Henderson K-12 Inclusion School Lower

Henderson K-12 Inclusion School Lower is one of the close-knit primary schools in Dorchester, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Boston, with 196 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 1. That puts it 49% below the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 381 students.

Across the 109 schools in Boston (46,437 students total), Henderson K-12 Inclusion School Lower accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Henderson K-12 Inclusion School Lower shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 28% Black, 15% Asian, 14% White, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.7:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Suffolk County shows the typical household earns roughly $95,631 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Suffolk County's 157 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,679 students), Henderson K-12 Inclusion School Lower is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Neighborhood House Charter School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Henderson K-12 Inclusion School Lower's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 212 (now 196). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 33% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 7.7:1 today.

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