Margarita Muniz Academy

Margarita Muniz Academy is a secondary school of intimate scale in Boston, Massachusetts, part of Boston, hosting 428 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 45% smaller than the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 777 students.

Across the 109 schools in Boston (46,437 students total), Margarita Muniz Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Margarita Muniz Academy reports that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 8% Black. By comparison, Suffolk County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.1:1. The state averages around 23.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Suffolk County indicate the typical household earns roughly $95,631 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Margarita Muniz Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: English High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Margarita Muniz Academy.

Margarita Muniz Academy operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Margarita Muniz Academy's enrollment has expanded 44% since 2018, when it stood at 298 (now 428). Over the same period, the Black share expanded from 2% to 8%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.