Community Academy

Located at 25 Glen Road, in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Community Academy is a minimally staffed high school that hosts 58 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Boston. That puts it 93% leaner than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 777 students.

Boston comprises 109 schools with combined enrollment of 46,437 students; Community Academy is among them.

On demographics, Community Academy shows that the largest single group is Black at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 43% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Community Academy reports 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.5:1. The state averages around 23.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, Suffolk County reports that the typical household earns roughly $95,631 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Suffolk County runs 157 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students), of which Community Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: English High School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Community Academy operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Community Academy's enrollment has ticked down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 79 (now 58). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 35% to 2%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 6.5:1 in 2018 to 5.5:1 today.

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