Boston Arts Academy

Boston Arts Academy is one of the compact 9-12 campuss in Boston, Massachusetts, operated by Boston, with 500 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 36% smaller than the state mean of about 777.

Within Boston, which oversees 109 schools and 46,437 students, Boston Arts Academy is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Boston Arts Academy shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 33% Black, 16% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.4:1, putting Boston Arts Academy tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) logs that median household income runs about $95,631, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Boston Arts Academy is one of 157 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students).

Nearest neighbor: Boston Latin School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Boston Arts Academy operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Boston Arts Academy's enrollment has rose 7% since 2018, when it stood at 469 (now 500). Black enrollment moved from 40% to 33% across the same window.

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