Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy Charter Public School

Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy Charter Public School operates as a rural-scale middle school in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy Charter Public (District). Current enrollment sits at 95 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 547 students each, so Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy Charter Public School sits 83% smaller than that benchmark.

Operationally, Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy Charter Public School answers to Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy Charter Public (District), which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy Charter Public School lists that 73% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder consists of 24% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy Charter Public School records 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.8:1. The state averages around 11.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Suffolk County put the typical household earns roughly $95,631 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Suffolk County runs 157 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students), of which Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy Charter Public School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Community Academy of Science and Health, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy Charter Public School.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy Charter Public School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 6-year window. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy Charter Public School has edged down 56%, going from 214 students in 2018 to 95 in 2024. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 77% to 73% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 7.1:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy Charter Public School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.