For Harvard Square families
A Christian school near Harvard Square, in Medford.
New England Christian Academy has taught one child at a time at 30 Salem Street since 1976. K-4 through grade 12, 40 students, 6 staff, $375 a month all in.
Getting here from Harvard Square
From Harvard Square the drive is Massachusetts Avenue to Alewife Brook Parkway and Route 16 into Medford, or Somerville Avenue through Winter Hill — twenty to twenty-five minutes on a normal school morning.
The 96 runs from Harvard Square through Davis and Medford Hillside to Medford Square, a few minutes from Salem Street; the 77 plus 96, or the Red Line to Davis and the 96, work equally well. Plan on about fifty minutes and leave Harvard by 7:05.
Times are our own estimate from published MBTA schedules rather than a school guarantee. Call the office to talk through the morning from Harvard Square.
Driving and transit directions to 30 Salem Street
Why Harvard Square families come to NECA
- Cambridge independent schools ask upward of $30,000 a year. This is $375 a month, all in.
- Fifty years in one Medford building, six staff for forty students, and a family that can reach us on one bus.
- Mastery-based A.C.E. curriculum with diagnostic placement subject by subject — useful for children whose schooling has been interrupted or split across schools.
How the school works
Your child is tested in each subject and placed where they actually are — not where their birthday says they should be. They set their own daily goals, work at their own desk, and can't move forward until they've mastered the material at 80% or better. A student who is ahead in math isn't held back. A student who needs another two weeks on fractions gets another two weeks. Nobody gets left behind and nobody gets bored.
What it costs
$375 / month
All in — $350 tuition plus the $25 PACE curriculum fee.
$340 / month
The church member rate: $315 tuition plus the $25 PACE fee.
Registration
$100 per student, $300 family maximum, due July 1.
- Tuition, standard rate: $350 / month
- Tuition, church member rate: $315 / month
- PACE (curriculum) fee: $25 / month
- Registration: $100 per student, $300 family maximum, due July 1
- Testing, new student: $40
- Testing, year-end achievement: $35
- Field trips: $60 per student
- Gym rental, if needed: $30 per student
Full tuition and fees · If cost is the only obstacle, call us at (781) 395-6116.
Ask us about enrolling from Harvard Square
This form is for parents and guardians.
Come see a school day.
Tour the building, meet the staff, and let your child shadow a full day.