Excel Academy Charter School

Excel Academy Charter School, a sizable senior high in East Boston, Massachusetts, run under Excel Academy Charter, hosts 1,379 students, covering grades 5 through 12. That puts it 77% bigger than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 777 students.

Excel Academy Charter School is a school of Excel Academy Charter, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Excel Academy Charter School lists that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 12% White, 5% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 128 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.4:1, putting Excel Academy Charter School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $95,631 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Suffolk County's 157 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students), Excel Academy Charter School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Kennedy Patrick J Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. Excel Academy Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Excel Academy Charter School has increased 22%, going from 1,127 students in 2018 to 1,379 in 2025.

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