Gardner Pilot Academy

As an average-sized K-5 school in Allston, Massachusetts, Gardner Pilot Academy instructs 364 students from grades pre-K through 8, overseen by Boston.

Gardner Pilot Academy is one of 109 schools operated by Boston, a district that teaches 46,437 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gardner Pilot Academy shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 14% Black, 12% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Gardner Pilot Academy reports 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Gardner Pilot Academy tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate the typical household earns roughly $95,631 per year, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Gardner Pilot Academy is one of 157 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students).

Match Charter Public School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gardner Pilot Academy.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 9%: 401 students in 2018 compared to 364 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 in 2025.

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