed a strong sense of identity, intellect, and “ubuntu” (I am because we are).
“The unwavering dedication of Match teachers and the genuine care they extend makes Match special. Their commitment empowered me with the confidence to step into an Ivy League institution with a clear drive toward my career aspirations.”
Summers matter!
Match More generates free and highly-subsidized summer experiences where Match students can continue their academic and social-emotional development outside of the classroom.
Our unique summer placement program ensures our students develop the skills illustrated in our Student Success Profile, so they graduate from Match with confidence, intelligence, and a strong sense of humanity. Match More aims to ensure every student in our Pre-K–12 school has access to high-quality summer experiences that embody our school values of Equity, Freedom, Teamwork, Innovation, and Accountability — in the great outdoors, service, sports, academics, the arts, and beyond.
Latest news
Dubbed Tutoring’s ‘Patient Zero,’ Boston’s Match High School Weathers Trump Cuts
Founded in 2000 as the uppercase MATCH: Media and Technology Charter High School, after 25 years it remains stubbornly small and intensely personalized, offering a stunning contrast to how many other charter organizations have developed: Each morning, just 266...
Match Charter Public School Offers Meals at No Cost for Students
Match Charter Public School participates in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program. As part of this program, all schools offer healthy meals every school day at NO COST to the students due to the implementation of the Community Eligibility...
FAFSA Completion Is a Strong Predictor of College Attendance. Here’s How Schools Can Help.
Match High School’s Director of College & Career Counseling, Tyrone Brown wrote an op-ed for Ed Post about the school’s efforts to help students and families complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which determines their eligibility for...
Meet our talented staff
We search relentlessly for the most talented individuals in the country to lead our schools, teach in our classrooms, tutor our students, and work at the organization level.
